Shubhangi Deshmukh

SAP HANA Application Architect

SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Analyti
cs Cloud

Shubhangi.deshmukh@in.ibm.com

“SAP Analytics Cloud - Introduction &
S/4HANA Integration for Reporting”
Christopher Lünnemann
SAP Analytics Architect
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Analyti
cs Cloud
Christopher.luennemann@de.ibm.com

Presented By:
Christopher Luennemann
Shubhangi Deshmukh
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 Agenda

 Introduction
 Business Pain Points
 Connection Types
 Architecture Example
 Demo based on real business scenario
 Conclusion

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 SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

SAC is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) connecting people, data & ideas from multiple sources to enable
fast & confident decision making. It allows users to discover, visualize, plan & predict all in one place.

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 SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Source: SAP

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 SAP Analytics Cloud - Persona

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 Business Pain Points
Widely used local reporting & planning
solutions are not natively integrated with gold
standard SAP solutions like SAP S/4HANA or
SAP BW/4HANA, unable to effectively leverage
data out of SAP systems for reporting, business
planning and forecasting activities
No flexibility and standards in
integration of data from multiple SAP &
non-SAP data sources
Client Pain Points
Excessive Data loads / data feed processes,
data preparation/transformation & harmonization
required before reporting & planning can be
executed
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Complex management reports based on
financial & non-financial data are prepared
using Excel & PowerPoint, static reporting
without option to drill down to details
Clients face data silos & redundantly
stored data , critical information is stored
in Excel files and remains unmanaged
(no single source of truth)
Lack of further data insights & transparency in
collaborative planning processes (phone calls & e-
mail communication), Enterprises looking to
simplify finance processes and reduce maintenance
overhead
 SAP Analytics Cloud - Connections

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 SAP Analytics Cloud – Architecture

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Case Study

Corporate Cost Report

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 SAC Reporting - Understanding Business Scenario

Functional Requirement

The Corporate Cost SAC Story is a management report which displays financial actuals, plan and forecast
data based on SAP data sources. The report displays cost related KPIs such Primary Cost, Net Costs and
LTIP. Donut and stacked bar charts of different types are included in the story to display the data visually.
The SAC story includes input controls which allow the user to interactively choose the selected data
displayed in the Story sheets.

Before state After state

 Monthly manual creation using legacy  Automatic derivation of content based on

reporting solution, Excel, PowerPoint & input controls
ThinkCell
 Web-based report with drill-down
 Static PDF reports without any capabilities & interactive navigation
navigation options
 Available via URL or Launchpad,
 Distribution to consumers via E-Mail scheduled distribution to consumers
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possible
 SAP Analytics Cloud – Architecture

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 OData Services

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 Standard /

CDS Extension
New Object(s) SAC Object Custom
Extension

Option 1 – API-View Extension Option 2 – New API View

incl. ZZ-
fields & OMV_D_AL OMV_D_AL
texts as L_GEN_COS incl. ZZ- L_GEN_COS
dimension fields &
TCENTER TCENTER
properties texts

ZSA_FICR_
A_CostCente ZSEA_Cost incl. ZZ- incl. ZZ-
COSTCENT
r Center fields & fields &
texts texts ER

ZSE_FICR_ add add

ZSE_FICR_
s s
I_CostCenter COSTCENT I_CostCenter COSTCENT
ZZ- ZZ-
ER field ER field
text text
s s

adds ZZ-fields adds ZZ-fields

E_CostCente E_CostCente
r r

incl. ZZ- incl. ZZ-

fields fields
CSKS CSKS

+ Standard API view for external applications
+ Extension should still work with upgrade except there is drastic change in views
- Potential impact on existing consumers which use A_CostCenter - limited risk since A_ views are not
used internally in SAP
- Upgrade could change A_CostCenter and therefore potentially source data for SAC - limited risk
since views are released and are not changed regularly, e.g. fields are generally not removed
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+ SAC source view is not changed at all, stays stable
+ No impact on existing consumers which use A_CostCenter
- Potentially adjustments in two views required if orginal and custom views are
used in external applications
- View will not be upgraded
 CDS Extension
Extend standard view A_COSTCENTER:

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 CDS Extension

Extend standard view I_FINPLANNINGENTRYITEMCUBE:

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 API

Release API state to consume API for custom services

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 Dimensions
1. IBM_D_ALL_ORG_COMPANYCODE
2. IBM_D_ALL_GEN_PLANCATEGORY
3. IBM_D_ALL_GEN_GLACCOUNT
4. IBM_D_ALL_GEN_COSTCENTER
5. IBM_D_ALL_GEN_PROFITCENTER
6. IBM_D_FIN_GEN_LEDGER
7. IBM_D_ALL_GEN_CORPFUNC

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 Dimension – IBM_D_ALL_GEN_COSTCENTER

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 Dimension – IBM_D_ALL_GEN_COSTCENTER

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 Dimension – IBM_D_ALL_GEN_GLACCOUNT

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 Dimension – IBM_D_ALL_GEN_GLACCOUNT

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Master Data Import : GL Account
1. Import attributes
Source API : API_GLACCOUNTINCHARTOFACCOUNTS_SRV
Entity : A_GLAccountInChartOfAccounts
2. Import Texts
Source API : API_GLACCOUNTINCHARTOFACCOUNTS_SRV
Entity : A_GLAccountText
3. Import Hierarchy Nodes
Source API: C_GLACCOUNTHIERARCHYNODE_SRV
Entity: C_GLAccountHierarchyNode

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 Master Data Import : GL Account
4. Import Hierarchy Leaves
Source API : C_GLACCOUNTHIERARCHYNODE_SRV
Entity: C_GLAccountHierarchyNode
5. Import Hierarchy Texts
Source API : C_GLACCOUNTHIERARCHYNODE_SRV
Entity : C_GLAccountHierarchyNodeT

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 Master Data Import : GL Account Mapping

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 Model

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 Transactional Data Import

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 Model

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KPI & restricted measures

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Corporate Cost Story – Restricted Measures

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Corporate Cost Story – Restricted Measures

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Corporate Cost Story –Restricted Measures

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Corporate Cost Story

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Corporate Cost Story

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Corporate Cost Story

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Corporate Cost Story

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Corporate Cost Story

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Corporate Cost Story –Restricted Measures

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SAP Analytics Cloud : Useful Links

www.sap.com/cloud/analytics
www.cloudfoundation.com/sap_analytics/training
SAP Analytics Training Overview
C_SAC_2114 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Analytics Cloud | SAP Training

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