Extending SAP Predictive Analytics Functionality

[AndreasForster]

SAP Predictive Analytics incorporates two different approaches for carrying out predictive modelling

 

• Automated Analytics: A highly automated framework that enables non-Data-Scientists to quickly create powerful models without deep statistical expertise. This functionality was formerly known as SAP InfiniteInsight.


• Expert Analytics: A graphical workbench for expert users to design specific analytical workflows. This functionality was formerly known as SAP Predictive Analysis.

 

This website gives an overview on how to extend the "Expert Analytics" functionality. Power Users can extend and customise the functionality of the *Expert Analytics"-mode by adding their own R-Scripts. The logic is encapsulated in so called “"R Extensions" (or formerly called "Custom R Components”), which casual users can easily work with without having to have any R skills.

 

This page is pointing to a number of documents that help create such components. It is also linking to various components that have been published on the web and that can be quickly implemented.

 

Please note however, that the code on these pages is not supported by SAP and that it is provided without any warranty.

 

 

 

Custom R Components

Developer Documentation

Data Understanding Measures of Location: Mean, Standard Deviation, ... Correlation Matrix        Density Plots for Multiple Variables Normal Distribution Test Chi Squared Test of Independence  Data Preparation Add Missing Dates Aggregation Filter Missing Values  Graphical Row Filter Identify Duplicate Column Values Numerical Transform Random Split Stratified Sampling  Clustering Hierarchical Clustering  Classification Random Forest Classification Naive Bayes  Regression Logistic Regression And another Logistic Regression  Forecasting Add Date Attributes Bulk Forecasting by Month 2.0 Forecast Daily Time Series  Visualisation Interactive 3D Plot Confusion Matrix Google Maps Pareto Plot Advanced Graphics  Miscellaneous String Generator (Random and Unique) Travelling Time and Distance Multi-Input Component

Official Documentation See the Chapter "Adding Custom Component" in the user guide.  Official Product Tutorials Create a Custom R Component Video  Creating New Functionality Adding further data mining algorithms & visualizations (incl.video) Using Custom R functions in SAP Predictive Analysis Modifying Custom R Component from Client-Side to Server-Side Execution  Deploying New Functionality Beginning with SAP Predictive Analytics 2.2 Custom R Components can be exported and shared as .spar file.