Sap BPC 10.1 PDF

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.
1, version for SAP NetWeaver

Product & Product Strategy Update
Detlef Wassmuth, SAP SE

October, 2016 LEVEL II Public
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Planning
Planning: Definition
Planning is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to
achieve a desired goal. ..... Also, planning has a specific process and is necessary for multiple
user groups (particularly in fields such as management, business, etc.). In each field there are
different types of plans that help companies achieve efficiency and effectiveness. An
important aspect of planning is the relationship it holds to forecasting. ..... Planning
combines forecasting with preparation of scenarios and how to react to
them. Planning is one of the most important project management and time
management techniques. .....
A plan is like a map. When following a plan, he can always see how much he have
progressed towards his project goal and how far he is from his destination.
Source: WIKIPEDIA
Background information
Planning: Complete Definition from WIKIPEDIA
Planning is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve a desired
goal. It involves the creation and maintenance of a plan, such as psychological aspects that require conceptual
skills. There are even a couple of tests to measure someone’s capability of planning well. As such, planning is a
fundamental property of intelligent behavior. Also, planning has a specific process and is necessary for
multiple occupations (particularly in fields such as management, business, etc.). In each field there are
different types of plans that help companies achieve efficiency and effectiveness. An important aspect of
planning is the relationship it holds to forecasting. Forecasting can be described as predicting what
the future will look like, whereas planning predicts what the future should look like for multiple scenarios.
Planning combines forecasting with preparation of scenarios and how to react to them.
Planning is one of the most important project management and time management
techniques. Planning is preparing a sequence of action steps to achieve some specific goal. If a person
does it effectively, he can reduce much the necessary time and effort of achieving the goal.
A plan is like a map. When following a plan, he can always see how much he have progressed towards
his project goal and how far he is from his destination.
Source: WIKIPEDIA
Current situation: Stand alone planning solutions - EXAMPLE

Stand alone planning solutions - EXAMPLE

Differentiation of Planning Applications - EXAMPLE
Integrated Planning Applications Spreadsheet Planning

• Common planning platform • Stand-alone planning solution
• re-use of information • Decoupled information from other

• Common security concept applications
• Integration with ERP systems – bring • Adjustments are time consuming
information to action • Most reachable flexibility
• Freedom for end user
Overall planning concept and deep IT
involvement are mandatory. IT involvement on demand
Flexibility vs Integration
“Freedom“ for end users
Integration
Tool coverage
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation covers a wide range of
capabilities, allowing freedom for end users
alongside possibility of high degree of
integration
Spreadsheets ERP
BW Integrated Planning
BPC Standard
BPC Embedded
© SAP 2009 / SAP NetWeaver
Goal: Integration of Planning Applications - EXAMPLE
Benefits from the
underlying platform
approach
Planning Functions:
Executed in BW,
Freedom for end powered by SAP HANA
user
Actuals from
previous period
Common
masterdata
Application
specific master
data

Goal: Combination of integration and freedom for end user

Evolution of SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation and BW-
IP/PAK
History of Business Planning and Consolidation and BW-IP/PAK

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.1, version
for SAP NetWeaver, powered by SAP HANA
Product name, License and Model
Product Name: SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.1, version for SAP NetWeaver
License: SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.1, version for SAP NetWeaver
License contains: BPC Standard Model (formerly known as “BPC XY NetWeaver, BPC HANA”)
BPC Embedded Model: convergence of the most important capabilities of “BPC XY

NetWeaver” and BW-IP
Planning Application Kit (PAK): Planning functions of the BW-IP or Embedded Model
will be executed by SAP HANA
* Planning Functions of type: Standard and FOX Formulas

Planning as part of
SAP Business Warehouse
Planning as part of SAP Business Warehouse
Finanance data
Sales data
Market data
Customer Data
HCM data
Supply Data
BW based planning: BW Integrated Planning
The planning model
Query
ALVL
Example:
Multi Provider
DSO
RealTime Cube Cube

How In-Memory Technology Helps
Planning and Analysis
How In-Memory Technology Helps Planning
and Analysis
The problem
Due to ever increasing data volumes, financial teams have limited time for
analysis
Performance implications due to data volume size and/or complex
planning calculations limit the ability to plan at very granular levels/run
complex scenarios and allocations
How in-memory solves the problem

Drive rapid consensus by quickly simulating “what-if?” scenarios with
multiple versions of plans and large volumes of data
Enable planning and forecasting applications based on real time
operational data combined with analytics
Gain immediate access to relevant information and react faster based on
real time information
Make the impossible possible – ask questions you were afraid to ask due
to technical constraints in getting the answers

The Need for Speed and Challenge of Big Data
Accelerating the “speed of intelligence,” as Ms. Hughes

puts it, is the finance function’s fundamental challenge
“The benefit of being able to push data quickly is if you

get the right data and the right collection of data to the
decision maker more rapidly, you’re going to speed up
decisions that change that outcome…”
— Hazel Hughes, SVP of finance and business

control for the Education Group at Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt, in “Accelerating the Speed of
Intelligence for Fast and Flexible Forecasting.”
(CFO Research Services, 2011).
Source: CFO Research Services, 2011

