Expanding the capabilities of SAC with App Design

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SAP ANALYTICS CLOUD
Expanding The Capabilities with Application Design
Anoovendhan Subramanian
Senior BI Solutions Strategist, Visual BI Solutions www.visualbi.com

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AGENDA
Introduction01
Q&A
02 SAC App Design at a Glance
03 Connectivity to SAC App Design
04 SAC App Design – A Comparative Analysis
05 Demo – Scripting Capabilities of SAC App Design
06
Is SAC App Design READY FOR PRIME TIME?07
FAQs08
Q&A09
Is SAC App Design a Replacement to SAP Lumira Designer?

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SAC APP DESIGN - At a Glance

* Planned for future releases
NOTE : Popular tools section only mention the strongest player(s) in each area. Other tools might have the flexibility to deliver multiple end products.
STORYBOARDS FORMATTED REPORTS DASHBOARDS APPLICATIONS
Definition
Document containing mostly
visualizations designed by end users
to answer ad-hoc business queries
using visualizations.
Ordered presentation of a detailed
data set usually portrayed as tables,
sometimes combined with
visualizations.
Collection of visualizations and other
elements consolidated and arranged
on a single-screen that can be
monitored at a glance.
Consolidated information presented
in a guided analytic path spread
across multiple pages or screens with
analytic capabilities for end users.
Primary Focus Trends or KPIs Score Cards and KPIsUnderlying Data & Details Trends & KPIs; Drilldown to Data
Purpose Self Service Analysis Performance OverviewIn-depth Data Analysis Multi-Purpose
Typical End Users Business Users & Analysts (Authors) CXO, Managers (Consumers)CXO, Managers, Analysts (All ) CXO, Managers, Analysts (Consumers)
User Interactions None to Minimal ModerateMinimal to Moderate Extensive
No. of Data Sources Single Single or MultipleSingle or Multiple Multiple
Visualizations Primarily Charts Charts and MapsPrimarily Tables and Some Viz Charts, Maps and Tables
Popular Tools
Lumira Discovery, SAP Analytics
Cloud, Tableau, Power BI, Qlik
Sense
Xcelsius, SAP Analytics Cloud, Qlik
View, Spotfire, Tableau, Power BI
Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports,
IBM Cognos, IBI Web Focus, SAP
Analytics Cloud*
Lumira Designer, SAP Analytics
Cloud
Development Time Few Hours Few Days to a WeeksFew Hours to Days Few Weeks
Level of Detail
Business
IT
Comparing Based on Content Types
Best in Class Tool ?

Unifying BI Platform for all use cases
Tools by Persona or 1 Enterprise BI Tool for All Persona’s ?
Power Users (6%)
Complex Data Analysis
Complex Report Development
Data Analysts (6%)
Data Preparation
Data Discovery
Ad-hoc Analysis
Report Analysts (6%)
Ad-hoc Reports
Report Builder
Agile Visualizations
Presentations
Data Scientist (2%)
Statistical Analysis
Forecasting Functions
Predictive Analysis
Casual/ Business UsersExecutives Managers
Analyze Operational MetricsDashboards / Scorecards / KPI Tiles Trends Analysis for Hindsight
Transactional Reports / Order DetailsPresentations / PDFs / Infographics Drill Down Analysis for Context
Charts and Visualizations Formatted and scheduled Reports
Consumers
80%
Self-Service
BISeekers
20%
SAP Analytics Cloud (BI, Planning, Predictive, Application Design, Enterprise Reporting*)
*Planned for future releases

Application Design – The new face of Guided Analytics
SAP Analytics Cloud

Application Design (Recently GA)
Source: https://blogs.sap.com/2019/03/27/application-design-with-sap-analytics-cloud-overview-and-road-map-
webcast-recap-qa/
§ Lumira Designer type application development
on the cloud
§ Build Enterprise Dashboards, Planning and
Predictive Applications
§ Integrate Data Discovery and Analytic
Applications
§ Powerful scripting capabilities to build enterprise
dashboards and sophisticated applications
§ Custom Widgets
§ With improved connectivity options and data
blending options, Application design can be the
enterprise application tool going forward
§ Define interactions between various components
within the application
§ Seamless Navigation & Integration to other
Business Apps.
Taking Guided Analytics to the next level with state-of-the-art visualizations
SAC Application Design is now GA

