SAP Analytics Cloud Planning Workshop

Leverage your HR Data to Drive Business Results

Hands-On Training Workshop for SAC Planning

Column5 Consulting is Teaming with SAP’s Global Center of Excellence to deliver this Free SAP Analytics Cloud Hands-On Workshop. This 2-part workshop will focus on how organizations today must be able to monitor HR activities that impact the business in real-time, as well as measure the outcomes of strategic workforce planning over time (Chrome browser required). 

Learn about SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) key features in action by following along with real-life demo scenarios. We'll explore SAP Analytics Cloud capabilities including reporting, visualization, driver-based planning, workflow, multi-model linking, and optional integration with SAP BPC. These capabilities are built on the SAP Cloud Platform, powered by SAP HANA in-memory technology - and can be extended to any device.

Join both parts 1 & 2 of our SAC training workshop so you can better understand the value of developing a common Planning & analytics strategy across all your departments.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn about the latest technology from SAP and Column5, hands-on, so you can be confident in SAP's roadmap.
  
• Integrate with SuccessFactors and other HR data and content to simplify planning.
• Leverage existing BPC templates such as planning input templates, variance reports, dashboard, and planning process flows.
• Pre-populate headcount data and plan expenses based on financial data.
• Improve visibility into actual and planned workforce costs.
• Understand the impact of employee-related expenses.
• Better align HR and Finance by merging the assumptions into one planning solution, with optional integration with your existing BPC models.
• Visualize plan vs. actual data, drill down for trend analysis, actual vs. plan variance, and year-over-year analysis.
• Achieve more accurate plans and smarter decisions, resulting in better business outcomes!
  

At this free 2-part workshop event, you'll learn how to:

 Answer questions in real-time with BI

Use built-in reporting capabilities and dashboards, filter and drill into Big Data, easily create data visualizations and stories, and more.

 Understanding Planning Models

Explore pre-built models and learn how to build models that reflect the business from a master data and calculation perspective.

  Core Planning Functions

Interacting with data in the plan has never been easier with functions for spreading, distribution, assigning, allocations, predictive, locking, and version management.

  Advance Planning Functions

Beyond the core, the workshop will show you how easy it is to extend the plan in more detail for domains like sales, HR, marketing, etc., and simulate outcomes across the business with value driver trees. Better understand the benefits of integrating SAC and BPC together as a hybrid planning and analytics solution.

 Best Practice Implementations

See real-life demos and take home some best practices and lessons learned in regards to  Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A).