SAC01

Hands-on: SAP Analytics Cloud

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vii Course Overview

1 Unit 1: Overview and Positioning

1 Lesson: Overview of SAP Analytics Cloud

1 Lesson: Benefits & Core Functionalities of SAP Analytics Cloud
1 Lesson: Cloud, On Premise, Hybrid
1 Lesson: Preparation, Sharing, and Collaboration
1 Lesson: Understanding SAP Analytics Cloud Clients

3 Unit 2: Connections and Data Models

3 Lesson: Overview of Connections

3 Lesson: Data Preparation : Basic Modeling
3 Lesson: Performing Basic Data Modeling

5 Unit 3: Business Intelligence

5 Lesson: Basic Story Design

5 Lesson: Storytelling: Visualization, Basic Calculation and Formatting
5 Lesson: Data Integration with SAP BW/4 HANA and SAP Universes
5 Lesson: Advanced Story Design
5 Lesson: Analytic Applications/Analytic Designer

7 Unit 4: Introduction to SAP Analytics Cloud Planning

7 Lesson: Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud

7 Lesson: Creating a Planning Data Model

9 Unit 5: Augmented Analytics in SAP Analytics Cloud

9 Lesson: Introduction to SAP Analytics Cloud Predictive

9 Lesson: Exploring with Smart Assist
9 Lesson: Simplifying Predictive with Smart Predict

11 Unit 6: Users, Security and Administration

11 Lesson: Defining Users, Teams, Roles, and Security

11 Lesson: Performing Administration Tasks

13 Unit 7: Content Presentation, Sharing, Collaboration

13 Lesson: Collaboration
13 Lesson: Creating Presentations with SAP Analytics Cloud Digital
Boardroom
13 Lesson: SAP Analytics Hub
13 Lesson: SAP Analytics Cloud Mobile

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TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for the following audiences:
● Application Consultant
● Technology Consultant
● Business User
● Business Analyst

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 UNIT 1 Overview and Positioning

Lesson 1: Overview of SAP Analytics Cloud

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe how SAP Analytics Cloud benefits business

Lesson 2: Benefits & Core Functionalities of SAP Analytics Cloud

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Explain benefits & core functionalities of SAP Analytics Cloud

Lesson 3: Cloud, On Premise, Hybrid

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe Cloud, On-premise, and Hybrid scenarios

Lesson 4: Preparation, Sharing, and Collaboration

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Prepare, share and collaborate stories

Lesson 5: Understanding SAP Analytics Cloud Clients

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe SAP Analytics Cloud Clients

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 UNIT 2 Connections and Data Models

Lesson 1: Overview of Connections

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Explain connections

Lesson 2: Data Preparation : Basic Modeling

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Prepare Data

Lesson 3: Performing Basic Data Modeling

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Perform Basic Data Modelling

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Unit 2: Connections and Data Models

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 UNIT 3 Business Intelligence

Lesson 1: Basic Story Design

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Design basic stories

Lesson 2: Storytelling: Visualization, Basic Calculation and

Formatting
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Create visualization and perform basic calculation and formatting on visualizations

Lesson 3: Data Integration with SAP BW/4 HANA and SAP Universes
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe how SAP Analytics Cloud integrates with SAP BW

Lesson 4: Advanced Story Design

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Perform advanced story design

Lesson 5: Analytic Applications/Analytic Designer

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Use the Analytic Applications/Analytic Designer

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Unit 3: Business Intelligence

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 UNIT 4 Introduction to SAP Analytics
Cloud Planning

Lesson 1: Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Position SAP Analytics Cloud as a planning tool

Lesson 2: Creating a Planning Data Model

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Create a Planning Data Model

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Unit 4: Introduction to SAP Analytics Cloud Planning

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 UNIT 5 Augmented Analytics in SAP
Analytics Cloud

Lesson 1: Introduction to SAP Analytics Cloud Predictive

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Explain SAP Analytics Cloud Predictive

Lesson 2: Exploring with Smart Assist

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe how Smart Assist offers new insights into data

Lesson 3: Simplifying Predictive with Smart Predict

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe how Smart Predict helps businesses to answer questions about the future

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Unit 5: Augmented Analytics in SAP Analytics Cloud

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 UNIT 6 Users, Security and
Administration

Lesson 1: Defining Users, Teams, Roles, and Security

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Assign roles and privileges to users

Lesson 2: Performing Administration Tasks

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Administer user access and privileges

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Unit 6: Users, Security and Administration

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 UNIT 7 Content Presentation, Sharing,
Collaboration

Lesson 1: Collaboration
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Collaborate content in SAP Analytics Cloud

Lesson 2: Creating Presentations with SAP Analytics Cloud Digital

Boardroom
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe the features of SAP Analytics Cloud Digital Boardroom

Lesson 3: SAP Analytics Hub

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe how SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Analytics Hub simplify access to analytics in an
organization

Lesson 4: SAP Analytics Cloud Mobile

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe SAP Analytics Cloud Mobile

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