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SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office, version 2.8
Additional PAM Information

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SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
▪ Maintenance Strategy
▪ Statement of direction
▪ Data Access Support
▪ Functionality Specific Prerequisites
Agenda

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Product Support Maintenance Statement
SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office, as an on-premise solution and mature product, will receive only very
limited improvements from 2023 onwards. Nevertheless, we continue to support this important solution
until at least 2029. Corrections will be delivered as an quarterly SP based on the 2.8 release.
SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office & BusinessObjects Platform Add On Release schedule Note: 1518359

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2 complementary add-ins for Microsoft Office
A Windows Desktop edition, delivered
by SAP
A Cloud based edition, delivered through
Microsoft Store
SAP Analytics Cloud,
add-in for Microsoft Office
SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office (also known as AFO)
continues to be an important add-in for multiple data sources like SAP BW, HANA, BPC, S/4 and Group Reporting.
It is designed for financial analysts who require analytical capabilities in Microsoft Excel. It can also be used with
SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere connectivity (Analytical Dataset only).
However, all feature investments are being made exclusively in in SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Office,
which is our strategic solution, built on top of Microsoft Office 365. Roadmap can be found here.
Statement of direction
Standard Edition
Edition for SAP
Analytics Cloud

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One Product – Two Editions
Standard Edition
Edition for SAP Analytics Cloud
Included with the license for
• SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
• SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation
Included with the subscription to
• SAP Analytics Cloud Enterprise

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Standard
Edition
Edition for SAP
Analytics Cloud
On-premise SAP BW (incl. BW/4HANA and S/4HANA) & SAP
BPC connectivity (direct or BI Platform OLAP connection)
incl. access to NW repository/storage and Write-back (planning)
incl. access to BI platform repository/storage and Write-back (planning)
P P
On-premise SAP HANA connectivity (direct or BI Platform
OLAP connection) P P
SAP Analytics Cloud connectivity (Classic Models)
incl. SAC live connection to on-premise SAP BW (incl. BW/4HANA and S/4HANA),
SAP BPC and SAP HANA
incl. access to SAC repository/storage QRC3/2023 for CF SAC tenants
P P
SAP Datasphere connectivity (Analytical Dataset)
P P
SAP S/4HANA cloud public edition connectivity
P P
Add-On for BI platform (scheduling / pre-calculation)
for on-premise SAP BW (incl. BW/4HANA and S/4HANA) and SAP HANA
P X
EPM add-in P X
BPC (Business Process Flow) plug-in P X
Microsoft PowerPoint integration P X
Two Editions with similar set of features
Both editions
provide the same
connectivity
functionalities, but
• Edition for SAP Analytics
Cloud requires a
mandatory SAC
authentication before
accessing any
connection

PAM in Detail – Data Access Support
Contains detailed information of the data access prerequisites

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SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office PAM
Data Access: SAP BW
Data
Sources
SAP BW
7.4 or
lower **
SAP BW
7.5X
SAP
BW/4HANA
1.0 ***
SAP
BW/4HAN
A 2.0 or
2021
Analysis
plug-in
NO YES
NO
YES
Add-On for
BI Platform
NO YES
NO
YES
EPM add-in
via MDX
NO YES
NO
YES
EPM add-in
via INA
NO YES
NO
YES *
Important Notice
Please refer to the underlying embedded BW support for any applications such as SAP S/4HANA on-premise
* Please see SAP Note 2312162 for more details on limitation
** The end of mainstream maintenance dates for BW versions 7.4 and older ended 31.12.2020
*** The end of maintenance date for BW/4 HANA 1.0 was end of 2021 . See Note 3087277

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Data Access: SAP Business Planning & Consolidation
Important Notice
* Requires BW 7.40 SP15 / BW 7.50 SP4 and SAPGUI 7.40 and SAP Notes
2075150, 2220930, 2112449
** See Note 2472541 - SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 11.0, 11.1
and 2021, version for SAP BW/4HANA Limitations
BPC
Microsoft
10 / 10.1
BPC
NetWeaver
10
BPC
NetWeaver
10.1
BPC11.1
for
BW/4HANA
BPC
2021
Analysis
plug-in
NO NO
YES
(>=SP11)
YES YES
BPC plug-in
(for Business
Process
Flow)
NO NO
YES*
(>=SP11)
YES* YES**

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Data Access: SAP HANA
Important Notice
* All HANA 1.x SPS > = 10 end of maintenance mid 2021
** requires SAP HANA EPM-MDS 1.0, SAP HANA maintenance note
*** SAP HANA Cloud access via HANA Analytics Adapter (only on Cloud Foundry) : See note &
YouTube. Hana Cloud as OLAP connection of BI Platform is not supported.
Data Sources
SAP HANA
1.x
>= SPS 10 *
SAP HANA
2.x
>= SPS 05 **
SAP HANA
Cloud
Analysis plug-in (via http) NO YES YES ***
Add-On for
BI Platform
NO YES NO
EPM add-in (via MDX via ODBO
only)
NO YES NO