SAP Analytics Cloud
Offerings
SAC
Digital Boardroom
SAP Analytics Cloud is the cloud-based tool from
SAP that offers BI, Planning, Predictive, App Design
capabilities developed using Google chrome.
An independent mobile BI is available for SAC
and is currently available for iOS devices.
Mobile
SCP
SAP Cloud Platform on which the tool resides
and facilitates all the core capabilities.
An extension of SAC to a boardroom setup,
leveraging unique collaborative features.
Source : https://www.sap.com/products/cloud-analytics.html
Analytics Hub
Common portal to consume SAC and BOBJ. It
will be included with the SAC BI Subscription
Application Design
Recently GA. It will be included with the SAC BI
Subscription

Connectivity to SAC App Design

SAC App Design
Data Connectivity – A Hybrid Approach (On Prem + Cloud)
§ Simplify data connectivity setup
§ Reduce feature parity differences between
Live and Import connections
§ Increase number of live data connections
to non-SAP sources
§ Extend data blending scenarios
§ Increase data import robustness
§ Make data preparation experience more
intuitive
§ Model live data
Source: #askSAP Community Call SAP Analytics 2019 Strategy and Roadmap

SAC Application Design
Universe Connectivity – Live vs Acquired
Property Live Acquired
.unx support
.unv support
OLAP universes
Geo Map
Change Description / Hide a
dimension
Change Description / Hide a
measure
Create Calculated Measure
in Model
Create Calculated Measure
Create Calculated Dimension
Enable Planning
Schedule the Model
Rebuild Model
Input Control
Sorting in Chart / Table
Ranking in Chart / Table
Smart Discovery and Smart
Insights
Data Explorer
Linked Analysis
Hierarchy Support on
Relational Connection
Bookmark Support
Data Blending
Combining Data Source
All features supported Does not support features Limited support / Available in future
*Based on current features that are available in SAC as on May 2019. This may change
for future releases.

BW Connectivity – Live vs Acquired
Hierarchy Support
Create Measure
Filter on Measure
Filter on Dimension
Linked Analysis
Dynamic Text in Titles
Hyperlink
Geo Maps
Story Level Formula
Time Series Chart
Line Chart Time Series
Forecasting
R Visualizations
Search to Insights
Smart Discovery
Smart Insights
Smart Predict
BEx Query Elements
Query Variables (Optional,
Mandatory, Characteristic Value)
Custom Key Figure Structure
Dynamic Image Widget
Data Blending Options
*Based on current features that are available in SAC as on May 2019. This may change
for future releases.

HANA Connectivity – Live
Property Live
Hierarchy Support
Calculated & Restricted Measure
Calculated Dimensions
Filter on Measure
Filter on Dimension
Linked Analysis
Dynamic Text in Titles
Geo Maps
Time Series Chart
Line Chart Time Series Forecasting
Property Live
R Visualizations
Search to Insights
Smart Discovery
Smart Insights
Smart Predict
Smart Grouping (on Bubble and
Scatter Plot Charts)
Planning
Linking Variables
Ranking & Sorting
Story Level Formula
Data Blending Options
*Based on current features that are available in SAC as on May 2019. This may change for future releases.

Non-SAP DB Connectivity with SAC App Design
System Live Acquired
Partner
Delivered
MS SQL Server
MS Azure
Redshift
Odata
Google Big Query
/ Drive / Sheets
Salesforce
Oracle
Teradata
Netezza
IBM DB2
Google Analytics
MongoDB
Source: https://blogs.sap.com/2019/02/07/sap-analytics-cloud-roadmap-asug-webcast-recap-with-qa/All non SAP Live connections need SAP Cloud Platform and uses Smart Data Integration
and Smart Data Access Adapters

