Discovering Embedded Analytics

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe the Embedded Analytics functionality and what a story is used for.

Introducing Story-Based Analytics within SAP Fieldglass

Currently, the two SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) offerings for SAP Fieldglass are the Embedded Analytics and the Premium Analytics Add-on solutions; both are powerful tools designed to provide data-driven insights directly within the platform. These story-based dashboards are incorporated directly into SAP Fieldglass to enable users to access, visualize, and interact with all different kinds of real-time data using charts, tables, texts, images, and other media.

Stories

A story is like a dashboard. It is used to answer a particular question, or a small set of related questions, using various charts, graphs, tables, and maps. Stories let you explore data interactively to find insights, visualize information with charts and tables, and share, present, and comment on your findings with colleagues.

Embedded Analytics

Embedded Analytics in SAP Fieldglass includes a set of predefined Stories which are designed to capture the most often viewed metrics, and in some cases, can be customized with detailed drill-down capabilities, benchmarking, and market intelligence data.

Accounting Status

The Accounting Status story in SAP Fieldglass delivers insights into financial aspects of external workforce management, such as invoice trends, expense sheets, and timesheet statuses. It includes metrics like the total number of invoices submitted, average invoice amounts, and total expense sheet costs. Interactive charts provide visibility into the number of days Invoices are in each status, invoice amounts by site, and weekly expense trends. This story helps finance teams monitor expenditures, identify inconsistencies, and improve financial efficiency, ensuring better cost control and streamlined accounting processes.

Contingent Hiring Status

The Contingent Hiring Status story in SAP Fieldglass provides critical data on the hiring process for temporary workforce positions. It includes metrics such as total job postings, average job posting duration, and the number of positions per posting. Interactive charts display details like the number of days a Job Postings is in each status, job posting ownership, and open postings by location. This story enables hiring managers to identify bottlenecks, track the progress of job postings, and optimize the contingent hiring process.

Worker Status

The Worker Status story focuses on workforce analytics, providing data on metrics like total headcount, average approved billable hours, and expense sheet amounts per worker. It also highlights workforce distribution by business unit, supplier, and location. Interactive charts display trends in worker counts, performance, and financial contributions. This story supports HR and operations teams in assessing workforce performance, tracking resource allocation, and making data-driven decisions to optimize workforce utilization.

Summary

This lesson introduces Embedded Analytics in SAP Fieldglass and defines how stories are used as interactive dashboards to answer business questions with real-time visualizations.

Story: an interactive dashboard answering specific questions using charts, tables, and maps; supports exploration, visualization, sharing, presentation, and commenting.
Embedded Analytics: SAC-powered predefined stories in SAP Fieldglass; real-time insights with customizable drill-downs, benchmarking, and market intelligence for common metrics.
1. Accounting Status story: financial insights on invoices, expense sheets, and time sheets; metrics include invoice totals/averages; interactive charts by status, site, and weekly trends for cost control.
2. Contingent Hiring Status story: monitors job postings, durations, positions per posting; charts for status durations, ownership, and location; helps identify bottlenecks and optimize hiring.
3. Worker Status story: provides headcount, billable hours, expense amounts; distribution by business unit, supplier, location; trends support workforce performance assessment and allocation decisions.

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