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C_SAC: SAP Analytics Cloud

Turn business data into stories, insights and simple plans with SAP Analytics Cloud.

  • 32 hours of live, trainer-led sessions
  • Hands-on labs in an SAP Analytics Cloud tenant
  • Models, stories and the optimised design experience
  • Smart Insights, Search to Insight and linked analysis
  • Planning basics: versions, data actions and allocations
  • Practice questions with review
Aligned to SAP exam C_SAC
Duration
4 Days | 32 Hrs
Next batch
Batches on request
Delivery
Live Online · Onsite · Corporate
Level
Intermediate
Exam
C_SAC
Language
English

Why learn C_SAC with Ace Skills

  • Models done right

    Build clean models so every story starts from reliable data.

  • Augmented analytics

    Use Smart features to surface drivers and answer questions faster.

  • Planning basics

    Create versions, run data actions and allocate budgets with confidence.

  • Exam-aligned

    Cover the C_SAC topic areas with practice questions and review.

Course overview

SAP Analytics Cloud brings business intelligence, planning and augmented analytics together in one cloud product, and it is increasingly the reporting layer for S/4HANA and BW/4HANA landscapes. Finance teams, analysts and SAP consultants who can build trustworthy models and clear stories are in steady demand. This four-day course teaches the product hands-on.

Day one covers the landscape and data: live and import connections, acquiring data from files and SAP sources, data preparation, and wrangling. You then build models with the new model type, working with measures, dimensions, attributes and hierarchies.

Day two is about stories. You will design pages and responsive layouts in the optimised design experience, choose the right charts and tables, and add calculated measures, restricted measures, filters, input controls and linked analysis so that one selection drives a whole page.

Day three introduces Smart features such as Smart Insights, Smart Discovery and Search to Insight, followed by planning basics: versions, input in tables, data actions, allocations and simple forecasts. Day four covers analytic applications at an overview level, sharing, teams and roles, data access control, and an exam readiness session.

This course is aligned to the SAP Certified Associate exam for SAP Analytics Cloud (base code C_SAC). Ace Skills is not an SAP partner and does not use official SAP courseware. SAP exam codes carry a release suffix that changes over time, so please confirm the current code on SAP Learning before booking.

Key features

  • Guided labs in an SAP Analytics Cloud trial or class tenant
  • Model building with measures, dimensions and hierarchies
  • Story design labs using the optimised design experience
  • Smart Insights and Search to Insight exercises
  • Introductory planning lab with data actions and allocations
  • Course completion certificate from Ace Skills Consulting
  • Post-training doubt support

Who should attend

  • Business and financial analysts
  • BI and reporting developers moving to SAP Analytics Cloud
  • SAP functional consultants supporting reporting
  • FP&A and controlling teams starting with cloud planning
  • Students and graduates targeting SAP analytics roles

Prerequisites

  • Comfort with spreadsheets and basic reporting concepts
  • Awareness of business data such as sales or cost figures
  • SAP system experience is helpful but not required

Curriculum

4 Days · 32 Hours · 13 Modules · 10 Labs

  1. SAP Analytics Cloud overview

    • Where SAP Analytics Cloud fits in the SAP landscape
    • Tenant navigation and the home screen
    • Files, folders and the catalogue
    • Live versus import connections
    • Licensing and roles overview

    Data acquisition and preparation

    • Importing data from files and SAP sources
    • Data preparation and wrangling
    • Data quality checks and validation
    • Scheduling data refreshes
    • Working with datasets
    • Lab: Import and prepare a sales dataset · 45 min

    Models

    • The new model type and its advantages
    • Measures and accounts
    • Dimensions, attributes and properties
    • Level-based and parent-child hierarchies
    • Currency conversion overview
    • Model preferences and privacy
    • Lab: Build an analytic model with hierarchies · 60 min

  2. Story design

    • The optimised design experience
    • Pages, responsive layouts and themes
    • Choosing charts and tables
    • Variance and comparison charts
    • Geo maps overview
    • Lab: Design a responsive sales story · 50 min

    Calculations

    • Calculated measures
    • Restricted measures
    • Difference-from and aggregation options
    • Conditional formatting and thresholds
    • Formula functions overview
    • Lab: Add calculated and restricted measures to a story · 40 min

