Week 1: Introduction, Overview, and Business User

Unit 1: SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics –

Overview
SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – Overview
Welcome to the course

In the following 5 weeks, you’ll learn about:

▪ The SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics concept
▪ The most important architectural paradigms
▪ The user types: business user and analytics specialist
▪ Predefined analytical apps and other business content
▪ Embedded predictive and machine learning in
SAP S/4HANA
▪ Concepts for data integration between SAP S/4HANA
and other solutions

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SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – Overview Units on predefined analytics content in weeks 1 and 3
SAP S/4HANA analytics overview
SAP S/4HANA SAP Analytics

SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics, powered by SAP Fiori and SAP Analytics SAP Analytics Cloud, for
▪ SAP Fiori analytical apps for the business user Real-time access to Enterprise Planning
▪ SAP Fiori extensibility apps for the analytics specialist SAP S/4HANA data and BI
Data replication of
SAP S/4HANA data SAP BW/4HANA,
(both using the virtual SAP Data Warehouse
Spend off- Incoming PO avg. Non-managed ….
data model) Cloud
contract sales order delivery time purchasing spend

SAP S/4HANA – Virtual Data Model

SAP HANA DB SAP HANA DB

▪ Provide embedded insights in the solution, optimally support business users in defined business processes with decision support and information at the user's fingertips
▪ Integrate seamlessly into the enterprise intelligence offerings such as SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BW/4HANA
▪ Provide real-time access to solution data as well as replication of data and blending with multiple other sources for end-to-end enterprise intelligence
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SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – Overview Unit on architecture in week 1
High level architecture
SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP Analytics

Inter-
operability

Embedded
SAP Analytics
Visualization SAP Fiori UI SAP Analytics Cloud
Cloud
(OEM)

Access OData services Transient analytical queries

SAP Data Warehousing

Modeling ABAP-CDS-Models (SAP BW/4HANA + SAP
Data Warehouse Cloud)

Database tables Database tables

Persistency on SAP S/4HANA on SAP HANA

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Overview of current offering per user type

SAP S/4HANA Business User: Analyze the data and act according to insights SAP Analytics
▪ separate products/services
Smart Embedded ▪ direct access to SAP S/4HANA data
Multi- Analytical
dimensional
Business KPIs, Analytical list Overview
SAP Fiori
SAP Analytics ▪ Dashboards and Digital Boardrooms developed
analysis path pages pages Cloud by SAP S/4HANA, available for SAP Analytics
reports apps
apps dashboards Cloud

SAP S/4HANA Analytics Specialist: Enable the Busines User

Other SAP BI
Products:
SAP Analytics
Cloud Examples: Analysis
Key user tooling KPI and report for Office, Design
(e.g. Query Designer) modeling apps Studio, …

SAP S/4HANA IT User: Provide the single source of truth in one semantic layer

View maintenance:
ABAP for Eclipse

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SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – Overview
Demo

An important place for information on SAP Fiori apps: SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library
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Capabilities for the business user
Smart Business KPIs Overview Pages Analytical List Pages

• KPI monitoring on SAP Fiori launchpad • Consolidated view on a certain domain, e.g. Purchasing • Generic approach to mix analytical and transactional activities
• Drill-down into further analytical or transactional apps • Information presented in analytical tables and charts • Display table or chart or a combination
• Save personal variants • Take action in the same place or navigate to other apps • Take action directly in the same app or navigate to other apps
• Save personal variants • Save personal variants
Powered by SAP Analytics Cloud
In-App Analytics and ML Multidimensional Reports Dashboards

• Combine analytics with transactional content in one screen • Analyze and visualize data from multiple dimensions • SAP S/4HANA: Optional, additional content, stories (SAP
• Insight-to-action to prioritize based on facts • Display pivot-table or chart or a combination S/4HANA data only) shipped via analytics content repository
• Use drill-downs to determine transactional input parameters • Save personal variants • Used as templates, customers will copy and adapt
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud: Fiori-embedded SAP Analytics Cloud
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• Queries supplying the data are shipped with SAP S/4HANA
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SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – Overview Unit on Analytics Specialist Features in week 2
The analytics specialist persona

▪ Uses tools provided through analytics specialist role to

create and deploy new queries, reports, KPIs,
dashboards.
▪ Skill profile more business-focused, not IT-focused.
▪ Examples of typical tasks:
− Create new data sources
− Create new queries
− Define and deploy KPIs to business catalogs
− Design and deploy embedded SAC dashboards to
business catalogs
− Create new date functions for use in all sorts of
reports
−…

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End-to-end scenario diagram: analytics extensibility
1. Identify data source in View Browser
1 Search VDM view
the virtual data model

Custom VDM Views

2. Custom VDM views 2 Create VDM view and publish

Custom Analytical Queries

3. Analytical query 3 Copy or create query, publish

Report / KPI Design Multidimensional Report

4. KPI / report 4.1.1 Create report
creation 4.1 4.1.2 Create KPI 4.2 Create a multi-dimensional report
4.1.3 Create embedded SAP Analytics Cloud dashboard application (analytical query app)
4.1.4 Create SAP Fiori app and publish report

5. Publish to end-user/SAP Fiori Custom Catalog Extension External Consumption

catalogs (or for external use) 5.1 Add app to SAP Fiori catalog and 5.2 Create custom communication
publish scenario and arrangement

6. Transport Export/Import Software Collection

6 Transport to production system
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SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – Overview Unit on Planning in week 3
Financial planning and analysis for SAP S/4HANA – The suite

“Top-level Model”
Company
Cost Center
Roadmap item
Profit Center
Functional Area

Roadmap item

Company Company Company

Cost Center Profit Center Cost Center
Job Location Customer Asset Class
Product Plant Project
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SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – Overview Units on Predictive and ML in week 4
Intelligent technologies assist, adapt, and automate end-to-end business processes

