Overview:
SAP Analytics Cloud solution is a reporting apparatus used to analyze Core business processes utilizing various capabilities such as Business Intelligence (BI), augmented analytics, predictive analytics, and enterprise planning within a single environment.
The below mentioned are collaborative capabilities provided by the application suite:
- Digital Boardroom used for real-time, interactive boardroom presentations.
- Mobile Apps for iOS or Android devices to retrieve analytics data from anywhere and anytime.
- SAP Analytics Hub a centralized repository for organizational analytics.
The technical environment has the flexibility to be deployed on Premise, in the cloud and the combination of both option known as a Hybrid solution.
Source: Ingo Hilgefort, Global Product Evangelist, SAP Analytics Cloud,2020
Documentation URL:
https://www.sapinsideronline.com/using-sap-analytics-cloud-in-combination-with-sap-businessobjects-b...
Figure 1: SAP Analytics Cloud Overview
Solution Architecture:
The solution architecture accommodates various Data source deployment options required for different reporting capabilities within every tier of the SAP Analytics Cloud Platform:
- Core Capabilities: Mainly focuses on the connection options to the data available from either the cloud or on premise for analytic capabilities.
- Analytic Capabilities: Mainly focused on the Analytic capabilities involved using Business Intelligence, Predictive analytics and enterprise planning.
- Applications: Mainly focuses on the presentation of the data, Usually in SAP Digital Boardrooms, SAP Analytics HUB, and mobile apps.
Source: SAP Help Portal, SAP Analytics Cloud Q3 2021(2021.14)
Documentation URL:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/2d7115b0e0aa4f78bfd9c06fdc1fe4f6/release/en-US
Figure 2: Solution Architecture
The below depicts the Data connection environment options such as OData services, SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA required for data acquisition by SAP Analytics Cloud.
Source: SAP Help Portal, SAP Analytics Cloud Q3 2021(2021.14)
Documentation URL:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/release/en-US/bdf055159cbb4f36b26c93ccb...
Figure 2.1: Data Connections Environment
Installation Steps:
The below Steps are to be performed when installing all the supporting component of the SAP Analytics cloud solution:
1.Install Tomcat application server:
Source: Apache Tomcat Organization
Documentation URL:
http://tomcat.apache.org/
Figure 3: Tomcat application Server
2.Install SAPCP Cloud Connector:
Source: SAP Help Portal, SAP Analytics Cloud Q3 2021(2021.14)
Documentation URL:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/release/en-US/ae39ab60b1154c179e2baabd2...
Figure 4: SAPCP Cloud Connector
3.Install SAP Analytics Cloud Agent:
Source: SAP Help Portal, SAP Analytics Cloud Q3 2021(2021.14)
Documentation URL:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/release/en-US/565e96275ed341658f24bd87a...
Figure 5: SAP Analytics Cloud Agent
4.Install SAP JAVA Cloud connector if you intend on importing data from SAP ERP or SAP BW:
Source: SAP Help Portal, SAP Analytics Cloud Q3 2021(2021.14)
Documentation URL:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/release/en-US/ffe3b941e82641bc97b76ce52...
Figure 6: SAP JAVA Cloud connector
5.SAP Cloud connector configuration:
Source: SAP Help Portal, SAP Analytics Cloud Q3 2021(2021.14)
Documentation URL:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/release/en-US/8d8511532794429caa243b6fb...
Figure 7: SAP Cloud connector configuration
6.SAP Analytics Cloud connection:
Source: SAP Help Portal, SAP Analytics Cloud Q3 2021(2021.14)
Documentation URL:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/release/en-US/5339a2395ccd4befb047c625a...
Figure 8: SAP ERP Connection
Figure 9: Organizational statistics at a Glance
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