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In this sample chapter, you’ll learn how to use the out-of-the-box
SAP BPC reports that come preloaded with your installation so that
you can analyze both system administration and business processes.
“System Reports”
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The Authors
Onur Bekmezci
Business Planning and Consolidation with
SAP: Business User Guide
608 Pages, 2017, $79.95
ISBN 978-1-4932-1373-3
www.sap-press.com/4100
This chapter covers the ready-to-use reports that come preloaded with
Chapter 7
your SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation installation. These

standard reports perform necessary technical analyses for system admin-
istration and business analyses for business processes.
7 System Reports
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC) delivers preconfig-

ured system reports to perform an analysis of business processes and system
administration. These ready-to-use and formatted reports are provided in the SAP
BPC system as a standard function.
This chapter describes the various types of system reports used for technical sys-
tem monitoring as well as reporting requirements. You’ll find detailed informa-
tion about reports related to business process flow (BPF), security, auditing, com-
ments, and work status from a technical or business perspective.
The chapter starts with an overview of system reports in Section 7.1. Section 7.2
describes the BPF-related reports: BPF operation, BPF instance, and BPF activity.
In this section, you’ll learn how to use these reports to monitor the ongoing BPFs
and analyze the past BPFs. Section 7.3 explains the security-related reports: users
report, teams report, task profiles report, and data access profiles. After reading
this section, you’ll be able to analyze the users and teams in the system with their
task profiles and data access profile details. In Section 7.4, audit-related reports
are addressed. In this section, you’ll learn the details of the data changes report
and the administration activity report. Finally, in Section 7.5, we explain other
reports that don’t correspond to the previous categories, focusing on the com-
ments report, the work status report, and the performance statistics report, which
can be accessed from SAP GUI interface.
7.1 Accessing the System Reports

A complete list of system reports provided in SAP BPC and their usage areas
according to environment type are indicated in Table 7.1.
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7 System Reports Business Process Flow-Related Reports 7.2
Report Category Report Name Restrictions by Environment Type System reports are ready to use after the SAP BPC installation. You can start using
Business process Operation report Standard reports immediately by clicking the report title that you want to access in the Sys-
flow tem Reports tab. You can execute the reports and analyze the results by setting
Instance report Standard and embedded
the parameters on the selection screen according to criteria that you want to ana-
Activity report Standard and embedded
lyze. If necessary, you can print the results of the analysis, or you can export them
Security Users report Standard to use outside SAP BPC.
Teams report Standard
In the next sections, all system reports are explained in detail, starting with the
Task profiles report Standard
BPF-related reports, which can be used to analyze the BPF templates, instances,
Data access profiles report Standard and activities.
Audit Data changes report Standard and embedded
Administration activity report Standard
Other Comments report Standard 7.2 Business Process Flow-Related Reports
Work status report Standard and embedded
By accessing to BPF-related reports, you can analyze the details of BPF scenarios
Table 7.1 Restrictions for System Reports by Environment Type with their current status and details of the transactions made through the BPF.
This report also provides analysis possibilities, not only for ongoing (active) BPFs
You can access the system reports by clicking the System Reports tab (see Figure but also finished BPFs.
7.1 and Figure 7.2 for standard and embedded systems, respectively).
Following are the three BPF-related system reports:
왘 BPF operation report (standard only)

