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Mobile Reporting with SAP Analytics Cloud or MS Power BI

Marina Yesayan 7. May 2023

Take control of your data: Mobile reporting with SAP Analytics Cloud or MS Power BI. In this blog we show the strengths of the solutions.

Transfer data to SAP BW via REST API

Marina Yesayan 7. May 2023

Our training video on the REST API interface in ABAP programming shows how you can transfer data from other data sources to the SAP Business Warehouse (BW) and process it there.

7 essential elements of a successful data strategy

Adrian Bourcevet 16. February 2023

In today’s digital age, the success of any business lies in leveraging its data and transforming it into actionable insights. However, this requires the implementation of a comprehensive data strategy. Yet even as companies invest more heavily in data and analytics initiatives, they face old

Training video: Enabling Data Exchange Data Warehouse Cloud and SAP Analytics Cloud

Marina Yesayan 26. December 2022

SAP has created a new way to exchange data between Data Warehouse Cloud (DWC) and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC): OData API.

Support BI Self-Service – Implement the Data Mesh Concept!

Adrian Bourcevet 26. December 2022

How do you leverage the full potential of their data? Networking the various stakeholders is the most promising way to achieve high-quality results with fast, agile work. This is how report recipients become shapers with facts. Data Mesh points the way to collaboration at eye level. You haven’t heard about the Data Mesh concept yet, I’d be happy to give you a brief introduction.

Direct access to HANA databases from Microsoft Power BI

Jan Frederick Sabjetzki 26. December 2022

Microsoft Power BI offers a wide range of possibilities in terms of dashboards and data transformation. But how can SAP HANA data be used?

SAP Analytics Outlook 2023

Adrian Bourcevet 26. December 2022

What will 2023 bring to the SAP Analytics landscape? The user experience in the SAP Analytics Cloud will be fundamentally improved and, with the One Data Catalog, the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud will establish itself as a central pillar.

SQLscript solution pattern

Thorsten Stossmeister 25. December 2022

Lange danach gesucht? Jetzt gefunden! Unsere Übersicht von typischen Problemen und Lösungen im Bereich von HANA SQLscript. Die Lösungsmuster reichen dabei von rein sprachlichen Problemen (z.B. “mit welchem Sprachelement ermittle ich den ersten Eintrag”) über formale Probleme (z.B. “wie wandle ich in SQLscript Zeitmerkmale um”)

The Internet of Things, Big Data and a Fischertechnik Factory – Part 2: Consequences for Architecture

Thorsten Stossmeister 25. December 2022

Im ersten Teil dieses Blogs habe ich die Herausforderungen benannt, die Big Data für ein Data Warehouse darstellt.Für die Big Data-Architektur eines solchen EDW im konkreten Fall eines SAP BW on HANA oder SAP BW/4HANA ergeben sich damit bereits einfache Schlussfolgerungen: Es ist nicht möglich,

The Internet of Things, Big Data and a Fischertechnik Factory – Part 1: The Challenge

Thorsten Stossmeister 25. December 2022

Das Internet der Dinge (IoT) ist einer jener Begriffe, die sich inflationär in Nachrichten, Vorträgen und Veröffentlichungen finden und deren häufige Verwendung zum schnellen Überdruss beim geneigten Leser führen. Die natürliche Reaktion auf das Auftreten solcher Modebegriffe ist das Abwarten, ob die Welle nicht genauso

SAP Data Hub – 1st introduction

Yu Chen 25. December 2022

SAP Data Hub ist die Lösung von SAP zur Verwaltung der gesamten heterogenen Unternehmensdaten-Landschaft. SAP Data Hub hilft Anwendern, eine konsolidierte Ansicht zu schaffen, komplexe Datenoperationen flexibel zu steuern, Datenprojekte zu beschleunigen und datengesteuerte Anwendungen leicht zu erstellen. In dieser Blog-¬Serie erklären wir, warum es

