Road to Seamless Planning :: SAC Migration :: 1.0 :: Setup

Introduction

As described in Blog “Minimum Viable Product with Seamless Planning” (https://www.zpartner.eu/minimum-viable-product-with-seamless-planning/) a prerequisite for Seamless Planning is that the SAC tenant is running on HANA Cloud.

Currently, our tenant is not hosted on HANA Cloud, making migration our first necessary step toward achieving Seamless Planning.

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Setup

SAP has provided us with a new SAC tenant on HANA Cloud for 30 days to facilitate migration from our existing ZPARTNER SAC tenant. Additionally, we received a customer guide, Migration of SAP Analytics Cloud within a Cloud Foundry Landscape (Intra-landscape), to assist in the process.

To ensure a smooth transition, we developed a project plan aligned with the migration path described in the customer guide and awaited the activation of our new tenant.

  • 5.3.1 :: Check with SAP on contract adjustments
  • 5.3.2 :: Initialize your new SAP Analytics Cloud tenant
    • 5.3.2 :: 001 :: System Configuration Setup
    • 5.3.2 :: 002 :: Configure SAML
  • 5.3.3 :: Setup security settings in your new tenant
    • 5.3.3 :: 001 :: Roles:
    • 5.3.3 :: 002 :: Users:
    • 5.3.3 :: 003 :: Single-Sign-On (SSO)
  • 5.3.4 :: Migration of content from the source tenant to the new tenant
    • 5.3.4 :: 001 :: Connections
    • 5.3.4 :: 002 :: Export Content
    • 5.3.4 :: 003 :: Check permissions
    • 5.3.4 :: 004 :: Re-create import jobs
  • 5.3.5 :: Export
    • 5.3.5 :: 001 :: Export Content
    • 5.3.5 :: 002 :: Export Content :: Convert Story
    • 5.3.5 :: 003 :: Export Content :: Convert Applications
  • 5.3.6 :: Import
    • 5.3.6 :: 001 :: Import Content
    • 5.3.7 :: 001 :: User Migration
  • 5.3.8 :: Move content
  • 5.3.9 :: Check Known Issues

STEP1 : 5.3.1  :: 001 :: Check with SAP on contract adjustments

Upon receiving access to our new SAC tenant on January 13, 2025, we performed the first login and initiated the setup process.

STEP 2 : 5.3.2  Initialize your new SAP Analytics Cloud tenant

As the first logon was successfully, we started with the first tasks in order to prepare for migration.

5.3.2 :: 001 :: System Configuration Setup

We followed the customer guide and setup system configuration in source tenant by enabling Job for Export and Import and allow model export to File Server and export of private objects.

Setup Source Tenant

Setup Target Tenant

Our new tenant needs to allow import from File Server.

Synchronize System Configuration

As a next step we wanted to synchronize and recognized that the System Configuration differs from old to new.

Old

New

5.3.2 :: 002 :: Configure SAML

As a next step we configured the SAML as in the old tenant. We followed guide linked in the customer guide (https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blogs-by-sap/saml-authentication-in-sap-analytics-cloud/ba-p/13345019) .

Conclusion

After approximately four hours, we successfully completed the initial phase of our SAC migration. This milestone marks the beginning of our journey toward Seamless Planning.

Our next focus will be Step 3: Setting up security configurations in the new tenant to ensure a secure and structured environment.

Stay tuned for further updates on our migration progress!

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Author: Mario Nadegger

Mario Nadegger is a Managing Director and Business Intelligence Solution Architect, specializing in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). As a leading SAC expert, he has extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing SAC solutions, including SAC Native Planning, reporting, and integration with SAP BW/4HANA. His strengths lie in strategic SAC architecture development, establishing design guidelines, and enterprise-wide SAC implementation. With his role as a managing director, he combines technical excellence with business leadership, driving innovative BI strategies. As an architect, team leader, and developer, he acts as a crucial bridge between IT and business, enabling digital transformation.

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