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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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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

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

Working with grids

As mentioned earlier in this chapter, a grid is a spreadsheet-like object where you can create and work with formulas. Let's go through this object by adding one to our story:

  1. Click on the Add New Page icon, and select Grid from the menu to create a grid page in your story:

A new page will be created with a data grid covering the whole story page as illustrated in the following screenshot. Just like a spreadsheet, you can freely type or paste data into the cells (A) of a grid, create formulas that perform calculations (B), and apply formatting to the cells (C). This is one side of the grid where you work with it without connecting to a model. However, if you want to work with the data from a model, you have to add a table to the grid, as instructed in the following steps:

  1. Click on the Add Table icon on the Insert toolbar.
  2. The Select Model dialog box...
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