Continuous learning from business data leads to

continuous improvement of business processes

Core capabilities
▪ Assist data-driven decision-making
▪ Adapt business processes in real time
▪ Automate processes within and between systems

Key principles
▪ Scalable enterprise-grade AI
▪ Tangible business outcomes
▪ Trusted data and intelligent recommendations
▪ Integrated technologies and processes

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SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – Overview Units on Data Integration in week 5
Data integration – Bird’s eye view

SAP Business Use Cases:

Warehouse powered
by SAP HANA &
SAP BW/4HANA ▪ Business Process
Intelligence
Data

ABAP Pipeline (WebRFC),

▪ Product Footprint

Transfer Protocols: CDI,

Predefined Extraction
replication SAP Data Intelligence
(data is Management

SOAP (RFC)
copied)
CDS Views
▪ Industry-specific content

SAP S/4HANA Cloud and/or ▪ Customer-managed

cross product reporting
Other SAP solutions
Data ▪ Consolidation of data
federation from multiple SAP
(remote- S/4HANA instances/
access) tenants
3rd party analytics &
data persistency tools ▪ …

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SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – Overview Units on Data Integration in week 5
Architecture overview
SAP Business
Consumers/Clients Warehouse
SAP Data SAP Data
(not exclusively, 1 powered by 2 Intelligence
3 Warehouse Cloud 4 SAP HANA
others possible) SAP HANA &
SAP BW/4HANA

Scenario 35D 53M 53L

SAP S/4HANA CE
Communication SAP_COM_0042 SAP_COM_0532 SAP_COM_0531
Scenario

ABAP CDI
SOAP Pipeline
API (OData
(RFC) (Websocket
RFC) )

Extraction Runtime
(ODP/ODQ, CDC, Reconstruction)

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Data Integration Model CDS Extraction View

Internal CDS View Model

Table

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Where to find more information

Blogs Books
SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics
SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – User Roles
Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics with SAP S/4HANA
Implementer’s Guide to S4-based Financial Planning & Analysis
for SAP S/4HANA using SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics – A Step Ahead and Beyond |
SAP Blogs
Part 1 – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Data Integration to power your
Intelligence Enterprise
Part 2 – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Data Integration Overview
Creating Dynamic Date filter using the Manage Date Function App
Six reasons why Web Dynpro is Better than Design Studio in SAP
S/4HANA Cloud

SAP Docu Others

SAP S/4HANA 2020 OP YouTube: SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105 SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library

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SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – Overview
Key takeaways

▪ SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics is not a single

feature but a concept of how to get insights to a
business user
▪ SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics comes with a lot
of predefined business content in the form of KPIs,
reports, queries, predictive scenarios, planning
scenarios, and more
▪ The main user types addressed by SAP S/4HANA
embedded analytics are business users and
analytics specialists
▪ The analytics specialist is a role that has all the tools
to create customer-specific analytics content
▪ SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics is well integrated
with other SAP Analytics offerings and makes none
of them obsolete

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Week 1: Introduction, Overview, and Business User
Unit 2: Architecture Overview of Embedded
Analytics
Architecture overview of embedded analytics
Agenda

1. What is analytics from an architecture point of

view
2. Introduction to the virtual data model as the
basis for analytical modeling in SAP S/4HANA
3. Analytical technology stacks in SAP S/4HANA
4. Analytical design patterns in SAP S/4HANA

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Components of analytical applications

Analytical queries
▪ The core asset of the analytics domain
▪ Describe the relevant relations in the data model, specific
calculations, authorizations, and configuration possibilities

Authoring tools and repository

▪ Provide the means for creating, testing, and managing
queries

Query execution engine

▪ Execution engine optimized for analytical queries in terms
of data model, performance, and semantics

Analytical UIs
▪ Enable dynamic configuration of the queries and
presentation of the results of execution
▪ Support analytical consumption patterns
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Embedded vs enterprise (cross) analytics

Embedded Analytics
▪ All components on the previous slide share the same lifecycle of SAP S/4HANA
▪ Often, data, queries, and UIs are tightly coupled in one SAP S/4HANA application
▪ Often, queries are executed on the live data of the application optimized for transactional
processing
– Committed transactions are instantly visible for analytics
– Additional runtime resources for optimization of the queries

Enterprise Analytics
▪ Data has a different lifecycle to other analytical components:
– Data follows the lifecycle of SAP S/4HANA
– Other components have another lifecycle like in a separate data warehouse product
▪ Often, data is replicated and optimized for analytical processing
– Latency between data changes in the source system and replication (eventual consistency)
– Better possibilities for performance optimizations
▪ Enterprise analytics is not a part of this architecture overview

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Virtual data model – Principles

The notion of virtual data model (VDM) applies to two related concepts in SAP S/4HANA:
▪ A collection of design principles for ABAP CDS views (or models) aimed to standardize the
implementation of common modeling patterns in SAP S/4HANA
▪ The set of CDS views in SAP S/4HANA following these design principles

VDM design principles

1. Naming rules for CDS models and element names. For instance, the VDM view I_CostCenter
represents the cost center entity in all SAP S/4HANA applications.
2. Enforcement of unambiguous element names through global technical names catalog (GFN). Thus,
the element CostCenter represents the cost center identifier in each and every model it is used in.
3. Specification of purpose of CDS views: analytical dimension, cube, search model, text, value help
etc.
4. Strict specification of the model lifecycle
– Stability contracts: if a view is safe to use in customer development
– Deprecation workflow: if a view or an element of a view should no longer be used and what to use
instead

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Virtual data model – Technical components

