In this lesson, you'll explore one of the key advantages of SAP Business Data Cloud by illustrating a business scenario in the area of finance.
Now, you have an idea of the benefits provided by the out-of-the-box reporting capability of SAP Business Data Cloud. To understand the technology and the possibilities of SAP Business Data Cloud in more detail, you must take a closer look at two central terms mentioned in the video.
Insight Apps and Data Products
Insight Apps are the primary focus when discussing out-of-the-box reporting capabilities in SAP Business Data Cloud.
Insight Apps consist of multiple interconnected objects, artifacts, and tasks that are executed and created during their installation:
- Data Sources: The basis of your Insight App is raw business data from your source systems. As part of the installation process of your Insight App, this data is provided based on the selected business scenario.
- Data Products: After your raw business data is replicated to SAP Business Data Cloud and prepared for various use cases it is referred to as a Data Product. Consequently, one or more Data Products are always an integral part of every Insight App.
- Data Models: Above the Data Products are generated artifacts that define the data model and offer opportunities for extension and authorization.
- Dashboards: The highest level of your Insight App is offering to the business user a range of features such as analytical dashboards, forecasting, AI-powered decision support, insight-to-action, or planning templates.
In this lesson, you explored one of the key advantages of SAP Business Data Cloud by illustrating a business scenario in the area of finance. In addition, you have gained an insight into the terms of Insight App and Data Product to develop a better understanding of the technology of SAP Business Data Cloud.