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Data Access: SAP Analytics Cloud
Important Notice
There are no versions for SAP Analytics Cloud, as there is always one – the newest – available for the
customer. NEO and Cloud Foundry landscapes are supported.
* Only Classic Account type models are supported. SAP Analytics Cloud New Model (Recommended) and Live
Data models are not supported on any landscape. See Note 2787445. We do recommend to use SAP Analytics
Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Office for BI and Planning use cases for all local SAP Analytic Cloud models
** Only ‘Direct Connection’ type is supported to on-premise data sources
Data Sources
Acquired Data in local SAP Analytics
Cloud Classic Account models *
SAP BW (S/4), BPC, HANA live connection
maintained in SAP Analytics Cloud **
Analysis plug-in YES YES
Add-On for
BI Platform
NO NO

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Data Access: Other Cloud solutions
Important Notice
* requires at least AO 2.8 SP14 installer (see blog). The Analytical Dataset is deprecated, but existing views
can continue to be consumed. Datasphere Analytic Models are not supported. See note 3297935
** requires at least AO 2.8 SP15 installer (see blog)
Data Sources
SAP Datasphere (formerly Data
Warehouse Cloud)
Analytical Datasets
SAP S/4HANA cloud public edition
Analysis plug-in YES * YES **
Add-On for
BI Platform
NO NO

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Data Access: Others for EPM add-in
Data
Sources
SSAS SAP Business
Planning and
Consolidation
10.x, version
for SAP
NetWeaver
SAP Financial
Consolidation
10.x
SAP
Business
Planning and
Consolidation
10.x, version
for SAP
Microsoft
SAP Strategy
Management
10.x
SAP
Profitability
and Cost
Management
10.x
Oracle Essbase
11.1
EPM add-in YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

PAM in Detail – Client
Contains detailed information for Analysis plug-in and Add-On for SAP BI Platform

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Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
Version others 2010 2013 2016 2019 2021 365
All Analysis
Plug-ins
NO NO NO** YES YES YES YES*
Important Notice
 Please use the 64-bit installer only if Microsoft Office is 64-bit (i.e., if you run 32-bit Office on
Windows 64-bit platform then use the 32-bit Analysis installer.
 Click-to-Run installation is supported.
 Usage of Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel is recommended. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/deployoffice/overview-update-channels#semi-annual-enterprise-channel-overview
 * For Microsoft Office 365 the desktop app need to be installed.
 ** Microsoft Office 2013 support ended by April 2023.

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Server Products and Operating Systems
* Operating systems can be either 32-bit or 64-bit, the installer has a dependency to MS Office Package installation.
** Windows 8.1 support ended by January 2023. We do recommend to use Windows 10 or 11.
*** Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 support ends October 10, 2023. AO support stops with 2.8 SP20.
**** Deployments of SAP BusinessObjects BI platforms.
Deployment
Option
Operating
System
Windows Server **** Windows Client Mac
Version
Server
2008
Server
2008
R2
Server
2012
Server
2012
R2
***
Server
2016
Server
2019
Server
2022
Windows
Vista
Windows
7
Windows
8
Windows
8.1
Windows
10
Windows
11
Mac
OS
Architecture
32 or 64-bit
64-bit 64-bit
64-
bit
64-
bit
64-
bit
All All All All All* All* -
All Analysis
Plug-ins
NO YES YES YES NO NO NO NO NO** YES YES NO

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Framework Dependency
Important Notice
* Microsoft .NET Framework.: Note with AO 2.8 SP11, .NET 4.7.2 version or higher will be required.
This applies also to SAP Analysis Add-On for SAP BI Platform.
** VSTO Framework (Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime), see note 3129468
Deployment Option JRE .NET * VSTO **
Version
<
4.5
4.5
*or
higher
others
2010
All Analysis Plug-ins
(32-bit)
NO YES NO YES
All Analysis Plug-ins
(64-bit)
NO YES NO YES

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Language Support
Important Notice
* Other languages as supported by SAP BI Platform
** Other languages as supported by client
Deployment
Option
English
French
German
Japanese
Spanish
Chinese
Russian
Portuguese
Hebrew
Arabic
Others
All Analysis
Plug-ins
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES*
Add-On for
BI Platform
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES**

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Platform Deployment by Support Package
Important Notice
• On all platforms it is recommended to use the highest available Support Package
• From AO 2.8 SP7, there will be 3 add-on installers - for BI 4.2 SP4+, for any earlier BI 4.2 release and for BI 4.3+.
• * BI 4.3 requires at least AO 2.8 SP4 installer
• ** Following 4.1 end of maintenance date Dec 31, 2020, the two installer for 4.1 will be not updated anymore and
stopped with AO 2.8 SP6, see note (page 3)
• *** Following 4.2 end of maintenance date Dec 31, 2022, the installer for 4.2 will be not updated anymore and
stopped with AO 2.8 SP17, see note (page 4)
Deployment
Option
SAP BI
Platform 4.x
4.1 SP ≤ 4 4.1 SP ≥ 5 4.2 SP ≥ 0 4.3
Add-On for
BI Platform
NO** NO** NO *** YES*

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