Dashboards allow us to present data in a variety of creative ways which allow complex information to be analyzed at a glance. Along with charts and tables, maps are an increasingly common format, and with SAP Analytics Cloud it’s never been easier to create them, even without technical training. In this article we’ll look at the process for adding custom maps to SAP Analytics Cloud Stories, using a case study as an example.

Choosing the right cloud data platform for your organisation involves a complex assessment of competing features. But for many businesses evaluating the main subscription based options, one of the most important considerations is cost. Transitioning to a cloud based data platform can have significant impact on budgets, especially if spending is difficult to accurately plan for and control.

To achieve and maintain a market leading position, organisations rely on the effective deployment of technology. But with an ever changing technological landscape it is only those organisations who embrace and adopt new and emergent technologies who will succeed in the long term.

Although we’re primarily an analytics company, at Clariba we like to maintain an up to date awareness of the wider business context in which we operate. Recently, we’ve been looking at the risks around data protection practices and how these can be mitigated using AI. We thought it would prove helpful to our readers to publish our findings, even if the subject matter is something of a departure from our core output. 

Many companies have difficulty automating or streamlining workflows which require manual decision making at one or more stages, and the result is often poor efficiency, as processes stall due to human oversight. SAP Cloud Platform Workflow was developed to solve this precise problem - the interface between automation and manual controls.

At Clariba we have many years of experience in the development and maintenance of SAP Design Studio and SAP Lumira dashboards. Early on we recognized the power these solutions have to produce stunning, actionable dashboards for C-level executives at top performing organizations in Europe and the Middle East.

The team here at Clariba has had some time to explore the new features available in the most recent version of SAP Data Services. If you’re not already using version 4.2, we’d strongly recommend it, particularly if you’re also using SAP HANA as your data warehousing solution.

It is no secret that NoSQL is a thing, and adoption rates are rising as companies are trying to figure out how and why they should adopt or even switch over to this “new” approach to storing data.

If your organisation is running SAP HANA, at some point you’ll most likely need to apply an upgrade to the production environment. Usually that’s either a support package (SP) released in response to a specific bug identified by users (or to address a newly emerged vulnerability); or the annual release of the Support Packages Stack (SPS) upgrade which adds features and enhancements to the existing SAP HANA database version.