... Preface ... 13

... Objective of This Book ... 13

... Target Audience ... 14

... Structure of This Book ... 14

... Additional Resources ... 15

... Acknowledgments ... 16

1 ... Introduction ... 17

1.1 ... What Is Analytics? ... 17

1.2 ... SAP's Unified Data and Analytics Strategy ... 19

1.3 ... Overview of SAP Analytics Cloud ... 22

1.4 ... Architecture ... 43

1.5 ... Standalone and Embedded Versions of SAP Analytics Cloud ... 44

1.6 ... Summary ... 45

2 ... Data Integration ... 47

2.1 ... Data Sources Supported by SAP Analytics Cloud ... 47

2.2 ... Connection Types ... 59

2.3 ... Integration Scenarios for Live Connections ... 68

2.4 ... Integration Scenarios for Import Connections ... 78

2.5 ... Summary ... 82

3 ... Navigation and Administration ... 83

3.1 ... Navigating the Home Screen and Main Menu ... 84

3.2 ... First Steps for Administrators ... 88

3.3 ... Administration Tools ... 95

3.4 ... Creating Connections ... 119

3.5 ... Summary ... 122

4 ... Data Modeling ... 123

4.1 ... Why Use Data Models? ... 124

4.2 ... Types of Data Models ... 127

4.3 ... Creating Models by Importing Data ... 134

4.4 ... Creating Models from Live Data Sources ... 151

4.5 ... Editing Models in the Modeler ... 159

4.6 ... Summary ... 171

5 ... Business Intelligence: Visualizations and Dashboards ... 173

5.1 ... What Are Stories? ... 174

5.2 ... Creating Stories ... 176

5.3 ... Creating, Editing, and Formatting Charts ... 189

5.4 ... Creating, Editing, and Formatting Tables ... 209

5.5 ... Geo Maps ... 214

5.6 ... Texts, RSS Readers, and Other Elements ... 217

5.7 ... How Viewers Interact with Stories ... 220

5.8 ... Calculations ... 236

5.9 ... Story Design ... 243

5.10 ... Sharing and Publishing Stories ... 245

5.11 ... Additional Story Functionalities ... 255

5.12 ... Optimized Story View Mode ... 260

5.13 ... Summary ... 262

6 ... Planning ... 263

6.1 ... Planning in SAP Analytics Cloud ... 263

6.2 ... Creating and Setting Up a Planning Model ... 271

6.3 ... Planning-Specific Functionality ... 289

6.4 ... Summary ... 315

7 ... Predictive Analytics ... 317

7.1 ... What Is Predictive Analytics? ... 318

7.2 ... Smart Assist ... 322

7.3 ... Smart Predict: Predictive Scenarios ... 337

7.4 ... Summary ... 344

8 ... Analytics Designer ... 345

8.1 ... Differences between Stories and Applications ... 345

8.2 ... Creating Applications ... 347

8.3 ... Custom Widgets ... 366

8.4 ... Summary ... 371

9 ... SAP Digital Boardroom ... 373

9.1 ... What Is SAP Digital Boardroom? ... 373

9.2 ... Creating Boardrooms ... 379

9.3 ... Hardware Recommendations ... 393

9.4 ... Summary ... 393

10 ... SAP Analytics Hub and the Analytics Catalog for SAP Analytics Cloud ... 395

10.1 ... What Is SAP Analytics Hub? ... 396

10.2 ... Setup and Content Creation ... 398

10.3 ... The Analytics Catalog ... 407

10.4 ... Summary ... 410

... The Author ... 413

... Index ... 415