The SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) data analyzer is a tool designed for flexible, ad-hoc analysis primarily within a table-based interface. It allows users to explore data from a single source without the structured environment of a story. Key supported features include the ability to create new calculated measures on the fly to derive new insights. Users can also apply conditional formatting (referred to as thresholds in SAC) to highlight important data points based on specific rules. Furthermore, the data analyzer provides robust filtering capabilities, which function as input controls, allowing users to dynamically slice and dice the data by selecting dimension members.

D. Charts: The data analyzer's primary interface is a table/crosstab. While an analysis can be saved and opened in a story to add charts, the data analyzer tool itself does not create or display charts.

E. Linked dimensions: This is a feature used within SAC Stories to create filters that apply across different widgets based on multiple data models. It is not a function available within the single-source data analyzer tool.

1. SAP Help Portal

SAP Analytics Cloud

"Using Data Analyzer": This official documentation outlines the core functionalities.

For A (Calculated measures): The section "Adding Calculations" explicitly states

"You can add calculations to your table

such as a calculated measure

a restricted measure

or a difference from."

For B (Input controls): The section "Filtering Data" describes the functionality of adding and modifying filters for dimensions and measures

which is the purpose of input controls in an analytical context.

For C (Conditional formatting): The section "Adding Thresholds" details the process: "You can also add thresholds to your table to highlight high or low values

" which is the definition of conditional formatting.

2. SAP Help Portal

SAP Analytics Cloud

"Linked Dimensions": This document specifies that linking dimensions is a feature for stories: "When you have a story with charts or tables that are from different models

you can link dimensions from these different models." This confirms it is not a data analyzer feature.

3. SAP Help Portal

SAP Analytics Cloud

"Data Analyzer": The overview page clearly positions the data analyzer for ad-hoc data exploration in a table and contrasts it with the story creation environment where charts are built.