Transforming Legacy Value Driver Trees

In SAP Analytics Cloud, you can transform a legacy value driver tree into a value driver tree (VDT) widget so that you can work on it in your story and use newer features.

Context

There are a few things to consider when transforming a value driver tree:

  • Calculations from year over year, simple calculation, and union nodes are not included in the transformation process. The nodes themselves are included, and you can use them to display calculated measures from your story instead.

  • For year over year and simple calculation nodes, the output account will become the node’s measure after transformation. Union nodes won’t have a measure, though.

  • Only nodes shown in the Consumption view (that is, the nodes that appear in the story) will be copied to the new value driver tree.

To learn more about transforming legacy value driver trees, as well as view the planned depreciation timeline, see the blog post Value Driver Tree (VDT) Update – Depreciation of Legacy VDT and Migration MethodsInformation published on SAP site.

Procedure

  1. Select a legacy value driver tree in a story.
    Note
    Legacy value driver tree widgets will only be displayed as a placeholder.
  2. In the Builder panel, select Transform.

    A new value driver tree widget is added to the page based on your legacy value driver tree.