SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Digital Boardroom

SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Digital Boardroom
Road Map
February 2019
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Table of contents
Product overview
 Functional description
Vision and direction

 Key trends and customer needs
 Value proposition
Product innovations
 Detailed innovations

Product overview
Business intelligence Planning Predictive Application design
Data preparation Sharing Forecasting Custom apps

Storytelling Simulation Automated insights SDK extensions
Digital boardroom Mobile SAP Analytics Hub
SAP Analytics Cloud
On premise Hybrid Cloud

Unified experience for planning, BI, and predictive all in one service
Live data connectivity enables SaaS for everyone
End-to-end analytics for the Intelligent Enterprise
Product description
Key capabilities
 Receive smart features that think for you: Automatically discover the
main business drivers behind your core key performance indicators (KPIs).
Reveal hidden insights and develop a clear understanding of your business
data. Enhance your data quickly with intuitive suggestions during data
preparation.
 Plan for what’s next: Create and modify versions of cloud planning models
for data-driven budgeting, forecasting, and analysis. Align plans using
collaboration tools. Use machine learning to perform predictive forecasting
using visual guidance, and explore results through natural language.
 Simplify the boardroom process: Align executive decisions on one source
of truth across business areas. Get a 360-degree view across
all LoBs and operations, and visualize insights in context across large
touchscreen displays to maximize impact.

SAP Analytics Cloud
In the SAP Analytics Cloud product portfolio
C-suite
executives
Digital boardroom + Web + Mobile + NLP
Business
users Smart business intelligence +
Collaborative enterprise planning + Predictive analytics
Industry solutions + Line of business solutions
IT and SAP S/4HANA

BI architects
SAP HANA + SAP BW/4HANA + 3rd party applications

Key trends, customer needs, and value proposition
COMPLETE CONTEXTUAL CONFIDENT

 Discover, analyze, plan, and predict  Plan, analyze, and execute within  Ask questions in a conversational manner,
in one experience across all devices your business process for instant insight to and get instant results explained in natural
 Make end-to-end decisions with data action language
management and analytics together in one  Increase data literacy, engagement, and  Detect drivers of a KPI and take the next
place accountability, with common business best action using automated machine
 Scale to meet the needs of your business language and built-in collaboration learning that discovers unknown
and diverse users across all decision types capabilities relationships in data
(strategic, operational, and tactical)  Tap into the collective intelligence gained  Predict potential outcomes and forecasts
from the world’s largest business with the push of a button
applications cloud

Product and portfolio vision areas of future investment
 Digital transformation: Support for the journey to an agile, optimized digital company
 Hybrid analytics: A seamless experience for on-premise and cloud technology to work together
 Live and imported data sources: Expanding the breadth of data sources and enriching the data
experience
 Microservices: Integration of analytic capabilities of SAP Analytics Cloud by merging SAP Cloud Platform
and other platforms
 SAP S/4HANA: The ability to connect the strategic plan to detailed, actual results
 Adaptable planning: Support for agile simulation and what-if scenarios, integrated with smart capabilities
 Extending smart capabilities: Additional predictive algorithms and machine learning methods added to
conversational AI
 Mobile: Focusing the user experience to allow users to engage with their content anywhere
 In-context digital meeting experience: Continuous insights, real-time planning, and built-in collaboration to
capture knowledge provided by SAP Digital Boardroom
 Application design: Professional design of centrally governable analytic content, from dashboards with
guided analytics to sophisticated planning and “smart prediction” applications

