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Reports

  • Reports Interface
  • Steps to Answer
  • Graphs and Charts
  • Score Cards
  • Dashboards

Self Service

  • Calculated Fields
  • Data Column Filtering
  • Data Discovery
  • Search
  • Collaboration / Workflow
  • Automodeling

Advanced Analytics

  • Predictive Analytics
  • Data Visualization
  • Big Data Services

Building Reports

  • Data Transformation

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Reports

Reports Interface

Based on 286 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Reports interface for standard and self-service reports is intuitive and easy to use.
84%
(Based on 286 reviews)

Steps to Answer

Based on 268 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Requires a minimal number of steps/clicks to answer business question.
80%
(Based on 268 reviews)

Graphs and Charts

Based on 298 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers a variety of attractive graph and chart formats.
85%
(Based on 298 reviews)

Score Cards

Based on 260 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Score cards visually track KPI's.
81%
(Based on 260 reviews)

Dashboards

Based on 286 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides business users an interface to easily design, refine and collaborate on their dashboards
82%
(Based on 286 reviews)

Reports Interface

Reports interface for standard and self-service reports is intuitive and easy to use.

Not enough data

Share Reports

Receive email reports and notifications regarding metrics.

Not enough data

Steps to Answer

Requires a minimal number of steps/clicks to answer business question.

Not enough data

Self Service

Calculated Fields

Based on 283 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Using formulas based on existing data elements, users can create and calculate new field values.
79%
(Based on 283 reviews)

Data Column Filtering

Based on 289 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Business users have the ability to filter data in a report based on predefined or automodeled parameters.
83%
(Based on 289 reviews)

Data Discovery

Based on 273 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Users can drill down and explore data to discover new insights.
82%
(Based on 273 reviews)

Search

Based on 264 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to search global data set to find and discover data.
79%
(Based on 264 reviews)

Collaboration / Workflow

Based on 242 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability for users to share data and reports they have built within the BI tool and outside the tool through other collaboration platforms.
79%
(Based on 242 reviews)

Automodeling

Based on 239 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Tool automatically suggests data types, schemas and hierarchies.
80%
(Based on 239 reviews)

Advanced Analytics

Predictive Analytics

Based on 234 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Analyze current and historical trends to make predictions about future events.
84%
(Based on 234 reviews)

Data Visualization

Based on 285 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Communicate complex information clearly and effectively through advanced graphical techniques.
85%
(Based on 285 reviews)

Big Data Services

Based on 210 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to handle large, complex, and/or siloed data sets.
80%
(Based on 210 reviews)

Building Reports

Data Transformation

Based on 187 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Converts data formats of source data into the format required for the reporting system without mistakes.
79%
(Based on 187 reviews)

Data Modeling

Based on 138 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to (re)structure data in a manner that allows extracting insights fast and accurate.
81%
(Based on 138 reviews)

WYSIWYG Report Design

Based on 154 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides business users an interface to easily design and refine their dashboards and reports. (What You See Is What You Get)
80%
(Based on 154 reviews)

Integration APIs

Based on 149 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.
79%
(Based on 149 reviews)

Statistical Tool

Scripting

Based on 139 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews. Supports a variety of scripting environments
79%
(Based on 139 reviews)

Data Mining

As reported in 144 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews. Mines data from databases and prepares data for analysis
82%
(Based on 144 reviews)

Algorithms

Applies statistical algorithms to selected data 141 reviewers of SAP Analytics Cloud have provided feedback on this feature.
80%
(Based on 141 reviews)

Data Analysis

Analysis

Analyzes both structured and unstructured data This feature was mentioned in 157 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews.
85%
(Based on 157 reviews)

Data Interaction

Interacts with data to prepare it for visualizations and models This feature was mentioned in 153 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews.
83%
(Based on 153 reviews)

Decision Making

Modeling

As reported in 152 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews. Offers modeling capabilities
82%
(Based on 152 reviews)

Data Visualizations

As reported in 152 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews. Creates data visualizations or graphs
84%
(Based on 152 reviews)

Report Generation

Generates reports of data performance This feature was mentioned in 155 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews.
84%
(Based on 155 reviews)

Data Unification

Unifies information on a singular platform This feature was mentioned in 110 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews.
83%
(Based on 110 reviews)

Data Updates

Historical Snapshots

Based on 14 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews. Ability to track historical data.
93%
(Based on 14 reviews)

Real-Time Updating

Track metrics in real time with consistent and frequent updates. This feature was mentioned in 16 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews.
94%
(Based on 16 reviews)

Email Reports

Receive email reports and notifications regarding metric.

Not enough data

Historical Snapshots

Ability to track historical data.

Not enough data

Real-Time Updating

Track metrics in real time with consistent and frequent updates.

