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!

• Master financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting in SAP Analytics Cloud with step-by-step instructions
• Connect to source systems and model financial planning data
• Run automatic planning logic, simulations, and what-if analysis for your organization

You'll learn about:

• Defining and Modeling Data:
  Provision and model your FP&A data in SAP Analytics Cloud. Evaluate and configure source connectors, step by step; then model your data metrics and dimensions for planning and analysis.
• Planning Process:
  Get planning up and running! Manage your planning versions and inject your own inputs and assumptions into SAP Analytics Cloud. Learn how to run driver-based planning and perform allocations and currency conversion.
• Data Analysis:
  Assess your financial data in SAP Analytics Cloud. Explore your reporting and analysis options, use simulations for what-if analysis, and leverage augmented analytics capabilities and predictive scenarios.

Key Highlights:

• Data modeling
• Planning versions and inputs
• Automated planning
• Planning allocations
• Currency conversion
• Reporting
• What-if analysis
• Simulations
• Planning workflows
• Stakeholder groups
• Implementation