Data Blending Feature for Stories*
Create end-to-end scenarios with blending data
from Live and Acquired Connections
SAP Analytics Cloud version 2019.9, the minimum required
agent versions:
• SAP BPC (standard only) = 1.0.75
• SAP BPC (embedded only) = 1.0.109
• SAP BW = 1.0.109
• SAP Universe = 1.0.91
• SAP ERP / SQL Database = 1.0.99
• File Server Export = 1.0.75
Browser based blending limitations:
• SAP BW live connections: up to 6 MB in dataset size
• S/4HANA live connections: up to 6 MB in dataset size
• SAP HANA live connections: up to 2 MB in dataset size
Data
Blending
Live Data
Connection
SAP BW
SAP HANA
SAP Universe
SAP BPC
Acquired Data
Connection
SAP BW
SAP Universe
SAP BPC
S4/HANA
*Non-SAP DB
Flat Files
Smart Data Integration
Data Provisioning Agent
Browser based blending
SDI based data blending
*Available in Future for App Design

SAC APP DESIGN
A Comparative Analysis
• Lumira Designer vs SAP Analytics Cloud
• Explorer vs SAP Analytics Cloud
• SAP Dashboards vs SAP Analytics Cloud
• Mobile Application

General Features Comparison
Chart SAC Story SAC App Design
Lumira
Designer
Chart Title
Chart Subtitle
Chart Details
Chart Footer
Chart Maximize
Runtime Ranking
Variance
Reference Line
Cross Calculation
Dynamic Time
Calculation
Hyperlink
Unbooked Data
Chart SAC Story SAP App Design
Lumira
Designer
Custom Menu
Data Utility
Ranking with Different
Measure
Semantic Formatting
Trendline
Pareto Series
Master Detail Chart
Deviation Bar
Supported with VBX

Formatting Capabilities - Comparison
Chart SAC Story SAC App Design Lumira Designer
Export / Import
Settings
Custom Font
Text Formatting
Number Formatting
Number Scaling
Number Scaling
Format
Scale Format
(millions, k, b)
Column Shapes
Bar as Pictogram
Google Font
Chart Background
Colour
Plot Background
Chart SAC Story SAP App Design
Lumira
Designer
Chart Padding
Chart Border

Display Capabilities - Comparison
Chart
SAC
Story
SAC App Design Lumira Designer
Runtime Sort
Custom Order Sort at
Runtime
Error Bar - Static Percentage
Values
Error Bar - Static Fixed
Values
Error Bar - Dynamic Values
Error Bar - Standard
Deviation
Show Totals
Show Scaling factors
Label - ID & Description
Rename Measures
Rename Dimensions
Fit Data Point into Plot Area
Chart SAC Story SAP App Design Lumira Designer
Measure Pattern
Show Additional Measure
as Layered Bars
as Triangle
as Classic Bars
Chart Themes
Display Data option
Dimension Display (Key,
Text, etc.)
Enable Totals (Run Time)
Swap Dimension (Run
Time)
Suppression Type
Show Totals (Design Time)
Series Name Change

Display Capabilities - Comparison
Hierarchical Labelling
Thousand Separator
Decimal Separator
Show Unit / Currency
Scaling Factor
Scaling Unit
Number Prefix
Number Suffix
Annotation
Runtime Annotations
Chart Background Colour

Other Capabilities - Comparison
Colour Sync
Standard Colour Palates
Custom Colour Pallet
Reset Colours
Zooming
Zooming Device
Zooming Axis
Deviation Bar / Selection
shows Deviation
breakdown
Label - ID & Description
Selection in Axis Labels
Inclusive Selection
Exclusive Selection
Data Explorer
Single Select
Multi-select
Follow Touch Move for
Tooltip
Reverse Lasso
Change / Select Measure
(Run Time)
Custom Theme
Custom CSS Class
Support
CSS Theme Support
Axis Title
Axis Line Formatting
Axis Label Direction

Data Label as Pictogram
Data Label Position
Hide Overlapping Data
Labels
Avoid Data Label Overlap
Crop Data Label
Defer Display of Data
Label
Inside Placement for Data
Label
Data Label Rotation
Data Label Shadow
Custom Data Label
Tooltip Shape Adjustment
Hide Delay Tooltip
Hide Delay Tooltip
Tooltip Cross Hair
Follow Pointer for Tooltip
Follow Touch Move for
Tooltip
Shared Tooltip
Custom Tooltip
Additional Measures in
Tooltip
Show / Hide Tooltip
Legend Title
Legend Placement Options
Legend Alignment Options
Legend Layout - Proximate