왘 BPF instance report
왘 BPF activity report
Authorization
To execute the BPF system reports, depending on the version, the user must have the
following authorizations:
Figure 7.1 System Reports in Standard Environments 왘 SAP BPC, version for the Microsoft platform: Manage Processes task
왘 Standard SAP BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver: Run BPF Reports task
왘 Embedded SAP BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver: S_RS_COMP authorization object
(SAP Business Explorer [SAP BEx] components—query)
The following subsection explains the BPF operation report which is used to ana-
lyze the detailed steps of a process.
Figure 7.2 System Reports in Embedded Environments
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7.2.1 Operation Report (Standard) Similarly, you can filter the version of process templates by selecting the Draft,
The BPF operation report provides a detailed analysis of processes executed Obsolete, and Deployed checkboxes in the Template Versions section.
through the BPF on the basis of operations. You can access the operation report The Display Report button in Figure 7.4 becomes enabled after you select the
by clicking the Operation link under BPF in the System Reports tab, as shown in version of the process template in the Template Versions section, as shown in
Figure 7.3. Figure 7.5.
Figure 7.3 Accessing the BPF Operation Report in Standard Environments
The selection screen of the report is shown in Figure 7.4. As shown in our exam-
ple, in the Template Versions section, the system shows the template versions
for the selected process template OPEX Planning.
Figure 7.5 Executing the BPF Operation Report
You can filter the process templates through Valid and Invalid selection options
in the Templates section. If the Start Time radio button is selected instead of the Anytime radio button,
which is selected by default on the selection screen, the Start Time and End Time
areas become enabled. The Time Zone parameter comes automatically into the
report from the user parameters. If you prefer to use a different time zone, you
can change it by clicking on your user name and selecting Preferences. For the
details to change the user preferences, refer to Chapter 1, Section 1.4.1.
It’s possible to perform the report at three different audit levels. You can access
the operation details of process templates, process instances, or activities by
selecting the Template, Instance, or Activity options in the Audit Level field in
Figure 7.5.
If you select the Instance option in the Audit Level field, the system opens a sec-
tion to select the process instance, as shown in Figure 7.6.
Figure 7.4 BPF Operation Report Selection Screen
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You can filter the activities by selecting the Open, Delayed, Rejected, Submitted,
Reopen, Pending, and Completed checkboxes in the Instances section.
The data in the report can also be filtered through the Action field via a drop-
down list. The selectable actions in the Action field change according to the
selected Audit Level on the selection screen. If the Audit Level option is left as
All, all actions are reported without any filtering.
The selectable list of actions according to the Audit Level option listed in Table 7.2.
Audit Level List of Actions

Template All, Validate, Copy, Create Template, Modify, Set Lock, Activate, Create
Figure 7.6 BPF Operation Report at the Process Instance Level Template Version
Instance Add Owner, Delete Owner, Activate, Suspended, Reset Instance, Reset
As shown in Figure 7.6, in the Instances section, the system shows the process Step, Finalize, Generate, Auto: Wait to Be Finalized
instances for the selected process template OPEX Planning and process template Activity Accept, Reject, Reopen, Add Owner, Delete Owner, Add Reviewer, Delete
version OPEX Planning (Created By: BPC-001, Created at: 22.07.2016 Reviewer, Complete, Auto: Submitted, Auto: Completed, Auto: Rejected,
03:10:05). Auto: Accepted, Auto: Open, Auto: Pending, Auto: Reopen, Auto: Delay
You can filter the process instances by selecting the Running, Waiting Finaliza- Table 7.2 List of Actions by Audit Level in the BPF Operation Report
tion, Suspended, and Finalized checkboxes in the Instances section.
If you select the Activity option in the Audit Level field, the system opens a sec- A sample result screen is shown in Figure 7.8.
tion again to select the activity, as shown in Figure 7.7. Here, in the Activities
section, the system shows the activities for the selected process template OPEX
Planning and process template version OPEX Planning (Created By: BPC-001,
Created at: 22.07.2016 03:10:05) and process instance 2017.
Figure 7.8 Sample Result Screen for the BPF Operation Report
The following describes the columns shown in Figure 7.8:
왘 Operation Name
The description of the transaction that was performed. The content of the data
in this column changes according to the Audit Level field, which is selected on
the selection screen.
왘 Template ID
Figure 7.7 BPF Operation Report at the Process Activities Level The technical name of the process template that performed the transaction.
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왘 Template Name 왘 By clicking the button (shown in the left corner of the table in Figure 7.8),
The description of the process template that performed the transaction. you can select all the lines. If you click this button again, it removes all selected
왘 Instance ID lines.
The technical name of the process instance that performed the transaction. If 왘 By clicking the button on the result screen (shown in the left corner of the
the Audit Level field was selected as Template, no data are reported in this col- table in Figure 7.8), you can select the columns that you want to display in the
umn. report. After clicking this button, the columns in the report are displayed for
왘 Instance Name your selection (see Figure 7.9).
The description of the process instance that performed the transaction. If the
Audit Level field was selected as Template, no data are reported in this col-
umn.
왘 Activity ID
The technical name of the activity that performed the transaction. If the Audit
Level field was selected as Template, no data are reported in this column.
왘 Activity Name
The description of the activity that performed the transaction. If the Audit
Level field was selected as Template, no data are reported in this column.
왘 Operator Figure 7.9 Column Selection in System Reports
The name of the user who performed the transaction.
왘 If you think that there is an update on the data after you execute the report, you
왘 Audit Date
can refresh the data on the report by clicking the Refresh button.
The date on which the transaction was performed.
왘 It’s possible to export the data outside SAP in comma-separated values (CSV)
왘 Remark
format by clicking the Export to File or Export button.
The additional explanation texts about the detail of the transaction. For exam-
ple, to express the operation Copy, this column may contain the text Copy from 왘 You can add filters for the data in the columns by entering the filter condition
template ‘OPEX Planning’. This column may not contain any text if there is no into the Filter field, which appears when clicking on the column headers, and
explanation text has been recorded by the system for the reported operation. pressing (Enter). A sample filtering condition is shown in Figure 7.10.
Common Features for All System Reports