Major product trends and direction
SAP Analytics Cloud offers connectivity to SAP and third-party data sources.
Live Import
Cloud data sources Cloud data sources
SAP Cloud Platform1 SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP Marketing Cloud SAP Cloud for Customer SAP Cloud Platform1 SAP Business ByDesign SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP SuccessFactors solutions SAP Ariba solutions SAP Marketing Cloud SAP SuccessFactors solutions SAP Fieldglass solutions Salesforce
SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics SAP Concur solutions OData Google Sheets
SAP data sources Google BigQuery Google Drive 3rd party cloud storage 3rd party CRM Dow Jones DNA
SAP HANA SAP BW SAP BW4/HANA SAP S/4HANA
SAP BPC embedded SAP BusinessObjects universe
Access via SDI for SAP Cloud Platform and SAP HANA2 SAP data sources
SAP S/4HANA SAP HANA SAP ERP SAP BusinessObjects universe SAP BW
Apache Hive AWS SAP Vora SAP ASE, SAP IQ, SAP ESP OData
SAP BW4/HANA SAP BPC, vers. for SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft
Microsoft SQL Server Spark SQL Oracle Teradata SAP MaxDB
IBM DB2 MySQL Netezza Facebook Google+ Twitter Other data sources
IBM Microsoft SQL Server MySQL Netezza OData Oracle
Partner delivered
CSV Excel Progress OpenEdge Same data sources as SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.23
APOS DB2 Denodo Microsoft Analysis Services Microsoft Azure
Microsoft SQL Server MongoDB MongoDB Atlas MySQL Netezza Partner delivered
Oracle Oracle Essbase Oracle Exadata SAP IQ SAP SQL Anywhere APOS CDATA DataDirect Cloud
Redshift Teradata Google BigQuery Cloudera Hortonworks SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence QuickBooks Eloqua
Amazon S3 Microsoft SharePoint Google Analytics
Delivered Planned within the next 6 months Partners

NetSuite CRM & ERP Microsoft Dynamics CRM
1. Requires SAP Cloud Platform DBaaS license HubSpot SugarCRM
Oracle Marketing Cloud
2. SAP Cloud Platform connects to data using smart data integration and smart data access adapters
3. This does not require the BI platform MongoDB Marketo
Product road map overview – Key innovations
Recent innovations Planned Q1/20191 Planned Q2/20191 Future direction1
Live connectivity Live connectivity Live connectivity Live and data import connectivity
 Integration with SAP HANA  Integration with SAP HANA  Integration with SAP HANA
– SDI-based data blending with imported – Connection to SAP HANA 2.0 in SAP  Continue feature enhancements for
– Browser-based data blending with
data Cloud Platform for the Cloud Foundry
imported data live and data import connections
– New analytic features with SAP HANA environment
2.0 – Performance and processing – Dynamic input parameters  Expand the breadth of supported data
– Integration with SAP BW optimizations  Integration with SAP BW sources
 Chart to chart filtering based on the  Integration with SAP BW – Browser-based data blending with
– SDI-based data blending with imported
 One connection experience for both
same model imported data
data – New charts and geomaps support data import and live models
 Integration with SAP BusinessObjects
– Time-series chart support with date
BI universe range filtering  Integration with SAP BusinessObjects  Extended data-blending scenarios for
– Calculated and restricted measure BI universe live connectivity
creation  Integration with SAP BusinessObjects
BI universe – New analytic features in story
– Query builder support for universes
– Live SAP BusinessObjects BI Universe (calculation dimensions, aggregation
 Integration with embedded SAP BPC Connectivity release 2.0.0 calculation, filter on measure, ranking,
– Live connections to embedded SAP BPC drill support)
Data import connectivity

Data import connectivity Data import connectivity
 Additional support for on-premise data
 Simplified connectivity setup to on- sources  Connectivity to additional cloud data
premise data sources
 Combine multiple datasets into a single sources (Cloud Foundry tenants only)
 Bundle data import jobs in sequence model
for scheduled refresh  Increase data ingestion thresholds
 Multiple time-dimension support
1. This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.

