Discover the top 5 new SAP Analytics Cloud features in the Q3 2026 release and what they mean for analytics, planning, and financial reporting teams who need faster insight, more intuitive workflows, and more flexible analysis.
In this short expert overview, Orla Cullen (Product Marketing Manager – Data & Analytics) walks through the biggest innovations in the quarterly release cycle, starting with new out-of-the-box visualizations. You’ll see how teams can quickly transform existing charts into Gauge, Funnel, and Sankey visualizations to monitor KPIs, identify pipeline drop-off points, and understand financial flows at a glance.
Here’s what’s new this quarter:
• New Out-of-the-Box Visualizations: Transform existing charts into Gauge, Funnel, and Sankey visualizations, with QuickBuilder support to help teams choose the right chart faster.
• New AI-Assisted Features: Generate concise AI prompt insights and use natural language to create SAP Analytics Cloud story scripts without writing code manually.
• Compass Updates: Use smart boundaries and new Compass story widgets to run simulations, compare scenarios, and view actuals, plans, and probable outcomes in one place.
• Excel-Like Search: Use familiar search, replace, update, and preview capabilities in SAP Analytics Cloud tables across major filter contexts.
• Data Action Data Filters: Pass multiple input controls and story filters into a single data filter parameter, including date ranges, custom current date, attribute-based filters, and explicit excludes.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:45 – New Visualizations: Gauge, Funnel, and Sankey
03:03 – AI Prompt Insights and Story Code Generation
05:59 – Compass Smart Boundaries and Story Widgets
08:12 – Excel-Like Search in Tables
09:46 – Data Action Data Filter Parameters
10:59 – Wrap-Up
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