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Learning SAP Analytics Cloud

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Learning SAP Analytics Cloud

Overview of this book

The book starts with the basics of SAP Analytics Cloud (formerly known as SAP BusinessObjects Cloud) and exposes almost every significant feature a beginner needs to master. Packed with illustrations and short, essential, to-the-point descriptions, the book provides a unique learning experience. Your journey of exploration starts with a basic introduction to the SAP Analytics Cloud platform. You will then learn about different segments of the product, such as Models, Stories, Digital Boardroom, and so on. Then, you are introduced to the product's interface: the Home screen, the main menu, and more. Then comes the hands-on aspect of the book, which starts with model creation. Next, you learn how to utilize a model to prepare different types of stories(reports) with the help of charts, tables, Geo Maps, and more. In the final chapters of this book, you will learn about Digital Boardroom, Collaboration, and Administration.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Extending Stories with KPI, Filters, and Other Handy Objects

In the previous chapter, you created different types of chart to present data graphically. You will continue your efforts on the same story page in this chapter as well. Here, you will create a bullet chart, which is usually added to a story page to monitor an organization's performance via key performance indicators (KPI). You will also learn how to add page filters to narrow down the scope of your analysis. The two segments are illustrated in the following screenshot.

The bullet chart (A) will show the status of the gross margin for each state. Date Range Filter (B) is a page filter that is added to limit the results of all page charts to the selected period(s).

Similarly, the Product (C) and Location (D) page filters will allow you to see the data for specific products and locations.

In addition to the aforementioned...