Basic interface views Metadata Extension

▪ Represent the core business entities of the SAP S/4HANA system
▪ Designed very close to the database tables – can be used instead of the table without Consumption Extension
performance penalties View
View
▪ Add semantics to the raw table data through aligned names and annotations
▪ Often designed for re-use and are subject to stability contracts
Composition interface views Private View
▪ Combine together multiple basic interface views into a business component
▪ Implement business logic on SQL level Metadata Extension
▪ Subject to stability contracts
Consumption views Composition Extension
▪ Implement the context-specific business logic View
Interface View
▪ Normally are not reusable outside of this specific context
Extension views
▪ Allow to add custom fields to the SAP models Private View
▪ Normally are defined on the basic interface views and propagated up the stack
Metadata extensions Metadata Extension
▪ Special CDS constructs for custom extensions on the metadata level (i.e. annotations)
Private views Basic Interface Extension
▪ Implement the application-specific logic which is subject to frequent changes View View
▪ Should never be used explicitly outside of application development

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Analytical models in VDM

Cube
▪ A cube is normally a VDM composite interface view
▪ It joins together the facts and corresponding dimensions that are related
Query
to a specific business domain
– It can use dedicated fact views to access the fact data on the
database
– It has a significant amount of associations pointing to the views Cube Fact
containing additional attributes for dimensions

Dimension
▪ A dimension is normally a basic interface view Hierarchy Dimension Text
▪ Contains additional attributes of a dimension and special metadata
describing it, including multilanguage texts, hierarchy definitions, and
value helps
Value Help
Query
▪ Queries are implemented as consumption views
▪ A special metadata container for usage in OLAP scenarios:
– Selects a subset of dimensions and measures available in a cube
– Adds additional restricted and calculated measures
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Authoring tools for analytical models

View Browser
▪ List, search, and examine all CDS views available in
an SAP S/4HANA system

Custom View Builder

▪ Build different kinds of custom views on top of released
SAP models, including cubes and dimensions

Custom Analytical Query

▪ Build custom analytical queries on top of cubes and,
occasionally, dimensions

Manage KPIs and Reports

▪ Create different kinds of analytical SAP Fiori
applications (KPIs, reports, and SAC stories)

SAC Story Designer

▪ Design the content of an embedded story

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Execution engines

SADL (Service Adaptation Definition Language)

▪ Main SAP S/4HANA engine for processing OData requests
▪ Supports analytical OData V2 and V4 functionality
▪ Can generally execute analytical OData requests on any
CDS view except analytical queries

ABAP Analytical Engine

▪ Special engine designed for OLAP processing in ABAP stack
▪ Implements the SAP proprietary INA protocol optimized for
analytical processing
▪ Uses special VDM artifacts called “analytical queries” for
support of advanced OLAP features like exception
aggregation and calculations

INA Stack
▪ Tools and models around the INA protocol

OData Stack
▪ Tools and models around the OData protocol
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Analytical UIs

KPI
▪ Represents a specific key performance indicator based on a highly aggregated query
▪ Often with a possibility of drill-down into detailed analysis of the KPI
▪ Implemented on the OData stack using both AE and SADL as execution engine

Dashboard
▪ Provides an overview of a number of related KPIs, charts etc.
▪ Supports linked analysis based on shared filters and drill-downs
▪ Implemented using INA stack using embedded SAP Analytics Cloud

Multi-Dimensional Analysis
▪ Offers slice and dice functionality on a set of data represented as a cube
▪ Implemented using INA stack using Web-Dynpro Grid

Analytical List Page and free-hand applications

▪ Offers specific patterns and controls for integration of analytical UIs and queries into arbitrary
SAP Fiori applications
▪ Implemented using OData stack using both AE and SADL as execution engine
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Week 1: Introduction, Overview, and Business User
Unit 3: Predefined Analytical Content – Overview
Predefined analytical content – Overview
SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library

SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library

(ondemand.com)

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Current status of applications (content)

SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA
Area On Premise On Premise Cloud Edition Cloud Edition Cloud Edition Cloud Edition On Premise
https://fioriappslibrary. (1809) (1909) (1911) (2002) (2005) (2008) (2009)

Finance 299 349 358 361 363 369 369

hana.ondemand.com/ Procure 64 87 89 91 93 95 95
sap/fix/externalViewer/ Public Services
Produce
20
38
63
56
71
56
71
57
71
57
71
57
71
57
MDM 13 38 39 41 41 41 47
Sustainability 11 38 38 39 40 40 40
Retail & Multichannel 11 35 35 35 38 38 38
SD 22 28 28 29 30 33 33
T&L – Transportation & Logistics 22 29 28 28 28 28 28
SAP S/4HANA Foundation and Cross 12 18 18 18 18 18 18
Oil & Gas 3 6 17 17 17 17 17
IDEA 14 14 14 14 15 15 15
Utilities 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
HPA – High Performance App 4 13 13 13 13 13 13
GS 0 8 9 9 9 9 9
Service Industries 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
Discrete Industries 0 4 4 4 5 7 7
DSC – Digital Supply Chain 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
S4CRM 0 3 5 5 5 5 5
HCM 1 4 4 4 4 4 4
Financial Services 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
CD – Customer Development 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

SUM 555 824 857 867 878 891 897

SAP Analytics Cloud Content 35 35 35 35

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Best practices content

SAP Best Practices Explorer

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Scope options for SAP Best Practices for analytics with SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Scope Option Source System(s) Front-End Tool

Embedded Analytics for SAP S/4HANA Cloud* SAP S/4HANA On Premise
Enablement workshop demonstrating Analytics capabilities with SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud and S/4 On Premise