Getting Others Engaged
“The new devices that are coming on the market,

like the tablets and iPhones, will enable us to build
a system in the future that will more easily take
advantage of the input from every employee.”
— Anders Pehrsson, Vice President and Group Controller, Atlas Copco
“This should not be only the finance department;

people sometimes believe that budgets or rolling
forecasts are only done by finance. It should be
done by [all] the people involved.”
— Troy Parwata, Finance Director of Tigaraksa Satria

Source: CFO Research Services, 2011

How Does BW–IP / PAK running on HANA
Planning as part of BW on HANA – Smarter, simpler, more efficient
ABAP Code in BW and BW-IP is reduced by pushing down

SAP HANA BW
processing logic to HANA
Data Modeling
Excellent query performance for improved decision making
Orchestration
BW-IP/PAK Accelerated In-Memory planning capabilities for faster planning scenarios

Process
Performance boost for Data Load processes for decreased data latency
OLAP
Flexible combine EDW with HANA-native data for real-time insights and
Data decision making
Management
Data persistency layers are cut off and reduced administration efforts
Push Down
HANA Stack
In-Memory Planning - Simple Disaggregation Example
User changes
a plan value
Traditional Approach HANA-Based Approach
1. Determine the delta à +50 1. Determine the delta à +50
2. Disaggregate (in application server) 2. Send 1 value to HANA database

per week (52) + instruction to disaggregate and how
per branch (500)
Ø 26000 combinations / values 3. Disaggregate (in HANA engine)
per week (52)
3. Send 26000 values to DB to save per branch (500)
Ø create + save 26000 values
In-Memory Planning
In-Memory Planning
The Technological Change
Classic Database In-Memory Database
User Interface Presentation

Presentation Presentation
Layer
• Authorization
Orchestration Orchestration • Locking
Application
• Hierarchies
Layer
• Input Enablement
Calculation
Calculation
• Planning Functions
Database • MultiProvider Handling
Layer Data
xDB
Data • Conversions
• Aggregation

In-Memory Planning Architecture
Planning Applications Kit (PAK)
Application Layer: SAP BW Planning Model
(RSAPLAN or RSA1)
Runtime API Model API
OLAP Integration Planning Function
Plan Buffer PAK

(Planning Applications
Buffer Connector Function Connector Kit)
Database Layer:
Planning Session Planning Operation
SAP HANA
Calculation Scenario
Index

SAP BPC10.1, version for SAP NetWeaver,
powered by SAP HANA
SAP BPC 10.1, version for SAP NetWeaver, powered by SAP HANA
One unified and complete planning suite addressing the full spectrum
of planning SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation,
version for SAP NetWeaver 10.1,
Performance, scalability, integration, and usability: powered by SAP HANA
Support for SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version Design Studio Analysis Office 2.x
for SAP NetWeaver, and planning applications kit models
Best-in-class flexibility and integration with InfoObjects used with SAP SAP NetWeaver (server)
NetWeaver BW
Powered by SAP HANA for maximum planning performance and
scalability Standard Embedded
Model Model
Single planning solution on SAP NetWeaver BW powered by

SAP HANA:
Use of EPM add-in for Microsoft Office Excel or Analysis Office and SAP NetWeaver BW 7.4
Design Studio client across both models
Single HTML5 Web user interface SAP HANA
Enriched mobile experience with EPM Unwired and HTML5

SAP BPC 10.1, version for SAP NetWeaver, powered by SAP HANA
Planning Models and their relationship
Embedded Model
BW-IP/PAK Planning Model BPC Standard (/CPMB/-namespace)
UI5 Admin UI5 Admin

Analysis Office 2.1 Design Studio EPM Excel EPM Web
Client Client
Analysis Office 2.1
Query
Aggregation
Level
BPC Embedded BPC Standard

Environment Environment
Multicube
BPC Embedded BPC Standard
Planning Model Planning Model
The planning model refers to a

Realtime-Cube BPC cube as a copy of the BW cube
Realtime-Cube Basic-Cube

LOB spaces extend the EDW

Embedded Model for GLOBAL planning applications (EXAMPLE)
Analysis Office
Design Studio
Consumption model (IT)
EPM Web client Presentation
Calculations
BW query Layout
Aggr. level
Data model (IT)
Provider / facts
Multi-provider
Dimensions
Authorizations
provider provider

Embedded Model for GLOBAL planning applications with LOCAL
extensions (EXAMPLE)
Analysis Office
Design Studio
Consumption model (IT)
EPM Web client Presentation
Calculations
BW query Layout
Data Model Extension (Business)

Data Model Extension
Local Provider / Facts
Local Dimensions & local authorizations
Model
Process model (Business)
Process Flows
Environment
Work Status
Aggr. level
Data model (IT)
Provider / facts
Multi-provider
Dimensions
Authorizations
provider provider