EURO Changeover Croatia 2023

Jörg Funke 25. December 2022

Zum 1.1.2023 wird in Kroatien die bisherige Währung KUNA (HRK) durch EURO als lokale Währung ersetzt. Der entsprechende Sammelhinweis 3093354 von SAP erläutert die Hintergründe und das notwendige Vorgehen dazu, bezieht sich aber im wesentlichen auf die bekannten und bewährten Tools der Hauswährungsumstellung mit SAP

SAP BPC 10.1 Embedded Model

Benedikt Bleyer 7. December 2022

The innovative planning suite The innovative Planning Suite With SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) 10.1, version for SAP NetWeaver, SAP has taken a successful step towards a unified planning suite that combines the advantages of BW Integrated Planning, SAP HANA and SAP BPC. SAP

High-end supplier cockpit for item profitability

Susanne Auf der Maur 7. December 2022

Success Story – Migros Retail In the joint interaction of the Migros teams from business and IT

The SAP Data Warehouse Cloud – A New Big (?) Throw (Part 1)

Thorsten Stossmeister 6. December 2022

What is the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud? If you want to take a look at the future of SAP products, the SAP Teched agenda (https://events.sap.com/teched/en/home) is a very useful crystal ball, at least for the near future. This agenda shows that SAP is focusing emphatically

The SAP Data Warehouse Cloud – A New Big (?) Throw (Part 2)

Thorsten Stossmeister 6. December 2022

Administration as the beginning of all analysis In a new empty system there are always some administrative steps to be done first, fortunately in the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud there are only a few that absolutely have to be done. Of course, it starts with

Health Check of your SAP EPM systems?

Roland J. Merz 6. December 2022

In these turbulent times, it is quite possible that long-awaited projects to replace old systems are halted. This is annoying, a great pity, but also understandable. A health check of the existing systems therefore makes perfect sense.

Happy Birthday CubeServ!

Juliane Kupitz 6. December 2022

Seit 19 Jahren DIE Experten für Business Analytics! Exactly 19 years ago today, CubeServ was founded – and since then has successfully established itself as a constant in the market for business analytics. In the current difficult times, we would like to take this anniversary

How to successfully master the upgrade of your Integrated Planning

Juliane Kupitz 6. December 2022

Nemojte se bojati nadogradnje planiranja! Are you also about to upgrade to SAP BW/4HANA and wondering what will happen to your Integrated Planning? We will show you how to manage the complexity and how to get to SAP Embedded BPC 11.X safely and without obstacles.

CubeServ is SAP Gold Partner

Juliane Kupitz 6. December 2022

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NCT-LAUFend gegen Krebs: Alone. Together!

Juliane Kupitz 6. December 2022

CubeServ supports fundraising at the 2020 NCT Run . The CubeServ running team also stands together in these times and ran 76 km together at the NCT charity run at the weekend. Together they support the fundraising campaign for the NCT run of the National

Create SAP reports in your design

Marina Yesayan 22. October 2022

In SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), there are various graphical elements that you can use to present data in a comprehensible way. Our training video shows how you can integrate your own graphical elements into SAC and adapt them to your design.

Microsoft Power BI Reporting with data from SAP BW

Robert Schmidl 27. August 2022

Microsoft Power BI offers a wide range of possibilities in terms of dashboards and data Transformation. But how can SAP BW data be used?

