Clarification of SAC Story types.

Okay, I can clarify the types of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) stories. It's more accurate to distinguish between page layouts within stories and specific application types built on the SAC platform. With the introduction of the "Optimized Design Experience," SAP is moving away from the classic story design.

Here's a revised breakdown:

Page Layouts within SAC Stories (Optimized Design Experience):

• Canvas Pages: Offer a free-form layout for precise control over element placement, suitable for highly customized reports.
• Responsive Pages: Adapt to different screen sizes, ensuring viewability on various devices. Elements are arranged in lanes that adjust automatically.
• Grid Pages: (Part of the classic story experience, less emphasized in the Optimized Design Experience) Focus on tabular data and formulas, ideal for detailed data analysis.

Specific Application Types built on SAC:

• Digital Boardroom Presentations: Designed for executive presentations, often using multi-screen layouts with specialized navigation and presentation tools.
• Analytic Applications: Custom applications built using the SAC SDK, allowing for advanced interactivity and embedding analytics into other applications.
• Smart Insights: AI-powered analysis that automatically generates visualizations and insights from data.
• SAC for Planning Stories: Specialized for financial and operational planning, including input-enabled tables and planning-specific visualizations.
• Data Stories (GeoMaps): Focused on geographical data, with enhanced mapping capabilities and location intelligence features.

Key Takeaways:

• The "Optimized Design Experience" is SAP's modern approach to story building, emphasizing performance and usability. It is not a distinct "story type" but rather the underlying architecture.
• SAP encourages the use of the Optimized Design Experience.
• The original list mixes page layouts (Canvas, Responsive, Grid) with specific application types (Digital Boardroom, Analytic Applications, etc.) built using SAC. It's important to differentiate between these.

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