Discover the next generation of BI with this guide to SAP Analytics Cloud! Get your data into the system and see which data models to use in which situations. Next, learn about stories--how to create visualizations for them, publish them, and enhance them. With information on using SAP Analytics Cloud for financial planning, predictive analytics, dashboard creation, and more, this book is your one-stop shop! Highlights include: 1) Data modeling 2) Stories 3) Visualizations 4) Dashboards 5) Financial planning 6) Predictive analytics 7) SAP Analytics Cloud, analytics designer 8) SAP Digital Boardroom 9) SAP Analytics Hub 10) Data integration 11) Configuration
Preparing consolidated financial statements for an enterprise with a parent and one or more subsidiaries requires a detailed review of underlying transactions in order to properly reflect results and financial position. For large, integrated, and multinational organizations, likely with millions of transactions, it is imperative that the financial accounting software facilitate this process. This expertly written guide focuses on leveraging SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. Explore key functionality and how the universal journal has led to the evolution of the group reporting solution. Using a detailed case study, the author discusses configuration and master data and walks the reader through the period-end process for consolidation and explores reports using financial transactions that have already been entered into SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. Explore reports delivered with SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. This book is targeted at both finance professionals and the functional consultants who perform the configuration and execution of processes for preparing consolidated financial statements. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, this book covers: - SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting and the universal journal - Configuration and master data - Period-end process for consolidation - Reporting and analysis
SAP Analytics Cloud is overflowing with visualization options. Charts, tables, drilldowns, geomaps--if you can dream it, you can design and build it. Learn how to create a dashboard for any use case, from acquired data dashboards and responsive mobile dashboards to HR dashboards using SAP SuccessFactors data. Follow step-by-step instructions to structure your data, choose the relevant features, and then implement them. Contains custom-designed dashboards for each chapter! Highlights include: 1) Dashboard design 2) Live data connections 3) Acquired data dashboards 4) Planning dashboards 5) Responsive mobile dashboards 6) SAP SuccessFactors dashboards 7) Qualtrics dashboards 8) R visualizations 9) Analytics designer 10) SAP Digital Boardroom
Enter the fast-paced world of SAP HANA 2.0 with this introductory guide. Begin with an exploration of the technological backbone of SAP HANA as a database and platform. Then, step into key SAP HANA user roles and discover core capabilities for administration, application development, advanced analytics, security, data integration, and more. No matter how SAP HANA 2.0 fits into your business, this book is your starting point. In this book, you'll learn about: a. Technology Discover what makes an in-memory database platform. Learn about SAP HANA's journey from version 1.0 to 2.0, take a tour of your technology options, and walk through deployment scenarios and implementation requirements. b. Tools Unpack your SAP HANA toolkit. See essential tools in action, from SAP HANA cockpit and SAP HANA studio, to the SAP HANA Predictive Analytics Library and SAP HANA smart data integration. c. Key Roles Understand how to use SAP HANA as a developer, administrator, data scientist, data center architect, and more. Explore key tasks like backend programming with SQLScript, security setup with roles and authorizations, data integration with the SAP HANA Data Management Suite, and more. Highlights include: 1) Architecture 2) Administration 3) Application development 4) Analytics 5) Security 6) Data integration 7) Data architecture 8) Data center
Meet your BI needs with SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics! Explore the system architecture and data model and learn how to perform analytics on live transactional data. Business user? Walk step-by-step through SAP Smart Business KPIs, dashboards, and multidimensional reporting. Analytics specialist? Master the virtual data model and report creation. Jack of all trades? Create CDS views, apply custom fields and logic, and learn to integrate SAP S/4HANA with SAP Analytics Cloud. This is your complete guide to SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics! Highlights include: 1) Architecture 2) Virtual data model (VDM) 3) CDS views 4) SAP Fiori apps 5) SAP Smart Business 6) Key performance indicators (KPIs) 7) Dashboards 8) Reporting 9) Data warehousing 10) SAP Analytics Cloud 11) Machine learning
