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by Hau Ngo on June 15, 2020

Flatten Your Dashboard

Do you have too many tabs in your dashboard? Are you looking for a way to slim down your story?

If your dashboard is suffering from too many tabs, then here’s a super simple way to slim that number down. Not only will this reduce the amount of charts tiles and other things that you have to maintain, it will also make your users happier because they only need 1 tab instead of 5 (for example).

This approach works best for pages where the layout is relatively the same and the main difference is the measure that would like to display.

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by Hau Ngo on October 30, 2019

SAP Analytics Cloud – Performance Improvement Update

What do you do when your dashboard is slow to load, your users complain about performance, and you’re driving yourself crazy balancing the requirements and more tiles than you can count?

Let me show you 2 features in Release 2019.16 that could help.

If you’re working with Analytics (Application) Designer in SAP Analytics Cloud, then you know that it’s a very powerful dashboard creation tool. But if you’re not careful, then all of those widgets will slow your application down to a crawl.

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by Hau Ngo on September 25, 2019

Better dashboards in SAP Analytics Cloud | Designer

If your company is using SAP Analytics Cloud, then your users will quickly ask for more.

The most frequent request I’ve been asked is for more functionality like a summary to detail drill-through or more tiles and widgets that can possibly fit on a laptop screen.

But how are you going to cram in additional charts and information all the while making sure that your dashboard still runs at an acceptable pace?

Here’s a very quick and easy solution for managing the additional tiles in your dashboard (2 mins).

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by Hau Ngo on April 21, 2019

The quick & dirty guide to beautiful dashboards

“Okay. Show me what you’ve done. Wow me.”

A prospective client said those words in a recent interview. Sure. No pressure.

Have I ever told you I’m horrible with interviews? 😅

As an early adopter of SAC in 2017, however, I’m keenly aware of what the tool can and cannot do. Wowing isn’t something that I would say is high in that list when it comes to this emerging tool.

Still, it’s a super cool product and I haven’t been excited about something like this in a long time. But first, let me get back to putting my foot in my mouth during the interview.

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by Hau Ngo on April 3, 2019

No HANA, No problem

Recently, a friend called me in a panic. His client asked for help with piloting a SAP Analytics Cloud on BW system. 😱

He’s one of the most sought after Analytics Architects in the country and is I’m constantly jealous of his work on the most cutting edge technologies. It just happened that he was given this particular scenario.

Luckily, I had helped one of my customers pilot a SAP Analytics Cloud project in late 2017 on a BW on HANA system. We had Live Data Connections to both of the BW and HANA systems so I was able to tell him all about the differences and limitations for each option.

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