SAP Data Warehouse Cloud – Experiences in building a data model

Aginthan Thavarajasingam 20. August 2022

You use purchasing data in your reporting? Benefit from our free template! You need more data? Benefit from our experience! SAP Data Warehouse Cloud allows you to expand central data stores easily and intuitively. Introduction to the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud (DWC) The SAP Datawarehouse

Now in the SAP App Center: PeoplePLAN Personnel Cost Planning

Juliane Kupitz 20. August 2022

Easily create detailed cost and inventory projections Plan personnel actions while projecting costs and inventories in seconds? This is now possible with PeoplePLAN Personnel Cost Planning – now also available in the Sapp App Center. PeoplePLAN can process data from various operational HR systems, such

Data Culture: How to make better business decisions

Adrian Bourcevet 15. July 2022

Data Culture in Today’s Data-Driven World With the right data culture, you will recognize the best courses of action in your everyday professional life. In doing so, you establish an excellent decision-making process that guides you to the best results, even in stressful situations.The world

New features and ideas for your Fiori Launchpad Extensions by CubeServ

Yu Chen 15. July 2022

Fiori Launchpad Extension by CubeServ allow me to call transactions and keep track of key metrics in one place.

Integration of Machine Learning Pipelines into the SAP System Landscape

Benedikt Bleyer 9. June 2022

How can a machine learning pipeline with a graphical user interface be created in your SAP system landscape and apply it in a fully integrated way? In this blog post, I will show you how. The screenshots were taken during a workshop at the Swiss

If I only knew….

Roland J. Merz 14. May 2022

Glad you keep reading. Aristotle understood curiosity as a virtue. In private life, people often know the most intimate details about their best friends. But what about in business life? Let’s take a look at a company: Do you know their Strategy? Market positioning? Owner?

Fiori Launchpad Extension by CubeServ: A good start to the day

Yu Chen 14. May 2022

Fiori Launchpad Extension by CubeServ allows me to call transactions and keep track of key metrics in one place.

ESG Reporting – CubeServ AG was awarded bronze by EcoVadis!

Roland J. Merz 13. May 2022

CubeServ is among the top 50% of companies evaluated by EcoVadis and was awarded the Bronze Medal.

Value-driver-based planning

Benedikt Bleyer 17. April 2022

According to several studies (Castellina 2017, BARC studies 2015 and 2018), it is very important for companies, including those in financial planning, to ensure rapid responsiveness to changes in the market, for example, due to new competitors. Furthermore, there is a need for optimization in

The Internet of Things, Big Data and a Fischertechnik Factory – Part 4: Access from an SAP HANA via Smart Data Integration (SDI)

Thorsten Stossmeister 17. April 2022

In the two previous parts of this blog, I described how the Fischertechnik factory simulation generates data in the form of a CSV file and how this data gets into the Hadoop cluster and is even available there as a table. This part is now

The Internet of Things, Big Data and a Fischertechnik Factory – Part 6: Addressing Hadoop from ABAP: Datavard’s GLUE Middleware

Thorsten Stossmeister 17. April 2022

In the previous part, data from ECUs were written to a CSV file, this was imported into Hadoop via Kafka and read via Hive adapters or Impala adapters in a HANA database. These adapters provide a convenient way to access the Hadoop data in read-only

We celebrate 20 years of CubeServ!

Susanne Auf der Maur 17. April 2022

For CubeServ, 2021 is a special year: On April 1st, our company will celebrate its 20th anniversary! With more than 5000 BI & Analytics projects, we are trained to always work at the current level of innovation. Many thanks to our customers and partners for many years of loyalty and trustful cooperation.

SAP Statement of Direction – June 2021

Roland J. Merz 16. April 2022

The SAP Statement of Direction June 2021 and the CubeServ Congress 2021

CubeServ INSIDE LOOK 03/21

Susanne Auf der Maur 16. April 2022

SOLUTIONS PARTNER NETWORK WORKSHOPS BLOGS EVENTS The first quarter is over, we continue to move at a very special time. CubeServ is looking ahead with hope and purpose after a successful 2020. The analytics world continues to spin in the SAP environment, keeping customers on

CubeServ INSIDE LOOK 08/21

Susanne Auf der Maur 2. April 2022

In situation of a complex crisis, companies need security to achieve their goals and the ability to adapt quickly.

openSAP Podcast – The intelligent personnel planning in the hospital

Juliane Kupitz 2. April 2022

Podcast by SAP with Johannes Kumpf, Business Development Manager HR Solutions & Daniel Schneider, Management Consultant and Healthcare Expert – both at CubeServ GmbH. Detailed and reliable personnel planning is more important than ever in times of staff shortages. In this context, business intelligence and

Think and Act like a Leader! Your Business Analytics Roadmap 2022

Roland J. Merz 2. April 2022

Does your analytics strategy meet the new challenges such as cloud, digitization, self-service BI and data science? What should be on the roadmap for 2022?

