As
per SAP's "BI
Convergence Strategy 2018" there is an edition of SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office (AfO) that
works with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). It is called "SAP Analysis for Microsoft
Office, edition for SAP Analytics Cloud" - "AfO-SAC". This means
that AfO-SAC is integrated to SAC so there will be in future just one solution
that integrates with both on premise and cloud-based data sources. This is what
SAP calls as bridging the gap between cloud and on-premise systems.
In
particular within AfO-SAC can: consume models (including both models analytics
and planning ones) from SAC (an SAC connection can be created in AfO-SAC = as
data source), store AfO workbooks in SAC environment, store AfO workbooks having
SAC models as data sources locally, working with SAC hierarchies, enter planning
data of SAC planning model in a crosstab in AfO analysis (front-end cell
locking is used), etc.
Although
that there are currently many restriction within the products (see online
docu and roadmap)
the AfO-SAC is being heavily developed together with strong support on SAP BW backend
side. Which with the newest SP 16 (soon to be released) for BW 7.5 version is a
kind of “go-to release” for all organizations that wants to use SAC.
As
of AfO
version 2.7 the AfO-SAC version follow the original AfO versions. Just it
is market as different component - ANALYSISOFFICE_FOR_SAC.
More
information:
roadmap
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