

Practical Tips for Designing Forward Looking Statements in SAP Analytics Cloud
One of the key elements in the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is forward looking P&L statements. Reporting of forward-looking...

Sergei Peleshuk
Nov 9, 2021
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SAP S/4HANA Analytics Architecture Options
When talking about the SAP Analytics offering, it is important to know that the “enterprise analytics” used in strategic reporting and...

Sergei Peleshuk
Sep 3, 2021
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Demystifying a Hybrid EPM Solution from SAP: SAC Planning on top of SAP BPC
SAC Planning (SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning) is a cloud product that can be configured using its own SAC engine and modelling...

Sergei Peleshuk
Aug 13, 2021
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When Does it Make Sense Exposing SAP BW/4HANA Models to Power BI
Despite numerous limitations it is possible connecting SAP applications (including SAP S/4HANA and SAP BW/4HANA) to MS Power BI. Existing...

Sergei Peleshuk
Jan 26, 2021
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Strengths and Weaknesses of SAP Analytics Cloud
At a first glance SAC reminds me of a powerful Excel spreadsheet in the cloud with Predictive and frontend application design capabilities.

Sergei Peleshuk
Jan 17, 2020
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A Quick Guide for Connecting Non-SAP Frontends to SAP HANA Applications
Below I review scenarios and basic steps for connecting SAP HANA based applications to non-SAP BI tools, typical pain points, and ways of ad

Sergei Peleshuk
Sep 16, 2019
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Using SAP BW/4HANA for Real Time Analytics
Today more and more business analytics requirements are based on real time or near real time data. Batch data loads to a datawarehouse...

Sergei Peleshuk
Apr 14, 2019
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Reporting and Planning on Comparable Stores in SAP BW and BPC
Comparability is one of the key concepts in BI Analytics for Retailers. If certain shops are new, closing down, being remodeled or closed...

Sergei Peleshuk
Nov 17, 2018
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Generate and Assign Authorizations Automatically in SAP BW/BPC
Business Analytics applications nowadays expose huge amounts of data to large groups of users. In either reporting, analytical tasks or...

Sergei Peleshuk
May 15, 2018
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Modelling in SAP HANA vs BW/BPC, How to Benefit from Mixed Scenarios
Below I review a few use cases and scenarios showcasing mixed modelling approaches. The focus is on so called “mixed scenarios” recommended

Sergei Peleshuk
Apr 16, 2018
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