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SAP Analytics Cloud ExplorerSearch and explore your data with self-service exploration
One service for all users that enables intelligent ways to explore for 360° insights
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Augmented capabilities
help you find the most
valuable insights
SMART
Live and governed
connectivity guarantees real-
time data access
FAST & SECURE
Designed for both governed
and self-service information
distribution and corporate
scalability
ENTERPRISE READY
One solution combining
Business Intelligence,
Planning and Predictive
Analytics to monitor, project
and simulate
END-TO-END
SAP Analytics Cloud is ___________.
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SAP Analytics CloudBusiness Intelligence | Planning | Predictive | Analytics Designer
Sharing
Simulation
Data Preparation
Enterprise Reporting
Data Visualization & Explorations
Storytelling
Forecasting
Automated Insights
SAP Analytics Cloud
Digital Boardroom
CloudOn Premise
Custom Apps
SDK Extensions
Mobile SAP Analytics Hub
Hybrid
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SAP Lumira Desktop / Discovery
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
SBOP Explorer
SAP Analytics Cloud
The journey to the cloud has started
SAP BusinessObjects BI suite
Analytics Cloud Stories ✓
Analytics Designer ✓
Analytics Cloud Explorer ✓
▪ Create stories and explore with modern self-service data discovery and visualization
paradigms
▪ Meet sophisticated requirements by developing applications that behave according to
user expectations.
▪ Interact with your stories and presentations securely from anywhere, across browsers,
iOS and Android devices.
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Start to Explore today in SAP Analytics Cloud
▪ Intuitive and easy to use self-service data exploration in the cloud
▪ Explore any size of data in real-time or acquired
▪ Dive deep into your data source using the Explorer facets and understand the big picture
Find Insights and drive business goals
▪ Search and filter on key KPI’s and Dimensions
▪ Drill into details and continue further exploring valuable trends and patterns
▪ Add variances to compare values
Create your own views
▪ Flexibly build charts and widgets that can be added to a story.
▪ Focus what is important and create new views from stories
▪ Save, export, share and collaborate
Explore your data in the cloud
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Built for the Business User
Access Explorer Easily
▪ Explorer Mode is available inside the stories data option
and directly accessed from individual charts and widgets.
Start by Experimenting
▪ Start to explore data by simply uploading
an Excel or CSV file.
▪ Use existing models build from SAP BW, BW4/HANA,
S/4HANA, HANA, Universe live or acquired connections
and more
▪ Use Explorer to understand data relationships and enrich
your dataset with calculated measures, hierarchies
and predictive etc.
Benefit from build-in rich capabilities
▪ Easy to use single click filtering, sorting, grouping of
facets, renaming of measures and dimensions and more.
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Create new views
▪ Work in split view mode or full
visualizations only view
▪ Create bookmarks for views inside the
story
▪ Pass parameters and generate on the
fly variables
Search for the data
▪ Use global search “search to insight”
on the home page without accessing
explorer or story
▪ Search for data and show measure
values inside dimension facets
▪ Bring in more dimensions to explore
Charting
▪ Explorer shares same UI charting
elements with the SAC Story
▪ Compare, Analyze Trends,
Understand Correlations
▪ Use auto suggest to select the best
chart for the data
Built for the Business User
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Adobe Flash end of support.
▪ BusinessObjects Explorer and Dashboard will go unsupported Dec 31 2020 due to Flash end of support.
▪ Both products rely on Flash Technology
▪ BusinessObjects 4.3 will no longer support Explorer an Dashboard products.
Explorer and Dashboards > SAP Analytics Cloud
▪ SAP Analytics Cloud solves the Explorer use case today
▪ Analytics Cloud & Digital Boardroom solves the Dashboard use cases.
▪ Live access to on-premise data enables the Explorer use case to be solved without migrating data.