The following additional functions are available for all system reports taken from
the Web Client:
왘 By clicking the Display Report button, you can execute the report according to Figure 7.10 Filtering Data in System Reports
parameters in the selection screen.
As shown in Figure 7.10, the data in the Operation Name column are filtered
왘 By clicking the Edit Criteria button, you can execute a new report by changing
with the filtering condition that contains the text Complete.
the selection parameters on the selection screen again.
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왘 Again, as shown in Figure 7.10, you can also sort the data in the columns by
clicking the Sort Ascending or Sort Descending buttons, which appear when
clicking on the column headers.
왘 By clicking the Reset Criteria button, you can reset the changed values of the
selection screen to the initial values when the report was opened.
왘 By clicking the Back to Result button, you can go back to the latest report
result screen without updating the report data again according to the newly
changed selection options on the selection screen.
왘 By clicking the Print button, you can get a view in the appropriate format for Figure 7.12 Switching between System Reports
print. After that, you need to use the print commands available on your web
browser. A sample view is shown in Figure 7.11. In the following subsection, the BPF instance report, which can be used to ana-
lyze the current status of a process instance, is addressed.
7.2.2 Instance Report

The BPF instance (process instance) report provides an overview analysis about
the status of process instances for both active and archived instances. You can
access the instance report by clicking the Instance link under BPF in the System
Reports tab, as shown in Figure 7.13 and Figure 7.14 for standard and embedded
environments, respectively.
Figure 7.11 Sample Print Format of System Reports
After you execute a system report, you can directly switch to another system
Figure 7.13 Accessing the BPF Instance Report in Standard Environments
report without going to the System Reports tab again by clicking the Open Other
System Reports button and selecting the report that you want to switch to, as
shown in Figure 7.12.
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The Display Report button on the selection screen becomes enabled after you
select the version of the process template in the Template Versions section.
A sample result screen is shown in Figure 7.16.
Figure 7.14 Accessing the BPF Instance Report in Embedded Environments
The selection screen of the report is shown in Figure 7.15.

Figure 7.16 Sample Result Screen for the BPF Instance Report
왘 Template Name
The description of the process template.
왘 Instance Name
The description of the process instance.
왘 Completed
The number of completed activities in the process instance.
왘 In Progress
The number of ongoing activities in the process instance.
왘 Pending
The number of pending activities, which haven’t yet started due to prerequi-
Figure 7.15 Selection Screen of the BPF Instance Report sites, in the process instance.
왘 Number of Step
As shown in Figure 7.15, in the Template Versions section, the system shows the The number of all activities in the process instance.
template versions of the selected process template Sales Planning. 왘 Completion
You can filter the active or archived instances with the Active Instance and The completion rate of the process instance. The rate is calculated with the fol-
Archived Instance options on the selection screen, and you can filter the process lowing formula:
templates through the Valid and Invalid selection options in the Templates sec- Percent Completion Rate = The number of completed activities in the process
tion. Similarly, you can filter the version of process templates by selecting the instance / The number of all activities in the process instance × 100
Draft, Obsolete, and Deployed checkboxes in the Template Versions section.
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For general usage information in this report, such as switching between reports, template version Sales Planning (Created By: BPC-001, Created at: 06.10.2016
filtering, sorting, printing, and so on, refer to the “Common Features for All Sys- 13:49:04), and process instance 2017.
tem Reports” subsection under Section 7.2.1.
The next subsection explains the BPF activity report, which provides the details of
activity steps of a process.
7.2.3 Activity Report

