Insight Outside the Process
Users leave transactional work to search for reports, spreadsheets, or external dashboards.
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SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics Consulting
Bring Operational Insight Directly into the Flow of Work
Concinnity helps organizations use SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics to deliver role-based, real-time operational insight through SAP Fiori, analytical applications, CDS-based models, KPIs, multidimensional reports, and guided business actions.
Finance
Sales
Procurement
Manufacturing
Supply Chain
Service
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SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics
CDS Views • Analytical Queries • KPIs • Fiori Apps • Operational Insight
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Monitor
Analyze
Decide
Act
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Faster Operational Decisions • Lower Latency • Better Process Performance
Concinnity Point of View
Operational analytics creates the greatest value when insight is available inside the business process—not after data is extracted, reconciled, and moved into a separate reporting environment. S/4HANA Embedded Analytics can connect transactions, analysis, exceptions, and action in one user experience.
At a glance
Operational analytics designed around SAP S/4HANA business processes
Best forOrganizations seeking real-time insight within S/4HANA operational workflows
Business focusOperational visibility, exception management, process performance, and action
StakeholdersCFO, COO, Process Owners, SAP Leaders, Functional and Analytics Teams
Technology scopeSAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, CDS views, analytical queries, KPIs, and reports
Typical outcomesFaster decisions, fewer manual extracts, role-based insight, improved process response
Consulting focusStrategy, content assessment, design, extension, governance, adoption, optimization
Executive questions we help answer
Define where embedded analytics should improve operational decisions
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Which operational decisions should be supported directly inside S/4HANA?
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Which standard analytical applications and content should we activate first?
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Where do custom CDS views or analytical queries add genuine business value?
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How do we prevent duplicate operational reports across S/4HANA, BW, SAC, and Power BI?
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How should operational KPIs, thresholds, and exception actions be governed?
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When should a requirement remain embedded, and when should it move to enterprise analytics?
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How do we improve Fiori adoption and role-based analytical experiences?
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How should embedded analytics connect to Business Data Cloud and enterprise intelligence?
Business challenges
Common barriers to effective operational analytics
Reporting Latency
Extract-based reporting delays visibility into current operational conditions.
Duplicate Operational Reports
Similar reports exist across S/4HANA, BW, BI tools, and spreadsheets.
Underused Standard Content
Delivered analytical applications and CDS content are not fully assessed or activated.
Inconsistent KPI Definitions
Operational measures and thresholds differ across functions and reporting channels.
Poor Role Alignment
Analytics is not tailored to the decisions, exceptions, and actions of each business role.
Uncontrolled Extensions
Custom analytical content grows without clear standards, ownership, or lifecycle management.
Low Adoption
Users continue relying on familiar offline tools because embedded experiences are not intuitive.
Solution overview
What S/4HANA Embedded Analytics means for business leaders
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics integrates analytical capabilities directly with transactional processes. It uses the simplified S/4HANA data model, SAP Fiori experiences, CDS-based virtual data models, analytical queries, KPIs, reports, overview pages, and analytical applications to support operational monitoring and analysis.
Concinnity helps clients select the right operational use cases, maximize standard content, design governed extensions, and establish clear boundaries between embedded analytics and enterprise analytics platforms.
Insight in ContextProvide analysis directly within the user's role, process, and transactional workflow.
Current Operational DataAnalyze S/4HANA information with minimal delay and fewer unnecessary extracts.
Exception-to-ActionConnect KPI thresholds and analytical findings to navigation and process response.
Standardized Operational ContentUse delivered SAP content before investing in custom models and reports.
Technology positioning
Where S/4HANA Embedded Analytics delivers the greatest value
CapabilityRole in the SolutionStrategic Value
Operational AnalyticsCore
Support current-state monitoring and analysis within S/4HANA business processes.
Role-Based Fiori InsightCore
Deliver analytical applications, KPIs, reports, and navigation aligned to business roles.
CDS-Based Semantic ModelsCore
Use the S/4HANA virtual data model and analytical queries for governed operational insight.
Exception ManagementStrong Fit
Highlight thresholds, issues, trends, and conditions requiring operational action.
Multidimensional AnalysisStrong Fit
Enable flexible analysis of operational measures, dimensions, hierarchies, and filters.
Enterprise ReportingSupports
Provide selected operational reporting while broader cross-system needs remain on enterprise platforms.
Enterprise Planning & Advanced AIFeeds
Provide operational context and data for SAP Analytics Cloud, Business Data Cloud, and AI use cases.
Operational intelligence architecture
Connect S/4HANA transactions, analytics, decisions, and action
SAP S/4HANA Business Processes
FinanceSalesProcurementManufacturingInventoryMaintenanceService
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S/4HANA Virtual Data Model
CDS ViewsAnalytical CubesDimensionsAnalytical QueriesBusiness SemanticsAuthorizations
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Embedded Analytical Experiences
Analytical List PagesOverview PagesKPIsMultidimensional ReportsEmbedded StoriesFiori Applications
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Operational Decision & Action
MonitorInvestigateNavigateResolveApproveExecute
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Business Outcomes
Faster ResponseLower Reporting LatencyImproved ProductivityBetter Process PerformanceHigher Adoption
Embedded versus enterprise analytics
Place each requirement on the platform where it creates the most value
Enterprise Analytics
Use broader platforms when the requirement crosses systems or planning horizons
- Cross-system and historical enterprise reporting
- Executive performance management
- Enterprise planning and forecasting
- Advanced data products and external data
- Predictive, generative, and enterprise AI
Why this matters
A clear analytics boundary reduces duplicated reports, unnecessary data movement, conflicting KPIs, and platform sprawl while improving user experience.
