Embedded analytics S4HANA

[former_member603406]

Hi,

We have a legacy report which we are trying to develop in Embedded Analytics. It is a huge report with multiple level of drill downs ( tabular layout drill downs to donuts, donuts drill down back to tabular format) and multiple drill downs in a tables (each column drills down to a different tabular report or visualisation) etc.

we are not sure if Embedded analytics is the right way to go for these kind of reports. We have found that there are a total of 16 drill down levels (Visualisations + tabular) in this particular report. We have several similar reports as well. Even if we are able to break down the reports into 2 or 3 reports, can we use embedded analytics for these type of reports. Are we going in the right direction at all? Do we use Report modeler apps or analytical reports for this?

Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Sharadha

[Masaaki]

Hi,

There are many analytical application types in Fiori, BusinessObjects and SAC Analytics. In Fiori, it includes, List Report, Analytical List Page, Overview Page, Multidimensional Reporting. Analysis Path Framework, KPI tile, etc..

In BusinessObjects, it includes, WebI, Crystal Report, Analysis Office, Lumira etc..

I dont know what exactly is the analytical app types which you want to create, but think you can create using the analytical app types in Fiori, BusinessObjects and SAC.

It is good to read the demos in this blog.

http://s4hanablog.com/2017/04/25/embedded-analytics-in-s4hana/

If possible, it would be good if you explain what the report type you want to create is a bit more, and what exactly does "drill down" mean? does it mean jump?

In addition, you can jump from a report to another (or to the transaction screen) in Fiori.

Thanks, Masa

[former_member218251]

Hi Sharadha

It is probably possible to create the separate reports via embedded analytics. I would suggest not to have (much) drill downs, this is not the set-up of the tooling. You can do that, but that will require creating a custom app.

So my advise is to create a separate report per view, and add them all to one overview screen. This overview screen will require some coding (not much) at current moment. I think I did see on the roadmap that there will be a no-coding option for this in the future. You have to expect some coding anyway: The CDS views have to be released, and the big majority currently is not. For this you have to create a copy (of a query view) and release that copy. Eclipse is a developer tool, and I think it requires a developer key to do this.

[former_member218251]

Hi Sharadha

You can consider to use a overview page for that.

You can create one big fiori app, within that app you show the different separate reports you want to present to the user. You can use one filter in the overview page, that will filter all the separate reports within the overview page.

Here is some more info on it. Also there are a few usefull blog pages on this functionality:

https://experience.sap.com/fiori-design-web/overview-page/

[former_member603406]

Thanks for the suggestion. But we want to use the embedded analytics for the reporting purpose so that we do not have custom Fiori apps. Any pointers in that direction?

-Sharadha