Guide: SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics | Reports Straight from S/4HANA

It is part of the SAP HANA platform (no need to purchase additional licenses). The key components of SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics are: the SAP HANA database, VDM (virtual data model), the analytics engine (built-in SAP BW), and oData services

Application

SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics is recommended for enterprises that want to rely exclusively on their ERP system for both operational and analytical reporting, thereby eliminating the need for a data warehouse. Without additional licensing costs, it is possible to use existing predefined data views—used for reporting within S/4HANA —to create customized queries, reports, and dashboards. Embedded Analytics combines data (in the form of virtual data models) with predefined Fiori analytics applications to provide insights into transactional data and process complex ad hoc queries.

Business Forecasting at Your Fingertips

In the face of growing market competition and numerous challenges in nearly every aspect of business, SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics It is the ideal tool, offering a wide range of analytical capabilities within the ERP system. Thanks to world-class operational reporting, companies can achieve excellence in their day-to-day operations and, as a result, ensure customer satisfaction. It is also possible to use SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics for more complex tasks, such as increasing the chances of selling additional products (cross-selling) and higher-margin items (up-selling), or using predictive analytics to forecast sales or orders. Predefined Fiori applications are the best way to start this journey. Designing KPIs, reports, queries, analysis paths, and forecasts—all of this is possible using standard applications.

What’s more, SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics can be easily integrated with other SAP products, such as the SAP BusinessObjects BI, SAP Analytics Cloud , or SAP Lumira. Users of Embedded Analytics will benefit from faster decision-making, more accurate analyses, and lower operating costs. Analytics embedded in tools with a clear and user-friendly interface boosts productivity and saves time spent on complex data processing. With SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics, you can expect a rapid return on investment, as well as improved decision-making and minimized financial risk thanks to daily analyses based on reliable data, delivered to business users on time.

Functional Capabilities and Technical Specifications

SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics is an intuitive and easy-to-use tool, even with a large number of columns and rows that can be processed and analyzed on the fly. This provides immediate, context-based insights into data to support decision-making. It also offers seamless integration with the Fiori user interface and other SAP analytics products.

SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics supports multidimensional reports. OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) and OLT (Online Transaction Processing) technologies are embedded in a single system, both of which use CDS as the access technology.

All analytical features use predefined CDS views (virtual data models), while SAP Fiori serves as the user interface.

Additional benefits:

No need to store data or reload it overnight,
No distinction between transactional and analytical systems,
Quick and easy software implementation,
No need to implement a separate tool for a new user group,
Interactive visualization available alongside reporting and dashboard creation.

S/4HANA User

With instant access and real-time insights into data, as well as its ease of use, Embedded Analytics is primarily aimed at S/4HANA end users. This tool enables the creation of advanced analytics that are integrated into the organization’s daily workflows and culture, allowing it to respond quickly to challenges, market demands, or new business opportunities.

Embedded Analytics vs. BW/4HANA

Embedded Analytics – reporting directly on transactional data, without copying it elsewhere, based exclusively on S/4HANA data.

BW/4HANA – reporting is most often based on data copied from the transactional system; it can also use data from other sources, such as other databases or flat files.