Data visualization Modeling Modeling Modeling

 Story and explorer bookmarks  Start of quarterly release cycle  Enhanced modeling experience  Modeling on live data
 Geobubble colors by dimension  Models in file repository  Multisource model
 Custom sort of dimensions Data visualization  Enhancements for planning models
 R visualizations on live data connections  Waterfall improvements Data visualization  Multilanguage support
 Keyboard nudge and shortcuts  Improved currency and scale formatting  Batch PDF export based on story input control  Models based on datasets
 Display dynamic images from live SAP HANA  Dynamic time filters based on custom dates
Application design  Convert numeric and string dimensions  Rename story measures/dimensions Data visualization
 Simple widgets  Convert measure into dimension  Sharing global bookmarks
 Data-driven widgets: Tables, charts, filter line  Edge browser support for design time Application design  E-mail distribution
 Container widgets: Pop-up  Planning support (part II)  Enhanced report formatting
 Rich scripting capabilities including global Application design  Predictive support with scripting access  Trend-based conditional formatting
variables to cover business scenarios  Planning support (part I)  OData function calls  Story-based alerts
 Predictive support (smart assist part I)  R widgets with scripting access  Create story from widget  Custom widgets (charting extensions)
 Seamless integration with business  Text input widget, slider widget
applications: Support bidirectional  Scripting value help enhancements Application design
communications with scripting APIs
 Container widgets, dynamic layouts
 Hyperlink support for image and shape
 Custom widgets
 Enterprise features: bookmarks, export to
PDF/CSV, templates, theming, and more
 Standard pivot-style analysis of BW queries
 Mobile support, SAP Digital Boardroom integration

Planning Planning Planning Planning

 Data entry – predefined calculations  Data entry – multiple operations  Data entry – private version  Data entry – parent-level data entry and
against single of multiple measures against local currency, custom commenting, improved version storage, derived dimension planning
member order handling, enhanced rolling forecast  Data actions – prompting and variable
 Data actions – calculated and
 Data actions – cross-model copy layout support, trigger and event based
parent member referencing
 Advanced formulas – multiversion  Advanced formulas – cross-model
execution
 Advanced formulas – variable support, delete data
referencing, attributes in  Advanced formulas – calculated member
support, enriched formula library,
 Calendar – home screen tile calculations, visual formulas support, function library
cell referencing
 Allocations – keep source overwrite  Calendar – data locking, process
 Hybrid – live write-back vs  Calendar – process recurrence
target dependencies
embedded SAP BPC  Allocations – account (offset)
support
Smart assist Smart assist
Smart assist  Search to insight: Improved  Smart insights – live SAP HANA
 Search to insight for live SAP handling of quantitative phrases Smart assist connections
HANA connections  Additional forecasting algorithms for  Global search (including search to  Smart discovery for live SAP HANA data
 Smart discovery: Auto-generate time-series forecasting insight) connections
fully populated stories  SAP hosted-R server support in  Speech-to-text capability within search-to-
additional data centers insight feature

Smart predict Smart predict Smart predict Smart predict

 Classification, regression, segmented time-  Publish new predictive scenarios to SAP  Focus on input dataset information that can also  Live SAP HANA data connections
series analysis S/4HANA be consumed in the story  Support datasets to SQL databases
 Consume predictive results in stories  Predictive use cases in SAP Analytics Cloud  Refine and update SAP S/4HANA predictive  Guided data preparation and automated generation
 Support imported data sources: CSV, SAP analytics content network scenarios of features
S/4HANA  Scheduled automated predictions refreshment and
Intelligent enterprise Intelligent enterprise quality testing
Intelligent enterprise  LoB and industry business content from SAP  LoB and industry business content from SAP
 LoB and industry business content from SAP and partners and partners Intelligent enterprise
and partners  Embedded SAP Analytics Cloud  Embedded SAP Analytics Cloud  LoB and industry business content from SAP and
– SAP SuccessFactors solutions (beta release) – SAP SuccessFactors solutions (beta release) partners
Mobile – SAP Fieldglass solutions (beta release) – Ariba Network (controlled release)  Embedded SAP Analytics Cloud
– SAP Commissions (beta release) – SAP Marketing Cloud solution (version 1905) – SAP SuccessFactors solutions (GA)
 Mobile device management support using
AppConfig (AirWatch and MobileIron) – SAP Fieldglass solutions (beta release) – SAP Ariba solutions: Wider support for Ariba
 Internal deployment SDK Mobile Network (GA) and controlled release for SAP
Mobile Ariba Buyer and SAP Ariba Sourcing
 Story and boardroom favorites  Internal deployment SDK: XCode 10 support
– SAP S/4HANA Cloud
 Parallel queries performance improvements  Improved UX for changing between tenants on  Annotations
mobile app  Geospatial support: choropleth
 Dynamic text in chart titles and subtitles Mobile
 AirWatch SDK integration
 Android support for story and presentation viewing
 Localization support
 Embedding stories in other mobile apps
 Geospatial support: Bubble, drill-down
 SAP Analytics Cloud Roambi: Android support
1. This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.  Global search (including speech-to-text)
Developer Developer Developer Developer

