SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics
The Comprehensive Guide
2nd Edition
Published on 30. January 2021
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-4932-2050-2 (ISBN)
Description
Meet your BI needs with SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics! Explore the system architecture and data model and learn how to perform analytics on live transactional data. Business user? Walk step-by-step through SAP Smart Business KPIs, dashboards, and multidimensional reporting. Analytics specialist? Master the virtual data model and report creation. Jack of all trades? Create CDS views, apply custom fields and logic, and learn to integrate SAP S/4HANA with SAP Analytics Cloud. This is your complete guide to SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics!
Highlights include:
1) Architecture
2) Virtual data model (VDM)
3) CDS views
4) SAP Fiori apps
5) SAP Smart Business
6) Key performance indicators (KPIs)
7) Dashboards
8) Reporting
9) Data warehousing
10) SAP Analytics Cloud
11) Machine learning
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Jürgen Butsmann | Thomas Fleckenstein | Anirban Kundu
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics
The Comprehensive Guide
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Jürgen Butsmann is part of the Global Business Development team for SAP S/4HANA, and is responsible for the Go-To-Market (GTM) of SAP S/4HANA in the EMEA region(s). He ensures that this new innovation is picked up by all markets units of SAP EMEA and acts as a solution evangelist with customers and partners. In conjunction with the development organization he works on the future strategy and roadmap of SAP S/4HANA. This includes the positioning and messaging of the solution. In particular, Jürgen heads the GTM of the analytics solutions inside SAP S/4HANA (SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics) and positioning with related solutions (e.g. SAP Analytics suite and enterprise data warehousing, incl. SAP HANA and SAP BW/4HANA).Jürgen joined SAP back in 1997 as consultant for SAP EC EIS, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP SEM, and SAP EPM. Jürgen built up business development for enterprise performance management for planning in EMEA and globally until 2007. In 2012 he took over solution ownership of SAP HANA Live and the SAP Smart Business cockpit as part of solution management of the SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA. He joined the business development team for SAP S/4HANA in 2016. He is based out of SAP Headquarters in Walldorf, Germany.Jürgen studied industrial engineering and management (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen) at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) and has a Diplom Wirtschaftsingenieur.
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Thomas Fleckenstein is chief product owner of SAP S/4HANA analytics. He has shaped and evangelized the concept of "embedded analytics" in SAP cloud solutions such as SAP Business ByDesign and SAP S/4HANA Cloud. This concept is regarded as one of the major differentiators of SAP's offering compared to other cloud solutions. His team is developing the Smart Business KPI and reports feature in SAP S/4HANA, which is also available in other products such as the SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA and the SAP Cloud Platform.Thomas holds a diploma in business and administration from the University of Mannheim, Germany. He joined SAP in 1999 as a developer for analytics business content for the SAP Business Warehouse. In 2004, he became product manager for analytics in SAP Business ByDesign. As of 2011, he works in the SAP Business Suite, and since 2014 for SAP S/4HANA. Thomas is frequently presenting topics around analytics at SAP TechEd in the US and Europe.
Anirban Kundu is a program director for SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics enablement at SAP. He has more than 17 years of experience across multiple roles including product management, corporate strategy, and consulting. Currently he is on a special assignment as a solution architect for operational analytics at Nestle. He has conducted more than 30 workshops about SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics for customers and partners across the US, EMEA and APJ. He has been a passionate advocate of enterprise analytics and has more than 14 years of experience building analytical application across range of technology and application areas.Previously, he worked as the global analytics lead for the SCM, PLM and manufacturing analytics and was instrumental in key product launches enhancing the SAP Analytics portfolio. He managed a consulting practice within the manufacturing driving strategy, growth and P&L for strategic insights. He received his MBA from IIM Bangalore and his B.Tech. in chemical engineering from IIT Bombay. He has also completed an immersion program at KAIST Business School, Seoul, South Korea.