▪ Most important SBOP Explorer features are all covered. The user experience might slightly differ in SAC for some capabilities
End Of Life for BusinessObjects Explorer
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New Smart Features Explorer users can benefit from
▪ Use Smart Insights in SAP Analytics Cloud to create predictions to Explore
▪ Bring Smart Discovery (what-if analytics, correlations and unexpected values) together with Data Exploration
Data Preparation and Quick Start options
▪ Link datasets together and further enrich data models
▪ Quick start with Templates
End-to-End and Collaboration
▪ Leave comments on data points and views.
▪ Extend to planning capabilities to do what-if simulations
▪ Use Analytics Designer to build robust applications with exploration capabilities
Value of SAC Features and Explorer
Migration from SBOP Explorer to SAP
Analytics Cloud Explorer
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How to proceed with a migration of SBOP Explorer
Replicate SBOP
Explorer Infospace
in SAC
Collect feedback to
mass adopt SAC
Find users who use
those reports
frequently
Collect most
frequently used
reports
▪ Use Auditing and Universe to quickly find this information
▪ With SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3 (4.2SP05) we will add explorer objects so information will be accessible from a sample
universe
▪ Easily replicate Explorer Infospaces on SAP BusinessObjects Universes with live or acquired SAC universe connections
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With the migration service for SAP Analytics Cloud we showcase the migration of SAP BusinessObjects content: SBO Explorer, SBO Lumira Discovery and SBO Dashboards (aka Xcelsius) to SAP Analytics Cloud. Based on existing productive content provided by the customer equivalent SAP Analytics Cloud stories are prepared for the customer to experience the value and benefits.
Business needs
▪ Harmonize multiple SAP discovery scenarios into a single platform and user experience.
▪ Replace existing SAP on premise discovery scenarios with the cloud based SAC solution.
▪ Modernize data discovery solutions by adopting SAP Analytics Cloud as primary data discovery solution
Delivery approach and scope
▪ Customer has onboarded to SAP Analytics Cloud
▪ During a validation workshop existing discovery scenarios are selected based on feasibility and migration effort
▪ Connectivity setup, model creation and visualization migration is performed for selected scenarios.
▪ Handover workshops and stakeholder presentation is included.
▪ Options available for: SBO Explorer, SAP Lumira Discovery or SAP Dashboards (Xcelsius).
▪ This service provides a Proof-of-Concept, no Go-Live services are included.
Value and benefits
▪ Achieve a harmonized user experience across data discovery scenarios
▪ Demonstrate a modernized and cloud based solution for data discovery and visualization
▪ Gain insight in the migration workflow based on SAP Best Practices
▪ Gain insight for planning a follow-up end-to-end migration
SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerCustomer Migration
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▪ Allow for partial termination of on-premise maintenance when replaced by a cloud subscription
▪ Annual value of the subscription must exceed the annual value of the terminated maintenance
▪ Cloud subscriptions include operations and infrastructure in addition to support and new versions
Maintenance Cloud Subscription
Cost
▪ License
▪ Infrastructure (servers, data center)
▪ Operations (patching)
▪ Support
▪ New versionsCloud extension policy
SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerExtend Analytics
Available Resources
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SAP
Analytics Cloud
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer End of Life
Based on Adobe Flash, these two products will be going end-
of-life on December 31, 2020. Existing installations may
continue to work, but will no longer be supported by SAP.
Replaced by
https://blogs.sap.com/2019/08/29/sap-businessobjects-explorer-and-sap-businessobjects-xcelsius-end-of-life.-considerations-as-your-plan-next-steps-using-sap-analytics-cloud/
Benefit of SAP Analytics Cloud and its Analytics Designer
Technical Guidance of Rebuilding Documents in New Product
Cloud Extension Policy
Migration Pilot and Use Case Examples
Migration Service Provided by SAP DBS (chargeable)
https://blogs.sap.com/2019/09/02/journey-to-the-cloud-for-sap-businessobjects-explorer-and-sap-businessobjects-dashboardaka-xcelsius-customers/
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1. 2679783 - SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
roadmap
2. 2824537 - What happens to Explorer after
upgrading to BI 4.3?