"FP&A is now in the cloud! In this comprehensive guide, begin by provisioning your data for financial planning and analysis in SAP Analytics Cloud. Then follow step-by-step instructions to set up the planning process and use SAP Analytics Cloud's automated planning logic to calculate key metrics. Learn how to perform simulations to model what-if scenarios, streamline your planning workflow, and share results with stakeholders. With details on implementation best practices, this is your all-in-one resource!"--
SAP S/4HANA brings change to your routine controlling activities. Perform your key tasks in the new environment with this user guide! Get click-by-click instructions for your daily and monthly overhead controlling tasks, and then dive deeper into processes such as make-to-stock/make-to-order scenarios, margin analysis, and investment management. Finally, instructions for intercompany transactions and reporting make this your all-in-one resource! In this book, you'll learn about: a. Master Data See how your financials data is organized in SAP S/4HANA for management accounting. Understand the key reporting entities, from general ledger accounts and cost centers to specific master data for margin analysis. b. Functional Tasks Walk through your core controlling activities for overhead costs, manufacturing costs, sales costs, investments, and intercompany transactions. Learn how to assess each data type with step-by-step guidance and tips from the experts. c. Reporting Discover the reports that gather your cost data for assessment. Get insight into SAP S/4HANA innovations that impact reporting, including the SAP Fiori interface, the virtual data model, global accounting hierarchies, and more. Highlights include: 1) Organizational structures 2) Master data 3) Overhead controlling 4) Production controlling 5) Service controlling 6) Margin analysis 7) Event-based revenue recognition 8) Investment controlling 9) Intercompany scenarios 10) Reporting 11) Universal Journal 12) User interfaces (UI)
Managing your SAP data in Microsoft Excel? This is your guide to using SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office! Get started with the basics, from creating your first workbook to navigating through reports. Then, follow step-by-step instructions to process data, analyze data, develop planning applications, customize reports, and work with tools such as formulas and macros. Including details on troubleshooting, UI customization, and more, this book is your all-in-one resource! In this book, you'll learn about: a. Reporting and Data Analysis Learn to work with reports in SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office: define parameters with prompts, adjust formatting and styles, and extend reports with local data. Filter, sort, and display your data using hierarchies, and refine data analysis with simple and advanced calculations. b. Planning Use your SAP data to develop planning workbooks. Plan your data both manually and with functions and sequences. Understand key settings for cell locking, the planning model, and more. c. Advanced Features Take your skills to the next level. Write formulas to use in your reports, and create and use macros in your workbooks, including steps to use API methods, callbacks, and design rules. Highlights include: 1) Workbook creation 2) Report navigation 3) Prompts 4) Data processing, organization, and analysis 5) Planning applications 6) Report customization and formatting 7) Formulas 8) Macros 9) Configuration 10) Troubleshooting
Manage your data landscape with SAP Data Intelligence! Begin by understanding its architecture and capabilities and then see how to set up and install SAP Data Intelligence with step-by-step instructions. Walk through SAP Data Intelligence applications and learn how to use them for data governance, orchestration, and machine learning. Integrate with ABAP-based systems, SAP Vora, SAP Analytics Cloud, and more. Manage, secure, and operate SAP Data Intelligence with this all-in-one guide!In this book, you'll learn about:a. Configuration Build your SAP Data Intelligence landscape! Use SAP Cloud Appliance Library for cloud deployment, including provisioning, sizing, and accessing the launchpad. Perform on-premise installations using tools like the maintenance planner. b. Capabilities Put the core capabilities of SAP Data Intelligence to work! Manage and govern your data with the metadata explorer, use the modeler application to create data processing pipelines, create apps with the Jupyter Notebook, and more. c. Integration and Administration Integrate, manage, and operate SAP Data Intelligence! Get step-by-step instructions for integration with SAP and non-SAP systems. Learn about key administration tasks and make sure your landscape is secure and running smoothly. Highlights include:1) Configuration and installation2) Data governance3) Data processing pipelines4) Docker images5) ML Scenario Manager6) Jupyter Notebook7) Python SDK8) Integration9) Administration10) Security11) Application lifecycle management12) Use cases