📖 About this Domain
This domain covers the configuration and management of visual reporting components within SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics. It focuses on building Table reports, Tiles, and Dashboards to present workforce data effectively through the Report Center.
🎓 What You Will Learn
- Learn to build and configure Table reports using query designer for detailed data analysis.
- Understand the process of creating and customizing Tiles to display key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics.
- Master the assembly of Tiles into interactive Dashboards for a consolidated view of HR analytics.
- Gain knowledge on managing reporting artifacts, including sharing and applying Role-Based Permissions (RBP).
🛠️ Skills You Will Build
- Develop proficiency in designing Table reports with calculated columns and runtime filters.
- Build skills in data visualization by configuring various tile types and their display properties.
- Acquire the ability to construct and manage multi-page dashboards for executive-level reporting.
- Master the application of Role-Based Permissions to secure and distribute reports, tiles, and dashboards.
💡 Top Tips to Prepare
- Gain hands-on experience in a system instance by creating multiple Table reports, Tiles, and Dashboards.
- Clearly differentiate the functional use cases and limitations between Table reports and Tiles.
- Memorize the key configuration options and properties available within the Tile and Dashboard builders.
- Practice applying RBP to control visibility and access for all created reporting artifacts.
📖 About this Domain
Report - Canvas is an advanced, non-paginated reporting tool within the SAP SuccessFactors Report Center for creating detailed, multi-page reports. It utilizes a drag-and-drop interface for building complex queries and formatting report layouts with various components.
🎓 What You Will Learn
- You will learn to create and manage Report - Canvas reports, including adding and configuring components like list tables, pivot tables, and charts.
- You will understand how to build detailed and advanced queries using Live Data sources, including joining data from different SuccessFactors modules.
- You will learn to implement calculated columns for custom metrics and configure runtime filters to provide interactive data filtering for end-users.
- You will understand the administrative tasks for Report - Canvas, such as sharing reports, setting role-based permissions, and scheduling report distribution.
🛠️ Skills You Will Build
- You will build the skill to design complex, multi-component reports with precise layout control for sophisticated data presentation.
- You will develop proficiency in advanced data querying, including joining multiple data schemas and applying complex filtering logic.
- You will gain the ability to create effective data visualizations by configuring various chart types and formatting options within a Canvas report.
- You will build competence in managing the report lifecycle, from creation and validation to secure distribution and maintenance via the Report Center.
💡 Top Tips to Prepare
- Gain hands-on practice creating reports with multiple components and queries in a test instance to understand component interactions.
- Memorize the key differences and use cases for Report - Canvas versus other reporting tools like Table Reports and Tiles.
- Focus on understanding the available Live Data schemas, particularly for Employee Central, and the correct methods for joining them.
- Review the functionality of calculated columns and runtime filters, as questions often test these advanced configuration options.
📖 About this Domain
This domain covers the SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics (WFA) on HANA solution. It focuses on the implementation, configuration, and utilization of strategic HR metrics and benchmarks for data-driven decision-making.
🎓 What You Will Learn
- You will learn the WFA on HANA implementation methodology, including project phases, roles, and key deliverables.
- Understand the standard WFA data model, metric packs, and the process for data extraction, loading, and validation.
- Explore the core WFA tools such as the query workspace, report designer, and analytics panes for building analyses.
- Grasp the concepts of WFA role-based permissions and how to configure user access to dimensions and measures.
🛠️ Skills You Will Build
- You will build skills to configure WFA dimensions, measures, and structural entities to align with business requirements.
- Develop the ability to create strategic reports and perform deep-dive analysis using the WFA query and visualization tools.
- Gain proficiency in scoping a WFA project, defining data requirements, and managing the implementation lifecycle.
- Learn to administer WFA user roles and permissions to ensure robust data security and governance.
💡 Top Tips to Prepare
- Focus on the distinct stages of the WFA on HANA implementation methodology and the key activities in each phase.
- Master the data flow from source systems into WFA, including the data validation and mapping process.
- Clearly differentiate the strategic purpose of WFA from the operational reporting capabilities of Report Center and People Analytics.
- Familiarize yourself with the standard metric packs and the definitions of key workforce analytics measures.
📖 About this Domain
This domain covers the creation and management of reports using the Story designer in People Analytics. You will explore how to build data visualizations and dashboards directly within the Report Center. The focus is on leveraging live transactional data from various SAP SuccessFactors modules.
🎓 What You Will Learn
- You will learn to create a new Story report from the Report Center using available query schemas.
- You will learn to add and configure various data visualizations like charts, tables, and geo maps to a Story.
- You will learn to implement page and story filters, calculated columns, and cross-domain joins for advanced data analysis.
- You will learn to manage Story reports, including sharing, scheduling, and exporting functionalities.
