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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)

Adding dynamic text

You add headings and titles to your content to describes its purpose. In the same way, you add static and dynamic text to your story pages to explain the type of content these pages contain. In the current scenario, you will add dynamic text to your Story page to describe the type of content it renders.

  1. Click on the Add icon on the Insert toolbar, which displays a menu. From this menu, select the Text option (A). A text box, as illustrated in the next screenshot, will be placed on your page with some default text. You can use the text box to display static heading and title information, such as Summary Report From Q1-2013 To Q4-2015. But what if you change the page data using date range filter by selecting some other duration? To cope with this situation, you can transform the static content of the same text box into a dynamic text. You will do this next!...