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Why Do You Need Excel With Your S/4 HANA Environment?: Mark Pockl, Solutions Specialist

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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 • 900+ Clients range • SAP, HANA, and


office around the from SME’s to Fortune Microsoft
globe 50 Certified

• 27,000+ users in over • Recognized by • Integrates with


75 countries Gartner for last 4 existing security
years in their “IT
• 24x7 user support Market Clock” • Same day
deployment
• Founded in 2004
AUDIENCE POLL

What are your plans for migrating to S/4 HANA?

a) Already migrated
b) Planning to move in next 12 months
c) Planning to move in 12+ months
d) No plans to move at this time
e) Unsure but currently evaluating
EXCEL4APPS SURVEY RESULTS
AUDIENCE POLL

If you’ve already moved, which SAP HANA


application have you implemented?

a) S/4 HANA
b) SAP Business Suite on HANA
c) SAP HANA Sidecar
d) SAP BW on HANA
e) All of the above
AUDIENCE POLL

If you’ve already moved, what are you using


for financial and operational reporting?

a) SAP Fiori Apps


b) SAP Lumira
c) Analysis for Office
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
EXCEL4APPS SURVEY RESULTS
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


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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