Axis Label Truncation
Fixed Axis Scaling
Axis Break
Axis Label Direction
Axis Titles
Axis Ceiling Value
Axis Floor Value
Axis Minimum Value
Axis Maximum Value
Horizontal Axis Pictogram
Show Axis at Top /
Opposite Side
Reverse Axis
Axis Title Rotation
Axis Label Prefix
Axis Label Suffix
Show Nth Axis Label
No. of Stagger Lines
Chart Grid Lines
Axis Ticks
Plot Band
Plot Line
Identical Scaling
Panning
Zooming

Lumira Designer vs SAC App Design Feature Comparison
SAP Lumira Designer SAC App Design
Append/Merge/Blend Join, Union, Links
Interoperability with BO Tools SAP Lumira Designer, AO
SAP BusinessObjects (BO) Integration SAP BI Platform Security
Planning / Predictive Apart from BI Features
Visualizations Charts, Maps, Tables
Data Acquisition
SAP Import Data
SAP Live Data
Non-SAP Data
Comments / Chats / Events / Security Additional Features

SAP Analytics Cloud
Feature Comparison
• Excel and Flat
Files
• SAP HANA
• SAP BW
• 3rd Part SQL
• Cloud Apps
• Salesforce
• OData
• Big Data
SAP LUMIRA Designer SAP ANALYTICS CLOUD – App Design
• Performs BI, Predictive and Planning functions
• Web based tool, primarily on Google Chrome
• Visualization and Storyboard : Similar options + IBCS Certified
• Commenting available by default. Bookmarking feature coming soon
• Mobile : Support for Stories on iPad + iPhone, Android coming soon
• Integrates with SAP Cloud Platform (SCP)
• Extended to Digital Boardroom
• No desktop tool available
• Collaboration or Sharing
Shared only via SCP/Embedding and supports repointing of data sources
Export data : CSV
Export story : PDF or URL
• Security: Role based security needs to be setup in SCP
• Primarily for BI functions + Planning capabilities
• Client based tool
• Visualization : Extensively IT driven
• Commenting & Bookmarking feature available.
• Mobile : iPad + iPhone available through SAP BI Mobile App
• Integrates with SAP BOBJ BIP
• Interoperability with SAP Lumira Discovery
• Primarily a desktop tool
• Collaboration or Sharing
Shared locally or BIP that can be used for Migration process
Export data : Excel or CSV
Export Visualization : PDF or OpenDoc URL
• Security: Role based security inherited from BIP

SAP Explorer Migration to SAC
SAP Business Objects Explorer SAP Analytics Cloud
Information Spaces and associated Exploration views Imports and Live connections
Faceted dimension member and measure selector Various selector options along with Data Explorer
Data exploration through key word search Search to insight – natural language query interface
Ad-hoc filters for analysis Input controls and other selector widgets
Chart type selection for Visualization options Limited to Data Explorer view
Export Options Limited – PDF and table export to csv
Features Explorer SAC
Universe
SAP HANA / BW
Excel
Geographic
Data
Custom Filter
Keyword Search
Sort and Rank
Change chart type
Calculated
Measures
Filter based on chart
selection
Bookmarking
Email Data to
recipients
Export data to csv
Export data to Excel
Export to
Webi/png/PDF

SAP Dashboards (Xcelsius) Migration to SAC - Charts
Chart
SAP
Dashboards
SAP Lumira
Designer
SAP Analytics
Cloud
Line
Pie
Column
Column – Stacked
Bar
Bar – Stacked
Waterfall
Marimekko
Bubble
Scatter Plot
Area
Stacked Area
Chart
SAP
Dashboards
SAP Lumira
Designer
SAP Analytics
Cloud
Tree Map
Horizontal Bullet
Radar
Filled Radar
Single Axis
Combination
Vertical Bullet
Horizontal
Progress Bar
Vertical Progress
Bar
Sparkline
Gauge
Candlestick
OHLC
Supported with VBX

