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ENERCON modernizes HR reporting with SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud
Innovative technology is part of ENERCON’s DNA. The wind energy pioneer delivers it to customers and uses it internally, too. Working with valantic, ENERCON migrated its HR reporting to SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud. The solution and the collaboration proved so successful that ENERCON has already entrusted valantic with a follow-up project.
Our project for ENERCON at a glance
The challenge
Disparate systems and data, along with some manual process steps, made HR reporting at ENERCON time-consuming and difficult to navigate. It offered limited analytical depth and visualization, and other departments could not use it in a GDPR-compliant way. An integrated SAP-based solution was needed.
Our approach
valantic implemented SAP Datasphere as the central enterprise data warehouse, built reporting layers for SAP Analytics Cloud, ensured that KPIs matched between old and new reports, established a data-protection-compliant architecture, and prepared the integration of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central—all with virtually no disruption to ongoing operations.
Customer benefits
ENERCON now has a modern HR analytics platform with a scalable architecture, interactive dashboards, and self-service capabilities. The solution supports detailed analyses and visualizations as well as data-driven HR decisions. Role-based access rights and anonymized data models protect personal data.
Irmgard Gschrey
Head of HR Data Analytics at ENERCON
”Our migration was a complete success. Working with valantic was exceptionally collaborative and efficient. At every stage, we could rely on dependable, responsible teamwork that made efficient use of resources, so our day-to-day business continued with almost no disruption. That is why we look forward to our next projects with valantic.“
Our customer: ENERCON
>40
years of experience with wind turbines and wind energy projects
>68
gigawatts of installed onshore wind power capacity
≈13000
specialized employees worldwide
ENERCON is one of the world’s leading suppliers of onshore wind turbines, with a total installed capacity of more than 68 gigawatts.
A pioneer in its industry, the company has supported customers with renewable energy projects since 1984. ENERCON combines innovative turbine technology with planning, installation, maintenance, control, and operational optimization.
An extensive service network, high quality standards, and decades of experience help customers generate returns throughout the life cycle of their turbines.
ENERCON employs around 13,000 people worldwide at its headquarters in Aurich, Lower Saxony, at a major manufacturing facility in Magdeburg, and at production, sales, and service locations.
As a German mechanical engineering company, ENERCON also stands for industrial expertise, regional value creation, and skilled jobs at its sites and throughout the supply chain.
The challenge
Complex HR analytics, limited capabilities
Whether they inform strategic workforce planning or day-to-day decisions, HR data and detailed analysis are critical to ENERCON’s success.
When its HR reporting based on SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) and SAP Analysis for Office (AfO) could no longer meet growing requirements for data protection, flexibility, and visualization, ENERCON decided to modernize it. The company chose valantic, a specialist in SAP Analytics, as its project partner.
ENERCON’s HR Data Analytics team supports numerous levels of the organization, from executive management to the works council, with a wide range of specific reports—for example, on full-time equivalents, sick leave absence, employee turnover, payroll lists, and work anniversaries.
In the existing system, this had become increasingly labor-intensive: Reports were stored in isolated AfO workbooks, some processes relied on manual Excel-based steps, and there was no anonymized data foundation for GDPR-compliant use across the company.
Visualization and analysis capabilities were also limited.
An integrated, scalable SAP-based solution was needed to take HR reporting to the next level.
ENERCON’s five key project goals
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Migrate HR reporting to a modern, integrated architecture
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Ensure a one-to-one match between KPIs in old and new HR reports
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Increase transparency and analytical depth with drilldowns, interactive dashboards, and departmental self-service
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Enable GDPR-compliant, role-based use of HR data by authorized areas of the company
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Build expertise and train key users
For the valantic team, this meant harmonizing existing HR reporting and moving it to a modern architecture designed for the future.
ENERCON’s heterogeneous master data, complex multi-level hierarchies, and specific reporting requirements presented particular challenges that the new system had to address.
As ENERCON was planning a move to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central for HR, the reporting solution also had to be prepared to integrate this human capital management system as a new data source.
The solution
SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud working together
After analyzing the existing setup and preparing the project, valantic implemented the new solution in around six months.
SAP Datasphere now serves as ENERCON’s central enterprise data warehouse instead of SAP BW.
The technical architecture follows a structured data flow: from the inbound layer through harmonization and mapping to the reporting layer.
SAP Analytics Cloud is the core system for operational reporting, providing interactive dashboards with drilldown and self-service capabilities.
The project team used anonymized data models and differentiated access rights to make reporting GDPR-compliant.
Because ENERCON wanted to continue using its existing reports, valantic ensured a one-to-one match between the old and new KPIs.
To simplify the switch to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central as a data source, valantic established a mapping layer in SAP Datasphere.
Intensive knowledge transfer and hands-on training in the system enabled key users to work confidently and efficiently with their new reporting solution.
Christopher Güttler
SAP Consultant at valantic, responsible for project management
”ENERCON set out clear requirements, and we delivered on them. The result is a platform that enables comprehensive HR analyses while meeting applicable data protection requirements and can be evolved easily. Just as important as the migration was empowering employees in the department to understand and use the solution intuitively.“
The benefits for ENERCON
Integrated, scalable HR reporting platform designed for the future
Faster, better-informed decisions with interactive dashboards and self-service capabilities
GDPR-compliant, role-based use of personal data through anonymization and access controls
Greater transparency, more adaptable data models, and higher data quality
Groundwork laid for integrating SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central as a data source
Efficient migration with minimal use of resources and little disruption to operations
Results and next steps
Integrating SAP SuccessFactors
With SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud, ENERCON now has a modern HR reporting platform designed for the future. It supports GDPR-compliant reporting and helps the company make data-driven business decisions more quickly and effectively.
Key users benefit from self-service, detailed analyses and visualizations, more adaptable data models, higher data quality, and greater transparency.
The scalable architecture can grow with the company: Future developments in its analytics landscape, such as a move toward SAP Business Data Cloud, can be implemented without extensive effort.
Anonymization and differentiated access controls support the compliant use of data by authorized areas of the company.
valantic carried out the migration efficiently and with minimal use of resources, so day-to-day operations were barely affected. As a result, ENERCON is already continuing its collaboration with valantic on a follow-up project: connecting SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to SAP Datasphere and gradually replacing the existing SAP BW data pipelines. The valantic team had already laid valuable groundwork for this.
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