SAP Analytics Cloud is SAP’s reporting and planning solution for cloud-based work. Access via a browser also enables access from the home office or from mobile devices. The company’s needs in terms of data protection are taken into account architecturally and conceptually. This means that despite mobile access, your company data never leaves your own company network. This integration is possible when data in an SAP BW is accessed with the SAC. The full functionality is available as soon as data is uploaded to the SAP Analytics Cloud. From a planning perspective, a great many concepts such as data models, dimensions or process control of planning – to name just a few – have been integrated from SAP BPC into SAP Analytics Cloud. This means that, among other things, SAP BPC planning models (standard) can also be imported into SAC and used further. In particular, functions for collaborative work on corporate planning, such as the comment and chat functions of SAC, are available for planning scenarios. This means a functional upgrade compared to on-premise planning solutions and underlines the positioning of SAC as a strategic planning solution of SAP. Furthermore, SAC can also be used for planning on S/4HANA systems. For this purpose, SAP offers standard content, which has so far focused on the planning of financial key figures. But individual planning can also be developed with SAC on an S/4HANA system. For this purpose, data interfaces are provided in S/4HANA to ensure seamless integration between SAC and S/4HANA. When implementing a project, you are not forced to build a complete financial plan. Instead, subplans can be introduced successively and integrated to form an overall financial plan. ⇒ Learn more about planning with SAP Analytics Cloud here