The Optimized Design Experience (now known as the Optimized Story Experience) in SAP Analytics Cloud introduces several modern features to enhance story and application development. Key among these are the Undo/Redo functionality for easier editing, the Linked Widgets Diagram for visually managing interactions within a Linked Analysis, and Composites which allow developers to create reusable groups of widgets and scripts for analytic applications. These features collectively improve usability, maintainability, and development efficiency over the Classic Design Experience.

B. Grid pages: This is a layout feature exclusive to the Classic Design Experience. The Optimized Experience uses a more flexible responsive canvas layout instead.

E. Explorer: The dedicated Data Explorer mode for ad-hoc data analysis is a feature of the Classic Design Experience and is not supported in the Optimized Story Experience.

1. SAP Help Portal

"Optimized Story Experience": This document provides an overview of the features and benefits of the new experience

contrasting it with the classic version. It implicitly supports the inclusion of new features like Undo and Composites while noting the deprecation of classic features.

2. SAP Help Portal

"Using Undo and Redo": "You can undo and redo actions you make while editing a story. The Undo and Redo buttons are available in the toolbar." This feature is a cornerstone of the Optimized Story Experience.

3. SAP Help Portal

"Applying Linked Analysis in a Story": In the section for the Optimized Story Experience

the documentation describes the process of managing connections

which includes the "Show Linked Widgets" option that opens the diagram to visualize and edit the links.

4. SAP Help Portal

"Using Composites in an Analytic Application": "Composites are reusable components that you can create and use in your analytic application... Composites are supported in the optimized story experience." This directly confirms composites as a feature.

5. SAP Help Portal

"Feature Support in the Optimized Story Experience": This page explicitly lists features from the classic experience that are not supported in the optimized mode

including "Data Explorer" and "Grid pages".