The agenda for this session included:

• Introduction to analytics in the SAP landscape with emphasis on SAP HANA
• Explanation of HANA as an in-memory, columnar, and self-compressed database
• Overview of CDS views for building reports on HANA data
• Introduction to SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) as a visualization and reporting tool
• Discussion of SAC’s main capabilities: business intelligence, planning, predictive analytics, and collaboration
• Explanation of cloud, hybrid, and on-premise deployment options in SAC architecture
• Highlighting the integration of SAC with various SAP systems and data sources