    Filters and linked analysis

    • Story, page and widget filters
    • Input controls
    • Linked analysis across widgets
    • Drill-down and hierarchy navigation
    • Bookmarks
    • Lab: Make a page interactive with linked analysis · 40 min

  3. Smart features

    • Smart Insights
    • Smart Discovery and key influencers
    • Search to Insight
    • Time-series forecasting in charts
    • When to trust augmented results
    • Lab: Explore drivers with Smart Insights and Search to Insight · 45 min

    Planning foundations

    • Planning models versus analytic models
    • Public and private versions
    • Data entry in tables
    • Spreading and disaggregation
    • Version management and publishing
    • Lab: Enter and publish a budget version · 45 min

    Data actions and allocations

    • Copy and advanced formula steps
    • Running data actions from a story
    • Allocation processes overview
    • Value driver trees overview
    • Calendar tasks overview
    • Lab: Run a data action and a simple allocation · 50 min

  4. Analytic applications overview

    • Analytic applications and scripting concepts
    • Widgets and events
    • When to use an application instead of a story
    • Digital boardroom overview

    Sharing and collaboration

    • Sharing stories and setting permissions
    • Teams and folders
    • Comments and discussions
    • Publishing and scheduling
    • Mobile access overview
    • Lab: Share a story with a team and schedule a publication · 35 min

    Security and administration

    • Users, roles and teams
    • Data access control on dimensions
    • Model and folder permissions
    • Content transport overview
    • Activity monitoring
    • Lab: Restrict model data by region with data access control · 40 min

    Exam readiness

    • Exam topic review
    • Question styles
    • Practice questions with review
Download full syllabus (PDF)

Skills you will gain

  • SAP Analytics Cloud
  • Data connections
  • Data preparation
  • Data modelling
  • Hierarchies
  • Story design
  • Calculated measures
  • Linked analysis
  • Smart Insights
  • Search to Insight
  • Planning versions
  • Data actions
  • Allocations
  • Data access control

Tools & technologies

  • SAP Analytics Cloud
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Sample SAP datasets

Certification exam

Exam details
Exam nameSAP Certified Associate – SAP Analytics Cloud
Exam codeC_SAC
Voucher includedNo — book directly with the vendor

Skill areas measured

  1. Data connections and acquisition
  2. Data modelling
  3. Story design
  4. Calculations and data analysis
  5. Augmented analytics
  6. Planning basics
  7. Sharing, collaboration and security

Exam details are pending verification. Vendors change exams; confirm on the official vendor page before booking. Official exam page (opens in a new tab)

Schedule & Pricing

Live Online

Individual

Price on request

  • 32 hours of live, trainer-led sessions
  • 10 hands-on labs
  • Ace Skills course completion certificate

Onsite

At your office or our centre

Pricing depends on location, group size and dates.

  • Delivered at your premises or an Ace centre
  • Same curriculum and labs as live online
  • Dates planned around your team

Corporate / Team

Private batch for your organisation

A private batch with content adapted to your environment and goals.

  • Customised curriculum
  • Private batch, online or onsite
  • Progress and assessment reports
  • GST invoice and PO-based billing

No public batches scheduled — Talk to an Advisor for a private batch.

Projects & labs you will build

  • Day 1 · 60 min

    Build an analytic model with hierarchies

  • Day 3 · 50 min

    Run a data action and a simple allocation

Your certificate

Certificate of Completion — Ace Skills Consulting

Awarded on completing the course. It records the course title and training hours, and you can share it on your LinkedIn profile.

The SAP certification itself is awarded by SAP when you pass exam C_SAC.

Frequently asked questions

Which SAP Analytics Cloud exam code should I book?

SAP adds a release suffix to the base code C_SAC and updates it over time. Check the current code on SAP Learning before booking; we cover the topic areas that stay consistent across releases.

Do I need my own SAP Analytics Cloud tenant?

No. We guide you to a trial tenant or provide class access for the labs.

Is this an official SAP course?

No. It is an independent Ace Skills course aligned to the C_SAC exam topics.

Does the course go deep into planning?

It covers planning basics such as versions, data actions and allocations. Advanced planning design is a separate specialist topic.

Do I need coding skills?

No. Stories and models are built through the interface; analytic application scripting is shown only at an overview level.

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