BW 7.4 on HANA – Planning
LOB enablement
Combine the best of three worlds in
SAP
BW-IP/PAK
one unique planning solution
(HANA, BPC, BW-IP)
EDW-integration
Built-in functions
SAP Combines the
BPC NW SAP HANA …successful Analysis Office 2.1 (incl. EPM plug-in
In Memory and AO plug-in)
User experience
Collaboration Accelaration …flexible BPC admin UI
Data Flexibility …powerful BW-IP/PAK planning manager
…super fast HANA planning engine
Selected features
• Full PAK model compatibility
SAP BPC 10.1 • Business process flows (BPF)
Embedded
• Work status
Model
• Data auditing
• Easy upload scenario
• Authorization concept for business user
Architecture
SAP BPC 10.1 NW
Architecture overview - Add-On installed
Analysis Office 2.1
Standard Model Embedded Model Design Studio Web Admin Client
Connector Connector
BPC Add-on: Standard Model Embedded Model

BPC Standard Planning Components BPC Embedded Planning Components
• Business Process Flow • Business Process Flow
• Auditing • Auditing
• Work Status • Work Status
• User Management • User Management
• ….. • …..
Extended Classic Engine BW-IP

BPC HANA Accelerator PAK
Any
Models BPC Planning Components Planning Engine
DB
HANA
SAP BPC 10.1 NW
Architecture overview – Add-On NOT installed
Analysis Office 2.1
Embedded Model Design Studio Web Admin Client
Connector
Embedded Model
BPC Embedded Planning Components
• Business Process Flow
• Auditing
• Work Status
• User Management
• …..
BW-IP
PAK
Models Planning Engine

HANA
BI and Planning Clients in Microsoft Office
Convergence Strategy
April 2016
Client Convergence in MS Office
Unified MS Office Client

Coexistence of Analysis and EPM sheets
Analysis
Superset of Analysis and EPM Add-In features (with
Office
some limitations) Analysis Office
Common Installer, single license (Add-In)
Protected investments: Re-use existing content
Analysis EPM
Separate ribbon tabs Plug-In Plug-In
Gradual convergence: e.g. common refresh EPM
Go-to Product for both Analysis and EPM customers Add-In
Terminology
Analysis Office (Add-In) à Product including the
former products Analysis Office and EPM Add-In
Analysis Plug-In à Analysis as part of Analysis Office
EPM Plug-In à EPM as part of Analysis Office

Overall Office Client Strategy for BPC
• The EPM plug-in and the Analysis plug-in are part of the so-called convergence client Analysis
for Office 2.1+.
• The EPM plug-in will remain the Office client for the BPC standard model. We will continuously
improve it for this usage type.
• The Analysis plug-in is the recommended go-to client for the BPC embedded model. We will
continuously enhance its functionality to also cover the EPM plug-in use cases as well as
possible (see the latest roadmap on slide 9 for details).
• The EPM plug-in will continue working on the embedded model, however there won’t be
functional enhancements (see slide 7 and 8 for the list of known limitations). Due to these
limitations customers should use the EPM add-in on the embedded model only in exceptional
cases. New projects should use the Analysis plug-in from the beginning.

Which Plug-In should I use within Analysis Office 2.1+?
BPC 10.0 & 10.1 Standard

SAP HANA and BPC 10.1
Source Model model, EPM 10.0
SAP BW (>= 7.0) Embedded model (as of
solutions and MDX
BW 7.40)
connectivity
EPM
Analysis (existing limitations will
Plug-In Analysis EPM
(recommended) stay, no functional
enhancements planned)

Analysis Plug-in on BPC Embedded
Analysis Plug-in is recommended client for BPC Embedded

§ Full BW meta data support, performance-optimized
§ Full pivot table handling
§ Full planning support: new lines, planning functions/sequences
§ Support of work status and business process flow
§ Will be enhanced to cover EPM report scenarios (see roadmap on slide 9 for details)
Major differences compared to EPM Plug-In

§ Formatting
§ EPM uses formatting sheet, Analysis uses Excel styles for specific artefacts (hierarchy levels, input-ready cells etc.)
§ Analysis uses conditional formatting for color-coding of threshold values
§ Direct Input/Member recognition
§ Other approach for report design (e.g. design panel, context menu, filter dialog)
§ Offline Planning
§ Offline planning in Analysis plug-in is only possible via a workaround (see How-To paper)

EPM Plug-in on BPC Embedded – Gaps (1/2)
The following list presents the key limitations of EPM plug-in on top of BPC embedded model which will not be
removed (due to architectural reasons). Only use EPM Plug-In on BPC embedded if you can accept these
limitations in your project.
General Limitations
§ Performance limitations apply (e.g. opening workbooks, value help)
Following BW Features are not supported

