The SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Excel supports data point commenting for tables based on SAP Analytics Cloud models. Comments allow you and your team to annotate specific data values in a table, for example, to explain a forecast entry or flag an anomaly.
Comments are synchronized bidirectionally with SAP Analytics Cloud. This means:
- Comments you create in the Excel add-in are visible in SAP Analytics Cloud.
- Comments created in SAP Analytics Cloud are visible in the Excel add-in.
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Activating Comments
First you need to activate commenting. From the Designer panel, select the More menu, and from the drop-down choose Commenting, and then one or both desired commenting options: Data Point Commenting or Dimension Commenting.
Adding and Viewing Comments
When data point commenting is enabled, a dedicated Data Point Comment tab appears in the Designer panel. Select a data cell in the table to view any existing comments for that cell and to add a new comment.
To add a comment:
- Select the data cell you want to comment on.
- Open the Data Point Comment tab in the Designer panel.
- Type your comment and submit it.
Comments are displayed as a thread. You cannot submit an empty comment, and you cannot edit an existing comment to make it empty.
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Summary
You should now be able to view and add comments on data cells in a workbook.