A live data connection in SAP Analytics Cloud establishes a direct link to a source system without replicating or storing the data within the SAC tenant. When a user interacts with a story or model based on a live connection, queries are sent directly to the source system in real-time. The data processing and storage remain entirely within the original source system (e.g., SAP HANA, SAP BW, S/4HANA). This architecture ensures that the data is always current and leverages the security and performance of the underlying source platform.

A. Public dataset: This is a type of data source, not the storage location for a live connection model.

B. SAP Analytics Cloud model: Data is stored in the SAC model only with import (acquired) data connections, where data is copied from the source.

D. Embedded data set: This describes data stored within an SAC artifact, which is characteristic of an import connection, not a live one.

1. SAP Help Portal

"Live Data Connections to SAP HANA": "With live data connections

your data stays in your source system and is not replicated to SAP Analytics Cloud. This means that any data

including sensitive or personal data

is not brought into the cloud."

URL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAPANALYTICSCLOUD/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/b963593a2e4447258543114a3730884a.html

2. SAP Help Portal

"Data Connectivity – Live": "When you use a live data connection

SAP Analytics Cloud connects to your remote data source in real time. The data is not replicated

and remains in the source system."

URL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAPANALYTICSCLOUD/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/20326321743142478213241952186786.html

3. SAP Learning

Course SACAD1 "SAP Analytics Cloud: Administration and Security": The course materials for the CSAC2501 exam explicitly differentiate between acquired (import) connections

where data is stored in SAC

and live connections

where data remains in the source system. This is a foundational concept covered in the "Data Connectivity" unit.