Integration between SAP S/4HANA and SAP BW SAP S/4HANA On Premise SAP BW
Predictive Analytics in SAP Analytics Cloud with SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC
SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud content w SAP Analytics Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC, Dibo
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Procurement content with SAP Analytics Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC, Dibo
SAP Financial Planning and Analytics for SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC, Dibo
SAP Liquidity Planning for SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC
SAP Project Budgeting & Planning for SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC, Dibo
Embedded Machine Learning in SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA On Premise
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Financial Consolidation content with SAP Analytics Cloud New in 2102 SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC
SAP Workforce Planning for SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC, Dibo
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Sales content with SAP Analytics Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC
SAP Sales Planning for SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Treasury Management Content with SAP Analytics Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Receivable management content with SAP Analytics Cloud SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP SAC

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* Selection of 1 of these scope options is mandatory, the others are optional SAP SAC = SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Dibo = SAP Digital Boardroom
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Business content

Business Content –
SAP Analytics Cloud |
SAP HANA Journey

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Business Content Benefits

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Ready to use, pre-delivered standard dashboards with Embedded SAP Analytics Cloud

Pre-delivered Dashboards
▪ Aging Report for Accounts Payable
▪ Treasury Executive Dashboard
▪ Group Financial Statement
▪ Disputes
▪ Purchasing Spend Dashboard
▪ Contract and Lease Management
Dashboard
▪ Credit Management Reporting
▪ Collections Management Reporting
▪ Order-to-Cash Manager Dashboard
▪ Customer Returns Overview

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SAP Analytics value-based solution capabilities
Finance Procure Produce Sales
▪ Accurate financial statements enable agility ▪ True spend visibility for effective cost ▪ Manage inventory effectively for accurate ▪ Set targets and forecast future sales
Value Drivers

▪ Accurate financial goals & business plans to management production performance using insights from sales
facilitate efficient and effective execution ▪ Manage supplier risks to ensure prompt deliveries ▪ Manage stock in transit for improved data, trends, and metrics
▪ Monitor DSO to determine customer credibility and improvement in customer satisfaction cost control and customer satisfaction ▪ Accurately forecast sales & profits based
▪ Use margin analysis to gain valuable insights ▪ Management of purchase orders and vendor (more on-time deliveries) on observed results
as to the drivers of profitability spend to help reduce cost and improve ▪ Utilize accurate production costs in ▪ Manage delivery schedules by monitoring
profitability profitability analysis delivery performance to improve customer
▪ Identify process improvements to increase
satisfaction.
efficiency and manage risk

Analytics Analytics Analytics Analytics

▪ Optimize invoice payment process (AP) ▪ Purchase Requisition Item Analysis ▪ Stock Champion Analysis ▪ Central Stock with Returns Analysis
▪ Financial status, foreign exchange rates ▪ Supplier Performance Analysis ▪ Overdue Material Delivery Analysis ▪ Managing Sales Quotations
G/L (TRM) ▪ Purchasing Spend Analysis ▪ Blocked Invoice Payment Analysis ▪ Sales Volume, Profit Margin, Net Sales Cost
▪ G/L Accounting Transactional Analysis ▪ Non-managed Spend Analysis ▪ Actual vs Plan Variance Analysis and Open Sales Analysis
▪ Asset Accounting Analysis ▪ Off-Contract Spend Analysis ▪ Work Center Cost Variance Analysis ▪ Customer Returns Analysis
▪ Profitability Margin Analysis ▪ Monitor Scheduling Agreements Analysis ▪ Inventory Stock Analysis ▪ Incoming Orders vs Open Orders Variance
▪ Year-Over-Year Growth Analysis ▪ Central Contract Analysis ▪ Outbound Delivery Performance Analysis Analysis
▪ Actual v Plan Variance Analysis ▪ Purchase Order Value Analysis ▪ Scrap Amount Variance Analysis ▪ Backorders – Sales Order Confirmation
▪ Balance Sheet Analysis ▪ Contract Consumption Prediction
▪ Cash Flow Analysis ▪ Stock-in-Transit Analysis Situation Analysis
▪ Supplier Delivery Prediction ▪ Defective Materials Analysis ▪ Delivery Performance Analysis
▪ Financial KPI Analysis (Dynamic)
▪ Cash Discount at Risk Prediction ▪ Demand Driven Replenishment Prediction
▪ Days Payable Outstanding Analysis ▪ Predict Conversion of Sales Quotations
▪ Supplier Evaluation Trend Analysis ▪ Production Cost Analysis to Sales Orders
▪ Day Sales Outstanding Analysis
▪ Off-Contract and Spend Visibility ▪ Predict Sales Forecasts
▪ Trend Cost Analysis
▪ Service Spend Analysis
▪ Profit & Loss Analysis ▪ Delivery Performance: Predict Delivery
▪ Financial Consolidation for Group Reporting Delay
Guided Analytics / Templates1
▪ Sourcing – Spends and Suppliers Award Analysis
Guided Analytics / Templates1
▪ Validity of Contracts Analysis
▪ Finance Contract Accounts Analysis
▪ Buyer Network Analysis
1. Maximize the value of SAC as a flexible tool and provide templates that help the customer build analytics targeted at their specific business requirements.
Note: Predictive Analytics highlighted in yellow
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

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Demo

Pre-delivered content
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Key takeaways

Innovation adoption at scale, your way

▪ Preconfigured cloud and on-premise solutions SAP Best Practices
▪ Across SAP’s solution portfolio
User Experience and Mobility
▪ Based on proven business best practices
Business Applications Analytics
▪ Simple to deploy with a proven methodology Industry Lines of
Enterprise
Resource
▪ With predictable time and effort Solutions Business
Planning

▪ Delivered by SAP and partners

Database & Technology

Cloud

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Key takeaways

▪ Get a jump-start for your implementations with SAP Best

Fast time to value Practices
▪ Deploy SAP innovations quickly, simply, and flexibly

▪ Use SAP’s tested and proven methodology with

Predictable results prescriptive guidelines
▪ Take advantage of preconfigured business content

