Analysis for Office

Analysis for Office is used to report from the analytical view or the calculation view.

We can have multiple views from different HANA systems in one workbook or sheet.

With SAP BO Analysis for Office we can:

• Analyze data with the design panel

• Filter members

• Sort data by measures

• Insert charts and filter components

• Convert crosstab cells to formula

• Create presentations

• Save/open workbook to/from the SAP BI Platform server

Here, we will be using a local ODBC connection for analysis in office and to access the HANA view.

Note

A prerequisite is that the ODBC connection already be created by the administrator.

The following are the steps to access our HANA Artifacts via analysis for office:

1. Open Analysis for Office application.

2. Navigate to Analysis TAB | Insert Data Source.

   

3. In order to use a local ODBC connection (instead of authenticating against BOE and using a relational DB connection published to CMC), click on Skip.

   

4. Once you click skip, it takes you to the Select Data Source screen...