SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics

... Preface ... 13

... Target Audience ... 13

... Book Structure ... 14

... Acknowledgments ... 14

PART I ... Getting Started ... 17

1 ... SAP's Digital Business Framework ... 19

1.1 ... Digital Transformation ... 19

1.2 ... SAP S/4HANA: The Digital Core ... 24

1.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Business Requirements ... 32

1.4 ... Summary ... 36

2 ... Analytics in the Digital Economy ... 37

2.1 ... Embedded Analytics versus Standalone Analytics ... 37

2.2 ... Combining Transactions and Analytics ... 41

2.3 ... Summary ... 47

3 ... Architecture ... 49

3.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 49

3.2 ... Virtual Data Models in Core Data Services ... 66

3.3 ... Authorization and Security ... 82

3.4 ... SAP Fiori Programming Model: Access and Visualization ... 88

3.5 ... Summary ... 96

PART II ... Analytics by User Type ... 97

4 ... Analytics for the Business User ... 99

4.1 ... Operational Insight-to-Action Using the Analytical List Page ... 99

4.2 ... KPI Reporting and Analysis Using SAP Smart Business KPIs ... 110

4.3 ... Multidimensional Reporting ... 123

4.4 ... SAP Fiori Overview Pages ... 135

4.5 ... Analysis Path Framework ... 144

4.6 ... Additional Functions ... 159

4.7 ... Summary ... 170

5 ... Predefined Analytics Content ... 173

5.1 ... Content Delivered with SAP S/4HANA ... 174

5.2 ... Analytics Content and SAP Best Practices ... 180

5.3 ... Line-of-Business-Specific Best Practices ... 189

5.4 ... Integration Best Practices ... 200

5.5 ... Summary ... 207

6 ... Analytics for the Analytics Specialist ... 209

6.1 ... The Analytics Specialist Role ... 209

6.2 ... Browsing the Virtual Data Model ... 216

6.3 ... Creating and Publishing Data Sources and Queries ... 225

6.4 ... Maintaining SAP Smart Business KPIs ... 246

6.5 ... Maintaining Reports ... 273

6.6 ... Analysis Path Framework ... 280

6.7 ... Defining Date Functions ... 292

6.8 ... Creating SAP

Jürgen Butsmann is part of the Global Business Development team for SAP S/4HANA, and is responsible for the Go-To-Market (GTM) of SAP S/4HANA in the EMEA region(s). He ensures that this new innovation is picked up by all markets units of SAP EMEA and acts as a solution evangelist with customers and partners.

In conjunction with the development organization he works on the future strategy and roadmap of SAP S/4HANA. This includes the positioning and messaging of the solution. In particular, Jürgen heads the GTM of the analytics solutions inside SAP S/4HANA (SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics) and positioning with related solutions (e.g. SAP Analytics suite and enterprise data warehousing, incl. SAP HANA and SAP BW/4HANA).
Jürgen joined SAP back in 1997 as consultant for SAP EC EIS, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP SEM, and SAP EPM. Jürgen built up business development for enterprise performance management for planning in EMEA and globally until 2007. In 2012 he took over solution ownership of SAP HANA Live and the SAP Smart Business cockpit as part of solution management of the SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA. He joined the business development team for SAP S/4HANA in 2016. He is based out of SAP Headquarters in Walldorf, Germany.

Jürgen studied industrial engineering and management (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen) at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) and has a Diplom Wirtschaftsingenieur.