§ Exceptions, Conditions, Variants, Report-Report-Interface, Universal Display Hierarchy, ad-hoc currency conversion at
runtime, hierarchical measures
§ Reporting on query views, InfoProvider, aggregation levels (only queries are supported in EPM)
§ Limitations for new line support in planning
§ Formatting limitations (e.g. date as measure, internal/external format)
§ Some BW query settings are not honored (e.g. display totals with only one member, do not display leaves for inner nodes )
§ Default values from query definition are not synchronized with EPM filters
§ Possible issues with variable re-prompting (losing navigation state)

EPM Plug-in on BPC Embedded – Gaps (2/2)
BPC Embedded Gaps compared to BPC standard with focus on frontend

§ EVDRE (BPC standard only)
§ Data Manager (BPC standard only), but replaced by Planning sequences and functions
§ Insert comments (only DataStore Object comments approach available (text key figure) for inline comments
in EPM reports).
§ Insert member - same experience as for BPC standard, but linked to BEx query settings: by default, it only
retrieves booked values. Using “insert new line” switches to “all values in master data table”
§ Calculate Parent in Hierarchy (based on Account Type property)
§ Drill-through not available
§ EPM formulas like EPMDocument, EPMDocumentList, EPMCellContextDocument, etc... - BPC Web in
embedded model not supporting them.
§ Publish to Library is not supported
§ Metadata and master data cache is only available for queries without variables

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office
Product road map overview – Focus: Analysis covering EPM Features
Today Planned Innovations Future Direction
Planning support (BW-Integrated Planning Asymmetric reporting Heterogeneous Structures

and BPC embedded model) • UX to define restrictions in Excel cells rather than • E.g. for different time granularities in rolling
• BPC Work Status one-by-one in separate dialog forecast
• Tuple Filter: Include or Exclude of specific tuples
• BPC Business Process Flow Comments
(as opposed to Cartesian product of dimensions)
• New comment framework in BW
Modeling capabilities for Business Users Axis Sharing
• Combine local and corporate data (via BW Formula Handling
• Define master and slave queries with common
Workspaces) • Performance-optimized get/set data formulas
navigation and filter status
• Calculated Measures (BW&HANA), restricted
measures (BW&HANA) Grouping
• GetData and SaveData formulas • Group based on sorted attributes
Table Design • Group as hierarchy on-the-fly
• Local members as Excel formulas Continuous Improvement
• Support of sheet protection
Releases <= 2.3 Planned for Q4 2016

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

Converged Office Client
Details
Scenario
Use both add-ins in the
same workbook
Use common installer and
same lifecycle management
Features
Sheet type
Quick ribbon
Dynamic task pane
Refresh all

Web Client Strategy
Planning in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
Support BW Integrated Planning and Planning Application Kit BPC Embedded Model in BW 7.40
Input-ready measures Support of Embedded Model (entering
Adding new lines planning data within Design Studio
application and saving data back into
Planning functions and planning BW)
sequences (including scripting API) Support of generated InfoProvider
Cell Locking function (technical: BW workspaces) for reporting
Copy&paste multi lines from Excel into web via Spreadsheet (as of and planning
Release 1.6)
Spreadsheet
§ New component as of Release 1.6

§ Display multi-dimensional data in a grid
with analytic functions.
§ Support copy & paste multi lines from
excel into web for planning scenarios
§ Support context menu *
§ Can only be used with the Blue Crystal
Theme
§ Not allow any interaction on mobile
device
*For other feature limitations of Release 1.6SP0, please refer to

note http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2245363

Planning Template
Filter and Variable prompts Spreadsheet View Application Info

Crosstab View
Drag & Drop between components

Roadmap
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for
SAP NetWeaver – standard and embedded model
Scope Key benefits
Digital transformation • Support for next-generation SAP BW/4HANA

• Support for SAP BW/4HANA • Improved dashboard capability through integration with SAP BusinessObjects
• Dashboard Lumira and SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
• Integration with predictive analytics • More accurate planning with user-friendly predictive capabilities using the
predictive analysis library in SAP HANA
UX simplification and personalization • Continuous improvement of user experience with SAP Fiori UX
• Transformed user experience • Fresh new home page design allowing personalization and quick access to
• New home page frequent used features
• UX improvement on business process flow runtime • Optimized “My activities” user experience to better suit business need
Consolidation • Further improvement on consolidation performance by pushing consolidation

• Push consolidation engine to SAP HANA calculation logic to SAP HANA DB
• Push control logic to SAP HANA • Enhancement control capability and performance by reusing SAP HANA rules
• Advancement consolidation monitor framework
• Advanced journal • Flexible consolidation monitor including tasks, work status, controls, and
calculations
• COI and IPI/IPA
• Multiple journal templates, advanced journal settings and validation, journal
•
upload
Collaboration
• Consolidation of investment, intercompany profit elimination of inventory/asset
• Business process flow integration with Excel client
• Dedicated business process flow pane in Excel client to improve efficiency for
business user
Planned innovations