Content
... Preface ... 13
... Target Audience ... 13
... Book Structure ... 14
... Acknowledgments ... 14
Part I ... Getting Started ... 17
1 ... The Intelligent Enterprise ... 19
1.1 ... Digital Transformation ... 19
1.2 ... SAP S/4HANA: The Intelligent ERP System ... 23
1.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Business Requirements ... 30
1.4 ... Summary ... 34
2 ... Analytics in the Digital Economy ... 35
2.1 ... Embedded Analytics versus Standalone Analytics ... 35
2.2 ... Combining Transactions and Analytics ... 39
2.3 ... Summary ... 44
3 ... Architecture ... 45
3.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 45
3.2 ... Virtual Data Models in Core Data Services ... 60
3.3 ... Authorization and Security ... 81
3.4 ... SAP Fiori Programming Model: Access and Visualization ... 88
3.5 ... Summary ... 95
Part II ... Analytics by User Type ... 97
4 ... Analytics for the Business User ... 99
4.1 ... Operational Insight-to-Action Using the Analytical List Page ... 99
4.2 ... KPI Reporting and Analysis Using SAP Smart Business KPIs ... 109
4.3 ... Multidimensional Reporting ... 123
4.4 ... SAP Fiori Overview Pages ... 135
4.5 ... Embedded SAP Analytics Cloud Stories ... 143
4.6 ... Additional Functions ... 155
4.7 ... Summary ... 165
5 ... Predefined Analytics Content ... 167
5.1 ... Content Delivered with SAP S/4HANA ... 167
5.2 ... Analytics Content and SAP Best Practices ... 174
5.3 ... Line-of-Business-Specific SAP Best Practices ... 181
5.4 ... Business Content for SAP Analytics Cloud, Embedded Edition ... 191
5.5 ... Integration SAP Best Practices ... 202
5.6 ... Summary ... 209
6 ... Analytics for the Analytics Specialist ... 211
6.1 ... The Analytics Specialist Role ... 211
6.2 ... Browsing the Virtual Data Model ... 217
6.3 ... Creating and Publishing Data Sources and Queries ... 226
6.4 ... Manage KPIs and Reports ... 248
6.5 ... Maintaining Reports ... 269
6.6 ... Maintaining SAP Analytics Cloud, Embedded Edition Stories ... 285
6.7 ... Defining Date Functions ... 296
6.8 ... Creating SAP Fiori Launchpad Tiles for SAP Analytics Cloud Stories ... 304
6.9 ... Summary ... 306
7 ... Analytics for the IT Expert ... 309
7.1 ... The IT Expert Role ... 309
7.2 ... Creating and Consuming CDS Views ... 311
7.3 ... Summary ... 325
8 ... Additional Extensibility Options ... 327
8.1 ... Custom Business Objects ... 327
8.2 ... Custom Fields and Logic ... 335
8.3 ... Summary ... 343
Part III ... Additional SAP Analytics Tools ... 345
9 ... Data Warehousing ... 347
9.1 ... Do You Need Additional Data Warehouses? ... 348
9.2 ... Data Management for SAP S/4HANA ... 351
9.3 ... SAP BW/4HANA ... 354
9.4 ... SAP HANA for SQL Data Warehousing ... 366
9.5 ... SAP Data Warehouse Cloud ... 369
9.6 ... Big Data Warehousing ... 371
9.7 ... Summary ... 373
10 ... Business Intelligence ... 375
10.1 ... Should You Use Additional Business Intelligence Solutions? ... 375
10.2 ... SAP Analytics Suite ... 376
10.3 ... SAP Analytics Cloud ... 384
10.4 ... Summary ... 390
11 ... Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning ... 393
11.1 ... Overview ... 393
11.2 ... Approaches to Machine Learning ... 395
11.3 ... Solution Architecture ... 407
11.4 ... Intelligent Enterprise Example ... 411
11.5 ... Summary ... 414
A ... Future Outlook ... 415
A.1 ... SAP Analytics Cloud Integration into SAP S/4HANA ... 415
A.2 ... Data Integration of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Data ... 416
A.3 ... Cross-Product Analytics ... 417
A.4 ... UX Improvements and Adoption of SAP Fiori Innovations ... 418
B ... The Authors ... 421
... Contributor ... 423
