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
office around the
globe
• 900+ Clients range
from SME’s to Fortune
50
• SAP, HANA, and
Microsoft
Certified
• 27,000+ users in over
75 countries
• Recognized by
Gartner for last 4
years in their “IT
Market Clock”
• Integrates with
existing security
• 24x7 user support
• Founded in 2004
• Same day
deployment
AUDIENCE POLL
What are your plans for migrating to S/4 HANA?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Already migrated
Planning to move in next 12 months
Planning to move in 12+ months
No plans to move at this time
Unsure but currently evaluating
EXCEL4APPS SURVEY RESULTS
AUDIENCE POLL
If you’ve already moved, which SAP HANA
application have you implemented?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
S/4 HANA
SAP Business Suite on HANA
SAP HANA Sidecar
SAP BW on HANA
All of the above
AUDIENCE POLL
If you’ve already moved, what are you using
for financial and operational reporting?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
SAP Fiori Apps
SAP Lumira
Analysis for Office
All of the above
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
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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
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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 realtime data
• Self-service solutions,
quick install, seamless
integration, no IT reliance
• Maximize existing
investments in
Microsoft and SAP
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WANDS FOR SAP
Report & Analyze
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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
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GL Wand & Planning Wand
Refreshable, flexible Excel models
Easy variance analysis
Real-time validation & errorchecking
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PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION
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