LEARNING DEMO SCRIPT

Simple Start with SAP Datasphere

Scenario ID: 16522

Last Updated: Sept, 2023

 Demo scenario ID: 16522

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
1 DEMO SCRIPT OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 3
1.1 Highlights .............................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 Why SAP? ............................................................................................................................................. 3
2 DEMO ACCESS AND INFORMATION ......................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Software and system information .......................................................................................................... 4
3 PRE-DEMO STEPS AND GUIDELINES ...................................................................................................... 5
3.1 Before you run this demo ...................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 How to reset this demo.......................................................................................................................... 5
4 DEMO SCRIPT / STEP-BY STEP GUIDE ................................................................................................... 5
4.1 Steps to be done before the demo. ...................................................................................................... 5
4.2 Logon to SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud ........................................................................... 6
4.4 Create Data Model in SAP Datasphere .............................................................................................. 10
5 APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................................. 44
5.1 Document update notes...................................................................................................................... 44

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1 DEMO SCRIPT OVERVIEW

1.1 Highlights

This demo 16522 is about the company BestRun doing a simple and quick start with SAP Cloud Solutions
(SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud).

SMITHJO (a BestRun Business User) wants to create a quick analysis on Actual Sales Order Data
together with Predictions being made on Sales Order Values referring to Customers, Products and
Time.

1.2 Why SAP?

This demo shows how a BestRun Business User can quickly and easily combine and analyze data
coming from different sources in SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud.
BestRun is interested in a Cloud enabled Data Warehouse and Analytics solution in which Business
Users find one unified User Experience. Business Users themselves want to be able to quickly combine
their data from different sources into structures on which they can deliver and share End user Reporting
in a fast way.

With SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud SAP exactly delivers technology to enable one unified
User Experience to fast, flexible, End-to-End, collaborative Enterprise Data Warehousing Software in
which even Business Users can combine heterogeneous data sources easily on their own to answer
their specific questions.
Business Situation:

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SMITHJO (being a Business User at BestRun) wants to have a quick Analysis on Actual Sales
Order Data together with Predictions being made on Sales Order Values referring to
Customers, Products and Time.
• Parts of the data are saved in a flat file.
• Others are available in a local table.
• He is intended to deliver a pleasant Reporting quickly without the need to ask IT for support.
.
Business Challenges:

• Combinations of data often needs complex Data Modeling which was often impossible without IT
support.
• SMITHJO wants to answer a precise question “How did BestRun’ s Sales Order Values
develop in September 2019 in comparison to Predicted Values?”

Business Benefits:

• Using SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud enable a common evaluation of both data
scopes by the Business User himself.
• With a simple and quick start with SAP Datasphere SMITHJO can answer his question
immediately.

Technical Benefits:

• It is easy for SMITHJO himself to combine the existing data from the different sources.

• Without needing IT, he works in his Space and combines the data he needs in a SAP
Datasphere Data Model and also creates a pleasant Analytics Story combining both data
scopes.

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2 DEMO ACCESS AND INFORMATION

2.1 Software and system information

Software / System
SAP Datasphere
SAP Analytics Cloud

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3 PRE-DEMO STEPS AND GUIDELINES

3.1 Before you run this demo

Before a demo make sure you read the following information:

1. Please stick to the script. No customization is allowed on this system. If you find areas where you are
able change, the configuration, please do NOT do it. You will affect others running a demo.

3.2 How to reset this demo

No actions necessary currently.

4 DEMO SCRIPT / STEP-BY STEP GUIDE

4.1 Steps to be done before the demo.

Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• In the attached demo

material, you find in the
zip file the CSV files.
• Download that file and
extract the contained
files into the directory
e.g. “Downloads”.

• Make sure that you

have an CSV -file called
“DataSetBikes.csv” and
“DataSetBikes_
Predictions.CSV” in the
directory “Downloads”.

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4.2 Logon to SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud

Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Open Google Chrome.

• In Google Chrome: Log
on to SAP
DATASPHERE tenant
according to section 2.1.
• To expand the navigation
menu, click on .

• Open a second
Google Chrome
session (for SAP
Analytics Cloud).
• In Google Chrome: Log
on to SAC tenant
according to section
2.1.
• Return to the first tab:
SAP Datasphere

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4.3 Import Flat File into local SAP Datasphere Table

Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• To start building
Data Models click on
“Data Builder”.

