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BI, planning and forecasting in a single tool: the budget that talks to the ERP, dashboards that talk to the business.

FOCUS · PLANNING & BI TOGETHERThe actual → budget → forecast cycle without Excel exports
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01 · What it is

SAP Analytics Cloud, made clear.

SAC unites what is usually separate: business intelligence, financial planning and ML forecasting. It reads SAP data live (live connection), writes plans back to S/4, and gets CFO and controllers to agree on a single version of the numbers.

BI+Planning
analysis and budget in the same tool: reconciliations are over
Live
direct connection to S/4 and HANA: live data, not copied
Predictive
automatic ML forecasts: the statistical base of the budget
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02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

The planning cycle

Executive dashboardsthe numbers that steer
Actuals from S/4
Budget & forecast
What-if simulations
past · plan · scenarios
Writeback to S/4the plan goes back into the ERP
A single data modelthe single version of the truth
From actuals to decisions

Live connection

Data stays in HANA: no extractions, no 'but my Excel says otherwise'.

Planning models

Driver-based: the budget built on business levers, not on cells.

Well-crafted stories

Dashboards that answer questions, not just display charts.

Number governance

Versions, permissions and plan audit: who changed what, when.

03 · In depth

Models, stories and technical planning

SAC distinguishes analytic models and planning models: the latter write, with versions (actual/budget/forecast), data actions for copies and allocations, and the calendar to orchestrate the cycles. Live connections to S/4 and BW query data where it lives (no replicas), import is for external sources. Stories are built on responsive pages with linked analysis; Smart Predict adds time series for statistical forecasting.

  • Live connection — direct queries on S/4/BW/HANA: data never leaves the perimeter
  • Data action — version copies, allocations and planning calculations orchestrated
  • Value driver tree — the lever model: you simulate the business, not the cells
  • Planning calendar — tasks, owners and deadlines of the budget cycle inside SAC
  • Smart Predict — time-series forecasting built into the planning model
  • SAC + Excel — the add-in for spreadsheet dwellers: same model, same truth
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

1
one model for actual+budget+forecast: reconciliations are over
Live
zero replicas to the cloud on direct connections
QRC
quarterly release cycle: 4 updates a year managed by SAP
what-if
in-session simulations without touching official versions
Modern planning is a single model with rules: we design it on your business's real drivers and the budget stops being an Excel tour.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

Budget and forecast

The annual and rolling planning cycle.

Executive reporting

A board that reads the same numbers as the controller.

Simulations

What if prices rise 3%? The answer before the meeting.

United numbers are worth more than pretty numbers: SAC gets ERP, CFO and business to agree.