The Future of Planning in Excel: The SAP Analytics Cloud Add-in as a Strategic Frontend – Part 2/3: Data Validation In the first part of this series, we introduced the SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) add-in for Microsoft Office and positioned it as the strategic successor to Analysis for Office. We covered its modern architecture, seamless…
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BexWeb to SAC Data Analyzer: How to Execute, What to Know, and Why It’s a Strategic Opportunity With SAP ending support for BexWeb Tools in 2030, companies and users are being “encouraged” to transition to more modern SAP solutions. For organizations that have relied on BexWeb for reporting, this presents a unique opportunity to elevate…
From REST to Datasphere: A CAP-based Integration Approach We recently wrote a blog about how we integrate data from a REST service into SAP Datasphere. For that we deployed a small service on SAP BTP, which used the OPEN SQL schema and FastAPI to write this data directly into Datasphere. That service could also be…
Playing Data Football: Understanding SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Data Cloud, and Databricks When talking about modern data and analytics, the landscape can feel confusing—different players, overlapping roles, and everyone claiming to be the “star striker.” To make it easier, let’s think of the data world as a football team. Each solution has…
Rückblick auf den DSAG Jahreskongress in Bremen – SAP Analytics im Fokus Der diesjährige DSAG Jahreskongress in Bremen stand ganz im Zeichen von Transformation, Innovation und Künstlicher Intelligenz. Für mich als SAP-Analytics-Berater war es besonders spannend zu beobachten, wie intensiv Themen rund um Datenstrategie, Business Intelligence und Planung diskutiert wurden. Highlights aus den Vorträgen Ein zentrales Thema war…
Master Data Management via Business Data Cloud (BDC): Datasphere (DSP) & Seamless Planning in combination SAP Datasphere (DSP) and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Seamless Planning will play an increasingly important role in the future. Since Seamless Planning is still a relatively young product, its current interaction capabilities with SAP Datasphere are limited. Nevertheless, this example…
Report Navigation in SAC with RRI SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) helps users explore data easily. I recently had the chance to try out its support for SAP BW’s Report-to-Report Interface (RRI), officially available since the Q3 2024 release. With this feature, moving between related reports becomes much smoother. In SAP BW, RRI has been a…
Streamlining REST API Integrations in SAP Datasphere with Task Chains and FastAPI Microservices on SAP BTP Introduction With the recent introduction of API Tasks in Task Chains, SAP Datasphere now supports direct orchestration of external REST services (see SAP documentation). This enhancement unlocks new integration possibilities, particularly for scenarios where no standard connectors are available. …
This Is the Way: Rethinking Analytics Orchestration with REST in SAP Datasphere (DSP) Introduction SAP Datasphere Task Chains have recently been enhanced with a new capability: the ability to add a REST API Step, as documented by SAP. This addition significantly expands the integration potential of Task Chains, allowing them to trigger or interact with external…
Breaking New Ground: NCUM Data Modeling in SAP Datasphere (DSP) vs. BW/4HANA – Part 3: NCUM in SAP Datasphere (DSP) In Part 2, we explored how SAP BW/4HANA handles non-cumulative (NCUM) key figures through inventory-enabled aDSOs, leveraging built-in features like record types, time references, and automated delta handling to calculate accurate stock levels. The system…