G2

Issam Y.

SAP BI Consultant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/1/2021

"It's been an excellent learning experience and always a pleasure to show demo's to clients."

4.5/5

What do you like best about SAP Analytics Cloud?

The constant improvement and significant quarterly updates with new SAC features. SAC offers a unique user experience, whether it is the normal story, the analytical application or the model building and wrangling process. It is very easy to learn and to navigate on. I also got the opportunity, thanks to SAC, to learn the basics of programming in R, a subset of javascript and their own data-action programming language. I genuinely think SAC is an excellent product and have given multiple demonstrations to colleagues and clients with pride. You don't have to be a data scientist to be able to work with SAC.

The administration and security side of SAC is also very important and very intelligently set up by SAP. Again, you don't have to be a data security engineer to secure your data on SAC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAP Analytics Cloud?

SAC still encounters lots of limitations (such as limited scheduling capabilities), where workarounds are not always possible. In its early days, the analytical application was too basic to capture real-life problems and be an added value for clients. I also had to cope with multiple performance issues due to it being in the cloud, but that was easily fixed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SAP Analytics Cloud:

Getting certified is something I would advise anyone. I got both certifications, the SAC and SAC Planning certifications, and they were both precious in my journey on SAC. Project experience is valuable as well in your learning experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAP Analytics Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are integrating data from different sources with one single user experience. SAC Planning has unique features ready to tackle dozens of customer problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.