SAP Analytics Cloud Best Practices

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• Performance Best Practices
• Troubleshooting
• Support Best Practices

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Best Practices by Topic:

• Administration
• Data Connectivity
• Data Modeling
• Enterprise Planning
• Stories & Data Analyzer

SAP Analytics Cloud Analytics

• Blog: Best Practices for Performance
• Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud Optimized View Mode
• Online help: Optimize Your Story's Performance

SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning (Data Locking, Validation Rules, Data Actions)

• Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud for planning
  
• PDF: SAP Analytics Cloud Planning implementations
• Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning: Optimizing Calculations
• KBA 2855559 -Performance issues related to SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning Features and functions
• Blog: Enablement Material for SAP Analytics Cloud Calendar
• Online help: Best Practices for Optimizing Performance During Planning
• Online help: Performance Considerations for Entering Planning Data in Tables
• Online help: Data and Performance for models and versions
• Online help: Optimize Advanced Formulas for Better Performance
  

Analytics Designer

• Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud Backend and Analytics Designer Performance
• PDF: Performance best practices from Chapter 14 of Developer Handbook
• Blog: Performance Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud, Analytics Designer
• Blog: Practical-step-by-step-guide-to-tuning-analytic-applications-performance
• KBA 2946271 - Performance hints for SAP Analytics Cloud Analytics Designer applications
• Online help: Log Script Performance in Applications in Performance View Popup
• Online help: Best Practices for Performance Optimization in Your Analytic Application Design
  
  

Backend & Connectivity

• Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud Backend and Analytics Designer Performance
• Help: How to enable http/2 to support multiprocessing in SAP Analytics Cloud
• Wiki: SAP Analytics Cloud - HANA Live Connection Best Practices
• Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud – SAP BW live connection best practices
• Blog: BW Live – Connectivity Performance
• Online help: Performance Optimization (Specifics for SAP BW)

Mobile

• KBA 2699872 - How to improve performance in the SAP Analytics Cloud mobile app for iOS
• Blog: 10 Tips for Effective Responsive (mobile) Dashboard Design using SAP Analytics Cloud

Microsoft Excel

• Help: Troubleshooting in Analysis
• Blog: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud CSV and Excel export performance

• Webinar: SAP Analytics Cloud Best Practices and Troubleshooting Series
• Blog: Performance best practices and troubleshooting tips for SAP Analytics Cloud
• KBA: 2280022 - How to collect a HTTP archive (HAR) file
• KBA: 2413393 - How to record timelines in Developer Tools in case of SAP Analytics Cloud performance issues
• KBA 2569847 - Where can you find user assistance (help) for SAP Analytics Cloud to use, configure and operate it more effectively
• KBA: 2651014 - Common errors with charts / tables in SAP Analytics Cloud *** Troubleshooting KBA ***

Performance

• Help: Performance Analysis Decision Tree
• Webinar: SAP Analytics Cloud Best Practices and Troubleshooting Series
• KBA 2511489 - Troubleshooting performance issues in SAP Analytics Cloud
• Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud Performance Analysis Tool
• Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud - Performance Statistics and Analysis

SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning

• Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud for planning – General Troubleshooting
• Blog: Data Action Performance Statistics and Analysis
• Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud Planning and Security Management
• Help: Best Practices tips for Performance

Data Connectivity

• Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud Backend and Analytics Designer Performance
• Blog: Backend Runtime Analysis and Statistics
• KBA: 2487567 - Troubleshooting SAML assertions when configuring SAML SSO
  
  

Import (Acquired) Data

• Blog: Troubleshooting Guide: SAP Analytics Cloud Agent
• KBA: 2630653 - How to Troubleshoot and Trace connections to on-premise / acquired / imported data
• KBA: 2540886 - How to export data from models in SAP Analytics Cloud
  
  

Live Data

• Wiki: Live Connection and Security - Best Practices
• Guided Answer: Troubleshooting connectivity issues in SAP Analytics Cloud
• Help: SAP HANA Troubleshooting and Performance Analysis Guide
• Help: HANA - Open Information Views in Performance Analysis Mode
  
  

HANA MDS

• KBA 2525191 - How to use SAP HANA MDS tracing with SAP Analytics Cloud
• KBA 2670064 - FAQ: SAP HANA Multi-Dimensional Services (MDS)
• KBA 2550833 - HANA build-in procedure: EXECUTE_MDS
• Note 2691501 - SAP HANA MDS: Information needed by Development Support
  
  

SAP Analytics Cloud Analytics Designer / Analytics Applications

• Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud Backend and Analytics Designer Performance
• KBA: 3112158 - SAP Analytics Cloud, Analytics Designer Survival Guide

SAP Analytics Cloud Administration

• Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud – Administration Cockpit
• KBA 2815108 - SAP Analytics Cloud Best Practices on Security

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), add-in for Microsoft Office (Excel)

• 🔥 KBA 3085993 - Troubleshooting guide for the SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Office
  
  

Chrome Developer Tools

• Performance Analysis Reference
• KBA 2280022 - HAR file generation
• KBA 2413393 - Capturing performance timeline

Support

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• Webinar: Maximise Your Awareness of Available Resources and Support Offerings to Accelerate Your SAP Analytics Cloud Journey
• Video: Introducing the support assistant and support log assistant!
• Support Launchpad Tips & Tricks
• Support Launchpad & Knowledge Base
• Incident Support Best Practices
• Guided answer: Working with SAP Product Support