... Index ... 425
... Target Audience ... 13
... Book Structure ... 14
... Acknowledgments ... 14
Part I ... Getting Started ... 17
1 ... The Intelligent Enterprise ... 19
1.1 ... Digital Transformation ... 19
1.2 ... SAP S/4HANA: The Intelligent ERP System ... 23
1.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Business Requirements ... 30
1.4 ... Summary ... 34
2 ... Analytics in the Digital Economy ... 35
2.1 ... Embedded Analytics versus Standalone Analytics ... 35
2.2 ... Combining Transactions and Analytics ... 39
2.3 ... Summary ... 44
3 ... Architecture ... 45
3.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 45
3.2 ... Virtual Data Models in Core Data Services ... 60
3.3 ... Authorization and Security ... 81
3.4 ... SAP Fiori Programming Model: Access and Visualization ... 88
3.5 ... Summary ... 95
Part II ... Analytics by User Type ... 97
4 ... Analytics for the Business User ... 99
4.1 ... Operational Insight-to-Action Using the Analytical List Page ... 99
4.2 ... KPI Reporting and Analysis Using SAP Smart Business KPIs ... 109
4.3 ... Multidimensional Reporting ... 123
4.4 ... SAP Fiori Overview Pages ... 135
4.5 ... Embedded SAP Analytics Cloud Stories ... 143
4.6 ... Additional Functions ... 155
4.7 ... Summary ... 165
5 ... Predefined Analytics Content ... 167
5.1 ... Content Delivered with SAP S/4HANA ... 167
5.2 ... Analytics Content and SAP Best Practices ... 174
5.3 ... Line-of-Business-Specific SAP Best Practices ... 181
5.4 ... Business Content for SAP Analytics Cloud, Embedded Edition ... 191
5.5 ... Integration SAP Best Practices ... 202
5.6 ... Summary ... 209
6 ... Analytics for the Analytics Specialist ... 211
6.1 ... The Analytics Specialist Role ... 211
6.2 ... Browsing the Virtual Data Model ... 217
6.3 ... Creating and Publishing Data Sources and Queries ... 226
6.4 ... Manage KPIs and Reports ... 248
6.5 ... Maintaining Reports ... 269
6.6 ... Maintaining SAP Analytics Cloud, Embedded Edition Stories ... 285
6.7 ... Defining Date Functions ... 296
6.8 ... Creating SAP Fiori Launchpad Tiles for SAP Analytics Cloud Stories ... 304
6.9 ... Summary ... 306
7 ... Analytics for the IT Expert ... 309
7.1 ... The IT Expert Role ... 309
7.2 ... Creating and Consuming CDS Views ... 311
7.3 ... Summary ... 325
8 ... Additional Extensibility Options ... 327
8.1 ... Custom Business Objects ... 327
8.2 ... Custom Fields and Logic ... 335
8.3 ... Summary ... 343
Part III ... Additional SAP Analytics Tools ... 345
9 ... Data Warehousing ... 347
9.1 ... Do You Need Additional Data Warehouses? ... 348
9.2 ... Data Management for SAP S/4HANA ... 351
9.3 ... SAP BW/4HANA ... 354
9.4 ... SAP HANA for SQL Data Warehousing ... 366
9.5 ... SAP Data Warehouse Cloud ... 369
9.6 ... Big Data Warehousing ... 371
9.7 ... Summary ... 373
10 ... Business Intelligence ... 375
10.1 ... Should You Use Additional Business Intelligence Solutions? ... 375
10.2 ... SAP Analytics Suite ... 376
10.3 ... SAP Analytics Cloud ... 384
10.4 ... Summary ... 390
11 ... Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning ... 393
11.1 ... Overview ... 393
11.2 ... Approaches to Machine Learning ... 395
11.3 ... Solution Architecture ... 407
11.4 ... Intelligent Enterprise Example ... 411
11.5 ... Summary ... 414
A ... Future Outlook ... 415
A.1 ... SAP Analytics Cloud Integration into SAP S/4HANA ... 415
A.2 ... Data Integration of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Data ... 416
A.3 ... Cross-Product Analytics ... 417
A.4 ... UX Improvements and Adoption of SAP Fiori Innovations ... 418
B ... The Authors ... 421
... Contributor ... 423
... Index ... 425