▪ Protect your on-premise investment with extensions to

Simple on-boarding the cloud
to cloud ▪ Move up on the path to the cloud from preassembled
trials to productive use

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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or
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should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
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Week 1: Introduction, Overview, and Business User
Unit 4: Using Multidimensional Reports
Using multidimensional reports
SAP S/4HANA analytics overview
SAP S/4HANA SAP Analytics

SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics, powered by SAP Fiori and SAP Analytics SAP Analytics Cloud, for
▪ SAP Fiori analytical apps for the business user Real-time access to Enterprise Planning
▪ SAP Fiori extensibility apps for the analytics specialist SAP S/4HANA data and BI
Data replication of
SAP S/4HANA data SAP BW/4HANA,
(both using the virtual SAP Data Warehouse
Spend off- Incoming PO avg. Non-managed ….
data model) Cloud
contract sales order delivery time purchasing spend

SAP S/4HANA – Virtual Data Model

SAP HANA DB SAP HANA DB

▪ Provide embedded insights in the solution, optimally support business users in defined business processes with decision support and information at the user's fingertips
▪ Integrate seamlessly into the enterprise intelligence offerings such as SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BW/4HANA
▪ Provide real-time access to solution data as well as replication of data and blending with multiple other sources for end-to-end enterprise intelligence
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Recap – The business user persona

▪ Uses SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics in the context of a business process

or line-of-business departmental activities, typically no IT background.
▪ Here are a few of many examples (have a look at
https://fioriappslibrary.hana.ondemand.com/sap/fix/externalViewer/):
− Material planner:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Stock Availability Analysis for Just-In-Time
Calls, F3923
− Purchaser:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Manage Purchase Requisitions, F1048
− Collection supervisor:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Supervise Collections Worklist, F2375
− Sales clerk:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Sales Order Fulfillment Issues, F0029A

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Recap – Overview of current offering per user type
we are here
SAP S/4HANA Business User: Analyze the data and act according to insights SAP Analytics
▪ separate products/services
Smart Embedded ▪ direct access to SAP S/4HANA data
Multi- Analytical
dimensional
Business KPIs, Analytical list Overview
SAP Fiori
SAP Analytics ▪ Dashboards and Digital Boardrooms developed
analysis path pages pages Cloud by SAP S/4HANA, available for SAP Analytics
reports apps
apps dashboards Cloud

SAP S/4HANA Analytics Specialist: Enable the Business User

Other SAP BI
Products:
SAP Analytics
Cloud Examples: Analysis
Key user tooling KPI and report for Office, Design
(e.g. Query Designer) modeling apps Studio, …

SAP S/4HANA IT User: Provide the single source of truth in one semantic layer

View maintenance:
ABAP for Eclipse

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Recap – Capabilities for the business user
Smart Business KPIs Overview Pages Analytical List Pages

• KPI monitoring on SAP Fiori launchpad • Consolidated view on a certain domain, e.g. Purchasing • Generic approach to mix analytical and transactional activities
• Drill-down into further analytical or transactional apps • Information presented in analytical tables and charts • Display table or chart or a combination
• Save personal variants • Take action in the same place or navigate to other apps • Take action directly in the same app or navigate to other apps
• Save personal variants • Save personal variants

we are here Powered by SAP Analytics Cloud

In-App Analytics and ML Multidimensional Reports Dashboards

• Combine analytics with transactional content in one screen • Analyze and visualize data from multiple dimensions • SAP S/4HANA: Optional, additional content, stories (SAP
• Insight-to-action to prioritize based on facts • Display pivot-table or chart or a combination S/4HANA data only) shipped via analytics content repository
• Use drill-downs to determine transactional input parameters • Save personal variants • Used as templates, customers will copy and adapt
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud: SAP Fiori-embedded SAP Analytics Cloud
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• Queries supplying the data are shipped with SAP S/4HANA
Using multidimensional reports
Business user: analyze the data and act according to insights

Embedded
Multi- SAP Smart SAP Analytical
Analytical Overview
dimensional Business Analytics SAP Fiori
list pages pages
reports KPIs Cloud apps
dashboards

▪ Slice and dice, sort, filter

▪ Subtotals at any level
▪ Drill down, drill across
▪ Swap rows and columns
▪ Display chart and table
▪ Save personalized views
▪ Navigate to other SAP Fiori
apps

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Business user: analyze the data and act according to insights

Embedded
Multi- SAP Smart SAP Analytical
Analytical Overview
dimensional Business Analytics SAP Fiori
list pages pages
reports KPIs Cloud apps
dashboards

Typically used
▪ For insight-driven, explorative, and flexible
analysis of large amounts of data
▪ For data centered around one specific topic,
such as sales orders, purchase orders,
G/L line items, cost center reporting,…
▪ Examples of SAP Fiori apps:
− Incoming Sales Orders (F1249, role
SAP_BR_SALES_MANAGER)
− Cost Centers – Actuals (F0963A, role
SAP_BR_OVERHEAD_ACCOUNTANT)
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Demo

How to use multidimensional reports

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Key takeaways

▪ A multidimensional app in general works like a very

elaborate pivot table.
▪ The user can explore the data using slice and dice,
filtering, sorting, showing subtotals, and viewing the
data in a chart.
▪ From the data in a multidimensional report, the user can
easily navigate to other SAP Fiori apps, while keeping
the context like the selected ID.
▪ The result set of a multidimensional report can be
extensively personalized. The personalization is saved
in variants.
▪ A certain variant can be set as the default. Variants can
also be shared with others by making them “public”.
▪ The role of the analytics specialist has all the tools to
create additional, customer-defined multidimensional
reports.
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Where to find more information

