Our landscape involves creating reports (Stories) on SAP Analytics Cloud that uses a live connection to SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, where our reporting data models are located.

SAP Data Warehouse Cloud (DWC) is a cloud-based data warehousing solution that combines both efficient data management and advanced analytics. Dataflows have been introduced in SAP DWC as an easy-to-use data modeling experience for ETL requirements.

The data management space has made significant strides over the past decade. In hopes of driving competitive advantages through their data, organizations have invested heavily in modern data architectures including data lakes, data warehouses, and data marts.

Live data connections help you connect the SAP Analytics Cloud to your data sets in such a way that any changes made to the data in the source system are instantly recorded. The advantage of connecting live to the data is that they remain in the source system making it needless to move huge volumes of data. SAP Analytics Cloud may also use existing models in the source system directly to create a story and visualization on that model to conduct online analysis without data replication.

The primary skill required to create an actionable report is to understand your end-users and their particular data needs. Keeping in mind some of the best-recommended practices in SAP Analytics Cloud, you can improve the Analytical Insights for your end-users, adding more value to the organization.

Today’s environment requires businesses to respond on multiple fronts at once: they need to protect their workers’ safety, along with safeguarding their operational viability. To mitigate these risks, analytics has become an essential navigational tool as it supports numerous urgent tasks facing businesses today.

The unprecedented changes in the balance of supply and demand for retailers and fashion companies are leaving them in a deteriorating situation of having the wrong product at the wrong time in the wrong place. Resolving these imbalances requires better analysis, planning and execution across your enterprise, from finance, all the way through your supply chain.

In today's business environment, we can all agree that organizations have more data than ever. But how can you best leverage this data to generate reliable plans and strategies effectively? SAP Analytics Cloud brings together information on strategic, financial, and operational strategies into a single solution that helps you to align plans and forecasts around the business.