Enabling "Advanced Mode" in an SAP Analytics Cloud story unlocks the capabilities previously found in the standalone Analytic Application Designer. This primarily includes the ability to use scripting to create highly interactive and customized application-like experiences. Adding JavaScript to a widget's events (A) is the core of this scripting functionality. Furthermore, Advanced Mode makes specific widgets available that are essential for application design, such as the Popup (B), which is used to create dialogs and is controlled via scripts.

C. Add a layer to a geo map: This is a standard configuration performed in the Builder panel for the geo map widget and does not require the scripting or advanced widget capabilities of Advanced Mode.

D. Add a custom widget: While using custom widgets does require Advanced Mode, Popups (B) are a standard, built-in widget universally available with Advanced Mode, making it a more fundamental answer than custom widgets, which depend on prior development and deployment.

1. Official SAP Documentation on Advanced Mode: The SAP Help Portal explicitly states that enabling Advanced Mode allows the use of "scripting

eventing

and advanced widgets like the timer and the popup." This directly supports answers A and B.

Source: SAP Help Portal

"Enabling Advanced Mode". (Please search on help.sap.com for the latest version of the "SAP Analytics Cloud" documentation

as direct links can become outdated. The section is within the Story Design or Analytic Application Design area).

2. Official SAP Documentation on Geo Maps: The process for adding layers to a geo map is detailed as a standard feature within the widget's Builder Panel

with no prerequisite for Advanced Mode.

Source: SAP Help Portal

"Adding Layers to a Geo Map". (Search on help.sap.com for the "SAP Analytics Cloud" documentation).

3. Official SAP Documentation on Custom Widgets: The documentation confirms that custom widgets are used in the advanced design environment ("analytic applications")

but they are distinct from the core

built-in advanced widgets like Popups.

Source: SAP Help Portal

"Using Custom Widgets". (Search on help.sap.com for the "SAP Analytics Cloud" documentation).