SAP Analytics Cloud

How to create and connect a

R visualization to a SAC model in a story
May, 2018

Customer
How to create and connect a
R visualization to a SAC model in a story
Target: Tag Cloud visualization in SAP Analytics Cloud with R code

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Step 1: Create a model based on the provided Excel file

Retail_Data.xlsx
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Retail_Data.xlsx Adem_Retail
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Step 2: Build a story in SAC using your model with this dimension & measure

Dimension: Lines
Measure: Quantity Sold

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Step 3: Insert a “R Visualization” via menu

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Step 4: Click on embedded item and activate “Designer”

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Step 5: Click “Input Data”. Select “Lines” in Rows; “Quantity sold” in Columns

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Select “Lines”

Filter “Quantity sold”

Hit “OK”

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Step 6: Click on “Add Script” and enter the following R script (copy & paste)!
# load package
library(wordcloud)
# get words
Enter here
words <- Adem_Retail $Lines
# get frequency
frequency <- Adem_Retail$'Quantity sold'
# generate word cloud
wordcloud(words, frequency, scale = c(3, 1),
rot.per=0.2, colors=brewer.pal(8, "Dark2"))

Red = SAC Model Name

Green = Dimension and Measure in SAC Model

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Step 7: Hit “Execute”

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Step 8: You see the result. Hit “Apply”

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Done ☺ Simple example but this should be only an easy one for the start!

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Thank You