Playing Data Football: Understanding SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Data Cloud, and Databricks When talking about modern data and analytics, the landscape can feel confusing—different players, overlapping roles, and everyone claiming to be the “star striker.” To make it easier, let’s think of the data world as a football team. Each solution has…
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Rückblick auf den DSAG Jahreskongress in Bremen – SAP Analytics im Fokus Der diesjährige DSAG Jahreskongress in Bremen stand ganz im Zeichen von Transformation, Innovation und Künstlicher Intelligenz. Für mich als SAP-Analytics-Berater war es besonders spannend zu beobachten, wie intensiv Themen rund um Datenstrategie, Business Intelligence und Planung diskutiert wurden. Highlights aus den Vorträgen Ein zentrales Thema war…
Master Data Management via Business Data Cloud (BDC): Datasphere (DSP) & Seamless Planning in combination SAP Datasphere (DSP) and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Seamless Planning will play an increasingly important role in the future. Since Seamless Planning is still a relatively young product, its current interaction capabilities with SAP Datasphere are limited. Nevertheless, this example…
Report Navigation in SAC with RRI SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) helps users explore data easily. I recently had the chance to try out its support for SAP BW’s Report-to-Report Interface (RRI), officially available since the Q3 2024 release. With this feature, moving between related reports becomes much smoother. In SAP BW, RRI has been a…
Streamlining REST API Integrations in SAP Datasphere with Task Chains and FastAPI Microservices on SAP BTP Introduction With the recent introduction of API Tasks in Task Chains, SAP Datasphere now supports direct orchestration of external REST services (see SAP documentation). This enhancement unlocks new integration possibilities, particularly for scenarios where no standard connectors are available. …
This Is the Way: Rethinking Analytics Orchestration with REST in SAP Datasphere (DSP) Introduction SAP Datasphere Task Chains have recently been enhanced with a new capability: the ability to add a REST API Step, as documented by SAP. This addition significantly expands the integration potential of Task Chains, allowing them to trigger or interact with external…
Breaking New Ground: NCUM Data Modeling in SAP Datasphere (DSP) vs. BW/4HANA – Part 3: NCUM in SAP Datasphere (DSP) In Part 2, we explored how SAP BW/4HANA handles non-cumulative (NCUM) key figures through inventory-enabled aDSOs, leveraging built-in features like record types, time references, and automated delta handling to calculate accurate stock levels. The system…
AfO vs. AfO for SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC): Similarities, Differences, and Which One to Choose With Analysis for Office for SAC, an exciting new possibility opens up: accessing data from the SAP Analytics Cloud directly in Excel and working with it flexibly. But where exactly are the differences compared to the well-established and similarly named…
SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) – Export native planning to SAP S/4HANA ACDOCP Introduction SAC native planning works best when its planning capabilities are integrated with backend systems like SAP S/4HANA, particularly the ACDOCP table, which serves as the central storage for ERP plan data. In this blog, I will show how to export native planning…
The Future of Planning in Excel: The SAP Analytics Cloud Add-in as a Strategic Frontend – Part 1: Introduction For many business users in finance and controlling, Microsoft Excel is more than just software — it’s the daily tool for analysis, reporting, and, above all, corporate planning. Its flexibility and familiar environment are unbeatable. But…