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Accessing the Explorer....................................................... . 156
6.3
Add Tiles to a Canvas...........................................................158
Uploading Custom Pictograms..................................................159
Adding Dynamic Text to a Story.................................................160
6.4
Guided Machine Discoveries......................................................160
Running a Machine Discovery...................................................160
6.5
Linked Dimensions.............................................................162
Creating Linked Dimensions....................................................162
Editing Linked Dimensions.....................................................163
6.6
Story and Page Filters.......................................................... . 164
Applying a Story or Page Filter..................................................165
Converting a Story Filter to a Page Filter...........................................167
Converting a Page Filter to a Story Filter...........................................167
Changing Story and Page Filter Values............................................ . 168
6.7
Examining a Chart or Data....................................................... . 169
6.8
Designer Panel................................................................169
6.9
Formatting a Story.............................................................169
Formatting a Page...........................................................170
Formatting a Tile............................................................170
Creating and Formatting a Group................................................173
6.10 Previewing a Story.............................................................177
6.11 Linking to another Page, Story, or External URL........................................ . 178
6.12 Create a Chart................................................................178
Select a Chart Type..........................................................179
Select Measures and Dimensions................................................184
Displaying Dimension Information in a Chart........................................184
Calculation Editor...........................................................185
Sorting Measures and Dimensions...............................................196
Trellis Charts.............................................................. . 197
Chart Filters...............................................................198
Drilling through Hierarchical Data................................................199
Drilling through Waterfall Charts................................................200
Filtering Data by Rank........................................................200
Adding Variance............................................................201
Reference Lines............................................................ . 201
Hiding Chart Elements....................................................... . 202
Rotating a Chart............................................................203
Scaling Charts.............................................................203
Zooming in on a Chart........................................................204
Creating Blended Charts......................................................205
Manually Setting the Axis Range................................................ . 206
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Axis Breaks............................................................... . 207
Displaying the Difference Between Two Data Points...................................208
Synchronized Colors for Dimension across Multiple Charts............................. . 209
Include Extra Measures and Dimensions in Tooltips ...................................210
6.13 Linked Analysis............................................................... . 211
Creating a Linked Analysis.....................................................212
6.14 Tables in Stories.............................................................. . 212
Creating a Table............................................................213
Modifying a Table........................................................... . 214
Formatting a Grid........................................................... . 216
Working with Tables......................................................... . 217
Copying and Pasting Cell Values.................................................221
Cell References............................................................ . 222
The Formula Bar............................................................223
About Input Tasks...........................................................223
About Version Management....................................................227
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).............................................. . 230
6.15 Predictive Time-Series Forecasting.................................................233
Running a Predictive Time-Series Forecast.........................................233
6.16 Analyzing Geographical Data..................................................... . 234
Creating a Geo Map......................................................... . 235
6.17 RSS Reader..................................................................239
6.18 Collaboration for Stories.........................................................241
6.19 Exporting to PDF.............................................................. . 241
6.20 Story Management............................................................ . 242
Listing Stories............................................................. . 242
Select a Story to Manage......................................................243
Create a New Story..........................................................243
Story Pages...............................................................244
Edit a Story............................................................... . 244
Copy a Story.............................................................. . 245
Share a Story..............................................................245
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7.1
Editing an Agenda.............................................................248
7.2
Adding Data Exploration and Navigation to Stories......................................250
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8.1
Uploading and Publishing Files....................................................253
8.2
Sharing a File.................................................................253
8.3
Assigning Permissions..........................................................254
8.4
Managing Files............................................................... . 255
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9.1
Creating Events...............................................................258
9.2
Creating Tasks............................................................... . 258
9.3
Monitoring Plans..............................................................259
9.4
Explore Reminders............................................................ . 260
9.5
Collaboration for Events and Tasks.................................................260
9.6
Exporting and Importing Calendar Events.............................................261
Exporting Events............................................................261
Importing Events........................................................... . 262
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Users......................................................................263
10.1 Creating Users............................................................... . 263
10.2 Deleting Users................................................................265
10.3 Importing Users.............................................................. . 265
10.4 Exporting Users...............................................................266
10.5 Creating Roles................................................................266
10.6 Standard Application Roles...................................................... . 268
10.7 Permissions at the Activity Level...................................................269
10.8 Approving Requests............................................................270
10.9 Creating or Changing User Passwords...............................................271
10.10 Data Changes................................................................272
10.11 Activities....................................................................273
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11.1
Explore Export................................................................275
Creating an Export.......................................................... . 276
Export Unit Details.......................................................... . 277
Units Management..........................................................277
11.2 Explore Import................................................................277
Creating an Import..........................................................278
Import Unit Details..........................................................278
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12.1 Creating a BPC Connection.......................................................279
12.2 Creating a BW Connection.......................................................280
12.3 Creating an SFDC Connection.....................................................281
12.4 Creating a Universe Connection................................................... . 282
12.5 Creating a SuccessFactors Connection..............................................282
12.6 Creating an SAP ERP Connection.................................................. . 283
12.7 Scheduling an Import...........................................................284
12.8 Remote System Connectivity.....................................................285
Remote System Connectivity via External Reverse Proxy...............................285
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Remote System Connectivity via SAP Cloud for Analytics Service.........................293
12.9 Offline Data Acquisition.........................................................298
Setting Up and Configuring SAP HANA Cloud Connector...............................299
SAP Cloud for Analytics Agent..................................................300
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System....................................................................304
13.1 Monitor.................................................................... . 304
13.2 Administration............................................................... . 306
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FAQ.......................................................................307
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Glossary................................................................... 309
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1 Welcome to SAP Cloud for Analytics!
SAP Cloud for Analytics is a completely new analytics experience that provides all capabilities for all users in one
product.
Benefits
With SAP Cloud for Analytics you can:
● Simplify your job with the ability to discover, visualize, plan, and predict all your business data all in one
product.
● Experience seamless workflows to find insights and take actions at the point of decision in your application.
● Collaborate directly on your data and visualizations with colleagues to respond to new business challenges
and opportunities without delay.
● Trust it will work how and when you expect because it’s built natively on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform.
User Interface and Assistance
SAP Cloud for Analytics is designed for ease-of-use with an interface that is intuitive and easy to work with.
Familiar recognizable icons are used and on-screen text and messages provide helpful information to guide you
through the application.
Detailed user assistance is available directly in the application. Page Tips provide explanatory descriptions to help
you familiarize yourself with the application and discover features. Help provides more detailed information topics
and step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish your tasks. For more information, see User Assistance [page
10].
Preview
To give a quick preview of this integrated and dynamic working environment, the following figure shows a typical
scenario working on a profit and loss report. The visualizations, the collaboration features, and the data sheet are
all embedded in a single screen.
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1.1 User Assistance
Have a question? Get help with SAP Cloud for Analytics here.
Find a Help Topic
● Search for topics by entering text in the search field (
).
● View all topics by selecting Help from the top breadcrumb trail.
● Activate the context-sensitive help mode by choosing
(Smart Help). When this mode is active, the Help
window updates automatically and displays the topic for the feature you point at with your mouse.
● Get information on new features and changes introduced in past updates in the release notes here.
Related Information
Home [page 18]
Models [page 20]
Allocations [page 137]
Reports [page 98]
Stories [page 155]
Digital Boardroom [page 247]
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