Introducing SAP Cloud for Analytics
Pras Chatterjee, Senior Director Product Marketing, EPMNovember 2015
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The cloud is eating the world analytics
Within the next 2 years Primary reasons for investing in public cloud
36%Already replaced or planning
to replace with SaaS BI
31%Already complementing or planning
to complement with SaaS BI
Source: "Application Adoption Trends 2015: The SaaS BoomContinues As Businesses Demand Agility“. Forrester
56%Agility
14%Cost
13%Innovation
10%Quality
7%Other
5%Financial
Source: Gartner CIO Survey, 2014
SAP Cloud for Analytics
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All Analytics. All Users. One Product.
Simplify Experience Trust
Introducing SAP Cloud for Analytics
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SAP Cloud for Analytics overview
SAP Cloud for Analytics
Cloud data sourcesand applicationsData connectivity
and modelingVisualizations and
geospatialCollaboration and
eventsAuditing and monitoring
PlanningPlanning
Allocation
Business IntelligenceExploration
Storyboards
Predictive*Forecasting
Segmentation
Governance, Risk, and Compliance*
Access controls
SAP Digital Boardroom
On-premise data sources and applications
SAP HANA Cloud Platform
Core
Capabilities
Advanced analytics
* Planned
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FP&A may bethe most important skillset
for finance leaders
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Ivo Bauermann, Vice President and General Manager EPM, SAP
FP&A empowers the business tomake better informed decisions
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KPIsScorecardsInitiatives
Forecasts
Ent. Risk Reporting,
KRIs
Budgeting,Planning,
Profitability Modeling
Predictive Planning/ Forecasting
Risk-adjustedPlanning
Sales Planning,Marketing Planning,
…
Retention andRevenue Analysis
Risk-adjustedBus/Opps Planning
Predictive Modeling
Prescriptive andPreemptive Analytics
Loss PreventionAnalytics
Budget input
Forecasting
Ent. Risk Reports
C-Suite FP&ABus. Analysts/
PlannersData
ScientistsInfo
Consumers
EPM/ Planning
BI
Predictive
GRC
Board Reports and
Dashboards
Mgmt Reporting,Variance Analysis
Data Discovery,Visualization,
Variance Analysis
Big Data Discovery
Production Reporting/
Dashboards
Imagine the possibilities
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Business Intelligence
Planning
Predictive
GRC
Boardroom
Front-desk
On-premise data
Cloud Data
Big Data analytics
Traditional analytics
Simplify your job
All analytics in one product
All business questions
All data
SAP Cloud for Analytics for planning
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SAP Cloud for Analytics – Planning Capabilities
• Simply create and modify calculations and planning models and on the fly
• Take action anytime, anywhere on the desktop or on the go
• Align plans across Finance and business units with direct integration into SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
• Analyze, plan, and visualize in the same application
• Personalize your KPIs, dashboard, processes and storyboards
• Collaborate in-context of your plan and make faster decisions
Simplify Experience
• Enjoy a new generation of planning in the cloud with a modern look and feel
• Plan and simulate at any level of detail, with any number of users, at any time
• Drive high performance planning and forecasting process with the SAP HANA Cloud Platform
•
Trust
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SAP Cloud for Analytics for planningHome Screen
The home screen is a dashboard – a personal place in which you can organize your data such as in charts, reports, events, and notes
Interactive Tiles
Flexible visualization and drill-down capabilities
Hichert IBCS Notation
Professional business charting
Collaboration and Timeline Panel
Organize and structure your work with built-in chat and workflow functionality
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SAP Cloud for Analytics for planningModels
A model is a representation of business datato define relationships, calculations, and data of an organization or business segment
Easy set up
Models with multiple perspectives are easy to create in an Excel-like interface
Preview Panel
Visual representation of your modeled data
Data Import
Upload of external data sources and integration with SAP on-premise systems
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SAP Cloud for Analytics for planningReports
A report is an organized representation of data, comprising multidimensional data views for the purpose of analysis, reporting,and planning
Version Management
Create and copy versions of data and define access rights
Conditional Formatting
Create, personalize, and monitor KPIs
Visualization
Context-specific visualization proposals
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SAP Cloud for Analytics for planningCollaboration
To optimize collaborative decision-making processes and ensure future accountability, SAP Cloud for Analytics for planning comes with context-based social collaboration capabilities
Stay in context
Collaborate directly on your plans instead of having to use yet an other application and send offline data
Access from anywhere
Share report versions, discuss on cells, assign tasks, and attach any file you uploaded
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SAP Cloud for Analytics for planningEvents
The events section is a calendar interface to organize events and assign tasks to dedicated team members
Content and Reminders
Add content such as documents, plans, or versions and set reminders for upcoming events and tasks
Workflow Management
Export and import workflows to synchronize your planning data with other applications
Multi-Step Approval
Define assignee(s), reviewer(s), and approver to a specific task
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Feature:
Planning done in private versions for individuals or teams and then published as a public version for everyone to view
Benefit:
Changes can be made to private version and then easily discarded or shared (i.e., publish) as needed
Example:
Analyst wants to model some sales promotion scenarios using private model prior to sharing with his colleagues
SAP Cloud for Analytics for planningPrivate Versions
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Feature:
Integrate multiple models into a report that can be used for analysis and plan adjustment
Benefit:
Can integrate data from multiple sources and write back results to various models
Example:
Analyst wants to separate headcount data within a profitability report to validate profitability based on possible headcount changes
SAP Cloud for Analytics for planningMultiple Model Integration
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Feature:
The allocation functionality allows users to define rules for source and target data spreading
Benefit:
Create allocation rules within the application without the requirement for complex script-based modeling
Example:
Analyst wants to spread shared services costs across other cost centers based on user defined rules
SAP Cloud for Analytics for planningAllocations
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Integration with SAP Business Planning and ConsolidationHybrid Scenario
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Extend SAP Business Planning and Consolidation deployment withcomplementary, integratedDepartmental/Strategic Business Unit (SBU) scenarios in the Cloud
SAP Cloud for Analytics
SAP Cloud for Analytics
Corporate Finance
Public Cloud
On premise
Private Cloud(HEC)
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
Strategic Business Units
Roadmap
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BI Planning Cloud for Analytics
Boardroom
Multi-Touch Screen Support ✔
Advanced Value Driver Tree ✔
Support for agenda and minutes ✔
Read Planning Models ✔ ✔ ✔
Financial logic ✔ ✔ ✔
Create Planning Models With Planning Professional license
Workflow and Versioning ✔ ✔ ✔
Broadcasting ✔ ✔ ✔
Data Exploration and Full Text Search ✔ ✔ ✔
Access UNX Universes, Hadoop data, Lumira data ✔ ✔ ✔
Planned Capabilities by EditionNot an exhaustive list. Common capabilities across all editions not shown.
Demo: SAP Cloud for Analytics for planning
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Pras ChatterjeeProduct Marketing Enterprise Performance [email protected]
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