Not enough data

Financial Insight

Budgeting

Based on 46 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Uses collected data to assist organizations in understanding what they can afford now, and in years to come.
86%
(Based on 46 reviews)

Forecasting

Based on 53 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Creates a continuous and recurrent planning process that can be calculated according to a specified and customizable timeline.
87%
(Based on 53 reviews)

Planning

Based on 51 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Leverages data from budgeting and forecasting processes to help corporations understand their reality and make decisions accordingly.
87%
(Based on 51 reviews)

Data

Data Visualization

Based on 56 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers methods of visualizing data via customizable dashboards, statistical graphs, and charts.
88%
(Based on 56 reviews)

Data Analysis

Based on 55 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Scours data for actionable insights.
86%
(Based on 55 reviews)

Custom Reporting

Based on 52 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows users to customize their own reports according to business needs.
86%
(Based on 52 reviews)

Reporting Templates

Based on 54 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides pre-built reporting templates to organize data for payroll, manufacturing, and other company factions.
83%
(Based on 54 reviews)

Status Communication

Collaboration

Based on 51 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows for searchable communication within the tool via notes, checklists, and discussions to ensure clarity between users.
86%
(Based on 51 reviews)

Version Control

Based on 50 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Reflects updates immediately, ensuring users have the most recent data while maintaining records of past performance.
86%
(Based on 50 reviews)

Real-Time Data Updates

Based on 52 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Updates varying factors in real-time, assuring forecasts and inferences are continually made according to the most recent information.
88%
(Based on 52 reviews)

Scorecards

Based on 47 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Displays and shares company performance data to increase transparency across the board.
85%
(Based on 47 reviews)

Data Preparation

Connectors

Based on 131 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to connect the analytics platform with a wide range of connector options for common data sources, including popular enterprise applications.
83%
(Based on 131 reviews)

Data Governance

Based on 127 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Connects to enterprise data governance software, or provides integrated data governance features to avoid misuse of data
82%
(Based on 127 reviews)

Data Modeling and Blending

Data Querying

Based on 141 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Using formulas based on existing data elements, users can create and calculate new field values
82%
(Based on 141 reviews)

Data Filtering

Based on 151 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Business users have the ability to filter data in a report based on predefined or automodeled parameters.
83%
(Based on 151 reviews)

Data Blending

Based on 139 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows the user to combine data from multiple sources into a functioning dataset.
82%
(Based on 139 reviews)

Financial Planning

Extended Planning

Based on 45 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Analysis that creates business plans outside of finance, including sales, marketing, or HR.
84%
(Based on 45 reviews)

Reporting

Based on 52 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Reports on departmental KPI metrics measured against targets.
86%
(Based on 52 reviews)

Integration

Based on 52 SAP Analytics Cloud reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Consolidates planning processes across an organization into a single solution.
82%
(Based on 52 reviews)

Visualization

Graphs and Charts

Offers a variety of attractive graph and chart formats.

Not enough data

Score Cards

Score cards visually track KPI's.

Not enough data

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Provides business users an interface to easily design, refine and collaborate on their dashboards

Not enough data

Formats

Allows one to create and export visualization into various formats (PNG, JPEG, etc.)

Not enough data

Collaboration

Sharing

Provides the ability to easily share visualizations.

Not enough data

Co-Editing

Allows multiple users to edit and create visualizations together.

Not enough data

Devices

Has the ability to edit visualization across devices and device types (e.g. computer and phone).

Not enough data

Generative AI

AI Text Generation

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Not enough data

AI Text Summarization

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Not enough data

AI Text Generation

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Not enough data

AI Text Summarization

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Not enough data

AI Text Generation

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Not enough data

AI Text Summarization

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms

No-code Dashboard Builder

Enables non-technical users to build dashboards through intuitive, drag-and-drop interfaces

Not enough data

Report Scheduling and Automation

Enables automated report generation and scheduled delivery to stakeholders

Not enough data

Embedded Analytics and White-labeling

Allows dashboards and analytics to be embedded into external apps with branding flexibility

Not enough data

Data Source Connectivity

Supports integration with major data sources like cloud data warehouses, SQL/NoSQL databases, and SaaS applications

Not enough data

Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms

Large data handling and Query Speed

Efficiently processes large datasets with minimal lag and ensures high performance under load

Not enough data

Concurrent User Support

Maintains performance and uptime during high traffic from multiple users or teams

Not enough data

Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms

Data Modeling and Governance

Supports semantic data layers, role-based access controls, and metadata governance

Not enough data

Notebook and Script Integration

Integrates with Jupyter, Python, or R for custom analytics and modeling

Not enough data

Built-in Predictive and Statistical Models

Provides native tools for statistical analysis, forecasting, and trend prediction

Not enough data

Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms

Auto-generated Insights and Narratives

Uses AI to generate textual summaries, key takeaways, and data stories from dashboards

Not enough data

Natural Language Queries

Allows users to query data and build reports using conversational or plain language

Not enough data

Proactive KPI Monitoring and Alerts

Detects and notifies users about KPI anomalies or significant metric changes in real time

Not enough data

AI Agents for Analytical Follow-ups

Recommends next questions, analyses, or exploration paths using autonomous AI agents

Not enough data

Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms

Behavioral Learning for Contextual Query Refinement

Learns from historical user interactions to improve and personalize query results over time

Not enough data

Role-based Insight Personalization

Tailors dashboard views and suggestions based on user roles, access levels, and past behavior

Not enough data

Conversational and Prompt-based Analytics

Supports AI-driven exploration via prompts or multi-turn conversations for iterative querying

Not enough data

Agentic AI - FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data