SAP Dashboards (Xcelsius) Migration to SAC - Selectors
Selector
SAP
Dashboards
SAP Lumira
Designer
SAP Analytics
Cloud
Check Box
Combo Box
Icon
Radio Button
Toggle Button
Push Button
Cascading Filter
List Box
List View
Horizontal Slider
Vertical Slider
Selector
SAP
Dashboards
SAP Lumira
Designer
SAP Analytics
Cloud
Label Based Menu
List Builder
Accordion Menu
Dual Slider
Sliding Picture
Menu
Spinner
Play Control
Ticker
Play Selector
Fisheye Picture
Menu
Supported with VBX

SAP Dashboards (Xcelsius) Migration to SAC – Utilities, Maps and Other Features
All features supported
Does not support features
Limited support / Available in future
Utility
SAP
Dashboards
SAP Lumira
Designer
SAP Analytics
Cloud
Calendar
Print Button
Export to PDF
Export to MS Office
What-if-scenario
Trend Icon
Trend Analyzer
Offline Dashboards
History
Map Features SAP
Dashboards
SAP Lumira
Designer
SAP Analytics
Cloud
Countries by Region
/ Province / County
World Map
Standard Maps
without GeoJSON
Other Features
SAP
Dashboards
SAP Lumira
Designer
SAP Analytics
Cloud
Mobile Support
BW
Universe Connectivity
XML / Live Office
QaaWS Connectivity
Mobile Component
Compatibility
Performance on High
Volume Data
Average / Poor Good Good
Supported with VBX
For more feature parity and functionality – Lumira Designer +
VBX

SAC App Design
SAP Analytics Cloud Mobile App
Coming Soon..
For App Design
This is one key reason why you might still have to use
Lumira Designer as first choice for your App Design use cases..

Demo & Scripting Capabilities
of SAC App Design

Is SAC App Design a replacement
to SAP Lumira Designer?

SAP Analytics Cloud – App Design
A Replacement for SAP Lumira Designer ?
Source: #askSAP Community Call SAP Analytics 2019 Strategy and Roadmap

SAC App Design
Business Audience For SAC Analytic Applications
SAP Analytics Cloud
Corporate
Analytic
Applications
Custom
Applications
Corporate
Analytic
Applications
Corporate
Analytic
Applications
SAC App
Design
Create and Deploy
§ Analyze
§ Explore
§ Re-compose
§ Personalize
§ Share
Stories
LOBStructured Self-Exploration
Guided Analytics
Self-Service
Applications
Corporate
Analytic
Applications
Corporate
Analytic
Applications
Digital
Boardrooms
IT Driven
Currently
available
Available in
Future
BI Platform
Lumira Designer

Data Connectivity Comparison – SAP Sources
SAC Live SAC Acquired SAP Lumira Designer
SAP HANA SAP BW SAP Business By Design Analytics SAP BW
SAP S4HANA SAP BPC System
SAP Concur
SAP BW on HANA
SAP BW SAP Universe SAP Fieldglass SAP BW4HANA
SAPBPC Embedded SAP ERP System SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics SAP HANA
SAP Universe
SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer
Analytics
SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4 HANA
SAP SuccessFactors
SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer
SAP Universe

SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Lumira Designer vs SAC App Design – Key Differences
Backend Connectivity Data Source Reusability Integration Components Scripting UI/UX
Lumira Designer SAC App Design

SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Lumira Designer vs SAC App Design – Timeline Verdict
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Design
Studio
1.1
Design
Studio
1.2
Design
Studio
1.3
Design
Studio
1.4
Design
Studio
1.5
Lumira
2.x
Design
Studio
1.6
Lumira
2.3
Current State
2019 May 2019 Dec 2020
SAC
Rel. 2019.09
Current StateSAC
Rel. 2019.03
SAC
Rel. 2019.Q4
Dec 2019
Coming Soon
SAC
Rel. 2020.Q4
Lumira Designer
Equivalent

Parallel Processing of Queries in SAP Analytics Cloud – Stories Only
§ In Roadmap for SAC
App Design
§ Query Batching
available for SAC
Stories
§ Customizing the
batching of queries
unavailable
§ Lumira Designer allows
to choose the batch of
queries using parallel
processing concepts
In Lumira Design
In SAP Analytics Cloud
Query1
Query2
Query3
Query4
Query1
Query2
Query3
Query4
Apps
Apps
(4 minutes)
(1 minutes)
Query1
Query2
Query3
Query4
Batched Parallel Processing
Apps
(2 minutes)
Parallel Processing
Normal Processing