 Content Embedding URL API  User and team management REST  Content permissions REST API  Push Dataset API
 Catalog REST API APIs  API to support user profile  Application design extensions SDK
 OAuth support  Tenant provisioning and management  Restricted content support for analytics
configuration APIs (for OEMs) content network
 Content deployment management
Administration and infrastructure Administration and infrastructure
through APIs (for OEMs)
 AWS data center support for Brazil,  Flexible folder-based security Administration and infrastructure
Australia, and Japan management for models  AWS data center support for Singapore
Administration and infrastructure  Export/import team and private folders and Canada
 Start of quarterly release cycle  Support for SAML IdP-initiated SSO  ITAR compliance and FedRAMP
SAP Digital Boardroom
certification
 Meeting minutes
SAP Digital Boardroom  Import/export team content
 Performance improvements SAP Digital Boardroom
 Start of quarterly release cycle  Improved folder and rights management
 Performance improvements
 Microsoft Edge browser support for  File versioning
 Support filtering across child topics
design-time  Scheduled promotion
 Cisco Webex Board support
SAP Digital Boardroom
 Improved filter support
 Bookmarks and favorite topics

SAP Analytics Hub SAP Analytics Hub SAP Analytics Hub SAP Analytics Hub
 SAP Fiori design interface  Start of quarterly release cycle  Microsoft Edge support  Enhancements to SAP Analytics Hub
 Searchable hidden fields  Set SAP Analytics
 Corporate branding SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office Hub as default home page SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
 Custom sort in facets/list of values  Start of quarterly release cycle  Complete import/export of content  Repository integration
 Top 15 languages localization  Support of comments
 Hub data structure import SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office  Enhancements of asymmetric
 Asset visibility by teams  Live SAP HANA and BW access reporting
 Planning features: Create new data
SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office  Analysis plug-in improvements
– SAPGetData enhancements
 Stand-alone edition
– Grouping of dimensions
 Write-back support for planning
models

SAP Transformation Navigator
Supporting your digital transformation
Move my landscape
SAP Future product map
Transformation
Navigator
Evolve my business
Today New capabilities
Future
SAP ERP–centric SAP S/4HANA–
product map centric product map
Use a greenfield approach

New digital platform
SAP Transformation Navigator provides you with clear guidance to chart the Intelligent Enterprise:
 Based on your currently used products, this free self-service produces an individualized report highlighting business value, detailing integration to SAP S/4HANA
and other cloud products, and explaining transformation services and license information.
 With the new time-slider feature, you can even identify the best point in time to engage in your journey to becoming an intelligent enterprise.
 Discover the tool and your transformation path at https://support.sap.com/stn.

Related road maps
SAP Analytics Hub provides seamless access to any live

deployment built on SAP Analytics Cloud.
Extend options to prepare and analyze data with SAP Analysis

for Microsoft Office.
Related product road maps available on sap.com/roadmaps:

 SAP Analytics Hub solution is a single point of access
 SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office uses modeled data from SAP Analytics
Cloud in workflows

Learn more
SAP customers and partners
► SAP Road Maps

► SAP Community
► IT Planning Resources
► Innovation Discovery
► SAP Transformation Navigator
► SAP User Groups
► SAP Analytics Cloud Web Site

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