Explorer SAP Notes Dashboard SAP Notes
1. 2579982 - SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
(Xcelsius) roadmap
2. 2739919 - What happens to SAP BusinessObjects
Dashboards after upgrading to BI 4.3?
https://i7p.wdf.sap.corp/sap/support/notes/2679783
https://i7p.wdf.sap.corp/sap/support/notes/2824537
https://i7p.wdf.sap.corp/sap/support/notes/2579982
https://i7p.wdf.sap.corp/sap/support/notes/2739919
SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerCustomer Migration
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1. Status and Plan of Dashboards and Explorer
2. SAP Analytics Strategy and Go-to Product
3. SAC Website Intro, Tutorial, Help etc.
The Announcement Blog Journey to the Cloud Blog
1. Value of SAC and Analytics Designer
2. Comparison of Story and Analytics
3. Designer SAC Plan and Roadmap
https://blogs.sap.com/2019/09/02/journey-to-the-cloud-for-sap-businessobjects-
explorer-and-sap-businessobjects-dashboardaka-xcelsius-customers/https://blogs.sap.com/2019/09/02/journey-to-the-cloud-for-sap-businessobjects-
explorer-and-sap-businessobjects-dashboardaka-xcelsius-customers/
SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerCustomer Migration
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Dashboards Migrate Deep-dive
1. Functional Deep-dive:
Data Connectivity, Charting, Maps, What-if, Export,
Global Themes, Trend Analyzer, Excel Modelling,
Dynamic Dashboards. Etc.
Dashboards Migrate Example
Explorer Migrate Deep-dive Explorer Migrate Example
1. Use Cases Migration Example
- High Tech
- Hospital & Healthcare
2. Advantages in Using SAC among similar use cases
1. Functional Deep-dive:
Data Connectivity, Creating Infospaces, Charting,
Exploring Infospaces, Maps, Bookmarks, Search,
Predefined Objects.
1. Use Cases Migration Example
2. Advantages in Using SAC among similar use cases
https://blogs.sap.com/2019/09/04/key-functional-deep-dive-between-sap-businessobjects-
dashboards-aka-xcelsius-and-sap-analytics-cloud/https://blogs.sap.com/2019/09/06/key-functional-deep-dive-between-sap-businessobjects-
explorer-and-sac/
SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerCustomer Migration
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https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOC/Journey+to+the+Cloud+for+BusinessObjects+Explorer+and+Dashboard+%28aka+XCelsius%29+Customers
Wiki pages
1. Detailed information
2. Regular updates
3. Sections dedicated to Explorer & Dashboard
SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerCustomer Migration
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SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerCustomer Migration
BI on your BI system
▪ Explorer data access drivers
▪ Universe focused on SAP BusinessObjects Explorer content
– Linked universe (core universe is BI Platform CMS database.unx)
– 2 classes specific to Explorer : Explorer and Explore Viewset
▪ Web Intelligence sample content:
– 1 report on global metrics
– 4 reports on SAP BusinessObjects Explorer documents (IS, IS details, eViews, eViews details)
– 1 report on the actual usage of Information Spaces and eViews
▪ A pdf explaining how to install and use the sample
▪ Part of SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3
▪ Also available for SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 SP04+
– https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2885216
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Explorer view mode in a SAC Story
https://www.sap.com/documents/2019/09/86474bbd-657d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff.html
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Information Space
Sales reps like exploring their data with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer. In this use case we illustrate how the same scenario could be
reproduced in SAP Analytics Cloud.
SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerDetailed Migration Example
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and SAP Analytics Cloud ExplorerFunctional Examples
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SAP Analytics Explorer- Facet Navigation
SAP Analytics ExplorerSAP BusinessObjects Explorer Information Space
▪ Use faceted navigation to allow for quick filtering
▪ Use measure display for data exploration
▪ Easily navigate along several hierarchies and large set of dimensions
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SAP Analytics Explorer - Chart Interactions
▪ Quickly change chart type
▪ Configure dimensions and measures used
▪ Leverage advanced formatting, such as Reference Lines, Ranking, and Variances
SAP Analytics ExplorerSAP BusinessObjects Explorer Information Space
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SAP Analytics Explorer - Exploration Views
▪ Create your own dashboard / story on-the-fly
▪ Leverage additional capabilities, such as Input Controls for enhanced interactivity
▪ Personalize you analytical experience
SAP Analytics ExplorerSAP BusinessObjects Explorer Information Space
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SAP Analytics Explorer - Ranking
▪ Sort dimension members / measures dynamically in each facet
▪ Use Ranking on the fly to focus on Top / Bottom members
SAP Analytics ExplorerSAP BusinessObjects Explorer Information Space
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SAP Analytics Explorer- Bookmarking
▪ Sort dimension members / measures dynamically in each facet
▪ Use Ranking on the fly to focus on Top / Bottom members
SAP Analytics ExplorerSAP BusinessObjects Explorer Information Space
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SAP Analytics Explorer - Search
SAP Analytics ExplorerSAP BusinessObjects Explorer Information Space
• Leverage global search across models / stories
• Create new insights based on search results
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Explorer migration Example: Sales Analysis
Explorer view mode in a SAC Story
https://www.sap.com/documents/2019/09/86474bbd-657d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff.html
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Information Space
Sales reps like exploring their data with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer. In this use case we illustrate how the same scenario could be reproduced
in SAP Analytics Cloud.
Appendix - SAP Analytics Cloud ExplorerAdded Functionalities
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SAP Analytics Cloud Explorer- Smart Insight
• Click on a data point or on a variance point to get smart textual and visual
insights
• Example: What to know more about your Revenue in the Enterprise
Segment? Our Smart Insights panel will give you an explanation.
• Smart Insights examines each of the dimensions in the data and detects
members that have a significant influence on the data point we are
interested in
• Dive deeper with an entry point to the Smart Insights panel for continuous
data exploration
• Manually a user would need to investigate each dimension individually
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SAP Analytics Cloud Explorer - Smart Discovery
• Uncover key influencers of KPIs by using classification and
regression techniques
• Interact with insights and explore hidden structures and
relationships
• Find the answer to business questions through intuitive charts
and natural language
Examples: Uncover the business drivers of your revenue, churn,
or employee productivity
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SAP Analytics Cloud Explorer- Variance Charts
• Leverage permanent or ad-hoc variances to quickly compare
planning versions or time series data
• Combine Variance charts with Smart Insight to quickly identify
the root cause for the variance
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SAP Analytics Cloud Explorer - Time Series Forecasting
• Project expected values in future time periods in planning and charting use cases
• Include additional factors (such as weather information) to simulate expected
values in future time periods
• Create forecasts with time series trend charts and line charts
• Example: Forecast future sales or margin
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SAP Analytics Cloud Explorer –
Visualize and analyze with no limits
R is an open-source programming language that leverages machine
learning and statistical capabilities for data analysis
Native R Visualization support in SAP Analytics Cloud
• Insert R-visualizations into your story, applying data filters and linked
variables
• Share stories that include R-visualizations
• Visualizations respect row-level security of users
• Write R script in built-in IDE on top of existing data models
Example: Create a 3D plot chart for your customer data
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SAP Analytics Cloud Explorer - Focused Views
• Integration between Chart, Table, and Explorer allow the
story designer to provide a guided navigation to data
exploration
• Predefine list of dimension and measure to provide a
focused navigation step
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SAP Analytics Cloud Explorer - Customized Views
• Use the ability to create personalized views to
provide quick access to different analysis
• Use your personalized view as new default for
your Data Exploration
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