IS SAP ANALYTICS CLOUD
App Design READY FOR PRIME TIME?
• Ideal Architecture
• Upcoming features in SAP Analytics Cloud App Design
• Product Roadmap

SAP Analytics Cloud
Ideal Customer Profile Architecture

SAP Analytics Cloud
Current and Upcoming Features
§ Visualization and Story Boarding
§ Data connectivity to SAP Live and Acquired data
sources
§ Non-SAP database connectivity
§ Planning, Predictive and Forecasting Capabilities
§ Commenting and Collaborations
§ iOS Mobile Application
§ Feature imparity between Live vs Acquired
connections
§ Component limitations
§ Automatic Updates
§ International Business Communication Standard
(IBCS) Certified
§ Data blending
SAP Analytics Cloud - Today
§ Connectivity improvements – to both SAP and
non-SAP data sources
§ Feature parity between Live and Acquired
connection
§ Non-SAP DB connectivity improvements
§ Data blending improvements
§ Multi source models
§ Hybrid BI strategy – better integration with SAP
BI (Webi, Universe, AO)
§ Enterprise Reporting Capabilities
§ Android support
§ Application Design, SDK and API
§ Streamlined licensing options
§ Improvements to Smart Assist and Smart Predict
§ Bookmarking and Sharing
SAP Analytics Cloud – What’s Coming
§ ETL / Complex Modeling functionality
§ Export to MS Office
§ Enhanced map capabilities
§ More support for charts like Gantt, Funnel,
Gauge, Sparkline, Tag Clouds etc.
§ More support for filter components like Buttons.
Lists, Sliders etc.
§ Improvements to Combining Data Sources and
Data Blending options
§ Enhanced Mobile capabilities
§ Language Support
SAP Analytics Cloud – Good to have

Product Roadmap
SAP Analytics Cloud
Connectivity
Modelling, Visualization
and Application
Development
Planning
Mobile
Administration
§ Integration with SAP HANA,BW and SAP BI Universe improvements
to browser based data blending
§ New Charts and Geomaps support
§ Connectivity to additional cloud data sources
§ Improvements to Live and Acquired connections
§ Expand the breadth of supported data sources
§ Extend data blending scenarios
§ Enhanced Modelling
§ Renaming Story measures and dimensions
§ Application Design
→ Planning and Predictive support
→ Scripting
§ Enterprise Reporting capabilities
§ Modelling on Live Data, Multi source modelling
§ Multilanguage support
§ Improvements to bookmarking and other distributions
§ Application Design
→ Custom Widgets
→ Mobile support, boardroom integration
§ Data Entry – private version commenting, version handling
§ Smart Assist (search to insight)
§ Smart Predict
§ Refined S4/HANA predictive scenarios
Q2 2019 Future Direction
§ Data Entry – Parent level data entry, storage
§ Smart Assist, Smart Discovery and Smart Predict for
Live HANA connections
§ SQL Database support
§ Annotations
§ Geo-spatial support – choropleth
§ Localization support
§ Android Support
§ Geo-spatial support – Bubble, drill down
§ Roambi integration
§ Folder-based security models
§ Export / Import folders
§ Support for SAML IdP-initiated SSO
§ AWS Data center support – more regions
§ Improvements to Import / Export contents
§ Improved security management, version control and
promotion management

FAQs

SAP Analytics Cloud
Frequently Asked Questions
§ Is SAC going to replace all the existing SAP analytics products in long run?
Yes, Definitely. As the entire technology world is moving towards cloud, this would be the most likely
scenario option going forward. Once, reporting comes to SAC then it would become a reality.
§ How well is SAC positioned within BI market?
SAC is positioned in such a way that it can cater to all kinds of reports and users across all levels
§ Can we schedule SAC stories/reports like we do in BOBJ?
Models can be scheduled. As SAC will allow us to create formatted reports in the future, we expect it to
have the scheduling feature similar to how we have in the BOBJ systems.

Q&A

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