Why do you need Excel with your S/4 HANA Environment? Mark Pockl, Solutions Specialist
Excel4apps - WHO WE ARE Established Trusted Secure Global reach with office around the globe 27,000+ users in over 75 countries 24x7 user support Founded in 2004 900+ Clients range from SME’s to Fortune 50 Recognized by Gartner for last 4 years in their “IT Market Clock” SAP, HANA, and Microsoft Certified Integrates with existing security Same day deployment
Audience Poll What are your plans for migrating to S/4 HANA? Already migrated Planning to move in next 12 months Planning to move in 12+ months No plans to move at this time Unsure but currently evaluating
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Audience Poll If you’ve already moved, which SAP HANA application have you implemented? S/4 HANA SAP Business Suite on HANA SAP HANA Sidecar SAP BW on HANA All of the above
Audience Poll If you’ve already moved, what are you using for financial and operational reporting? SAP Fiori Apps SAP Lumira Analysis for Office All of the above None of the above
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HANA – current stats Current release version for S/4 HANA – 1610 What’s new? More Logistics added in this version plus Fiori 2.0 Latest Adoption Stats 4,100 S/4 HANA licenses sold, 40% net new to SAP This is about 11% of the total SAP ERP base (~37,000 customers) 350 are live; projections are to double/triple those numbers by Q1 2017 50/50 split btw cloud (hosted) or on premise 60% of HANA projects on v1511; 40% on earlier Simple Finance
Fiori apps SAP Fiori New SAP User Interface Tile-like dashboard Replicates SAP T-codes (from ECC) by utilizing CDS Views Reports have a better look and feel than SAP ECC, however exports to Excel are still manual
Analysis for office Analysis for Office Excel add-in Can access data from HANA In the model of a pivot table Analysis tool best used for slicing/dicing analysis Similar user interface to BEx Analyzer
Superior excel integration for s/4 hana financials Built specifically for the needs of Finance and Controlling users: GL Wand & GLSU for S/4HANA Accelerate your S/4HANA project timeline with simple plug-in solutions that use Excel and empower business users Complements reporting & journal entry options from SAP, both legacy and new GL Wand: real-time data in Excel reports with superior usability and flexibility compared to Analysis for Office GLSU: no need to rebuild custom loaders for S/4HANA and invest in costly programming of new interfaces
Superior excel integration for s/4 hana financials (cont.) Built specifically for the needs of Finance and Controlling users: GL Wand & GLSU for S/4HANA Quick and easy to install, no HANA IT resources required Minimal training needed for users comfortable with Excel Business users build and modify their own Excel reports and upload templates, no IT support needed Use today on your ECC6 system, then install on S/4HANA when you’re ready
Wands for sap + + Excel-based reporting and planning solutions for SAP Enable business users to manage key process in Excel with real-time data Self-service solutions, quick install, seamless integration, no IT reliance Maximize existing investments in Microsoft and SAP + +
Wands for sap + + Report & Analyze Upload & Post Plan & Forecast GL Wand & Reports Wand Real-time reporting Fast, flexible analysis Excel skills only Up and running in hours Upload & Post Eliminate manual entry into SAP Leverage Excel and improve processes Minimal training for users Secure and pre-integrated Plan & Forecast GL Wand & Planning Wand Refreshable, flexible Excel models Easy variance analysis Real-time validation & error-checking + +
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