Predictive Planning in SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) has advanced Machine Learning (ML) functionalities built-in that can allow non-data science users to perform advanced modeling as well. Predictive analytics remains a key advanced analytics approach among various analytical approaches. In this blog, we will explore the smart predict functionality of SAC and understand how expert, non-data scientist users can leverage them to build predictive analytics models. Readers will get answers to questions like:

• What is predictive analytics?
• What is smart predict and how it can help create more “citizen data scientists”?
• What is augmented analytics and how does smart predict uses it to aid business users in predictive planning?