Operational decision journey
Design embedded analytics around the complete path from signal to action
01MonitorBusiness process, KPI, workload, and operational condition
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02DetectException, threshold, variance, delay, or risk
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03AnalyzeDrivers, transactions, dimensions, and root cause
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04DecidePriority, ownership, response, and business action
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05ActNavigate to the transaction, workflow, or application and resolve
Standard content and extension strategy
Use standard analytical content first, then extend selectively
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Discover Standard Content
Identify relevant SAP-delivered CDS views, analytical queries, KPIs, reports, and Fiori applications.
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Assess Business Fit
Evaluate process relevance, data completeness, semantics, authorizations, and user experience.
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Configure Before Customizing
Use supported configuration and key-user extensibility where practical.
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Extend with Governance
Create custom CDS-based content only when clear value, ownership, standards, and lifecycle controls exist.
Embedded analytics readiness
Is your organization ready to improve operational analytics?
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Users leave S/4HANA to find spreadsheets or external reports for daily decisions.
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Operational reporting depends on extracts and is not sufficiently current.
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Similar operational reports exist across S/4HANA, BW, SAC, and BI tools.
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Standard S/4HANA analytical content has not been systematically evaluated.
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Operational KPIs and exception thresholds are inconsistent across teams.
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Business roles lack focused analytical experiences and guided navigation.
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Custom CDS and reporting content lacks clear ownership or governance.
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We need a clear boundary between embedded and enterprise analytics.
Several items apply?
An Embedded Analytics Assessment can identify priority processes, standard content, extension needs, platform boundaries, governance requirements, and adoption opportunities.
Concinnity delivery approach
A six-phase roadmap from operational priorities to sustained adoption
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Discover
Clarify business roles, processes, decisions, exceptions, KPIs, and expected outcomes.
Output: priority operational use cases02
Assess
Evaluate standard content, current reports, CDS models, authorizations, and platform overlap.
Output: embedded analytics assessment03
Design
Define the target user experience, semantic model, KPI framework, actions, and governance.
Output: solution and content blueprint04
Build
Activate, configure, and extend CDS content, analytical queries, KPIs, reports, and Fiori experiences.
Output: production analytical applications05
Enable
Drive role design, training, adoption, support, ownership, and process integration.
Output: embedded operational adoption06
Optimize
Improve performance, usage, content quality, platform boundaries, and business value.
Output: continuous improvementCore consulting services
Design operational analytics around roles, processes, and action
Embedded Analytics Assessment
Evaluate operational decisions, standard content, current reports, overlap, gaps, and readiness.
Standard Content Activation
Identify and activate relevant analytical applications, CDS content, KPIs, and reports.
CDS Analytics Design
Design governed cubes, dimensions, queries, measures, associations, and business semantics.
Fiori Analytical Experiences
Create role-based analytical list pages, overview pages, reports, and guided navigation.
KPI & Exception Management
Define operational KPIs, targets, thresholds, ownership, drill paths, and actions.
Analytics Rationalization
Reduce duplicate reports across S/4HANA, BW, SAC, Power BI, and spreadsheets.
Extension Governance
Establish standards, naming, testing, security, ownership, transport, and lifecycle controls.
Adoption & Optimization
Improve role design, training, usage, performance, content quality, and business impact.
Business value
Improve operational performance by connecting insight directly to work
Speed
Reduce Decision Latency
Provide current operational insight where users monitor and execute business processes.
Efficiency
Reduce Manual Reporting
Limit unnecessary extracts, spreadsheets, report duplication, and repeated reconciliation.
Control
Standardize Operational KPIs
Improve definitions, thresholds, ownership, authorizations, and extension governance.
Performance
Connect Exceptions to Action
Help business users identify issues, analyze causes, and respond within the process.
Technology ecosystem
Embedded operational analytics within a broader enterprise intelligence architecture
SAP S/4HANA Foundation
SAP S/4HANASimplified Data ModelABAP CDSAnalytical EngineAuthorizationsAnalytical Experiences
SAP FioriAnalytical List PagesOverview PagesKPIs & ReportsEmbedded StoriesEnterprise SAP Analytics
SAP Business Data CloudSAP DatasphereSAP Analytics CloudSAP BW/4HANAEnterprise PlanningHybrid Intelligence
Microsoft FabricPower BICloud PlatformsMachine LearningGenerative AIIllustrative engagement
Bringing operational analytics into S/4HANA business roles
Global S/4HANA Enterprise
Reducing reporting latency and improving exception management across finance and operations
Challenge
Business users relied on extracted reports and spreadsheets for daily decisions, while standard embedded content remained underused.
Approach
Identified priority operational decisions, assessed standard content, rationalized duplicate reports, designed role-based KPIs, and implemented governed Fiori analytical experiences.
Business Impact
Faster operational insight, fewer manual extracts, improved exception response, stronger KPI consistency, and higher adoption within S/4HANA workflows.
Industry applications
Apply embedded operational analytics across your business processes
Related solutions
Connect operational analytics to your enterprise intelligence architecture
S/4HANA Embedded Analytics Assessment
Ready to bring operational insight into the flow of work?
Concinnity can help identify priority decisions, assess standard analytical content, rationalize reporting, design governed extensions, and create a practical embedded analytics roadmap.
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