Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint

By Arthur Phung
08/21/2024

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Feature Overview

The SAP Analytics Cloud add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint is available now. With this add-on, you can include widgets from SAC in your presentations. There are a few steps to integrate SAC add-in to your Microsoft PowerPoint.

  1. Open a new PowerPoint, go to File > Get Add-ins
  1. Search for SAP Analytics Cloud for PowerPoint > Click Add
  1. Click Continue
  1. SAC Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint will be available in the navigation bar.
  1. Click Sign In > Enter the link to SAC tenant > Click Go
  1. Explore the stories where you want to get the widget to the presentation

Note: You can’t select a story in the list if it is greyed out. You get an information icon explaining why the story can’t be selected. In most cases, the reason is that it’s not an optimized story.

  1. Click a widget to choose it. It will then be shown in the panel > Add Widget.
  1. To edit the widget, click Edit in the upper right corner of the widget.
  1. Click the three dots (ellipses) in the top right corner for More Actions.
  1. In the menu, you can maintain the definitions already applied to the widget, such as a filter, change the drill level, and sort and rank the data:
  1. Click OK to finish editing, then click Add Widget to add the widget to the slide.

To ensure your presentation contains accurate and trustworthy data, you can refresh the widget’s data at any time, removing the need to constantly copy and paste information from your SAP Analytics Cloud system.

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