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This blog post introduces the features of the SAP Analytics Cloud 2023.16 release available for SAP Analytics Cloud FastTrack customers. For SAP Analytics Cloud Quarterly Release Cycle (QRC) customers, this release and its features will be available as part of the QRC Q3 2023 release. View the QRC release schedule here.
Although not required, you may upgrade to the latest SAP Analytics Cloud agent version 1.0.381 to take advantage of all data acquisition types.
The agent’s minimum version remains at 1.0.75, with the following exceptions:
For more information, see System Requirements and Technical Prerequisites.
Regarding supported features and required updates for the integration of SAP BW with SAP Analytics Cloud, refer to SAP Note 2541557 for further details.
Regarding supported features and required updates for live universe access through SAP BusinessObjects Live Data Connect with SAP Analytics Cloud, refer to SAP Note 2771921 for further details.
Please download the latest version of the Simple Deployment Kit from Service Marketplace.
Note: To avoid downloading older versions and potentially exposing users to a vulnerable bundling of the Cloud Connector with SAPJVM, or Apache Tomcat, only the three latest versions of the kits are available to download.
For Cloud agent version change management details, refer to SAP Note 3264839.
Before we dive in, you may have noticed two new feature categories listed in the road map, and product plan. As we have now merged Story and Analytical Application, we have now renamed the categories as:
Users can now select and exclude dimensions in the member selector. This is supported for flat lists and hierarchy presentations.
This feature is available to all customers as of July 26, 2023.
We now provide story designers and viewers the ability to activate/deactivate SAP BW conditions under the new condition's entry point in the more action icon:
This is already supported in tables and closes feature gap parity.
This blog post introduces the features of the SAP Analytics Cloud 2023.16 release available for SAP Analytics Cloud FastTrack customers. For SAP Analytics Cloud Quarterly Release Cycle (QRC) customers, this release and its features will be available as part of the QRC Q3 2023 release. View the QRC release schedule here.
System Administration and Technical Requirements
Although not required, you may upgrade to the latest SAP Analytics Cloud agent version 1.0.381 to take advantage of all data acquisition types.
The agent’s minimum version remains at 1.0.75, with the following exceptions:
- Version 1.0.99 for SAP ERP/SQL Database
- Version 1.0.365 for SAP universe (UNX). The SAP Analytics Cloud agent requires additional setup steps, for more details see SAP Note 3262098
- Version 1.0.353 for SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
- Version 1.0.235 for SAP HANA View
- Version 1.0.248 for File Server
For more information, see System Requirements and Technical Prerequisites.
Regarding supported features and required updates for the integration of SAP BW with SAP Analytics Cloud, refer to SAP Note 2541557 for further details.
Regarding supported features and required updates for live universe access through SAP BusinessObjects Live Data Connect with SAP Analytics Cloud, refer to SAP Note 2771921 for further details.
Please download the latest version of the Simple Deployment Kit from Service Marketplace.
Note: To avoid downloading older versions and potentially exposing users to a vulnerable bundling of the Cloud Connector with SAPJVM, or Apache Tomcat, only the three latest versions of the kits are available to download.
For Cloud agent version change management details, refer to SAP Note 3264839.
Release Highlights
- Microsoft Office Integration
- Story Design
Feature Category Naming Update
Before we dive in, you may have noticed two new feature categories listed in the road map, and product plan. As we have now merged Story and Analytical Application, we have now renamed the categories as:
- Dashboard & Story Design is now Story Design
- Analytic Design is now Story Extensibility
Microsoft Office Integration
Exclude in Member Selector
Users can now select and exclude dimensions in the member selector. This is supported for flat lists and hierarchy presentations.
This feature is available to all customers as of July 26, 2023.
Story Design
Activate/deactivate SAP BW Conditions in Charts
We now provide story designers and viewers the ability to activate/deactivate SAP BW conditions under the new condition's entry point in the more action icon:
- We will continue to apply the default conditions that are defined in the SAP BW model
- Conditions that are not applicable to the configuration of the Chart will remain disabled
- Applied to Chart will continue to show a summary of the conditions that are applied
This is already supported in tables and closes feature gap parity.
This blog post only provides a high-level overview of the latest features and enhancements of SAP Analytics Cloud. You can find more details on these features in your In-App Help Guide for FastTrack customers and see this SAP Knowledge Base Article if you’d like to learn more about FastTrack and Quarterly Release Cycle releases.
If you have any questions regarding the content in this blog post, you can comment below. If you have product specific or technical questions, post a question to our SAP Analytics Cloud Questions & Answers forum. Visit our SAP Analytics Cloud Community pages to find more product information, best practices, and more. And check out our SAP Road Map Explorer to see more upcoming features of SAP Analytics Cloud.
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