SAP Sports One and Artifical Intelligence 02/2024
(Newsletter: 02/2024)
This newsletter is all about data and how to best leverage this information in SAP Sports One to make your live more easy. With the February release SAP Sports One takes you to the next level - the AI-Level. Artificial Intelligence is going to change our world and it will also change how we interact with software technologies. Just read the full article and see what's new:
1. AI-Scout
The AI-Scout is a prototype development as an enhancement to #SAPSportsOne. The AI-Scout creates summaries from several existing scouting-reports to answer user-specific questions (e.g. 'Compare Player X with Player Y in relation to their defensive skills'...) in a single document. It will increase the efficiency of your daily work as many tasks will be efficiently automated by artificial intelligence. It is planned to make the AI-Scout an integral part of SAP Sports One in 2024. Read the full article here.
2. Display advanced player match statistics
We are continously working on integrating additional 3rd party providers in SAP Sports One. In the last newsletter we already demonstrated how to acivate the IMPECT interface. Now it is possible to customize your own view of match event data by selecting the data-sources from multiple data-providers (e.g. IMPECT , HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG , Sportec Solutions AG , and others will follow). You can customize filters for each group so that you filter different KPI's for Strikers vs. Defenders or change the filter for KPI's related to playing with / against the ball. It's a simple setting in the match-section in Sports One called "Avanced Player Statistics".
The SAC model CORE_DFL_EVENTS_CV has been enriched with X/Y coordinates. You now can create shotcharts, heatmaps etc. for teams and players in SAC for enhanced visual analysis.
3. Visualize Player Market Values in SAP Analytics Cloud
In scouting you are always looking in addition to performance and event KPI's of players also to development of the marketvalue of a player. Gool GmbH is a provider for performance based market values for professional soccer-players. A subset and basic player marketvalues are now partly available in the datafeed. Just visualize the player marketvalues in SAP Analytics Cloud by using the model core_market_values_cv. For more details please get in contact with gool or send me a personal message.
4. Updates in SAP Scout One and Scouting
The SAP Scout One App has received several enhancements. Did you know that you can now access attachements in scouting-requests? It's easy for you to open your match-ticket in SAP Scout One as it gets linked to the scouting-request and is accessable on the go when you enter the stadium. 🎫
We also received very positive feedback for the shortlist presentation mode on iPhone. Now watch your top players with all their information like match-stats and characteristics on your phone.
You also can define a legend for the color-coding in your shortlists which makes it easier and simpler to get an understanding of the color-semantics when several scouts work with the same shortlist.
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5. Player-Loan Report in SAP Analytics Cloud
Many clubs have players under contract which are loan to other clubs. Of course it is necessary to follow the performance of those players in the recruitment department. The more players who are on loan the more effort is generated to follow thos players. With the best practice 'Loan Player Report' in SAC you can now easily follow the performance of your players depending on KPI's in relation to their playing-position for the last game and the overall performance. So you will never miss again a relevant situaiton. If you are interested to receive this SAC Template story just send me a personal note.
6. Additional New Features that didn't make it in the newsletter
In the latest release we also provided new features and improvements in the modules for player-fitness, injury-management, event notifications and many other things. Just have a look at the What's New on the SAP Help Portal.
7. Event Feedback and Upcoming Events
At the SPOBIS GmbH Business Conference we had the pleasure to launch the AI-Scout in a panel discussion with delegates from RASTA Vechta , FC St. Pauli von 1910 e.V. , Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln . Thank you again for your contribution and support. With our partner MHP – A Porsche Company we shared a booth at the conference and had many interesting contacts.
Right after this conference we participated also at the FUSSBALL KONGRESS in Wien to also follow the sports business in Austria.
You will meet us again at the Cross-Border Innovation Conference Darwins Circle 14.03.24/15.03.24 in Bregenz in a panel discussion on enhancing player performance. Find details here.
Looking forward to share more insights in the next newsletter. If you have a topic-request for one of the next newsletters - please leave a comment.
Yours, Achim ⚽️👨🏻💻