🛠️ Skills You Will Build
- You will build the skill to design and construct multi-page Story reports using the query designer and canvas.
- You will build the skill to translate business requirements into effective data visualizations and dashboards.
- You will build the skill to perform data blending by linking different data models within a single Story.
- You will build the skill to configure runtime filters and prompts to create interactive and user-driven reports.
💡 Top Tips to Prepare
- Gain hands-on experience in a learning or demo instance by creating various Story reports from start to finish.
- Thoroughly understand the available query schemas and the data fields within each SuccessFactors module.
- Memorize the different chart and table types available in the Story designer and their optimal use cases.
- Focus on the configuration of Role-Based Permissions (RBP) for securing and sharing Story reports.
📖 About this Domain
Report Center is the unified interface in SAP SuccessFactors for all reporting and analytics functionalities. It centralizes the creation, management, and consumption of reports, consolidating tools like Report - Canvas and Report - Story. This domain covers the configuration and administration of this central reporting hub.
🎓 What You Will Learn
- You will learn to navigate the Report Center UI to locate, run, and manage various report types.
- You will learn the process for creating new reports using Report - Canvas, Report - Table, and Report - Story.
- You will learn to configure the Report Scheduler to automate report execution and distribution via different channels.
- You will learn to apply Role-Based Permissions (RBP) to secure access to reporting tools and data.
🛠️ Skills You Will Build
- You will build the skill to design and configure reports by selecting appropriate data schemas and objects.
- You will build the skill to administer the full report lifecycle, including sharing, scheduling, and deleting reports.
- You will build the skill to manage user access to reports and analytics through detailed RBP configuration.
- You will build the skill to troubleshoot common report execution failures and data permission issues.
💡 Top Tips to Prepare
- Master the specific use cases and functionalities of Report - Canvas versus Report - Story.
- Focus on how Role-Based Permissions control access to report creation tools and data domains.
- Practice configuring report schedules with various distribution types, including SFTP and email destinations.
- Understand the administrative tasks for Report Center, such as enabling the feature and managing report sync.
📖 About this Domain
This domain covers foundational reporting capabilities within SAP SuccessFactors. It focuses on generating operational reports using pre-delivered templates and classic reporting frameworks like Ad Hoc Report Builder and Dashboards 1.0/2.0.
🎓 What You Will Learn
- You will learn to execute and manage Standard Reports available across the SuccessFactors HXM Suite.
- You will learn to construct custom reports using the Ad Hoc Report Builder by selecting different data domains and columns.
- You will learn to configure classic Dashboards and Tiles to display key HR analytics and metrics.
- You will learn to use Report Center as the unified interface for scheduling, running, and distributing classic reports.
🛠️ Skills You Will Build
- You will build proficiency in data extraction using the Ad Hoc reporting framework for specific business queries.
- You will build skills in configuring report definitions, including calculated columns, filters, and sorting within Ad Hoc reports.
- You will build the ability to manage report distribution and scheduling for automated report delivery.
- You will build an understanding of how Role-Based Permissions (RBP) constrain data visibility in classic reports.
💡 Top Tips to Prepare
- Master the functionality of the Ad Hoc Report Builder, as it is a core component of classic reporting.
- Differentiate the use cases and limitations between Standard Reports and Ad Hoc reports.
- Practice navigating Report Center to manage the entire lifecycle of classic reporting artifacts.
- Understand the relationship between data domains and how they impact the data available for Ad Hoc reporting.
📖 About this Domain
This domain covers the creation of calculated columns to extend data models within People Analytics. It also details the process of using and managing standard Report - Story templates. The focus is on enhancing standard reporting with custom logic and pre-delivered content.
🎓 What You Will Learn
- You will learn to build calculated columns using the calculation editor and available functions within a query.
- You will learn to locate, import, and manage standard Report - Story templates from the Content Network.
- You will learn how to add custom calculations to existing data models to meet specific reporting requirements.
- You will learn the distinction between calculated measures and calculated dimensions in the Query Designer.
🛠️ Skills You Will Build
- You will build the skill to translate business logic into formulas for calculated columns.
- You will build proficiency in navigating the SAP Analytics Cloud Content Store to leverage pre-built reports.
- You will build the ability to modify and enhance standard queries with custom-derived fields.
- You will build the skill to efficiently create reports by adapting standard story templates instead of building from scratch.
💡 Top Tips to Prepare
- Practice creating different types of calculated columns, especially those involving conditional logic like IF statements.
- Memorize the steps to import a standard Report - Story template from the Content Store into your SAC tenant.
- Understand the underlying schemas and data models used by the most common HR report templates.
- Differentiate clearly between a calculated column created in the query and a calculation created in the story.