• Select the Space One of the first concepts SMITHJO notices is the concept of
“SAP_COMMUNITY”. Spaces. Spaces are containers for an organization to both
share/store different data models, stories, dimensions etc. that
belong to one group.
SMITHJO is assigned to the organization group BestRunSales which is
represented by “SAP_COMMUNITY” here, so select the Space
“SAP_COMMUNITY”.

• Click on “Import” → In order to create a local table in SAP DATASPHERE with the content
“Import CSV File”. of the flat file choose “Import CSV File”.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Click on “Select Source

File”.

• Choose the folder

“Downloads”, select
the file
“DataSetBikes.csv”
(type Microsoft
Excel Comma
Separated Values)
and press the
button “Open”.
• [Repeat the same
for the
DatasetBikes_Predi
ctions.csv]

• Confirm to use the first

row as column header
and to auto- detect
the CSV Delimiter (in
this case:) by pressing
the button “Upload”

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• The system offers

you the option to
create
Transformations.
• Move the mouse into
the row (on the
right-hand side)
where the column
“Date” is given.

• Change the Data

Type from “Date”
to “String”.

• Click the button “Deploy”.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Change the Business

Name of the Dataset
(that is going to be
created) to
“DataSetBikes#current
date#”
In this example:
„DataSetBikes20210111“
.
• The system checks the
name automatically. If
this name is already
used, please add a suffix.
“_01”, “_02”, … or “_99”
to the Name.
• Click the button “Deploy”.

• See that a Local

Table
“DataSetBikes20210
111” has been
created and
deployed
successfully.

4.4 Create Data Model in SAP Datasphere

Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• In order to create a • The result of the last step is that this flat Data Set is uploaded into
SAP Datasphere a SAP Datasphere Local Table called “DataSetBikes20210111”.
Data Model using In this step SMITHJO is going to create a SAP DATASPHERE Data
this table click “New Model using this table.
Graphical View”.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Under “Repository”
open → “Tables”

• Drag and drop the

table
“DataSetBikes2021011
1” into the Canvas.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Do the following
changes to the
Properties of the Data
Model:
• Enter Business
Name:
“DataModelBikes#curr
ent date#”

• Change Type from

“Relational Dataset” to
“FACT”.

• FACT is new Semantic Usage type usage of Fact to indicate that your
entity contains numerical measures that can be analyzed.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

25 • Click on the right-

hand side of the
Attributes:
• With Control + Left
Hand Mouse button
on “No of Customer
Meetings”, “Units
Sold” and “Order
Value”.
• And change each of
those three Attributes
to be a Measure:
“Change to Measure”.

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26 • Drag and drop the In a next step we want to add a further Data Set into this Data Model:
prepared local table. The current Data Set Bikes (is about actual order data) should be joined
“DataSetBikes with Data Set Bikes Predictions.
Predictions” directly onto
the object
“DataSetBikes20210111“i
nto the Canvas. This
leads to the decision:
“Join” or “Union”.
• Choose “Join”.

27 • Choose “Inner” as Join This action automatically creates an icon “ ” to specify a Join between
Type, define Mappings both objects:
from “AA Date” to “AA
Date” and “AA Customer”
to “AA Customer”.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

28 • Next open the icon

“ ” to define the
columns not needed to
be hidden in the output.

29 • Go back to the See that some columns are automatically hidden.

Properties of the Output
of
“DataModelBikes2021011
1” and change
“Predicted_Order_Value”
to be a Measure, too.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

30 • Press “…” next to

“Predicted_Order_V
alue”.
• Click on “Change to
Measure “.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

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• Pressing the icon “ ”
leads toa Data Preview: a
chance to check the data
and settings of this Data
Model.

32 • Now you can “Deploy” The Data Preview looks correct. As expected, the Data Model joins actual
the new Data Model. Order_Values with Predicted_Order_values.
• Click “Deploy”. Thus, they can be analyzed in detail in SAP Analytics Cloud later on.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

33 • Click on “Save”.

Note: This screen is old one more recent model has new name
DataModelBikes20230911 (FACT as semantic type)

34 • See that FACT View has • At the Deployment Status on the right, you can see: the new Data Model
been deployed. is “Deployed”.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

35 • Click on Create Analytic

Model

Analytic models are the analytical foundation for making data ready for
consumption in SAP Analytics Cloud. They allow you to create and define
multi-dimensional models to provide data for analytical purposes to answer
different business questions. Pre-defined measures, hierarchies, filters,
parameters, and associations provide flexible and simple navigation through
the underlying data.

36 • Click on Deploy

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• Click on Save

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• Click on Preview

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• Click on ROWS to
selected Dimensions

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• Click on X

41 • Click on the second tab This results in a newly created SAP DATASPHERE Data Model of Type
“SAP Analytics Cloud”. Analytical Dataset (View). Next, we will create an SAP Analytics Cloud
Story on top this SAP Datasphere Data Model.