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for
SAP NetWeaver – embedded model
Scope Key benefits
Line-of-business flexibility • Business user enabled to create planning functions/sequences with simplified
• Model planning function in Web client user experience
• Planning function with business process flow and Web reporting • Powerful planning capability enabled in Web client
• Navigation attribute support
• Support for SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Office workbook from • Full support for navigation attribute in business process flow and data access
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise profile
• Better integration with business intelligence (BI) platform, support SAP
Collaboration BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Office workbook from SAP
• Advanced comment BusinessObjects Enterprise in business process flows
UX simplification and personalization • Full commentary capabilities, enhancing complex planning processes
• Query-less reporting
• Enable business user to create ad-hoc reports(input forms) without IT
Consolidation involvement
• Real-time consolidation
• Matrix consolidation • Continuous improvement for consolidation with SAP S/4HANA
• Various enhancements • Matrix consolidation capability provided by introducing U.S. elimination rule
• Better compounding support, flexible hierarchy support in business rule,
transport
• Multiple journal templates, advanced journal settings and validation, journal
upload
Planned innovations

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver
Product road map overview - key themes and capabilities
Embedded Model Digital transformation
• Embedded Consolidation • Support for SAP BW/4HANA
• Modelling • Dashboard
• Business rules (no Equity Pick Up and US Elimination) • Integration with predictive analytics
• Ownership Manager (no ownership calculation)
UX simplification and personalization
• Consolidation Monitor
• Transformed user experience
• JournalEnd-2-end LOB-modeling
• New home page
• Control
• UX improvement on business process flow runtime
• Incremental Consolidation
• Parallelization Consolidation Consolidation
• BPF integration • Push consolidation engine to SAP HANA
• Push control logic to SAP HANA
• InfoProvider extension • Advancement consolidation monitor
• End-2-end LOB-Modelling • Advanced journal
• COI and IPI/IPA
BPC 10.1 on NW 7.50 •
Collaboration
- Planning on aDSO objects – direct update
• Business process flow integration with Excel client
Q2 2016
NEW with SAP BPC 10.1 SP09 / SAP BW 7.4 SP14 –
Embedded Model
Embedded Consolidation
• Modelling
• Business rules (no Equity Pick Up and US Elimination)
• Ownership Manager (no ownership calculation)
• Consolidation Monitor
• JournalEnd-2-end LOB-modeling
Local Dimensions, Local Hierarchies
Integration Workspace Query Designer
Lab preview: Local Dimension; Local Hierarchies
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7.5 SP1 Local Query Designer: Planning enabled key figure
Transaction: RSWQD starts UI5 Application: local Query with restricted and calculated key figures, Filters
BPC Add-On as part of SAP BW

7.5 software component
For BPC Standard model no
additional Add-On installation
mandatory
BW Workspace Query Designer

planning enabled

SAP BW Integrated Planning / PAK Improvements
New with SAP BW 7.5 SP0
Improved FOX Formula handling

Enable InfoObjects as reference data
Use DataStore Objects which are not planning enabled as
reference data
Explicite reference data selection
New concept of modularization by defining FORM statements *
Advanced DataStore Objects planning enabled**

Contrary to the cube to an InfoProvider
– No “yellow” request
– No Navigational attributes are present at aDSO level
– Flexibility: Enhanced InfoObject Support
BPC Add-On as part of SAP BW 7.5 software component

For BPC Standard model no additional Add-On installation
mandatory
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Integrated Planning Solutions
SAP Business Warehouse (Installation Options)
SAP
S/4 HANA
User Interfaces (BI, Mobile) User Interfaces (BI, Mobile)
Suite on HANA
BW BW
Client 002
SAP BW
Client 001
Query Query
SAP BW
(1) (2)
Virtual Virtual
Access Access
Extractor Extractor
SAP HANA / any DB SAP HANA / any DB
Stand-Alone BW Embedded BW
Why use Integrated Business Planning for finance vs standard SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver?
Real Time Planning

• Embedded within the SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA where
the Simple Finance Add-on for Suite on HANA is being utilized.
• Delivered content including covering multiple ERP based SAP Business Suite
planning scenarios HTML5 Mobile SAP BI
Web UI Client
4.X*
• Allows Companies using traditional financial planning within
ERP to rapidly implement whilst protecting their existing Integrated Business Planning
investment. for finance
• Supports direct real time access to ERP Master data and the FI- SAP Accounting powered by
CO document tables. HANA
• Sweet Spot for IBP is ERP financials driven opportunities
(Simple Finance) where the customer will have a
significant portion of the data upon which they perform
planning within the underlying Simple Finance (SAP ERP SAP HANA
on HANA) system.

