What's new in SAC, quarter by quarter. We track every QRC release so our templates stay compatible — and so you have one place to see what changed. Sourced from official SAP channels.
SAC QRC4 2026 — new table build experience, optimized data actions, Databricks & SharePoint
Released 14 November 2026 (platform 2026.21) — the final quarterly release of the year, with 55 updates. The new table build experience becomes the standard and the previous one starts being retired; Planning gets an optimized data action engine; and there are two new live connections, Databricks and SharePoint.
New table build experience is now the default — previous one being retired
Planning: optimized Data Action engine + faster fluid data entry
New live connections: Databricks (direct) and SharePoint
AI: Just Ask in FR/IT/ES/DE, Joule in the Lite Viewer, AI trend analysis on metrics
Stories: configurable result limits, filter from headers, auto-generated table titles
55 updates in total, each explained on our recap page
SAC QRC3 2026 — AI prompt insights, Compass simulation, new charts
Rolled out mid-August 2026 (15–16 August window). SAP's announced scope leans into AI-assisted authoring: prompt-insight widgets in stories, expanded Compass simulation, three new native charts, a search upgrade and smarter Data Action filtering. Confirm exact availability in your tenant's What's New Viewer — some AI features may need an AI-units entitlement.
AI-Assisted Prompt Insights — story widget sends a prompt + table/chart context to an LLM
SAC QRC2 2026 — redesigned Data Panel, asymmetric tables, new APIs
Rolled out mid-May 2026. The Story editor gets a redesigned Data Panel (replacing Available Objects), the new table experience finally supports asymmetric layouts, and SAC Planning picks up the onBeforeDataEntryProcess() event. Data Export & Import APIs close real automation gaps.
New Data Panel — unified story data setup (replaces Available Objects)
Asymmetric tables + per-member visibility filters
Drag-and-drop chart building
Planning: onBeforeDataEntryProcess() event to validate input
Data Export API + Delta Calculations in Job Monitor
Data Import API: fact data into private versions, master data into Datasphere dimensions
Data Analyzer hand-off to the SAC Excel add-in; new Blog Card on Home Screen
Compass, Just Ask & Joule — AI in SAP Analytics Cloud
SAC's AI keeps expanding: Compass for driver-based predictive scenarios, Just Ask for natural-language queries, Smart Insights for automatic anomaly detection, and Joule integrated into the experience.
Compass — driver-based simulation and forecasting (incl. AVG drivers)
Just Ask — natural-language questions on your models
Smart Insights — automatic anomaly and trend detection
Joule — SAP's generative AI assistant, integrated into SAC
SAC QRC1 2026 — Story Versioning, new charts, Snowflake live
Rolled out mid-February 2026. Less a single headline than a wave of practical upgrades: story versioning, two new chart types, live Snowflake for planning models, scheduled My Metrics reports, and a Fact Deletion step in Data Actions.
Story Versioning — save, review (read-only) and restore versions
New charts: Pareto (built-in 80/20) and Area, in the Optimized Design Experience
Snowflake live connection for planning-capable models
My Metrics — subscribe to a scheduled KPI report by email
Fact Deletion Step in Data Actions (delete / zero-out without scripting)
Compass: extended AVG driver support; new Admin Cards on Home Screen
SAP Analytics Cloud follows a Quarterly Release Cycle (QRC). Each wave touches Stories, Planning, Modeling, Connectivity and AI. FastTrack tenants opt in to a monthly cadence.
QRC1 2026 — rolled out mid-February 2026
QRC2 2026 — rolled out mid-May 2026
QRC3 2026 — rolled out mid-August 2026
QRC4 2026 — released 14 November 2026 (55 updates)