The Optimized Story Experience from Unified Story in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) represents a significant advancement in the creation and management of data visualizations, analytics applications, and interactive experiences. This innovative solution integrates the best features of stories, analytics designers, and custom widgets with advanced scripting capabilities, allowing users to develop highly customized projects tailored to their specific needs. This seamless fusion of functionality ensures that users can create engaging and dynamic visualizations, regardless of their expertise level.
One of the key advantages of the Optimized Story Experience is its versatility. It supports a broad spectrum of capabilities, ranging from simple self-service data visualizations to more complex analytic applications. This all-in-one platform is designed to accommodate various user needs and project requirements. Whether you are a novice or an experienced user, the Optimized Story Experience provides the tools necessary to create impactful and interactive visualizations and applications.
Collaboration is another significant benefit offered by the Optimized Story. The platform facilitates seamless interaction between developers, story designers, and administrators, streamlining the workflow and ensuring that all team members are aligned. This collaborative environment not only saves time and resources but also enhances project efficiency, as everyone involved can easily contribute to and manage the project.
A standout feature of the Optimized Story Experience is its bookmarking capability. Users can bookmark the entire widget state, including filters, variables, and drilldowns, allowing them to easily resume their work exactly where they left off. This feature significantly reduces the time and effort required to navigate complex projects and enhances the overall user experience by providing a more intuitive and manageable approach to project handling.
In terms of design and development, the Optimized Story Experience introduces an integrated design environment for both designers and developers. This unified workspace includes the Assets panel, where users can drag and drop widgets onto the Story Canvas, and the Outline panel, which offers a structured view of the widgets in the story. This integration simplifies the design process, making it easier and faster to create interactive and visually appealing stories. Advanced features, such as filter controls, containers, buttons, scripting, eventing, and CSS editing, are available for users with the appropriate privileges, ensuring that the environment remains user-friendly while providing robust tools for those who require them. It is important to note, however, that scripting for responsive pages is not yet supported but is anticipated in a future release.
The filter panel in the Optimized Story Experience has been enhanced to offer more flexibility. Users can now switch the filter panel from its default horizontal view to a vertical view, providing additional space for displaying and interacting with filters, particularly in cases involving hierarchical value lists. Story designers can configure the default orientation to ensure that viewers experience the most suitable layout when accessing the story.
The bookmarking concept has also evolved with the Optimized Story Experience. It combines the functionality of story bookmarks and analytics apps into a unified feature. Users can create bookmarks that capture the entire widget state and manage bookmark versions to adjust expiration settings. Additionally, story developers can specify which widgets are included in the bookmark definition and enable the bookmark dialog in embedded mode through the View Time Toolbar Settings.
Transitioning from classic stories to the Optimized Story Experience has been made significantly easier with a new conversion feature. Users can now convert their classic stories to the new format with a single menu option, streamlining the process and eliminating the need for manual adjustments. This simplification allows designers and developers to focus on creating engaging content rather than dealing with formatting and conversion issues.
Overall, the Optimized Story Experience represents a major advancement in digital storytelling within SAP Analytics Cloud. By combining sophisticated functionality with a user-friendly interface, it provides an ideal solution for designing captivating and dynamic visualizations and applications. The integration of story widgets, advanced filtering options, and enhanced bookmarking capabilities enhances accessibility and efficiency, making the Optimized Story Experience a pivotal tool in modern dashboard and planning activities. This development marks a significant step forward in the evolution of dashboarding in SAP Analytics Cloud, promising a more streamlined and effective approach to creating compelling data visualizations.
