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title: SAP Analytics Cloud Learning Journey | SAP PRESS
description: Explore SAP Analytics Cloud and how it can take business intelligence to the next level in this learning journey. Featuring videos, blog posts, and more.
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# SAP Analytics Cloud Learning Journey
Take the next steps in your business intelligence with SAP career by learning about SAP Analytics Cloud! Use these resources from SAP PRESS (books, blog posts, and videos) to develop your own career and explore the SAP Analytics Cloud solution.
## What Is SAP Analytics Cloud?
SAP Analytics Cloud is a software-as-a-service with a platform of tools and functionalities for data visualization, data analysis, and business planning. It provides business analysts, data scientists, and developers with a central hub through which they can perform their daily business intelligence (BI), financial planning, and application build tasks.
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## Getting Started with SAP Analytics Cloud
[](https://blog.sap-press.com/core-features-and-benefits-of-sap-analytics-cloud-for-planning)
## Core Features for SAP Analytics Cloud Planning
SAP Analytics Cloud was one of the first tools in the BI world to cover all three significant aspects of a business: planning, data visualization, and predictive analytics. In this post, explore core features of SAP Analytics Cloud for planning.
[Explore the Key Features for Planning Here \>](https://blog.sap-press.com/core-features-and-benefits-of-sap-analytics-cloud-for-planning)
[](https://blog.sap-press.com/how-to-create-sap-fiori-tiles-for-sap-analytics-cloud-stories)
## Create SAP Fiori Tiles for Your Stories
To make it easy for business users in SAP S/4HANA to access stories in SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP offers a feature to create tiles on the SAP Fiori launchpad. In this blog post, explore how to create these tiles to make your users lives easier!
[Discover the SAP Fiori Tile Creation Process Here \>](https://blog.sap-press.com/how-to-create-sap-fiori-tiles-for-sap-analytics-cloud-stories)
[](https://blog.sap-press.com/how-to-create-users-in-sap-analytics-cloud)
## Add Users to the SAP Analytics Cloud System
An SAP S/4HANA migration offers many benefits, but to ensure a smooth migration, you must be aware of your specific reasons for migrating. In this post, we'll discuss seven areas to consider before getting started on the big project.
[See How to Create SAP Analytics Cloud Users Here \>](https://blog.sap-press.com/how-to-create-users-in-sap-analytics-cloud)
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## *SAP Analytics Cloud*
Discover the next generation of BI with this guide to SAP Analytics Cloud! Get your data into the system and see which data models to use in which situations. Next, learn about stories—how to create visualizations for them, publish them, and enhance them. With expanded information on the unified story, analytics catalog, and planning models, this fully updated edition is your one-stop shop for all your SAP Analytics Clouds needs!
[Explore a Sample Chapter of This Book Here \>](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gxmedia.galileo-press.de/leseproben/5753/reading_sample_sap_press_sap_analytics_cloud.pdf)
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## *Designing Dashboards with SAP Analytics Cloud*
SAP Analytics Cloud is overflowing with visualization options. Charts, tables, drilldowns, geomaps—if you can dream it, you can design and build it. Learn how to create a dashboard for any use case, from acquired data dashboards and responsive mobile dashboards to procurement dashboards using SAP S/4HANA Cloud data. Follow step-by-step instructions to structure your data, choose the relevant features, and then implement them. Contains custom-designed dashboards for each chapter!
[Explore a Sample Chapter of This Book Here \>](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gxmedia.galileo-press.de/leseproben/5235/reading_sample_sap_press_designing_dashboards_with_sap_analytics_cloud.pdf)
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## How to Create the Perfect Dashboard with SAP Analytics Cloud
[](https://blog.sap-press.com/building-an-sap-analytics-cloud-dashboard-with-sap-s4hana-cloud-data)
To create an SAP Analytics Cloud dashboard using SAP S/4HANA Cloud data, start by accessing the SAP Fiori launchpad, navigate to KPI Design, and select the Manage KPIs and Reports tile to create a new story. In the Definition tab, input the story's title, tags, and description; then, in the Configuration tab, choose your data sources and design the dashboard using available tools. For enhanced interactivity, incorporate elements like stacked bar charts to visualize data distribution and input controls that allow users to filter and explore data dimensions dynamically. Learn about all of these steps in this blog post.
[Building an SAP Analytics Cloud Dashboard \>](https://blog.sap-press.com/building-an-sap-analytics-cloud-dashboard-with-sap-s4hana-cloud-data)
In this video, become familiar with how SAP PRESS books can help you use SAP Analytics Cloud for your business reporting!
Learn how to set up SAP Analytics Cloud, explore its key functionality, utilize the solution for predictive analysis and financial planning, optimize for efficient operations, and create dashboards with the data you've collected.
