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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)

Analyzing Data Using Geomaps and Other Objects

You completed the first page of your story and saved it with its default name (Page 1) in the previous chapter. In this chapter, you will create another page entitled "Analysis". The page will comprise a geomap, a scatter plot chart, and a few more charts. As these objects will be created on a new page, you have to first learn how to add pages to your story and replace their default names with some meaningful names.

Here's a list of topics covered in this chapter:

  • Adding new pages to a story and providing expressive names to your story pages. You will also learn about the other options available to manipulate pages, such as delete, copy, duplicate, and so on.
  • Sharing your views about the page content with other users by adding comments.
  • Visualizing data in geomaps using different types of layers.
  • Using location clustering...