Analyzing Geographical Data
Using SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP HANA Spatial technology, you can overlay business data on geo maps with detailed geographic information such as topography, satellite imagery, and streets and highways.
Geo maps can have multiple layers of different types of data that allow you to visualize measures and dimensions from a model, or mark important locations, areas, and routes on the map.
- Giving a quick visual overview of the performance of sales regions against KPIs that you set.
- Finding retail store locations that have a type of public attraction or service nearby, such as pharmacies that are close to hospitals.
- Overlaying a map with custom defined regions, such as sales territories or electoral districts.
- Display data distributions as either choropleth or heat maps.
Default label |
Proximate equivalents |
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Country |
Country |
Region |
State or Province |
Sub-Region 1 |
District, County, or Department |
Sub-Region 2 |
City, Town, Commune, or Municipality |
Points of interest can show the following:
- Locations, such as store locations or event sites.
- Lines, such as rivers, highways, or pipelines.
- Shapes, such as sales regions or electoral districts.
You can use this data in a geo map by adding it as a point of interest layer in the map, or by creating a Map Filter to filter locations within a certain distance of one of the points of interest.
- Measures currently defined in the model, including calculated measures.
- You can access the Calculation Editor to create a new calculated measure. For more information, see Creating Calculated Measures.
- To toggle between specific measures in the geo map, you can also add measure input controls to the geo map. For information on creating measure input controls, see Input Controls: Dimension, Measure, or Cross Calculation.
- Thresholds defined in a model for a given measure. These thresholds are specified in the Modeler.
- Thresholds defined for a story. NoteIn a geo map, thresholds defined in a story will override those defined for a model.