Week 2: Story Creation Unit 1: Story Fundamentals Story fundamentals Overview An SAP Analytics Cloud story is a presentation-style document that uses charts, visualizations, text, images, and pictograms to describe data. It helps you to analyze data and make confident decisions faster with AI-driven insights. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 2 Story fundamentals New story You can start creating your story by adding a new page. The type of pages available are: Responsive Page ▪ Responsive pages allow you to create layouts that automatically resize and reflow when viewed on different sized screens. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC Canvas Page ▪ Canvas pages allow you to create a dashboard in a personalized format. They also give you the option to overlap different objects. Grid Page ▪ Grid pages allow you to add data to an empty grid, or add a table based on an existing model. 3 Story fundamentals Toolbar layout Once you create or open a story, you can add and edit pages, sections, and elements as you like. The story toolbar has: ▪ File ▪ Insert ▪ Data ▪ Tools ▪ Format ▪ Display © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 4 Story fundamentals Builder panel ▪ The Builder panel located under the Designer tab is where you can create your visualizations. ▪ It allows you to choose different types of visualizations and add filters to the selected widget. ▪ The selected widget will dynamically update depending on the visualization that you are trying to create using the Builder panel. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 5 Story fundamentals Styling panel ▪ The Styling panel located under the Designer tab displays styling options available for the selected tile type. ▪ It gives you the option to choose from different background colors, font styles, borders, and so on for the selected widget. ▪ The Styling panel helps make the dashboard attractive and easy to understand for business users. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 6 Story fundamentals Collaboration Commenting ▪ Users can also collaborate by commenting on specific visualizations in the story. SAC allows users to tag their colleagues and like each other’s comments for better interaction. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC Discussion ▪ SAC allows users to collaborate with their colleagues on stories through a Discussions panel. Users can invite participants and discuss the story through this messaging space. 7 Story fundamentals Sharing a story There are two ways to share a story from the File tab: ▪ You can share a story with your colleagues by adding them as a user to your dashboard and granting them View/Edit Access. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC ▪ You can also export the story in PDF, PowerPoint, or Google Slides. 8 Story fundamentals Save After designing your story, you can save the story from the File tab. The File tab gives you multiple options to save your story: ▪ Save: Save your progress in the current story. ▪ Save As: Create a copy of your story under a new name in a selected file location. ▪ Save As Template: Convert your story into a template and use it to create new stories in the future. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 9 Story fundamentals Edit and View mode ▪ Edit Mode: This is a design-time mode for story designers to make changes to the story. Edit mode is available only if you have edit rights to the story. ▪ View Mode: This is a runtime mode for business users to view and interact with the story. Story designers can swap between these two modes to design and preview their story. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 10 Story fundamentals Help The Help button in the top right corner provides you with helpful resources such as: ▪ Quickstart: Takes you to the getting started page of the user community to help you learn the basics of SAP Analytics Cloud. ▪ Help: Provides you with help tailored to where you are in the product. ▪ Videos: Gives you access to the SAC video library to help you learn visually. ▪ Additional links at the bottom take you to the user community, product ideas, and more. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 11 Story fundamentals Demo © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 12 Story fundamentals Resources Help Documentation: Data Visualization and Stories Videos: Analytics Training Videos, Video: Share Stories (sap.com) User Community: Stories, Reporting, and Data Exploration User Community: Ask Questions © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 13 Thank you. Contact information: open@sap.com Follow all of SAP www.sap.com/contactsap © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice. Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors. National product specifications may vary. These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP or its affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP or SAP affiliate company products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future developments, products, and/or platforms, directions, and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. See www.sap.com/trademark for additional trademark information and notices. Week 2: Story Creation Unit 2: Visualizations Visualizations Widgets When designing stories there are a number of widgets you can add. Some commonly used widgets are: ▪ Charts ▪ Tables ▪ Input Controls ▪ Geo Maps ▪ Images ▪ Shapes ▪ Text These widgets can be found on the Insert tab in the toolbar menu. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 2 Visualizations Charts In SAP Analytics Cloud, we support various visualizations to analyze your data. Some commonly used charts are: ▪ Bar/Column Chart ▪ Stacked Bar/Column Chart ▪ Waterfall Chart ▪ Line Chart ▪ Numeric Point Chart ▪ Time Series Chart ▪ Pie/Donut Chart ▪ Scatterplot Story designers can also add custom charts supported with R library by choosing R Visualization from the Insert tab. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 3 Visualizations Add-ons There are several add-ons available in the action menu (context menu). Clicking the More Actions menu allows you access to: ▪ Sort ▪ Linked Analysis ▪ Threshold ▪ Reference Line ▪ CGR ▪ Cross Calculation ▪ Hyperlink ▪ Variance © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 4 Visualizations Demo © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 5 Visualizations Resources Help Documentation: Data Visualization and Stories Videos: Analytics Training Videos User Community: Stories, Reporting, and Data Exploration User Community: Ask Questions Blogs: Getting Started with Interactive Stories in SAP Analytics Cloud (on24.com) Events: TechEd 2021 (sap.com) © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 6 Thank you. Contact information: open@sap.com Follow all of SAP www.sap.com/contactsap © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice. Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors. National product specifications may vary. These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP or its affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP or SAP affiliate company products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future developments, products, and/or platforms, directions, and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. See www.sap.com/trademark for additional trademark information and notices. Week 2: Story Creation Unit 3: Tables Tables Table widget Tables in SAP Analytics Cloud are cross tables and can be used in stories to view and analyze data. The table features and options depend on the table’s data model type (for example, planning, analytic, or other model types). © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 2 Tables Builder Use the Builder to select the measures and dimensions to include in the rows and columns of your table ▪ By default, the table is a cross-table ▪ You can add multiple measures and multiple dimensions to your table by using the different axes: – Rows axis – Columns axis ▪ The Account object is the container for all your measures: – Expand it to choose the measures to be used ▪ The Builder also allows you to create local filters on your table © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 3 Tables Styling Use the styling tools to enhance the table presentation. ▪ Change the default font applied ▪ Template can be used to modify the layout of the rows and columns: – Report Styling – Alternating Rows ▪ Row height can be specified to control the information density: – “Super condensed” (height = 20 pixels) – “Condensed” (height = 24 pixels) – “Default” (height = 32 pixels) – “Cosy” (height = 44 pixels) – “Custom”: specify the height manually © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 4 Tables Calculations You can create custom calculations for your tables. ▪ The calculation types supported are: – Aggregations, calculated or restricted measures – Value-based dimensions – Difference from, and so on ▪ The Calculation Editor is used to create the calculations that can be added to your tables. ▪ You apply the calculations either to the Account or to the Cross Calculations dimension. ▪ Calculations can use input controls. – Input controls provide variable input for a calculation, allowing viewers to influence the result © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 5 Tables Advanced formatting and analysis Story designers can also: • Add thresholds to tables and choose how to display the threshold values • Create linked analysis to create filters and choose which widgets will be updated by the table © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 6 Tables Demo © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 7 Tables Resources Help Documentation: Tables Videos: Analytics Training Videos User Community: Stories, Reporting, and Data Exploration User Community: Ask Questions © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 8 Thank you. Contact information: open@sap.com Follow all of SAP www.sap.com/contactsap © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice. Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors. National product specifications may vary. These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP or its affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP or SAP affiliate company products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future developments, products, and/or platforms, directions, and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. See www.sap.com/trademark for additional trademark information and notices. Week 2: Story Creation Unit 4: Geospatial Analysis Geospatial analysis Overview In SAP Analytics Cloud, the geo map visualization includes a number of geo map layers that can be tailored to meet the expectations of the user. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 2 Geospatial analysis Geo enrichment The first step is to import coordinate data or area data, and enrich it in the modeler. Geospatial dimensions can be created with: ▪ Latitude and Longitude Area name in English ▪ Country, Region, Sub-Region ▪ Country level is mandatory ISO codes ▪ ISO3 and ISO2 codes ▪ Country level is mandatory © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 3 Geospatial analysis Map layers The most commonly used geo layers are: ▪ Bubble Layer: Shows each location as a bubble. Using color and size for the bubble allows us to see correlation between different measures. ▪ Choropleth Layer: Shows the shape of a geo location and allows drilling from aggregated levels such as country into smaller areas such as regions ▪ Heat Map Layer: Allows to show the concentration of geographical locations. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 4 Geospatial analysis Base layer SAP Analytics Cloud offers different basemap types to serve as the map background for your data. Some examples are: ▪ Streets ▪ Satellite ▪ Light Gray ▪ Dark Gray ▪ Transparent Dark Gray © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 5 Geospatial analysis Demo © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 6 Geospatial analysis Resources Help Documentation: Geo Maps, How to Geo Enrich the Model - SAP Help Portal Help Portal: Search Results – SAP Help Portal Videos: Analytics Training Videos User Community: Stories, Reporting, and Data Exploration User Community: Ask a Question Webinar: Enrich Your Stories with Geospatial Analysis (on24.com) © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 7 Thank you. Contact information: open@sap.com Follow all of SAP www.sap.com/contactsap © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice. Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors. National product specifications may vary. These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP or its affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP or SAP affiliate company products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future developments, products, and/or platforms, directions, and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. See www.sap.com/trademark for additional trademark information and notices. Week 2: Story Creation Unit 5: Report Design Report design Overview A report in SAP Analytics Cloud is a paginated-style document that uses tables, charts, visualizations, text, images, and pictograms to describe data. Tables in reports can span multiple pages. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 2 Report design New report You can start creating your report by adding a new page. The type of page available for this use-case is: Canvas Page ▪ Canvas pages allow you to create a dashboard or a report in a personalized format. They also give you the option to overlap different objects. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 3 Report design Page header and footer Once you create a report, you can specify the format of your page ▪ Select a fixed page size – Sizes at your disposal are: Custom; Letter; A3; A4; etc. ▪ Choose to display or not: – Page header – Page footer ▪ Apply a margin for your page: – The margin can be Normal, Narrow, or Wide © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 4 Report design Enable pagination Add your first table into your page and activate the pagination at VIEW time. ▪ Activate the option “Auto-size And Page Table Vertically”: – Display all the rows of a table – Generate multiples pages if the table doesn’t fit on one page – Enable navigation between the pages ▪ Repeat table header on pages: – Conserve the context of the table information by repeating, or not, the table header on the pages ▪ Relative positioning for elements: – Avoid information (widgets) to be overlapped by the auto-resize of the table – Apply to all widgets placed after the table © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 5 Report design Sections Sections behave like a group of widgets that can be repeated along the elements of a dimension ▪ Add a section widget into your page ▪ Three modes at your disposal: – “Carrousel” to navigate between the section instances – Display one instance at a time per page (pagination) – Or, display multiple instances on pages (pagination) © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 6 Report design Demo © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 7 Report design Resources Help Documentation: Reporting Layout Videos: Analytics Training Videos User Community: Stories, Reporting, and Data Exploration User Community: Ask a Question © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 8 Thank you. Contact information: open@sap.com Follow all of SAP www.sap.com/contactsap © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice. Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors. National product specifications may vary. These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP or its affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP or SAP affiliate company products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future developments, products, and/or platforms, directions, and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. See www.sap.com/trademark for additional trademark information and notices. Week 2: Story Creation Unit 6: Linked Analysis and Input Controls Linked analysis and input controls Filters Users can create various story, page, and widget filters, which helps them to focus on a specific set of data. When viewing a story, users can change story and page filter values as well as how the values are displayed in the filters. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 2 Linked analysis and input controls Filter hierarchy Story Filter ▪ The story filter allows you to apply filters for all charts and tables in a story that are based on the same model. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC Page Filter ▪ The page filter is the same as a story filter, but applies to just one page in a story. Widget Filter ▪ Users can filter a widget by selecting members directly on the widget or through the Builder panel. Widget filters apply only to the data displayed in that widget. 3 Linked analysis and input controls Dimension-based filter Users can create a story, page, or widget filter based on a dimension. As a story designer, these options can be applied to a dimension-based filter: • If it is dynamic or fixed • • If it can be edited by viewers If it has single or multi select © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 4 Linked analysis and input controls Measure-based filter Story and page filters can be based on a measure and its specified range of values. When creating a measure-based filter, users need to specify one or more dimensions for aggregation context. For example: • You need to show data only for regions with $100 million or more in sales revenue • You can create a measure-based filter on the Sales Revenue measure with Region as aggregation context. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 5 Linked analysis and input controls Advanced filtering Advanced filtering lets you create story and page filters based on multiple dimensions by defining a set of logical conditions. ▪ The dimensions used in advanced filtering can be filtered using AND or OR conditions. These conditions can be set to include or exclude the data that satisfies the filter conditions. ▪ For example, you can create a filter which includes either the region China and sales manager Janet Bury or the region North America and sales manager Gary Dumin. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 6 Linked analysis and input controls Measure/dimension input control Measure and dimension input controls can make charts and tables dynamic by allowing users to choose the measures or dimensions displayed at view time. Users can then dynamically change the data displayed in a chart or table by changing the values of the input control. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 7 Linked analysis and input controls Linked analysis Story designers can create a linked analysis to create filters and choose which charts will be updated by it. It is a convenient function for linking widgets to control the filtering of one element by another. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 8 Linked analysis and input controls Linked analysis configuration Story designers can set up linked analysis per widget (e.g. charts, table, or page input controls). Designers can enable linked analysis by clicking the More Actions menu in the widget. When setting up linked analysis on a widget, designers can choose which widgets it affects: ▪ Only this Widget ▪ All Widgets in the Story ▪ All Widgets on the Page ▪ Only Selected Widgets © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 9 Linked analysis and input controls Bookmarks Bookmarks can give viewers quick and easy access to frequently used scenarios. There are two types of bookmarks you can create: ▪ Personal Bookmarks: This type of bookmark is only visible to you. You can share private bookmarks with other users who also have access to the story. ▪ Global Bookmarks: This type of bookmark is visible to anyone who has view rights on the story. Today, bookmarks can capture story & page filters, input controls, charts, tables, and geo filters. © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 10 Linked analysis and input controls Demo © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 11 Linked analysis and input controls Resources Help Documentation: Linked Analysis Help Documentation: Input Controls Help Portal: Measure-based Filters Videos: Analytics Training Videos User Community: Stories, Reporting, and Data Exploration User Community: Ask a Question © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 12 Thank you. Contact information: open@sap.com Follow all of SAP www.sap.com/contactsap © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice. Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors. National product specifications may vary. These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP or its affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP or SAP affiliate company products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future developments, products, and/or platforms, directions, and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. See www.sap.com/trademark for additional trademark information and notices. Week 2: Story Creation Unit 7: Design Best Practices Design best practices Introduction There are a few things to keep in mind when creating stories that will help SAP Analytics Cloud work at its best. Here are a few examples: ▪ Use responsive pages ▪ Choose the right template ▪ Design using styling preferences ▪ Leverage dynamic input controls ▪ Use dynamic text token ▪ Check device preview © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 2 Design best practices Performance optimization tips Story designers will be guided with tips during the dashboard creation process to ensure the story is created following the best practices for performance. The designer will be notified mostly when: ▪ The story contains too many pages Expanded Page Filter ▪ The story page contains too many process-heavy widgets ▪ High Cardinality dimension page filter is expanded ▪ Auto Top N can be applied to the widgets ▪ The image being uploaded exceeds the recommended limit Too Many Pages © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC Process-Heavy Widgets 3 Design best practices Optimized view mode Regular View Mode Optimized View Mode Optimized view mode includes several performance and usability improvements and can also reduce story loading times. Some common features are: ▪ View time undo/redo ▪ Ghost loading indicator ▪ Tooltip improvements ▪ Input control hierarchy improvements ▪ Collapsed input controls & story filters discoverability ▪ Information & configuration options in a single menu © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 4 Design best practices Demo © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 5 Design best practices Resources Help Documentation: Data Visualization and Stories Videos: Analytics Training Videos User Community: Stories, Reporting, and Data Exploration User Community: Ask a Question Blogs: Best Practices for Performance | SAP Blogs, Experience Performance and Usability Improvements with SAP Analytics Cloud Stories | SAP Blogs Webinars: Tips & Tricks for Optimizing Story Performance in SAP Analytics Cloud, Best Practices for Designing Your SAP Analytics Cloud Stories © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 6 Thank you. Contact information: open@sap.com Follow all of SAP www.sap.com/contactsap © 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice. Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors. National product specifications may vary. These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP or its affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP or SAP affiliate company products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SE’s or its affiliated companies’ strategy and possible future developments, products, and/or platforms, directions, and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. See www.sap.com/trademark for additional trademark information and notices.
