Online Course
SAP Analytics Cloud
with Shakthi Ramalaxmi
1/16/2026 – 2/13/2026
The course in detail:
Transform your analytics workflow with SAP Analytics Cloud! Expert Shakthi Ramalaxmi walks you through the end-to-end analytics process in this course. Participants will learn how to wrangle data models, create interactive dashboards, configure planning workflows, and set up predictive analytics. Begin with an introduction to SAP Analytics cloud, including navigation, architecture, and data connectivity. Experience data model creation from the ground up and then learn to design compelling stories with chart customizations, geo maps, and bookmarks. Explore the planning capabilities of SAP Analytics Cloud and work with predictive analytics for improved decision making.
What you'll learn:
- Data modeling
- Story design
- Planning
- Predictive analytics
- Performance optimization
🕒 The courses start at 9 a.m. ET and end at 1 p.m. ET, breaks included.
Who is SAP Analytics Cloud suitable for?
- Business analysts
- Data analysts
- Planners
- Consultants
Prerequisite: Participants are expected to have a basic understanding of SAP business processes and of data concepts such as dimensions, measures, KPIs, and hierarchies. Participants should also be comfortable using cloud-based applications and web interfaces. Optionally, participants will benefit from prior experience with SAP or non-SAP business intelligence solutions. If you need more information about the learning level, please feel free to ask us.
These SAP Analytics topics will be covered in this course:
- SAP Analytics Cloud architecture
- Data connectivity
- Modeling concepts
- Data model development
- Story development
- Chart design
- Planning models
- Predictive analytics
- Story and model performance improvements
- Monitoring
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Online Courses
Introduction to SAP Analytics Cloud
Get to know SAP Analytics Cloud! Explore the core pillars of the tool: BI, planning, and predictive analytics. Learn to navigate the interface and create data connections. Then get started with modeling basics, from dimensions to hierarchies.
Topics
- SAP Analytics Cloud overview
- User settings
- Navigation workflows
- Architecture
- Integration strategies
- Data connections
- Data sources
- Basic modeling concepts
Data Modeling in SAP Analytics Cloud
Build your SAP Analytics foundation with data modeling! The instructor will demonstrate model creation from sample sources. You’ll learn to transform data, use hierarchies and attributes, manage roles and security, and share models across stories and users.
Topics:
- Model creation
- Semantic enrichment
- Data wrangling
- Hierarchies and attributes
- Sharing models
- Model maintenance
- Role configuration
- User access
Story Design and Visualization
Create compelling data stories! Customize visuals with formatting, geo maps, and charts. Enable collaboration with threaded comments and bookmarks and leverage pre-built templates for a consistent layout. Then, seamlessly share and publish your data visualizations across multiple platforms.
Topics
- Story design and customization
- Bar, line, and pie charts
- Filters and input controls
- Chart customization
- Geo maps
- Share settings
- Export options
- Mobile integration
Planning in SAP Analytics Cloud
Activate the planning power of SAP Analytics Cloud! Explore financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting. Learn to use input-ready fields, allocation logic, data actions, and more. Perform simulations and automate workflows with multi-actions. Manage and orchestrate tasks with calendar events.
Topics:
- Planning models
- Data entry
- Forecasting and budgeting
- Top-down vs. driver-based allocation logic
- Value Driver Trees (VDT)
- Data actions
- Automation
- Publishing workflows
Predictive Analytics and Performance Optimization
Stay ahead of the game with predictive analysis! Create forecasts, train models, embed insights, and interpret key metrics. Then learn to fine tune for SAP Analytics Cloud models and stories optimizations and bottleneck diagnostics.
Topics:
- Smart Discovery
- Smart Insights
- Classification, regression, and time series forecasts
- Predictive model training
- Embedding predictive results in stories
- Accuracy metrics, confidence intervals, and residuals
- Story optimization
- Model performance
- Best practices for live connections, data modeling, and formula efficiency
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Your Expert
Shakthi Ramalaxmi is a senior consultant at cbs Corporate Business Solutions in Kuala Lumpur with experience in SAP BW, SAP Analytics Cloud, and ABAP programming.
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