SAP Analytics Cloud brings together analytics and planning with unique integration to SAP applications and seamless access to heterogenous data sources. It helps everyone in your organization make decisions without doubt with trusted insights and integrated plans.
This blog post introduces the features of the SAP Analytics Cloud 2024.10 release available for SAP Analytics Cloud FastTrack customers. For SAP Analytics Cloud Quarterly Release Cycle (QRC) customers, this release and its features will be available as part of the QRC Q3 2024 release. View the QRC release schedule here.
System Administration and Technical Requirements
Although not required, you may upgrade to the latest SAP Analytics Cloud agent version 1.0.405 to take advantage of all data acquisition types.
The agent’s minimum version remains at 1.0.75, with the following exceptions:
- Version 1.0.99 for SAP ERP/SQL Database
- Version 1.0.365 for SAP universe (UNX). The SAP Analytics Cloud agent requires additional setup steps, for more details see SAP Note 3262098
- Version 1.0.353 for SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
- Version 1.0.235 for SAP HANA View
- Version 1.0.248 for File Server
For more information, see System Requirements and Technical Prerequisites.
Regarding supported features and required updates for the integration of SAP BW with SAP Analytics Cloud, refer to SAP Note 2541557 for further details.
Regarding supported features and required updates for live universe access through SAP BusinessObjects Live Data Connect with SAP Analytics Cloud, refer to SAP Note 2771921 for further details.
Please download the latest version of the Simple Deployment Kit from Software Center.
Note: To avoid downloading older versions and potentially exposing users to a vulnerable bundling of the Cloud Connector with SAPJVM, or Apache Tomcat, only the three latest versions of the kits are available to download.
For Cloud agent version change management details, refer to SAP Note 3264839.
Release Highlights
- Administration and Service Management
- Administrative-level control of sharing public and private files | (SAP Road Map Explorer)
- Augmented Analytics
- Forecast in chart support in optimized story experience
- Enterprise Planning
- Advanced Formulas – supporting the “any” hierarchy parameter | (SAP Road Map Explorer)
- Data Actions – migration of existing allocation design time | (SAP Road Map Explorer)
- Story Design
- Descriptions for story calculations | (SAP Road Map Explorer)
- Improved Linked Analysis with Visualization Drill
Administration and Service Management
Administrative-level control of sharing public and private files
Sharing privilege have been added in the Roles page on public and private files. This change allows the system administrator to enable or disable a user’s ability to share content that is saved in private or public folders. The rule will apply to the owner of a file as well. (SAP Road Map Explorer)
Augmented Analytics
Forecast in chart support in optimized story experience
Users can now add a forecast to time series or line charts in the optimized experience (view and design mode).
Enterprise Planning
Advanced Formulas – supporting the “any” hierarchy parameter
When designing advanced formulas, users can now include a data action parameter that has ANY type hierarchy, without the need to specify a hierarchy for the dimension the parameter is set on using CONFIG.HIERARCHY. This provides more flexibility by choosing the hierarchy to use when running the data action containing the advanced formulas. Note a parameter of date dimension with its hierarchy set to Any cannot be included. (SAP Road Map Explorer)
Data Actions – migration of existing allocation design time
Legacy allocations are currently only available to view and execute. Existing legacy allocations have been automatically migrated to data actions in the folder “Structured Allocations” on system upgrade. The legacy allocation designer has been disabled. New allocations can be created in the data action designer.
Story Design
Descriptions for story calculations
In the optimized story experience, when creating calculations and calculation input controls in the calculation editor, user can now provide both a Name (ID) and Description. If a Description is not provided, the ID will be used instead. This enhancement allows for creating multiple calculations with the same description. (SAP Road Map Explorer)
Improved Linked Analysis with Visualization Drill
In the optimized story experience, drilling up on a chart after drilling down on multiple members will now show the same results whether or not Linked Analysis is enabled.
This blog post only provides a high-level overview of the latest features and enhancements of SAP Analytics Cloud. You can find mor details on these features in your In-App Help Guide for FastTrack customers and see this SAP Knowledge Base Article if you’d like to learn more about FastTrack and Quarterly Release Cycle releases.
If you have any questions regarding the content in this blog, you can comment below. If you have product specific of technical questions, post a question to our SAP Analytics Cloud Questions & Answers forum. Check out our SAP Road Map Explorer to see more upcoming features of SAP Analytics Cloud.
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