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Learning SAP Analytics Cloud

You're reading from   Learning SAP Analytics Cloud Collaborate, predict and solve business intelligence problems with cloud computing

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788290883
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Riaz Ahmed Riaz Ahmed
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Preface 1. Getting Started with SAP Analytics Cloud FREE CHAPTER 2. Models in SAP Analytics Cloud 3. Planning model 4. Creating Stories Using Charts 5. Extending Stories with KPI, Filters, and Other Handy Objects 6. Analyzing Data Using Geomaps and Other Objects 7. Working with Tables and Grids 8. Collaboration 9. Digital Boardroom 10. System Administration

Creating a new analytical model

Execute the following steps to create a new analytical model. The screenshot has numbered steps for sequence to be followed for creating an analytical model:

Selecting a source file

You can import data from an external file, such as an Excel spreadsheet or a comma-separated-values file, into a new model. If the data is saved in separate sheets in the Excel workbook, you will see a drop-down list from where you can choose which sheet to import:

The source data must include columns that can be used to create dimensions in a new model, and it must also include transactional data (measures). The transactional data is not visible in modeler, only in the output that is generated.

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