The BPF activity report provides a detailed analysis of the status of BPF activities.
You can access the report by clicking the Activity link under BPF in the System
Reports tab, as shown in Figure 7.17 and Figure 7.18 for standard and embedded
environments, respectively. Figure 7.19 Selection Screen of the BPF Activity Report
You can filter the process templates through Valid and Invalid selection options
in the Templates section. Similarly, you can filter the version of process tem-
plates by selecting the Draft, Obsolete, and Deployed checkboxes in the Tem-
plate Versions section. You also can filter the process instances by selecting the
Running, Waiting Finalization, Suspended, and Finalized checkboxes in the
Instances section.
The Display Report button on the selection screen becomes enabled after you
select the process instance in the Instances section.
Figure 7.17 Accessing the BPF Activity Report in Standard Environments
Figure 7.18 Accessing the BPF Activity Report in Embedded Environments
As shown in Figure 7.19, in the Instances section of the selection screen, the sys-
tem shows the instances for the selected process template Sales Planning, process
Figure 7.20 Sample Result Screen for the BPF Activity Report
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7 System Reports Security-Related Reports (Standard) 7.3
The following describes the columns shown in Figure 7.20: The following section explains the security-related reports, which can be used to
access the list of the users and teams in the environment with their authorization
왘 Step Name
details.
The name of the activity.
왘 Region
The data region (dimension members) of the activity.
7.3 Security-Related Reports (Standard)
왘 Status
The current status of the activity. The security-related reports provide a detailed analysis of the users and teams in
왘 Assigned Performers the system with their authorization details. Note that the following four reports
The users or teams that are assigned (planned) as activity performers. for security are available only for standard SAP BPC systems:
왘 Assigned Reviewers 왘 Users report
The users or teams that are assigned (planned) as activity reviewers.
왘 Teams report
왘 Actual Performer
왘 Task profiles report
The user who performed the activity.
왘 Data access profiles report
왘 Actual Reviewer
The user who reviewed the activity.
Authorization
왘 Deadline for Performer
To execute the security-related reports, depending on the version, the user must have
The due date set for the completion of the activity of the persons responsible
the following authorizations. Otherwise, the user can only see his own security data in
for performing the activities. the report and can’t see any data for the other users.
왘 Deadline for Reviewer 왘 SAP BPC, version for the Microsoft platform: Run Security Reports task
The due date set for the completion of the activity of the persons responsible 왘 Standard SAP BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver: Run Security Reports task
for reviewing the activities. 왘 Embedded SAP BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver: Not available
왘 Comment
The information on whether or not there is a comment entered by the activity The following subsection describes the user report that provides a list of users
performer or reviewer in the activity. If there are any comments on the with authorization details.
reported activities, you can display the comments by clicking them.
Problems in BPF Instance or BPF Activity Reports 7.3.1 Users Report

