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Introduction to Augmented Analytics
SAP Analytics Cloud augmented analytics can help users make more confident decisions faster with automated insights powered by machine learning. These Smart features include Search to Insight, Smart Insights, Smart Discovery, Time Series Forecasting, and Smart Grouping.
- Ask questions in a conversational manner with immediateβ―results explained in natural language
- Use machine learning algorithms to automatically reveal relationships in data, hidden patterns, and outliers in your data
- Predict potential outcomes and forecasts, and populate results back into your plan at any level for increased accuracy
Product Page: SAP Analytics Cloud, Augmented Analytics

Getting Started
- Article: Getting Started with Augmented Analytics
- Video: Explore and Analyze Data with SAP Analytics Cloud Augmented Analytics | SAP TechEd 2020
- Training Course: SACPR1 - SAP Analytics Cloud: Predictive Functions
- Training Course: SACP30 - SAP Analytics Cloud: Integrated Planning
- Free Course: Become an Augmented BI Expert
- Help: Features by License Type for Analytic Models
- KBA: Smart Features Supported by Data Connectivity
- Webinar: Smart Features for Live Data Sources in SAP Analytics Cloud
- View all Augmented Analytics blogs
- View all Augmented Analytics question

Search to Insight
- Video (02:02) SAP Analytics Cloud - Getting started with Search to Insight
- Webinar (48:49) Introduction to Search to Insight in SAP Analytics Cloud + Demo Q3 QRC 2020
- Video: How to Get Answers with Search to Insight
- Help: Using the Search to Insight Syntax. Example questions that Search to Insight can answer
- Video (05:20) SAP Analytics Cloud: setting up Search to Insight on SAP BW Live data
- KBA: What Data Sources does Search to Insight Support?
- Help Resource: What are the data indexing limitations for Search to Insight?

Smart Insights & Smart Discovery
- π‘ Blog: Benefit from Machine Learning with Smart Insights and Smart Discovery
- Blog: Machine Learning: Smart Insights vs. Smart Discovery
- Video: Augmented Analytics in the Real World β Part 1
- π‘ Blog: Exploring your Data with Smart Discovery
- Blog: Smart Discovery - Viable Machine Learning for Business Analysts
- Help: Smart Discovery
- Video: Smart Discovery
- π‘ Video: Using Smart Discovery to Quickly Build Intelligent Insights
- Blog: Smart Insights for the Business
- π‘ Article: Smart Insights for Variances
- Blog: How to setup Smart Insights on Live HANA
Time Series Forecasting & Smart Grouping
- π‘ Article: Time Series Forecasting in SAP Analytics Cloud Smart Predict in Detail
- Video: Add predictive forecasts to charts
- Video: Create Time Series Forecasts on BW Live Data
- Help: Running a Forecast in a Time Series or Line Chart
- Video: Apply Smart Grouping to bubble and scatterplot charts
- Help: Apply Smart Grouping to your Chart (and enable for Live Data)
- π‘ Blog: How Predictive Forecasting Can Benefit Your Business
Predictive Planning
Webinars
- Take Your Planning Process to the Next Level With Predictive Planning
- Accelerate Your Models with SAP Predictive Planning
- Introduction to Predictive Planning in SAP Analytics Cloud
Customer Stories
- Roche: Optimizing the Financial Forecast Process with Predictive Planning
- Roche: Infuse Intelligence into Finance with Predictive Planning (replay)
- SAP: How Corporate Controlling Uses Predictive Planning
- π‘ SAP: SAP Global Controlling Modernizes Financial Planning
Papers
- π‘ My Top Five Predictive Planning Lessons
- 2021 is the Year of Predictive Planning
- The future of FP&A is predictive planning
- Say Hello to Confident Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud
- Predictive Planning is the New Normal
Blogs
- One Predictive Planning & Smart Predict Blog to Find Them All!
- Hands-On Tutorial: Predictive Planning
- Time Series Forecasting in Predictive Planning in Detail
- The Business Value of Predictive Planning β Episode 1: Speeding Up & Automating Planning
The Business Value of Predictive Planning β Episode 2: Scenario Planning
- Predictive Planning: Forecasting US National Park Visits
- View more Predictive Planning blogs
Best Practices
- Best Practices for Predictive Planning: General Tips and Tricks
- Best Practices for Predictive Planning: Advanced Knowledge
- Predictive Planning - Frequently Asked Questions
- Predictive Planning Best Practices
Videos
- Planning Overview: Forecasting
- Explore SAP Analytics Cloud for planning: The Power of Predictive Planning
- Accelerate Planning Cycles With Confidence Using Predictive Planning
openSAP
Product Help

Smart Predict (Regression & Classification)
- Video Playlist: SAP Analytics Cloud Smart Predict
- Blog: Smart Predict β What goes on under the hood
- Blog: Anybody can do data science with SAP Analytics Cloud β Part 1
- Blog: Anybody can do data science with SAP Analytics Cloud β Part 2
- Blog: Anybody can do data science with SAP Analytics Cloud β Part 3
- π‘ Video:
Smart Predict Planning Overview: Forecasting
- Blog: Setting up time series forecasting in a nutshell
- Blog: Setting up a regression model in a nutshell
- Blog: Regression in SAP Analytics Cloud in Detail
- Blog: Setting up a classification model in a nutshell
- Blog: Classification in SAP Analytics Cloud in Detail
- π‘ Blog: Prediction Explanations for Regression Models in SAP Analytics Cloud
- Blog: Smart Predict with Live SAP HANA - Steps to Implement
- Blog: Smart Predict with Live SAP HANA - Get Started
- π‘ Use Case: How Can Smart Predict Help You Optimize Your Marketing Initiatives?
- Use Case: Candidate Influencers in SAP Analytics Cloud Smart Predict
- Use Case: Hands-on Tutorial - Customer Churn Analysis for online retail
- Use Case: Hands-on Tutorial - Used Car pricing
- Use Case: Predicting the next move of the virus covid-19 with SAP Analytics Cloud
- Blogs: View all Smart Predict blogs
- Help: Understanding the Basic Concepts Used in Smart Predict