Integrated Business Planning for finance
Real Time Planning across the enterprise
What is Integrated Business Planning for finance

Enables financial planning capabilities provided by SAP BPC to
be seamlessly integrated in SAP ERP user interfaces and
workflows, effectively replacing the current financial
planning capabilities in SAP ERP
Data replication between solutions no longer required
Plans developed in SAP BPC will be accessible in SAP ERP for
variance analysis
SAP BPC will be able to access real-time master data and
actuals maintained in SAP ERP
Now possible with Integrated Business Planning for finance to
not only enter and report on planed data but to model and
calculate the required plan values all in a single application.
Supports integrated Business planning across the various
finance functions such that planning within one area
automatically updates corresponding planned values within
other areas (eliminates silos)
Built upon the BPC Embedded Model

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation
10.1 SP6
Agenda
Change Distribution (break-back) method on web report

Short comment on web report
Excel Client : Continuous Improvement for Embedded Model

Agenda


How to view/change distribution method
1. Select a cell on which you

want to view/change the
existing disaggregation
method
2. Click Planning menu and
Disaggregation sub-menu

For one structural report (key figure only)
3.Click ok, the change applies to the

entire column.
Then you can change the data in

any cell in the column, and it will
break back according to new
3 distribution method.

For two structural reports (key figure + structure)
3.Click ok, the change applies to the

entire column.
Notice, we don’t support changing

disaggregation method on the
3 combination of key figure and
structure level, but always on column
(key figure) level.

Agenda


How to use short comment
Comment columns
• Enable short comment from
BW and Query Designer
• Open the input-ready query
• Change the comment text
• Transfer data
• Submit data

How to enable short comment
• Create comment characteristic
• Create DataStore Object, add comment characteristic as data field and

set it as Key Figure
• Add DSO to Multiprovider, and transfer the comment characteristic to

Key Figures of Multiprovider
• Transfer the comment characteristic from Multiprovider Key Figures to

Aggregation Level Key Figures
• Adjust Query
• Use comment in BPC reporting client
Read through the how-to guide here: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-59001

Limitations
• Up to 250 characters
• Comment is writable in input forms, but read-only in web reports
• No comment history
• No prompt (value help) for Characteristic with Master Data
• Comment on totals overwrites comments of the children

(Disaggregation Copy)

Comment on totals
Enabled in Query Designer by Disaggregation

ON/OFF.

When you add comment to totals
Before you add comment to totals, each 1
child has its own comment.
After you add comment to totals, the

comment overwrites the comments of all
children due to the disaggregation method 2
“Copy”.

Agenda


EPM Add in : Continuous Improvement for Embedded Model
Insert New Lines
Details – 1 –
Scenario
Allow the end user to add new combination of members
(unposted) in a report and plan on it.
Feature
Insert member menu: using context menu, from the
header of a row
Select Insert new line check box
Use Member selector & select a new member for each
nested dimension from the row

Insert New Lines
Details – 2 –
Scenario
As result, new members are part of the report whith
entered values
The user can plan data, simulate, save it
Feature
A new row is added in at the bottom of the report.
Dynamic formatting is applied as „inputable cells“ by
default.
Transfer action will replace the member in the report
following his code/ hierarchy positioning

Planning Functions Improvements
Details – 3 –
Scenario
Allow the end user to use existing filters as parameters for
planning functions
Features
Planning Object tab
Select Planning function and filters
Please note current limitation:

However, if the BW filter contains variables, the user will not be able to set them in the EPM
add in (default values should be used instead).
But if the planning function contains variable, is still supported on the tab variable as before.
The user is able to select to the aggregation level mode for each dimension instead of the
filter if he want more flexibility.
Note that when the BW filter is selected the dimension member cannot be changed and
greyed out as it’s linked to the filter definition.

10.1 SP7
Customer specific Web UI extensions
Customer can add new

pages in Administration UI,
and can add entrance in the
navigation tree view of
Administration UI.
We recommend customer to
develop the web page with
JavaScript based on UI5
library
Also security should be
considered so that only
authorized user can access
the customized page

10.1 SP8
Create local hierarchy for global dimension
New option to create local hierarchy when click ‘Add’ or

‘Copy’ button in global dimension
When copy local hierarchy from global hierarchy which is
time dependent, user must specify a key date if it’s time
dependent hierarchy structure or specify a time range if
entire hierarchy time dependent.
When copy local hierarchy from global hierarchy which is
version dependent, user must specify a version as well.
External dimension node will be copied as text node

Create local hierarchy for Local Dimension
Creation of local hierarchy

on local dimension is same
as on global dimension.
Local master data can
used when maintain local
hierarchy structure.
Both global hierarchy and
local hierarchy created on
global dimension( from
which local dimension is
created) are visible in local
dimension.

Create local hierarchy
Use local hierarchy

Local hierarchy can be as same as global hierarchy as below
Work status and BPF
BEx Query definition
Reporting and Planning with Excel Plug-in( AO and EPM ) and BPC web client
Limitations
Local hierarchy does not support external dimension.
Local hierarchy does not support time or version dependent.
Local hierarchy does not support interval nodes.

