Where are images stored when uploaded directly in SAP Analytics Cloud

[SB1512]

We have a requirement to have images on a SAC Story. But client is very strict that no images (Company Logo) should be stored on SAC for security reasons. Images are in S4HANA and we are not able to fetch it through CDS views as it does not allow BLOB data type in Consumption View. Looking at the complexity of requirement and other factors I feel uploading images in SAC is best solution. In order to reason out with the client I want to understand the security aspect of storing images in SAC. Where are images stored if upload them to a image widget. eg: in SAP BO images were stored on images folder on server, similarly where is the location of uploaded images in SAC?

Any pointers would be very helpful, TIA

[Bob0001 · Accepted solution]

SAC stores images different than BO. You have 2 (and a half) option:

1. static image - will be stored inside the story definition on SAC (no sharing between stories)

2. dynamic image - consumed from a model, see answer from @sathyapachipala 

3. custom widget - implement a simple custom widget to show pictures e.g. from a remote URL (in this case just the image URL will be stored in the story definition on SAC)

General documentation is here: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_ANALYTICS_CLOUD/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/9e8f71edceb94bc0ab5cc...

However, I don't understand the requirement from the client. The story definition itself is anyhow stored on SAC and may even contain metadata which is more sensitive than an image. What is the reasoning behind this?

[SB1512 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the detailed explanation, its very useful, I have got the client to agree to store images in SAC. Client had concerns on data security.