Introducing SAP Analytics Cloud, Add-in for Microsoft Excel

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
  • Describe the key functionality of the SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Excel.
  • List the data sources used by the SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Excel.
  • Summarize the business scenario used in this learning journey.

Overview of the Add-In

SAP Analytics Cloud can bring together a wide range of data from spreadsheets, on-premise databases, and the cloud.

Integrated with Microsoft 365, the SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Excel lets you format, analyze, and enrich your data based on latest content from the SAP Analytics Cloud platform.

SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Excel ribbon.

Key Functionality

  • You can add one or several tables to a workbook, each based on one SAP Analytics Cloud model.
  • You can add or remove dimensions and measures to analyze your data.
  • For all dimensions and measures, you can also create filters to narrow the scope of your analysis.
  • If your analysis model includes dimensions with hierarchies applied, then you can expand and collapse the hierarchy nodes within the table.
  • During your analysis and planning, you can update your table with the actual data from SAP Analytics Cloud at any time.

Get the Add-In

The SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Excel is available from Microsoft AppSource.

Deployment

Information on deploying the SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Excel can be found in the SAP Help Portal: Deploying the add-in.

Data Sources for SAP Analytics Cloud, Add-In for Microsoft Excel

Import Connections

Once the add-in is activated, you can analyze SAP Analytics Cloud analytic and planning models based on import data connections.

Live Connections

You can also work with SAP Datasphere datasets, SAP S/4HANA Cloud queries, and SAP Business Warehouse queries as data sources.

Note

There are a few restrictions when using an SAP S/4HANA Cloud query. The SAP Help Portal contains the most up-to-date information.

The Business Scenario

The Creating and Working with Microsoft Excel Workbooks Using the SAP Analytics Cloud, Add-in for Microsoft Excel course is designed around a common business scenario. In this course, we will use a Microsoft Excel workbook to perform planning using the SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Excel. The exercises in this course are designed to take you through all of the steps, from connecting to SAP Analytics Cloud to performing planning.

Watch this short video to learn more about the scenario that is used in the course.

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