SAP Analytics Cloud and IBCS: Best Practices for Executive Dashboards and Business Reporting

Episode notes

In this episode of the Let’s Talk Data Podcast presented by SAP, host Thierry Audas sits down with Jürgen Faisst and Kristian Rümmelin to explore how the International Business Communication Standards (IBCS) is transforming business reporting, dashboard design, and enterprise analytics. The discussion highlights why inconsistent dashboards and reporting standards create confusion, slow decision-making, and reduce trust in analytics - especially in the age of AI and generative AI. The guests explain how IBCS establishes a common visual language for business reporting by standardizing charts, tables, colors, variances, and data storytelling conventions. Listeners will learn how organizations can improve report comprehension, reduce interpretation errors, and accelerate executive decision-making using standardized analytics practices in SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Data Cloud. The episode also explores the newly approved ISO 24896 notation standard for business reporting and what it means for the future of AI-driven analytics.

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