Thurssday, June 27, 2024

APOS Data Gateway Customer Success –
Microsoft Azure Analysis Services

Connecting SAP Analytics Cloud to Microsoft Azure

Customer Profile

Global Baked Goods Provider - A Europe-based producer of baked goods and natural snacks marketed internationally under multiple brands, produced in numerous facilities across Europe, Africa and the Americas, with annual sales over €.5 billion.

Landscape & Core Challenge

With operations and sales organizations around the world, this global baked goods provider relies on advanced analytics with SAP Analytics Cloud to track and report on all activities, and to plan for the future. The company uses Microsoft Azure Analysis Services as their data platform, and SAP Analytics Cloud for analytics visualization and reporting. They needed live data connectivity between Microsoft Azure Analysis Services and SAP Analytics Cloud to achieve real-time analytics, while maintaining strong data security and governance.

Problem: SAP Analytics Cloud does not support live data connectivity with Microsoft Azure Analysis Services.

Without live data connectivity, the company's analysis of global operations and sales would be greatly hampered, and further deployment of SAP Analytics Cloud would be in doubt.

Requirements

• " Live data connectivity between Microsoft Azure Analysis Services and SAP Analytics Cloud
• " Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities to simplify workflows
• " Ability to leverage data security and governance of the data source

Barriers

• SAP Analytics Cloud does not support live data connectivity with Microsoft Azure Analysis Service
• Import of data to SAP Analytics Cloud would create data latency issues
• Large amounts of data made import to SAP Analytics Cloud impractical

Outcomes

This company deployed APOS Live Data Gateway, creating:

• " Live data connectivity between SAP Analytics Cloud and Microsoft Azure Analysis Services
• " Transparency through single sign-on
• " Governed, secure data access

“"APOS Data Gateway allowed the customer to overcome barriers that would have limited the deployment of their chosen analytics solution, SAP Analytics Cloud."
Jay Murdoch, Business Development Manager, APOS