These books are the perfect resource to consult; they're all available as printed books as well as e-books for easier reading on the go!
[Start Learning with the SAP Analytics Cloud Books Found Here \>](https://www.sap-press.com/search/?q=analytics+cloud&utm_source=sappressblog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Blogs&utm_term=sapanalyticscloudlearningjourney&utm_content=analyticscloud)
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## Take the Next Steps in SAP Analytics Cloud
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## Choose an Efficient Data Model
The first step of creating an efficient model in SAP Analytics Cloud is to choose the right model for the use case. In general, there are two different high-level options: The first one is the data source type, and the second one is the model type. We cover each in this post.
[Explore Your Options Here \>](https://blog.sap-press.com/choosing-an-efficient-model-in-sap-analytics-cloud)
[](https://blog.sap-press.com/enabling-sap-bw4hana-for-sap-analytics-cloud)
## Add SAP BW/4HANA to Your Solution
SAP BW/4HANA is the successor to legacy SAP BW. This solution is an updated version of SAP BW that includes multiple new features. It would be beneficial to those using SAP Analytics Cloud to connect the two solutions. In this post, learn about this process.
[See How to Connect Here \>](https://blog.sap-press.com/enabling-sap-bw4hana-for-sap-analytics-cloud)
[](https://blog.sap-press.com/handling-time-series-models-with-missing-data-in-sap-analytics-cloud)
## Troubleshooting Time Series Models
In SAP Analytics Cloud, effectively managing time series models with missing data involves understanding the nature of the missing values and the type of time series—such as discontinued, emerging, or intermittent. In this post, we'll give you insight on how to troubleshoot.
[Discover How to Fix Here \>](https://blog.sap-press.com/handling-time-series-models-with-missing-data-in-sap-analytics-cloud)
## *SAP Analytics Cloud Q&A with Authors Melanie Holzapfel and Nico Licht - Video*
Authors of our system dashboard design guide for SAP Analytics Cloud, Melanie Holzapfel and Nico Licht, took an hour to teach viewers about SAP Analytics Cloud. They also answered viewer questions about the solution and how it can be used.
[Learn SAP Analytics Cloud Dashboard Design in This Interview \>](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbSEZCtuhrQ)
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## *SAP Analytics Cloud: Financial Planning and Analysis*
FP&A is now in the cloud! In this comprehensive guide, begin by provisioning your data for financial planning and analysis in SAP Analytics Cloud. Then follow step-by-step instructions to set up the planning process and use SAP Analytics Cloud’s automated planning logic to calculate key metrics. Learn how to perform simulations to model what-if scenarios, streamline your planning workflow, and share results with stakeholders. With details on implementation best practices, this is your all-in-one resource!
[Explore a Sample Chapter of This Book Here \>](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gxmedia.galileo-press.de/leseproben/5486/reading_sample_sap_press_sap_analytics_cloud_financial_planning_and_analysis.pdf)
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## Run SAP Analytics Cloud Faster and More Efficiently
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## *SAP Analytics Cloud Performance Optimization Guide*
Frustrated with slow performance in SAP Analytics Cloud? This guide is your answer! Learn the basics of solution performance and optimization and then start making your adjustments: get the story builder and analytics designer apps running smoothly, fine-tune your backend settings, and follow best practices for viewing dashboards. With detailed examples of performance improvements throughout, this book has everything you need for an optimal SAP Analytics Cloud experience!
[Explore a Sample Chapter of This Book Here \>](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gxmedia.galileo-press.de/leseproben/5669/reading_sample_sap_press_sap_analytics_cloud_performance_optimization_guide.pdf)
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## Improve Story Builder Performance
This post discusses the handling of multiple models and so-called query merging. It also covers the optimize story building performance mode the optimized view mode, which is a package of features to improve usability and performance.
[See How to Make These Improvements Here \>](https://blog.sap-press.com/how-to-improve-story-builder-performance-in-sap-analytics-cloud)
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## Introducing SAP Digital Boardroom
SAP Digital Boardroom is integrated into SAP Analytics Cloud as an add-on and extends it by adding another presentation layer. This layer enables you to combine multiple stories or multiples pages from stories into a single presentation.
[Learn About This Solution Here \>](https://blog.sap-press.com/what-is-sap-digital-boardroom)
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Our live training is perfect for real-time instruction and interaction, while on-demand courses allow you to learn at your own pace and revisit lessons anytime. With new SAP BI topics added regularly, you’ll always find up-to-date learning options that fit your goals and schedule.
[Explore Rheinwerk Courses Here \>](https://www.sap-press.com/online-courses/topics/business-intelligence/)
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