10.1 as part of SAP BW 7.50
SAP BPC 10.1 SP7 / BW 7.50 SP0
Architecture overview
Analysis Office 2.x
Standard Model Embedded Model Design Studio Web Admin Client
Connector Connector
Standard Model Embedded Model

BPC Embedded
BPC Standard Planning Components BPC Embedded Planning Components
Model & Standard
Model as part of the • Business Process Flow • Business Process Flow
• Auditing • Auditing
BW 7.50 SP0 • Work Status • Work Status
deployment • User Management • User Management
• ….. • …..
Extended Classic Engine BW-IP

BPC HANA Accelerator PAK
Any
Models BPC Planning Components Planning Engine
DB
HANA
SAP BW 7.40 vs SAP BW 7.50
Client Client
BPC 10.1 ADD-ON
SAP Business Warehouse 7.40 Business Warehouse 7.50
Embedded Model Embedded Model
BPC Embedded Planning BPC

Components Embedded Model Standard
Upgrade Model
BW-IP BW-IP
PAK PAK
SAP HANA SAP HANA

7.5 SP1 Local Query Designer: Planning enabled key figure
Transaction: RSWQD starts UI5 Application: local Query with restricted and calculated key figures, Filters
BPC Add-On as part of SAP BW

7.5 software component
For BPC Standard model no
additional Add-On installation
mandatory
BW Workspace Query Designer

planning enabled

SAP BW Integrated Planning / PAK Improvements
New with SAP BW 7.5 SP0
Improved FOX Formula handling

Enable InfoObjects as reference data
Use DataStore Objects which are not planning enabled as
reference data
Explicite reference data selection
New concept of modularization by defining FORM statements *
Advanced DataStore Objects planning enabled**

Contrary to the cube to an InfoProvider
– No “yellow” request
– No Navigational attributes are present at aDSO level
– Flexibility: Enhanced InfoObject Support
BPC Add-On as part of SAP BW 7.5 software component

For BPC Standard model no additional Add-On installation
mandatory
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10.1 SP9
Customer
Real-Time Consolidation
Key Concepts & Roadmap
S/4 HANA Finance
Central Finance

Real-Time Consolidation for SAP S/4 HANA Finance
SAP BPC NW 10.1 optimized for S/4 HANA
SAP Accounting SAP Cash Management Integrated Planning Real-Time Consolidations

(Planned)
New capabilities and enhanced integration for
ERP and BPC but able to function wholly
Available today Available today Available today independent
S/4 HANA Finance
SAP HANA Platform
Aligned Agile Predictive

Single Source of Real time Dynamic
Truth processes Planning and
Analysis
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Towards Real Time Consolidation – Key Objectives
Minimise / Eliminate data replication
Reduced Time to close (consolidation cycle time)
Support Real time Soft Close and Analysis
Optimise Performance and Scalability
Support Validation and Preparation at Source
Additional functional capabilities based on

customer input
Supports deep integration with core S4 HANA

Finance but able to function wholly stand-alone
Maintain Unification of Planning and

Consolidations
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Real-Time consolidation – Phases
Future
Phase 1 Phase 2
Phases
• BPC Consolidation on the • BPC Consolidation on the • Minimize time to close

embedded model embedded model – • Optimize performance
• Reduce TCO (single enhancements and scalability
environment) • Eliminate / minimize data • Address requests by
• Maintain unification of replication customers using other
planning and • Support validation at SAP consolidation
consolidations source solutions

Customer
SAP BPC NW 10.1

Roadmap
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP
NetWeaver
Scope Key Benefits
Real-time consolidation With consolidation on SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation embedded, customers can perform financial
consolidation on real-time actual data from SAP S/4HANA without
data replication
End-to-end line-of business (LoB) modeling Enables business users to easily define and execute their own
planning scenario with reduced IT involvement
Enhanced journal Improved journal posting usability with new multiple journal templates
and journal validations
Advanced consolidation monitor Customers can improve efficiency by defining consolidation-related
tasks in the consolidation monitor
Advanced incremental consolidation Enhanced record-based incremental consolidation to reduce
consolidation time
Continuous UX improvements Refined UX for better usability and performance on SAP
BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation HTML5 Web client
Advanced comment Full commentary capabilities, enhancing complex planning processes
Integration with predictive analytics More accurate planning with user-friendly predictive capabilities using
the predictive analysis library in SAP HANA
Integration with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Able to easily build and deploy mobile-enabled analytical applications,
and SAP Lumira software leverage existing investments
Continuous office client convergence Converged office client providing harmonized UX for both SAP
BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation standard and embedded
Integration between SAP BusinessObjects Planning Seamless data integration to SAP Disclosure Management
and Consolidation and SAP Disclosure Management
Planned innovations
SAP BPC NW 10.1 – Consolidation on Embedded Model
Standard Model Embedded Model (First Release) Embedded Model (future SPs)
Consolidation Monitor Enhanced Consolidation Monitor Ownership
Ownership Ownership Ownership Calculation
Ownership Manager Ownership Manager Control
Ownership Calculation Ownership Calculation Control Monitor
Control Control Control Report
Control Monitor Control Monitor Business Rules
Control Report Control Report US Elimination
Journal Journal Equity Pick Up
Business Rules Business Rules Parallelization Consolidation
Elimination and Adjustment Elimination and Adjustment
Currency Conversion Currency Conversion Capability to consume S/4HANA data without
Balance Carry Forward Balance Carry Forward data replication
IC Data & IC Matching IC Data & IC Matching (both transaction data and master data)
Account Transformation Account Transformation
US Elimination Us Elimination In-memory calculation logic within HANA
Equity Pick Up Equity Pick Up
Incremental Consolidation Incremental Consolidation
Parallelization Consolidation Parallelization Consolidation

