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Learning SAP Analytics Cloud

You're reading from   Learning SAP Analytics Cloud Collaborate, predict and solve business intelligence problems with cloud computing

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788290883
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Riaz Ahmed Riaz Ahmed
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Preface 1. Getting Started with SAP Analytics Cloud FREE CHAPTER 2. Models in SAP Analytics Cloud 3. Planning model 4. Creating Stories Using Charts 5. Extending Stories with KPI, Filters, and Other Handy Objects 6. Analyzing Data Using Geomaps and Other Objects 7. Working with Tables and Grids 8. Collaboration 9. Digital Boardroom 10. System Administration

Spreading, distributing, and assigning values

In addition to fetching values from the model data, you can add your own values in the table. For this, you use the allocations feature of SAP Analytics Cloud, which includes spreading, distributing, and assigning values. Allocation is the process of splitting values derived from source data into multiple values and storing the values in target data. The allocation feature is used in planning and data analysis to gain insights.

The spreading, distribution, and assigning operations are ways of allocating values in a table to one or more target cells. These features can help you quickly book new values and adjust existing values in a plan:

  • Spreading: In spreading operations, the value of a source cell is spread across leaf members. Values are taken from a higher level of a hierarchy and spread at a lower level. You can perform spreading...
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