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).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Regardless of the solution, there are many or rather too many features and functions available. This is a big chance but also a risk to \u201cplay\u201d around. Apart from the technical side, everyone of us has a unique personal taste. I see this in projects, in our own company and even at home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
If you ask 4 colleagues about the desired Font Size in the Dashboard, you will end up with 5 answers but who is right and who is wrong? The phrase \u201cBeauty lies in the eye of the beholder\u201d is often used but does not solve the challenges and might even hinder the necessary discussions about this topic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
My aim in this blog is not to convince you of this or that style and design. I want to give you some general advice, some food for thought and some basic principles which will support you in the creation of a suitable guideline and approach to SAC Dashboarding. Even though most of it suits different solutions, my examples will focus on the SAP Analytics Cloud.<\/a><\/p>
Visualization matters!<\/strong> This survey gives enough reason to think about how we consume and visualize data in a most efficient manner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Researchers found that <\/strong><\/p>
Data visualization <\/strong><\/p>
The modern dashboarding tools allow you to get a new, fresh look at your data and gain insights \u2013 therefore:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
start the design from scratch to get the most out of the tool and do not copy\/paste existing reports (Excel, PowerPoints etc.).
By doing so you will be able to make full use of the solution\u2019s potential and provide your clientele with a fresh and up-to-date consumer experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t