Efficient business planning: Optimize and control to be successful

Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAP SAC)

SAP Analytics Cloud enables a seamless transition from business intelligence to analytics. Visualization, analysis, forecasting, and planning combined in one application not only generate numeric reports, but also meaningful insights. Use the built-in machine learning capabilities to incorporate insights directly into your planning models.

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What can SAP Analytics Cloud do for business planning?

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SAP Analytics Cloud is the platform for analysis, planning, and reporting. Planning and forecasting can be applied to any area – such as HR, sales, and financial planning.

The functions required for planning processes, such as data modeling, permissions, plan data capture, workflow control, and planning functions, are included in the SAP Analytics Cloud. Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud enables you to handle complex financial planning processes, ranging from operational expense planning to detailed balance sheet and P&L planning.

SAP Analytics Cloud supports cross-departmental collaboration through its rich business content, which efficiently coordinates financial, HR, marketing, and supply chain planning. At the same time, business content is a project accelerator and quickly leads to initial project results.

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Our customers turn their data into success stories with SAP Analytics Cloud

Leading companies rely on planning with SAP Analytics Cloud to gain meaningful insight and pave the way for sustainable growth. Learn how our success stories demonstrate that data analytics, decision-making, and strategic planning can be integrated seamlessly to drive your business forward.

Martina Quast
Head of SAP at Basler

”valantic has persuaded us that we are able to handle a project of this size at several international locations at the same time. In addition, the team was able to map end-to-end requirements from all areas of the company from a single source.“

Stefan Sendner
IT-Leiter at Burgis

”You can list sales in the SAP S/4 standard, but you can't get a detailed outline of the group structures, as with the new SAC solution from valantic.“

Key features for planning with SAP Analytics Cloud

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Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud

Integrated planning with SAP Analytics Cloud enables you to optimally integrate your data and individualize it thanks to business-typical semantics, currency conversions, and accounting logic. A frequent use case is strategic financial planning with your partial plans.

Value drivers

Value driver trees enable relationships between variables and thus, for example, to visualize main and subgoals with your individual factors. They also support simulations.

Integration with SAP S/4HANA

The seamless integration of the transaction and master data from SAP S/4HANA in real time for current data should be highlighted. In addition, the planning results can be written back directly to SAP S/4HANA.

Connection to Analysis for Office

Analysis for Office integration allows you to complete your planning tasks in your Microsoft environment and use the spreadsheet to perform them.

Insights into the SAP Analytics Cloud

Simulations in the planning context

There are various simulation possibilities with value-driver trees.

Planning model

You can see the structure of the dimensions in a model (model overview). Dimensions such as KPIs and accounts can be determined here.

Top-down & bottom-up processes in the SAC

Tables that can be planned and changes have a bottom-up and top-down effect.

Your path to planning with SAP Analytics Cloud

Your key to data-driven decision-making and effective business governance

The move to the SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) enables more efficient and data-driven decision-making/corporate control, as well as focus on strategic goals. SAP SAC provides integrated data analytics, real-time data, advanced planning capabilities, and an easy-to-use interface.