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.1, version for SAP
NetWeaver
SAP Cloud 4 Analytics
Positioning
Introduction: Please Read
• This presentation is intended to provide guidance in the positioning of SAP Cloud for Planning (C4P) and
SAP BPC.
• SAP Cloud for Planning is NOT a legal successor to any existing SAP planning solution. We continue to
invest in and actively market the current SAP BPC applications, in particular SAP BPC NW.
• Specific BPC Use Cases do exist, which SAP Cloud for Planning is not designed to support and therefore
should not be positioned. If cloud desired then position recommended solution on the HANA Enterprise
Cloud.
• Please also refer to the FAQ which is located on the EPM Jam site at
https://jam4.sapjam.com/wiki/show/fbq0PYH0ygab7BVb9QYtQp for additional information.

Introduction: Please Read
Use cases not supported by Planning Recommended Solution

Applications as part of SAP Cloud for
Analytics
“Unified” Planning and Consolidations or Consolidation SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation:
only scenarios. Consolidations
Customer specific development of functionality beyond SAP BPC NW.
standard capabilities required
Real time integrated planning for SAP BPC for S/4 SAP BPC for S/4 HANA Finance add on for Suite on
HANA Finance *. (Integrated Business Planning for HANA (SAP Accounting and Integrated Business
finance) Planning Components).
Note: IBP requires a BPC NW License.
Migration of existing BW-IP customers to HANA SAP BPC NW (Embedded Model)
wishing to protect their existing investment in BW-IP
Building of applications requiring deep integration with
SAP BW and/or Business Suite
*SAP BPC for S/4 HANA Finance (aka Simple Finance, IBPF,…)
Sweet spots for SAP Cloud for Planning
Customers looking to deploy a SaaS

(public cloud) application for planning:
• Greenfield opportunities with no SAP deployment

• Complementary to an existing BPC deployment (Hybrid
scenario)
• Currently using BPC Microsoft but wishing to leverage the
benefits of HANA and the Cloud without the need to
acquire SAP NetWeaver and/or BW knowledge.
Sweet spots for SAP BPC NetWeaver for Planning
Where customer is not looking for a Public SaaS

based solution.
Customer requires deep integration into SAP

Business Suite.
Added Value in Hybrid Scenario
Thank you
Contact information:
Planning: Consolidation:
Detlef Wassmuth Holger Handel
Product Management, SAP SE Product Management, SAP SE
detlef.wassmuth@sap.com holger.handel@sap.com
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SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.

1, version for SAP NetWeaver

Detlef Wassmuth, SAP SE

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Integrated Planning Applications Spreadsheet Planning

• re-use of information • Decoupled information from other

“Freedom“ for end users

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BPC Embedded Model: convergence of the most important capabilities of “BPC XY

* Planning Functions of type: Standard and FOX Formulas

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RealTime Cube Cube

How in-memory solves the problem

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Accelerating the “speed of intelligence,” as Ms. Hughes

“The benefit of being able to push data quickly is if you

— Hazel Hughes, SVP of finance and business

Source: CFO Research Services, 2011

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“The new devices that are coming on the market,

— Anders Pehrsson, Vice President and Group Controller, Atlas Copco

“This should not be only the finance department;

— Troy Parwata, Finance Director of Tigaraksa Satria

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ABAP Code in BW and BW-IP is reduced by pushing down

BW-IP/PAK  Accelerated In-Memory planning capabilities for faster planning scenarios

Traditional Approach HANA-Based Approach

1. Determine the delta à +50 1. Determine the delta à +50

2. Disaggregate (in application server) 2. Send 1 value to HANA database

Classic Database In-Memory Database

User Interface Presentation

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Runtime API Model API

OLAP Integration Planning Function

Plan Buffer PAK

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Single planning solution on SAP NetWeaver BW powered by

 Enriched mobile experience with EPM Unwired and HTML5

UI5 Admin UI5 Admin

BPC Embedded BPC Standard

The planning model refers to a

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Data Model Extension (Business)

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SAP Business Warehouse

BPC Add-on: Standard Model Embedded Model

Extended Classic Engine BW-IP

SAP Business Warehouse

Models Planning Engine

Unified MS Office Client

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BPC 10.0 & 10.1 Standard

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Analysis Plug-in is recommended client for BPC Embedded

Major differences compared to EPM Plug-In

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BW-IP/PAK Accelerated In-Memory planning capabilities for faster planning scenarios

Enriched mobile experience with EPM Unwired and HTML5

Change Distribution (break-back) method on web report

Change Distribution (break-back) method on web report

Change Distribution (break-back) method on web report

Change Distribution (break-back) method on web report