If you’re using SAP BPC 10.1, version for SAP NetWeaver, with an embedded environ- The users report provides an analysis of the list of users in the environment with
ment type and if the BPF instance report or BPF activity report doesn’t produce any the assigned teams, task profiles, and data access profiles details. You can access
result, check SAP Note 1992553, System Reports for BPF Instance or Activity Has No the report by clicking the Users link under Security in the System Reports tab, as
Result. shown in Figure 7.21.
For general usage information in this report, such as switching between reports,
filtering, sorting, printing, and so on, refer to the “Common Features for All Sys-
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왘 User
The technical ID of the user.
왘 Full Name
Last and first name of the user. If the user’s first name and last name haven’t been
entered in the user master data, the system displays the user ID in this column.
왘 E-mail
The user’s email address.
Figure 7.21 Accessing the Users Report
왘 Teams
This report doesn’t have any selection screen; it directly reads all active user data. The teams assigned to the user.
왘 Task Profile
The task profiles assigned to the user. A task profile is an authorization object
group which determines the activities that the user can perform. A task profiles
assigned to the user according to employee’s role. For example, a task profile
may contain authorization objects such as Manage Models, Manage Dimen-
sions, Edit Reports, Use BPFs, etc.
왘 Data Access Profile
The data access profiles assigned to the user. A data access profile is an authori-
zation object that checks whether the user has authorization to read or write
the data (data entry) while accessing the data for the dimensions and members
in a model. This object is associated with the user by assigning to users or
teams. In versions prior to the SAP BPC 10.x, the term member access profile was
used instead of data access profile to identify this concept.
After you execute the report, you can access the security details of a user by click-
ing on the user IDs in the User column (see Figure 7.23).
Figure 7.22 Sample Result Screen for the Users Report

Figure 7.23 Team Details of a Selected User
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As shown in Figure 7.23, which is opened after clicking on a user, you can access As shown in Figure 7.24, the task profiles of user BPC-001 are Reporter and
the user’s environment information, full name, and email address. BudgetPlanning. In this screen, you can also display the tasks that are contained
in the task profile.
By default, this screen is opened in the Teams tab in which you can display the
assigned teams. As shown in the Teams tab in Figure 7.23, in environment BPC_
TEST, the team of user BPC-001 is Purchasing.
You can also display the assigned task profiles and assigned data access profiles by
switching to the Task Profiles and Data Access Profiles tabs, as shown in Fig-
ure 7.24 and Figure 7.25.
Figure 7.25 Data Access Profile Details of a Selected User
As shown in Figure 7.25, the data access profiles of user BPC-001 are Europe-
DisplayData and EuropePlanning. In this screen, you can also display the access
conditions of the assigned data access profiles.
The next subsection explains the teams report, which can be used to access the list
of teams with authorization details.
7.3.2 Teams Report

The teams report provides an analysis of the list of teams in the environment with
Figure 7.24 Task Profile Details of a Selected User the assigned users, task profiles, and data access profiles details. You can access
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the report by clicking the Teams link under Security in the System Reports tab, A sample result screen is shown in Figure 7.27. Let’s take a look at these columns:
as shown in Figure 7.26.
왘 Team Name
The technical ID of the team.
왘 Description
The description of the team.
왘 Task Profile
The task profiles assigned to the team.
왘 Data Access Profiles
The data access profiles assigned to the team.
After you execute the report, you can access the security details of a team by click-
Figure 7.26 Accessing the Teams Report
ing on the team IDs in the Team Name column (see Figure 7.28).
Figure 7.28 User Details of a Selected Team
As shown in Figure 7.28, which is opened after clicking on a team, you can access
the environment the team is connected to and the description of the team.
By default, this screen is opened in the Users tab with which you can display the
Figure 7.27 Sample Result Screen for the Teams Report
assigned users. As shown in the Users tab in Figure 7.28, in environment BPC_
TEST, the users of team Accounting are BPC-004, BPC-005, BPC-006, and BPC-007.
This report doesn’t have any selection screen; it directly reads all active team data.
You can also display the assigned task profiles and assigned data access profiles by
switching to the Task Profiles and Data Access Profiles tabs, as shown in Fig-
ure 7.29 and Figure 7.30.
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Figure 7.30 Data Access Profile Details of a Selected Team
In the next subsection, the task profiles report, which provides a list of task pro-
files in the system, is explained.
7.3.3 Task Profiles Report

