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OnmyS/4HANAjourney,allAnalyticrequirements
shallbedeliveredbyS/4HANA
PostedbyEduardoRodriguesinSAPS/4HANAon08Aug201615:36:03
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EverysinglediscussionIhavewithmycustomersandprospectsontheAnalyticrequirementsintheirjourneytoS/4
HANApassbya"blankface"momentwhenIaskthem:whichkindofAnalyticsenvironmentyouhavetodayandwhich
kindofAnalyticsenvironmentdoyouenvisiononceyouhaveyourS/4implementedandfullyfunctional?Usuallythe
answer goes somehow like this: once we have S/4 HANA, our understanding is that we can have full Analytics
capabilities right from the source once we have S/4 Analytics and applications, CDS views, Fiori, SAP
BusinessObjectsCloud,LumiraandDesignStudio.Weareready.
Well,itisnotabadanswer.ThepossibilitiestohaveAnalyticscapabilitiesclosertothesource,inrealtimeandwitha
beautifulinterfacehaveneverbeensogood:
S/4 Analytics works similar (I said similar, not equal) to old timer "Business Content" for SAP NetWeaver BW
(SAPBW).Itbringsdatamodel(viaCDSviews)andthepossibilitytoconsumethoseviewsviaanAnalyticaltool,
such as SAP BusinessObjects Suite (including Lumira and Design Studio), besides, it also delivers several
prettyniceAnalyticsapplicationswhichareFioribasedandletyougofrominsighttoactioninasingletool!
OnceyougetahandonCDSviewsyoubuildadditionalmodelsleveragingtheonesalreadydeliveredbySAP
andprovideyourcompanywithoperationalanalyticscapabilities,nicereportstolookintothepast(weare
talkinglineitemsanalysisinrealtime)andevensomepredictivepossibilities.
Yeswecangocloudaswell.WithSAPBusinessObjectsCloud(BOC,currentnameofthepreviouslyknowas
SAPCloudforAnalytics)youcanhaveafullcloudbasedsolutioncompletewithBusinessIntelligence,Planning,
Predictive(stillnotfullyreleased)andGovernance,RiskandControl(stillnotreleased).Allthis,connectedin
realtimewithyourS/4HANAprovidingtherightinformation,attherighttimetotherightpeoplewiththeright
flavor(mobile,desktop,younameit).
Asaplus,youcanevenusetheniceSAPDigitalBoardroomontopofyourBOCsoyoucandeliverandlead
yourBoardMeetingsasneverbefore.ItisfullybasedonhowSAPrunsitsownBoardMeetings,soitisbasedon
realtimedata,allowingexploring,deepdivingandevensimulatinghowdecisionswouldimpactbusiness
outcome.
Ifallthatistrue,whywouldIstillaskthatdustyquestion:whichkindofAnalyticsenvironmentyouhavetodayand
whichkindofAnalyticsenvironmentdoyouenvisiononceyouhaveyourS/4implementedandfullyfunctional?
Theanswerissimple.Mostofmycustomersandprospectsareonbusinessforawhilenow.Someofthemhavereally
greatAnalyticssolutions(Imeansolutions,notonlytools),theyhavedevelopedeitheralone,withSAPorwithaSAP
partnersolutionsthatarealignedandsupportbusinessobjectives,thatprovidesinsightonwhat'sgoingonontheir
company,whichallowsthemtosimulate,plan,forecastandtrackresults.Insomecases,thosesolutionshavespecial
characteristics:
Somesolutionsarenotabletocoopwithrealtimedata,onceafewsourcesaresimplynotavailableinrealtime
likesomedistributedPOS(PointofSales)systems
Afewsolutionsrequireddatacleansingandharmonizationbeforeyoucanactuallyusethatdatalikesome
marketingresearchsocommononmanufacturingandconsumerproductsindustry
Insomecases,yougottohaveahugeamountofdatainordertoprovidevalidinputlikewhenyoudo
predictivemaintenance,youneedtostoredatafromallyourcomponentsandsensorsworkingfineforawhile,
soyoucandefinewhentheyarenotworkingasexpected
Thereisevenawidepossibility(yes,I'mbeenalittlesarcastichere)thatyouactuallyneedtopreserveallthe
investmentyourcompanyhasdonesofarandbuildonyourhistoricaldata,combiningitwithseveralother
legacyandspecializedsystems,etc.
Wecouldkeepexploringthatlist,butI'msuretheconceptisclear.Thereisnosilverbulletwhenitcomestodiscuss
theoverallAnalyticsStrategytoyourcompany,thereisno"onesizefitsall"andthereisnodefinitivepath.Inorderto
definethecorrectpaththereareafewthingstoconsider:
1.Whatarethebusinessdrivers?
2.Whatarethebusinessobjectives?
3.Howdoesobjectivescouldbemeasured?
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4.What'sthecurrenttechnologicallandscape?
5.What'sthecurrentpeople/knowledgesetup?
6.WheredoesAnalyticshavetogo,toevolve,tomeetbusinessobjectivesinmidandlongterm?
7.Howdoesitems3to5havetoevolvetofulfillAnalyticsrequirementsinmidandlongterm?
8.What'sthetransformationroadmaptolinkstrategytoexecution?
Withallthatconsidered,somanyothercomponentscouldcometoplay:DataWarehouse,BigData,Hadoop,Event
Streaming,FraudManagement,PredictiveAnalytics,otherdatasources,othercloudsources,etc.
Ihopeithelpsonyourconsiderations.
Allthebest.
Eduardo
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