Blogs Books
SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics
SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – User Roles
Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics with SAP S/4HANA
Implementer’s Guide to S4-based Financial Planning & Analysis
for SAP S/4HANA using SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics – A Step Ahead and Beyond |
SAP Blogs
Part 1 – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Data Integration to power your
Intelligence Enterprise
Part 2 – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Data Integration Overview
Creating Dynamic Date filter using the Manage Date Function App
Six reasons why Web Dynpro is Better than Design Studio in SAP
S/4HANA Cloud

SAP Docu Others

SAP S/4HANA 2020 OP YouTube: SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105 SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library

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Thank you.
Contact information:

[email protected]
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www.sap.com/contactsap

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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of
SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice. Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its
distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors. National product specifications may vary.
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or
warranty of any kind, and SAP or its affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials.
The only warranties for SAP or SAP affiliate company products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty
statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional
warranty.
In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or
any related presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation,
and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future developments, products, and/or platforms, directions, and
functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason
without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or
functionality. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and they
should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered
trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. All other product and service names
mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.
See www.sap.com/trademark for additional trademark information and notices.
Week 1: Introduction, Overview, and Business User
Unit 5: Using KPIs and Embedded SAP Analytics
Cloud
Using KPIs and embedded SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP S/4HANA analytics overview
SAP S/4HANA SAP Analytics

SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics, powered by SAP Fiori and SAP Analytics SAP Analytics Cloud, for
▪ SAP Fiori analytical apps for the business user Real-time access to Enterprise Planning
▪ SAP Fiori extensibility apps for the analytics specialist SAP S/4HANA data and BI
Data replication of
SAP S/4HANA data SAP BW/4HANA,
(both using the virtual SAP Data Warehouse
Spend off- Incoming PO avg. Non-managed ….
data model) Cloud
contract sales order delivery time purchasing spend

SAP S/4HANA – Virtual Data Model

SAP HANA DB SAP HANA DB

▪ Provide embedded insights in the solution, optimally support business users in defined business processes with decision support and information at the user's fingertips
▪ Integrate seamlessly into the enterprise intelligence offerings such as SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BW/4HANA
▪ Provide real-time access to solution data as well as replication of data and blending with multiple other sources for end-to-end enterprise intelligence
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Recap – The business user persona

▪ Uses SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics in the context of a business process

or line-of-business departmental activities, typically no IT background.
▪ Here are a few of many examples (have a look at
https://fioriappslibrary.hana.ondemand.com/sap/fix/externalViewer/):
− Material planner:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Stock Availability Analysis for Just-In-Time
Calls, F3923
− Purchaser:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Manage Purchase Requisitions, F1048
− Collection supervisor:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Supervise Collections Worklist, F2375
− Sales clerk:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Sales Order Fulfillment Issues, F0029A

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Recap – Overview of current offering per user type
we are here
SAP S/4HANA Business User: Analyze the data and act according to insights SAP Analytics
▪ separate products/services
Smart Embedded ▪ direct access to SAP S/4HANA data
Multi- Analytical
dimensional
Business KPIs, Analytical list Overview
SAP Fiori
SAP Analytics ▪ Dashboards and Digital Boardrooms developed
analysis path pages pages Cloud by SAP S/4HANA, available for SAP Analytics
reports apps
apps dashboards Cloud

SAP S/4HANA Analytics Specialist: Enable the Business User

Other SAP BI
Products:
SAP Analytics
Cloud Examples: Analysis
Key user tooling KPI and report for Office, Design
(e.g. Query Designer) modeling apps Studio, …

SAP S/4HANA IT User: Provide the single source of truth in one semantic layer

View maintenance:
ABAP for Eclipse

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Recap – Capabilities for the business user
Smart Business KPIs Overview Pages Analytical List Pages

• KPI monitoring on SAP Fiori launchpad • Consolidated view on a certain domain, e.g. Purchasing • Generic approach to mix analytical and transactional activities
• Drill-down into further analytical or transactional apps • Information presented in analytical tables and charts • Display table or chart or a combination
• Save personal variants • Take action in the same place or navigate to other apps • Take action directly in the same app or navigate to other apps
• Save personal variants • we are here
Save personal variants
we are here Powered by SAP Analytics Cloud
In-App Analytics and ML Multidimensional Reports Dashboards

• Combine analytics with transactional content in one screen • Analyze and visualize data from multiple dimensions • SAP S/4HANA: Optional, additional content, stories (SAP
• Insight-to-action to prioritize based on facts • Display pivot-table or chart or a combination S/4HANA data only) shipped via analytics content repository
• Use drill-downs to determine transactional input parameters • Save personal variants • Used as templates, customers will copy and adapt
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud: SAP Fiori-embedded SAP Analytics Cloud
© 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC content, stories come as part of SAP S/4HANA Cloud apps5
• Queries supplying the data are shipped with SAP S/4HANA
Using KPIs and embedded SAP Analytics Cloud
Business user: analyze the data and act according to insights

Embedded
Multi- SAP Smart SAP Analytical
Analytical Overview
dimensional Business Analytics SAP Fiori
list pages pages
reports KPIs Cloud apps
dashboards

▪ KPI tiles on SAP Fiori launchpad providing

quantitative information
▪ KPI details with various drill-downs by selected
dimensions
▪ Personalization and “Save as tile” of the KPI
details
▪ Instead of KPI details (default), navigation from
the KPI tile to an analysis path or any other
SAP Fiori app can be configured
▪ Modification-free adaptation of predefined KPIs
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Business user: analyze the data and act according to insights

Embedded
Multi- SAP Smart SAP Analytical
Analytical Overview
dimensional Business Analytics SAP Fiori
list pages pages
reports KPIs Cloud apps
dashboards

