{"id":155434,"date":"2025-01-15T16:19:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T21:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=155434"},"modified":"2025-01-17T08:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T13:50:55","slug":"sac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/buworks\/business-reporting-analytics\/sac\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>SAC is the analytical tool selected to replace BW reports created using SAP Business Explorer (BEx).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2025\/01\/sac_grid_output.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"180\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155460 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">This new platform will enhance our reporting capabilities and provide powerful tools for data analysis and decision-making as we take our first step toward cloud-based reporting&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2025\/01\/sac_dashboard_1600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"244\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155455 alignright\" \/><br \/>\n<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">&#8230;and dashboarding for Business Reporting and Analytics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Request SAC access<\/h3>\n<p>SAC access is contingent upon an approval process that examines an employee&#8217;s business need and their supervisor&#8217;s approval. Use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/buworks\/business-reporting-analytics\/sac\/access-request\/\">this webpage<\/a> to start an approval request.<\/p>\n<h3>Help Resources<\/h3>\n<p>Once access has been established, a new user needs to learn how to use the tool. A full suite of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/buworks\/business-reporting-analytics\/sac\/help-guides\/\">Help Guides<\/a> describing SAC functions is available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAC is the analytical tool selected to replace BW reports created using SAP Business Explorer (BEx). &nbsp; This new platform will enhance our reporting capabilities and provide powerful tools for data analysis and decision-making as we take our first step toward cloud-based reporting&#8230; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8230;and dashboarding for Business Reporting and Analytics&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1467,"featured_media":0,"parent":155436,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155434"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155473,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155434\/revisions\/155473"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}