SAP Analytics Cloud is a new generation of cloud analytics combining all capabilities – including planning, predictive analytics & business intelligence in a single-software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Customers can take advantage of a modern, intuitive user experience—and save time by planning, analyzing, predicting and collaborating in context
66%
are able to reforecast within one week
30%
able to close within three days
55%
able to forecast
within five percent accuracy
Planning & Analysis Challenges in the Digital Economy
Inability to discover true costs and key drivers of profitability
Inability to harvest insights from big data
Unable to augment financial analysis with artificial intelligence to create a more accurate forecast
Lack of confidence in plans and forecasts leading to time wasted validating
and reworking data
Inconsistent modeling and planning processes across the organization
Not able to respond quickly to market disruptions, competition,
Smart Assist features
Powered by Predictive Analytics
Understand the main business drivers behind your core KPIs, such as revenue, churn, and productivity
Interact with insights and explore hidden structures and relationships
Find the answer to business questions through intuitive charts and natural language
Quickly develop a clear understanding of intricate aspects of your business data
Click on a data point to get smart textual and visual insights
SAP Financial Planning & Analysis for S/4HANA Cloud Prebuilt content - Quick time to Value
Planning
Pre-built financial planning model tied to S/4HANA Cloud Business Elements (eg. Company Code, Functional Area, etc.)
Accelerators include: planning input templates, Actual v Plan reports, best practice allocations, and planning process flow
Analysis
Pre-built set of analytical dashboards, key performance indicators, and reports
Accelerators include: Digital Boardroom scenario, Trend reports, Year-over-Year reports, option to leverage live data and KPI's
Integration
Best Practices to integrate financial results from S/4HANA Cloud into SAP Analytics Cloud, plus retract Plan data back into S/4HANA Cloud
Accelerators include integration content & best practice integration methodologies