Insights & Information Design

In Longview, after activating the cell input control function, a reference object can be used to block or allow manual inputs into cells as well as the copy & paste function.

By deciding in favor of the SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), you are choosing an innovative, flexible and high-performance cloud solution for your company. The next step is to choose the right analysis and visualization method for your use case. Here, we'll give you an insight into the SAC develoopment environments.

A very frequent use case in reporting is the linking and displaying of information from either different tables or even different data sources. Frequently, a database view or even an intermediate step via a database layer, in which the data from different sources is merged, is required for this purpose. With the "Assign" function, arcplan offers a simple and quick possibility to link data in the report and in real time.

The local connection arrow enables the restriction of structures without limiting the data at the same time. This function has been existing for many years but is easily forgotten and completely unknown by many application architects and developers. Thus, this is a blog refresh or introduce this function.

Note:arcplan Information Services GmbH has been renamed after the merger with Longview and is now Longview Europe GmbH.

With the migration to SAP BW/4 HANA or activation of the BW/4 HANA mode described here, it is no longer possible to use legacy objects. This includes the popular MultiProvider, used to combine different InfoProviders and to create an abstraction layer for a BW query. It can link InfoProvider objects, even if these are only available as navigation attributes in one of the providers and not directly in the InfoProvider fact table. In this example, the country is allocated once directly and once as a customer navigation attribute.

Anyone who evaluates data using well-known visual analytics tools such as Tableau or Qlik Sense wants to create, quickly reach the limits of applications — at the latest as soon as he works with unstructured or incomplete data sets. To avoid frustration, we tested both tools for their data preparation options and created a short list of best practices.

How much does it cost me to use the tool? Who should work with it: marketeers or IT professionals? And can I also manage my data in the cloud? Many factors play a role in choosing the right tool for visual analytics. b.telligent consultant Daniel Erlhöfer explains the technical side of Tableau and Qlik Sense in this blog post: What are the differences in the data preparation of both tools?

With the new version, significant innovations have been implemented in arcplan 8 which have a very positive influence on future projects involving the arcplan product suite.

The new HTML5 client and the responsive design must be mentioned here. They make developments of BI applications for mobile terminals significantly more efficient; this also applies to desktop applications.

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Microsoft Power BI is one of the most popular BI tools on the market, and offers numerous ways to process and visualize data. For even greater flexibility, you can also extend standard functions extensively by using Python and R scripts. This article describes how to integrate Python scripts, what they enable, and what to keep in mind.

SAP BW/4 HANA ist nun seit genau einem Jahr für Kunden verfügbar. Grund, einmal zurückzublicken und einen Vergleich mit SAP BW on HANA 7.5 anzustreben. Zudem werde ich von vielen Kunden gefragt, was genau der Unterschied zwischen SAP BW/4 HANA und SAP BW on HANA ist. Deshalb möchte ich dies einmal darstellen.