Typically used
▪ For providing highly aggregated information to
indicate a business situation, complemented
with trend and status information
▪ To initiate an insight-driven analysis process
and to trigger follow-up action
▪ Examples:
− Spend Variance (F1377, role SAP_BR_BUYER)
− Overdue Receivables (F1747, role
SAP_BR_AR_MANAGER)

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Demo

How to use KPIs

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SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics powered by SAP Analytics Cloud

Integrated in SAP S/4HANA role

and screen variant management
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Embedded in
SAP Fiori user
experience
powered by
Based on live data
SAP Analytics Cloud connections, for
replication-free
access

Pre-built standard
dashboards
Seamless
navigation between
analytical and
transactional apps

SAP Analytics Cloud is a next-generation BI solution that allows business users to analyze, simulate, plan, discover,
predict, and collaborate all in one place.
It can be seamlessly embedded into the SAP Fiori UI of SAP S/4HANA to enable unprecedented ease and speed
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Business user: analyze the data and act according to insights

Embedded
Multi- SAP Smart SAP Analytical
Analytical Overview
dimensional Business Analytics SAP Fiori
list pages pages
reports KPIs Cloud apps
dashboards

▪ SAP Analytics Cloud dashboards (aka

“stories”) based on SAP S/4HANA live data
▪ Embedding the feature-rich SAP Analytics
Cloud dashboard functionality into the
SAP Fiori user experience
▪ Personalization options in setting filters and
parameters and saving them in “variants”
▪ Comprehensive overviews on a given topic;
dashboards can have multiple pages

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Business user: analyze the data and act according to insights

Embedded
Multi- SAP Smart SAP Analytical
Analytical Overview
dimensional Business Analytics SAP Fiori
list pages pages
reports KPIs Cloud apps
dashboards

Typically used
▪ For a comprehensive overview on a business
process or unit, with data from multiple queries
▪ For manager roles and for advanced
visualization, e.g. using geo maps
▪ Examples:
− Treasury Executive Dashboard (F4316, role
SAP_BR_TREASURY_RISK_MANAGER)
− Customer Returns Overview (F4561, role
SAP_BR_SALES_MANAGER)

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Using KPIs and embedded SAP Analytics Cloud
Demo

How to use embedded SAP Analytics Cloud dashboards

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Key takeaways

▪ For providing highly aggregated information including a

status and trend indication, SAP Smart Business KPIs
are the ideal feature in SAP S/4HANA embedded
analytics.
▪ From the KPI tile on SAP Fiori launchpad, the user will
typically launch the standard drill-down application,
which can be personalized to a high degree.
▪ Also other apps can be executed directly from the KPI
tile, depending on the configuration.
▪ With SAP Analytics Cloud, embedded edition, SAP
S/4HANA provides dashboards (“stories”) that are
seamlessly integrated into the SAP Fiori UI and
navigation concept.
▪ Dashboards can be personalized and multiple
“variants” of e.g. filter settings can be stored per user.
▪ For both types of apps, SAP S/4HANA comes with
predefined business content for various business roles.
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Where to find more information

Blogs Books
SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics
SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – User Roles
Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics with SAP S/4HANA
Implementer’s Guide to S4-based Financial Planning & Analysis
for SAP S/4HANA using SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics – A Step Ahead and Beyond |
SAP Blogs
Part 1 – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Data Integration to power your
Intelligence Enterprise
Part 2 – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Data Integration Overview
Creating Dynamic Date filter using the Manage Date Function App
Six reasons why Web Dynpro is Better than Design Studio in SAP
S/4HANA Cloud

SAP Docu Others

SAP S/4HANA 2020 OP YouTube: SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105 SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library

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Thank you.
Contact information:

[email protected]
Follow all of SAP

www.sap.com/contactsap

© 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of
SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice. Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its
distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors. National product specifications may vary.
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or
warranty of any kind, and SAP or its affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials.
The only warranties for SAP or SAP affiliate company products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty
statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional
warranty.
In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or
any related presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation,
and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future developments, products, and/or platforms, directions, and
functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason
without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or
functionality. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and they
should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered
trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. All other product and service names
mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.
See www.sap.com/trademark for additional trademark information and notices.
Week 1: Introduction, Overview, and Business User
Unit 6: Using Analytical List Pages and Overview
Pages
Using analytical list pages and overview pages
SAP S/4HANA analytics overview
SAP S/4HANA SAP Analytics

SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics, powered by SAP Fiori and SAP Analytics SAP Analytics Cloud, for
▪ SAP Fiori analytical apps for the business user Real-time access to Enterprise Planning
▪ SAP Fiori extensibility apps for the analytics specialist SAP S/4HANA data and BI
Data replication of
SAP S/4HANA data SAP BW/4HANA,
(both using the virtual SAP Data Warehouse
Spend off- Incoming PO avg. Non-managed ….
data model) Cloud
contract sales order delivery time purchasing spend

SAP S/4HANA – Virtual Data Model

SAP HANA DB SAP HANA DB

▪ Provide embedded insights in the solution, optimally support business users in defined business processes with decision support and information at the user's fingertips
▪ Integrate seamlessly into the enterprise intelligence offerings such as SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BW/4HANA
▪ Provide real-time access to solution data as well as replication of data and blending with multiple other sources for end-to-end enterprise intelligence
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Using analytical list pages and overview pages
Recap – The business user persona

▪ Uses SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics in the context of a business

process or line-of-business departmental activities, typically no IT background
▪ Here are a few of many examples (have a look at
https://fioriappslibrary.hana.ondemand.com/sap/fix/externalViewer/):
− Material planner:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Stock Availability Analysis for Just-In-Time
Calls, F3923
− Purchaser:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Manage Purchase Requisitions, F1048
− Collection supervisor:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Supervise Collections Worklist, F2375
− Sales clerk:
SAP Fiori app in SAP S/4HANA: Sales Order Fulfillment Issues, F0029A