CubeServ INSIDE LOOK 2021/12

Susanne Auf der Maur 2. April 2022

Are you prepared for change? How you can expand your analytics platform and make greater use of the SAP Analytics Cloud – our experts tell you from the field. Take your first steps with the Data Warehouse Cloud and see for yourself our fully integrated solution for financial and workforce planning.

Advanced Analytics with R: An Overview

Adrian Bourcevet 8. February 2022

In this blog we show how easy it is to use Advanced Analytics functions in R. We focus on different graph types, Regression Analysis with R and Time Series Forecast with R.

A Beginner’s Guide to R Programming Language

Adrian Bourcevet 11. January 2022

R programming language is one of the most popular languages when it comes to data science and statistical analysis. This is mainly because R was specifically built for statistical key figures and data analysis. While R was developed in the early 90s, it wasn’t until

Gain new insights quickly: Is now the right time to get started with SAP Data Warehouse Cloud?

Adrian Bourcevet 2. January 2022

The call for more self-service cannot be ignored; gain confidence with a proof of concept of how SAP Data Warehouse Cloud can help you in your business.

Guest lecture at the University of Bamberg

Adrian Bourcevet 16. September 2021

When consulting colleagues go back to university… they often have a presentation on exciting topics from the field in their luggage! So did our team leader René Lechtenböhmer (Alumni of the faculty) and Jan Wiesemann (Predictive Analytics Consultant). Several times a year, the WIAI.community e.V.

IBCS compliant charts with Tableau and graphomate

Adrian Bourcevet 1. July 2021

Combine graphomate extensions with Tableau and your business analytics platform data; I’ll show you the benefits and what to look for.

Data-Model-Driven-Development with SAP Power Designer

Adrian Bourcevet 29. June 2021

How SAP PowerDesigner supports data model-driven development PowerDesigner is SAP’s industry-leading data modeling tool. It provides a data model-driven development methodology to support and align business and information technology (IT). In this article, we take a look at what SAP PowerDesigner is and how it

Leading with data – why Power BI is often a choice

Adrian Bourcevet 28. May 2021

Is Power BI the right front end tool for you and your users? Learn what Power BI can do and why companies use it.

Advanced Analytics with R and SAP Tools

Adrian Bourcevet 20. May 2021

Why bother with SAP R integration? The vast majority of organizations use advanced analytics with R and SAP tools to forecast future events and make data-driven, informed decisions. With this blog post, I highlight the benefits and essential connections.

Business Analytics Platform: Agility and Data Governance

Adrian Bourcevet 9. April 2021

Business analytics and data governance ensure sustainable success when they are brought into the right balance. CubeServ supports many well-known customers in this endeavor.

Cloud – curse or blessing?

Adrian Bourcevet 22. February 2021

The cloud is the subject of very controversial discussions. For me, the advantages are in the foreground. With this blogpost I will show you why.

Data Platform – An Important Pillar of Digital Transformation

Adrian Bourcevet 16. February 2021

The development of an end-to-end data platform is an essential building block for successfully shaping digital transformation.

We need to talk!

Roland J. Merz 8. January 2021

First of all, a Happy and successful New Year to everyone. I know, you are all busy with Year End Closing but “We need to talk!” and I will keep it short. Well, quite some of you will connect this expression with something negative. I

Why are the BI consumers not only happy?

