Create a New Story

Create a new SAP Analytics Cloud story in a few steps. Use a story to describe your data with charts, tables, text, images, and more.

Context

A story is a document that uses charts, visualizations, images, and other objects to describe and analyze data. You can share your stories with other users and grant permissions for these stories. When you share your stories, users with view permissions can analyze the data by navigating within the stories.

Procedure

  1. To create a story, do one of the following:
    • From the () Main Menu/navigation bar, select Stories.

      1. From the () Main Menu/navigation bar, select Files.

      2. Select Start of the navigation path Create Next navigation step  StoryEnd of the navigation path.

  2. Choose how you want to start your story:
    Option Description

    Add a Responsive page

    Responsive pages allow you to create layouts that automatically resize and reflow when viewed on different screen sizes.

    Responsive pages can be added to Digital Boardroom agendas and dashboards.

    Add a Canvas page

    Use one or more canvas pages to explore and present your data. Lay out charts, tables, geo maps, images, and other objects.

    Use the Designer panel to format and manipulate the data in your canvas elements.

    Add a Grid page

    Grid pages allow you to add data to an empty grid, or you can add a table based on an existing model.

    From a Smart Discovery

    Use Smart Discovery to clearly define the context of the business question you want to ask your data.

    For more information, see Smart Discovery.

    Use Templates

    You can apply formatting to your story by using a template, which provides predefined layouts and placeholders for objects to help you build a story.

    For more information, see Create and Use Story Templates.

    For more information on the story pages, see Story Pages.

    Note
    You can add data at a later stage from the Data view, using the menu under the Story/Data control.
  3. Continue refining your story, adding pages as necessary.
  4. Add data to your story: from the toolbar, select Data, or on a Canvas page you can select Add Data from the page.

    Import data from an Excel or CSV (comma-separated-values) file, a data source, or an existing dataset or model.

    For information on adding data, see About Adding Data to a Story, Import Data to Your Model, and Explore Your Data.

  5. Save your story.
    1. Specify the story's path – you can save to your private files or to a public path.
      Note
      A public story is visible to all users. A private story is visible to its creator and the users they have chosen to share it with.
    2. Provide a unique name for your story.
      Note
      Valid characters are alphanumeric characters and underscores. Spaces can be included but not at the start or end of a name.
    3. Provide an optional description.

Next Steps

Note
You can also create a story by dragging a CSV or Excel file to the Home screen, or by selecting Add New Data from the menu under the Story/Data control, and then selecting Data uploaded from a file. When you create a story in this way, the story includes an embedded model that isn't visible on the Modeler page.
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