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 Using analytical list pages and overview pages
Recap – Overview of current offering per user type
we are here
SAP S/4HANA Business User: Analyze the data and act according to insights SAP Analytics
▪ separate products/services
Smart Embedded ▪ direct access to SAP S/4HANA data
Multi- Analytical
dimensional
Business KPIs, Analytical list Overview
SAP Fiori
SAP Analytics ▪ Dashboards and Digital Boardrooms developed
Analysis Path pages pages Cloud by SAP S/4HANA, available for SAP Analytics
reports apps
apps dashboards Cloud

SAP S/4HANA Analytics Specialist: Enable the Business User

Other SAP BI
Products:
SAP Analytics
Cloud Examples: Analysis
Key user tooling KPI and report for Office, Design
(e.g. Query Designer) modeling apps Studio, …

SAP S/4HANA IT User: Provide the single source of truth in one semantic layer

View maintenance:
ABAP for Eclipse

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 Using analytical list pages and overview pages
Recap – Capabilities for the business user
Smart Business KPIs Overview Pages Analytical List Pages

• KPI monitoring on SAP Fiori launchpad • Consolidated view on a certain domain, e.g. Purchasing • Generic approach to mix analytical and transactional activities
• Drill-down into further analytical or transactional apps • Information presented in analytical tables and charts • Display table or chart or a combination
• Save personal variants • Take action in the same place or navigate to other apps • Take action directly in the same app or navigate to other apps
• Save personal variants • Save personal variants
we are here Powered by SAP Analytics Cloud
In-App Analytics and ML Multidimensional Reports Dashboards

• Combine analytics with transactional content in one screen • Analyze and visualize data from multiple dimensions • SAP S/4HANA: Optional, additional content, stories (SAP
• Insight-to-action to prioritize based on facts • Display pivot-table or chart or a combination S/4HANA data only) shipped via analytics content repository
• Use drill-downs to determine transactional input parameters • Save personal variants • Used as templates, customers will copy and adapt
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud: SAP Fiori-embedded SAP Analytics Cloud
© 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC content, stories come as part of SAP S/4HANA Cloud apps5
• Queries supplying the data are shipped with SAP S/4HANA
Using analytical list pages and overview pages
Business user: analyze the data and act according to insights

Embedded
Multi- SAP Smart SAP Analytical
Analytical Overview
dimensional Business Analytics SAP Fiori
list pages pages
reports KPIs Cloud apps
dashboards

▪ Visual filters to focus on the most important

areas
▪ User switch between complex, visual, facet filter
▪ Chart area for quick overview and drill-down,
charts can be personalized (30 chart types
available)
▪ Details area for operational details
▪ Navigation to other SAP Fiori apps that are
semantically linked to the data
▪ Personalized views
▪ Ideal for insight-to-action scenarios
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Using analytical list pages and overview pages
Business user: analyze the data and act according to insights

Embedded
Multi- SAP Smart SAP Analytical
Analytical Overview
dimensional Business Analytics SAP Fiori
list pages pages
reports KPIs Cloud apps
dashboards

Typically used in situations

▪ of a rather transactional nature (creating,
updating, deleting objects)
▪ that require filtering and minimal analysis of the
data before taking action
▪ Examples:
− Supervise Collection Worklist (F2375, role
SAP_BR_AR_MANAGER)
− Event-Based Revenue Recognition (F2129,
role SAP_BR_SALES_ACCOUNTANT)

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Demo

How to use analytical list pages

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Business user: analyze the data and act according to insights

Embedded
Multi- SAP Smart SAP Analytical
Analytical Overview
dimensional Business Analytics SAP Fiori
list pages pages
reports KPIs Cloud apps
dashboards

▪ Most important information at a glance

▪ Combination of analytical and transactional information
▪ More detailed information available with one click
▪ Navigation to other SAP Fiori apps that are semantically
linked to the data
▪ Filter settings affect the data in all cards
▪ Visibility and sequence of cards can be personalized

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Business user: analyze the data and act according to insights

Embedded
Multi- SAP Smart SAP Analytical
Analytical Overview
dimensional Business Analytics SAP Fiori
list pages pages
reports KPIs Cloud apps
dashboards

Typically used
▪ for dashboards where (embedded) SAP Analytics is not an
option (e.g. because the customer is on-premise only)
▪ to provide a comprehensive overview and navigation options for
a certain topic or process (sales overview, supplier overview, …)
▪ Examples:
− Sales Management Overview
(F2601, role SAP_BR_SALES_MANAGER)
− Procurement Overview Page
(F1990, role SAP_BR_PURCHASER)

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How to use overview pages

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Key takeaways

▪ Analytical list pages are best suited for transaction-

driven scenarios with frequent insight-to-action
workflows.
▪ Analytical list pages can be comprehensively
personalized for the individual business user’s needs.
▪ Overview pages are delivered for monitoring all main
business processes.
▪ Personalization of overview pages works slightly
differently than for other analytical apps.
▪ SAP ships many predefined overview page and
analytical list page apps for various business roles.
▪ For analytical list pages, an app exists for the analytical
specialist to create own instances of such an app.

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Where to find more information

Blogs Books
SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics
SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics – User Roles
Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics with SAP S/4HANA
Implementer’s Guide to S4-based Financial Planning & Analysis
for SAP S/4HANA using SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics – A Step Ahead and Beyond |
SAP Blogs
Part 1 – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Data Integration to power your
Intelligence Enterprise
Part 2 – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Data Integration Overview
Creating Dynamic Date filter using the Manage Date Function App
Six reasons why Web Dynpro is Better than Design Studio in SAP
S/4HANA Cloud

SAP Docu Others

SAP S/4HANA 2020 OP YouTube: SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105 SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library

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