Roland J. Merz 2. November 2020

I am in the Business Intelligence Business for over 20 years and seldom heard a business user say We have a fantastic Reporting, Analytics and Planning solution, I always have the data I need, New requirements are implemented fast, No need for spreadsheets anymore, Self-Service

Rapid changes in HR needed

Roland J. Merz 8. October 2020

COVID-19 is a typical Black Swan event. Nobody could foresee the global impact on our business and daily life. Rapid changes happened in HR but also other areas. We all struggle to get a clear picture about the future. Optimism helps and let us hope

Best Practice Dashboard with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Roland J. Merz 1. September 2020

My colleagues and myself have talked a lot about Data Warehousing, Analytics, Reporting, Predictive and Planning in previous blogs and in several Webinars so far this year. However, we have not touched Best Practice in Dashboarding with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). Regardless of the solution,

The Time Dimension in the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud

Martin Hesse 1. September 2020

With Data Warehouse Cloud version 2020.14, SAP has enabled the integration of time dimensions. Why is the time dimension so important? Previously, many aggregation levels of a date column were required in the data to be loaded for SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, e.g. for a

SAP Analytics – The Front End Products

Adrian Bourcevet 8. August 2020

SAP Analytics uses the possibilities of the SAP Analytics Cloud ✌ So what is the difference to Lumira, Web Intelligence & Co?

Understanding Data Warehouse – Basics for SAP BW

Adrian Bourcevet 5. August 2020

The data warehouse forms the foundation for consistent, good decisions.✅ ☺ I introduce the basics ✎ and illustrate them using SAP BW.☝

What is SAP Analytics? The SAP Data Warehouse Portfolio

Adrian Bourcevet 2. August 2020

Business analytics is built on good data. SAP offers various solutions to design the optimal data warehouse. ♔ ✅

Business Analytics vs. Business Intelligence

Adrian Bourcevet 28. July 2020

Business Analytics vs. Business Intelligence. Part 2 of the blog(series) on business analytics for discussion. ✌ Don’t we already know the approaches?

The Walldorf siblings in the cloud – SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and Data Warehouse Cloud (DWC)

Roland J. Merz 16. July 2020

The Walldorf siblings; SAP Data Warehouse Cloud (DWC) is one of the latest additions to the growing SAP Cloud Platform family and is based on the SAP HANA Cloud Services. With the SAP Datawarehouse Cloud (DWC), SAP is following the clear outlined long-time strategy to

How to make business analytics successful?

Adrian Bourcevet 14. July 2020

Making business analytics easier ✅ and more effective ✅ is challenging. With this blog(series) I present my solution approaches for discussion. ✌

Navigating in the current situation – Scenario-based Forecasting – SAP Analytics Cloud

Roland J. Merz 10. June 2020

The current situation needs rapid adoption of changes in Forecasting and Scenario-based planning supported by appropriate processes, skills and tools.

Augmented Analytics – Democratize BI – A Dream come true?

Roland J. Merz 7. May 2020

Empower your business team by combining the democratization of BI and Augmented Analytics to deliver results which give a true added value to your company

Challenging times for Finance & Controlling

Roland J. Merz 14. April 2020

Current challenges faced by Finance / Controlling and how to solve them with CubeServ expertise and SAP Analytics Cloud.

CubeServ Analysis Office Best Practice-Reporting

Adrian Bourcevet 9. December 2019

Simplification for your reporting With the highly formatted standard reporting for simplified “SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office”, you unify and accelerate your Reporting. You run your reporting with Excel, but struggle with the following problems: High complexity Low performance (capacity limits) Difficulties with multiple use

Analytics Designer Hackathon – Clinical Department analysis

Aneeque Hassan 30. August 2019

This blog post is a submission for the Analytics Designer Hackathon. More information about the hackathon can be found here: https://www.sap.com/idea-place/app-design-hackathon.html Use case Clinical Department analysis Business case The scope of responsibility of Chief Physicians has widened in recent years. Thus, they are not only

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