Tailor-made visualizations with SAC Custom Widgets
The SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) has established itself as a central enterprise platform for data-driven decision-making processes. With its comprehensive functions for business intelligence, planning and predictive analyses, it supports companies in not only evaluating their data, but also transforming it into meaningful dashboards and interactive reports. The basis for this are so-called standard or basic widgets – ready-made visualizations such as bar and line charts, tables or KPI tiles that can be used with just a few clicks.
But as powerful as these standard components are: In practice, there are always specifications and requirements that cannot be met by the standard. Particularly in the case of more complex visualization requirements, specific UI components or the integration of external data sources, the possibilities of the standard are not always sufficient. This is exactly where SAC Custom Widgets come in. A custom widget is an individually developed web component that integrates seamlessly into SAC dashboards.
Technically, such a widget consists of a JSON definition, JavaScript code for logic and behavior as well as optional resources such as CSS or graphics. They are usually developed using modern web technologies and can be fully adapted to the needs of a company – be it through new chart types, interactive elements such as calendars and filters or through connections to external APIs.
The big advantage: custom widgets extend the SAP Analytics Cloud with precisely those functions and display formats that are missing from the standard version – without losing the familiar user-friendliness. They can be inserted using drag-and-drop, support data binding, are scriptable and fit seamlessly into existing SAC stories, both visually and functionally.
In this article, we will show you exactly what a SAC custom widget is, how it works, what the technical requirements are – and, above all, what concrete application scenarios result from it in practice. Learn how you can specifically expand the potential of the SAP Analytics Cloud with individually developed visualizations – and which steps are necessary to successfully plan, implement and integrate your own widgets.
Tailor-made visualizations with SAC Custom Widgets The SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) has established itself as a central enterprise platform for data-driven decision-making processes. With its comprehensive functions for business intelligence, planning and predictive analyses, it supports companies in not only evaluating their data, but also transforming it into meaningful dashboards and interactive reports. The basis for this are so-called standard or basic widgets – ready-made visualizations such as bar and line charts, tables or KPI tiles that can be used with just a few clicks. But as powerful as these standard components are: In practice, there are always specifications and requirements that cannot be met by the standard. Particularly in the case of more complex visualization requirements, specific UI components or the integration of external data sources, the possibilities of the standard are not always sufficient. This is exactly where SAC Custom Widgets come in. A custom widget is an individually developed web component that integrates seamlessly into SAC dashboards. Technically, such a widget consists of a JSON definition, JavaScript code for logic and behavior as well as optional resources such as CSS or graphics. They are usually developed using modern web technologies and can be fully adapted to the needs of a company – be it through new chart types, interactive elements such as calendars and filters or through connections to external APIs. The big advantage: custom widgets extend the SAP Analytics Cloud with precisely those functions and display formats that are missing from the standard version – without losing the familiar user-friendliness. They can be inserted using drag-and-drop, support data binding, are scriptable and fit seamlessly into existing SAC stories, both visually and functionally. In this article, we will show you exactly what a SAC custom widget is, how it works, what the technical requirements are – and, above all, what concrete application scenarios result from it in practice. Learn how you can specifically expand the potential of the SAP Analytics Cloud with individually developed visualizations – and which steps are necessary to successfully plan, implement and integrate your own widgets. Read More Technology Blog Posts by Members articles
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