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4.5 Create Story in SAC

Actions Screenshots and Explanation

42 • In SAC follow this path:

• Home → Story.

43 • Click on
canvas and
select add
data.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

44 • Choose
“Optimized
Design
Experience”.

45 • Click on Select
Other Model

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• Select Connection
as SAPDWC

• Select space
details as
SAP_COMMUNI
TY

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• Select AM_xxxxx
as source for
story

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

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49 • Click on “Measures (1)”. The Measures seem to be filtered.

50 • Click on “Predicted
Order Value”.
• Click “OK”.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

51 • Click cross at
“Arrange totals /
parent nodes
below”.

Note: Above screen showcase old SAP Datasphere model, but we can
use newly created model to create a SAC story

52 • In “Measures” click We would like to see totals and add a calculated Measure (Predicted
“Add Calculation…” Order Value – Order Value) to see how close the predictions were.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

53 • Specify the Type to be

“Calculated Measure”,
give the formula a
Name: “Predictive –
Actual Order Value” and
Edit the Formula itself
(Ctrl + Space leads to
available formula
objects).
• Click on “OK”.

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54 • And click on “+ Add

Measures/Dimension
s” into the Rows.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

55 • Choose “Country”,
“Product Type”,
“Product” in that
sequence to appear
in the Rows.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

56 • Click on “Tools”, “Add We are only interested in the latest values in 2019 … That‘s why we
Story Filter/Prompt”, filter the complete story to a Date …
Choose “Dimensions
>”

57 • Choose “Date”

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

58 • Select “Sep-19” and click

on “OK”.

59 • Right Hand Mouse

button on the Column
“OrderValue”
• Choose “Sort Options”
• Choose “Sort
Descending”

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

60 • Enter “Products” and

“Products in Sept 2019”
as titles.

61 • Position the cursor on the

right-hand side of the
document and click on
“Chart” to insert a Chart.

62 • Add a Measure.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

63 • Choose “Order Value”.

64 • Add Dimension/Measure.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

65 • Choose the Dimension

“Customer Segment”.

66 • Change colors

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

67 • Choose the Chart

Structure “Donut”.

68 • Insert a further
chart.

69 • Add the Measure

“Order Value”.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

70 • Add the dimension.

“Customer_Segment”.

71 • Click on “+ Add Filters”.

• Filter „Customer
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Segment” to
“Wholesale”, click “OK”.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Add a
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Dimension/Measure.

• Select “Customer”
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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Sort Customer
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Order Values from
Highest to Lowest.

• Change title of second

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chart to: “Order Value per
Customer, Customer
Segment: Wholesale”

• Change the title of

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the document’s right-
hand side to
“Customers”.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Click on “Page” →
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“Rename”.

• Enter “Products &

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Customers”.
• Click “OK”.

• By clicking on “View”
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you can view your
created SAC Story and
do some navigations.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Click on “Main Menu”

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→ “Home” to leave the
SAC Story.

• Click on “Leave”
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and do not save your
SAC Story.

4.6 How to Share Feedback

Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Explain (text on SAP Datasphere was built completely with the customer in mind. SAP
83 made this application as collaborative and easy-to-use as possible, and
right hand side)
SAP wants to evolve the product based on the growing needs of our
customers. SAP takes feedback to heart, and SAP updates the product
roadmap based on the needs of the customers.
So, in case you have/has:
- any suggestions for SAP
- any features that should be added
- it’s here something you find especially useful and simply want to let
SAP know.
You can do that directly within SAP Datasphere. In order to leave
feedback, proceed this way:

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• Click on “?” (= Help)

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• Click on “Send
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Feedback”

• Enter your rating Select which topic about which you'd like to leave a comment.
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for your experience.
• Enter what you like
and what could be
improved by SAP.
• Click on “Send”.

What you wrote will be sent directly to SAP, so SAP can begin taking
action.

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Actions Screenshots and Explanation

• See that Feedback

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has been sent.

• Click “Browse If you have further comments or would like to discuss your experience on
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Community” SAP Datasphere, check out the SAP DATASPHERE Community. The
community is the ultimate resource for users. Here, you'll be joined by your
peers and SAP's experts in this place for learning and sharing. Here, you
can ask questions, share your knowledge, and join discussions.

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5 APPENDIX

5.1 Document update notes

Date Notes
September 2023 Initial Community Content release

Copyright/Trademark

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