Recent innovations – Data Integration
Connect to data anywhere stored in on-premise databases, cloud databases, and personal files. Enrich data and business metadata in preparation for self-service data analysis through purpose built data modeling capabilities and calculations. Recent releases have included these key features in data connectivity and management:
Data Sources
Live Connectivity
Integration with SAP BW
Enhanced analytic capabilities
- Data blending
- SAP BW live with SAP BW live
- SAP BW live with S/4HANA live
- Enhanced variance chart (version-based)
- Enhanced Geo maps: Support choropleth layers (3)
- Enhanced tuple filters / linked analysis: Support for hierarchies (3)
- Prompting enhancements: Date Picker
- Data Analyzer: Standard pivot-style analysis of BW queries
Integration with SAP Universes
Enhanced analytic capabilities
- Ranking
- Threshold on Measures
- Calculation Editor: Aggregation Calculation
(3) Requires SAP HANA
Import Connectivity
Data import connectivity
- Connect to NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Amazon S3, Egnyte, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox via SAP SCP Open Connector(1,2)
- Connect to SAP HANA views, including prompts
- Increased data ingestion thresholds on rows for files
- Import larger volumes of transaction data from BPC
- Maintain BW member order in Global Dimensions
Data management
- Data Export to Files improvements
- Increased speed and bulk export of facts
- Asynchronous export to S/4Hana
(1) Requires SAP CP Open Connectors License
(2) Available for SAP Analytics Cloud based on Cloud Foundry
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