The task profiles report provides an analysis of the list of task profiles in the envi-
ronment with the assigned tasks, users, and teams details. You can access the
report by clicking the Task Profiles link under Security in the System Reports
tab, as shown in Figure 7.31.
Figure 7.29 Task Profile Details of a Selected Team
As shown in Figure 7.29, the task profiles of team Accounting are Reporter,
BPFManagement, and BudgetPlanning. In this screen, you can also display the
tasks that are contained in the task profile.
As shown in Figure 7.30, the data access profile of team Accounting is Europe-
Planning. In this screen, you can also display the access conditions of the
assigned data access profiles. Figure 7.31 Accessing the Task Profiles Report
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This report doesn’t have any selection screen; it directly reads the profile data for After you execute the report, you can access the security details of a task profile by
all active tasks. clicking on the task profile IDs in the Task Profile Name column (see Figure 7.33).
A sample result screen is shown in Figure 7.32, which includes the following four
columns of data:
왘 Task Profile Name 왘 Teams

The technical ID of the task profile. The teams assigned to the task profile.
왘 Tasks 왘 Users
The tasks assigned to the task profile. The users assigned to the task profile.
Figure 7.33 Task Profile Details of a Selected Task Profile
As shown in Figure 7.33, which is opened after clicking on a task profile, you can
access the environment information that the task profile is connected to and the
description of the task profile.
By default, this screen is opened in the Task Profiles tab in which you can dis-
play the assigned tasks. As shown in the Task Profiles tab in Figure 7.33, in envi-
ronment BPC_TEST, the tasks of task profile BPFManagement are Use BPFs,
Manage BPFs, and View BPFs Settings.
You can also display the assigned users and assigned teams by switching to the
Users and Teams tabs, as shown in Figure 7.34 and Figure 7.35.
Figure 7.32 Sample Result Screen for the Task Profiles Report Figure 7.34 User Details of a Selected Task Profile
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As shown in Figure 7.34, the users of task profile BPFManagement are BPC-004, This report doesn’t have any selection screen; it directly opens all active data
BPC-005, BPC-006, and BPC-007. access profile data.
Figure 7.35 Team Details of a Selected Task Profile
As shown in Figure 7.35, the team of task profile BPFManagement is Accounting.
Figure 7.37 Sample Result Screen for the Data Access Profile Report
The following subsection explains the data access profiles report, which can be The following describes the columns shown in Figure 7.37:
used to access the list of the data access profiles in the system.
왘 Data Access Profile
The technical ID of the data access profile.
7.3.4 Data Access Profiles Report
왘 Model
The data access profiles report provides an analysis of the list of data access pro- The models assigned to the data access profile.
files in the environment with the defined access restriction details. You can access
왘 Dimension
the report by clicking the Data Access Profiles link under Security in the Sys-
The dimensions that restrict the data access in the model.
tem Reports tab, as shown in Figure 7.36.
왘 Member
The dimension members that restrict the data access. The [ALL] value in Figure
7.37 represents all members in the dimension.
왘 Access
The details of the access right. The three types of access rights are as follows:
왘 No Access: For the assigned dimension members, the user can’t access the
existing data or add new data.
왘 Read Only: For the assigned dimension members, the user can access the exist-
ing data for display purposes but can’t change any data or add any new data.
Figure 7.36 Accessing the Data Access Profiles Report
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왘 Read and Write: For the assigned dimension members, the user can display 7.4.1 Data Changes Report
or change the existing data or add new data. The data changes report provides a detailed analysis of newly created data, changed
왘 Teams data, and deleted data with detailed transaction logs about the data change.
The teams assigned to the data access profile.
In standard environments, because transactional data are stored in models, the
왘 Users
data changes are reported at the model level. In embedded environments, because
The users assigned to the data access profile.
transactional data are stored in InfoProviders, the data changes are reported at the
For general usage information in this report, such as switching between reports, InfoProvider level.
As a prerequisite to executing the data changes report, data auditing must be
enabled for the model/InfoProvider that you need to monitor the data changes.
The following section explains the audit-related reports, which can be used to The system only tracks and records the data changes after this activation.
analyze the transactional data changes and changes of the configurations.
To enable the data auditing, click the Data Changes link under Audit in the
Administration tab, as shown in Figure 7.38 and Figure 7.39.
7.4 Audit-Related Reports
Audit reports provide detailed monitoring of the transactional data changes (e.g.,
data adding, deletion, changing, etc.) and the monitoring of configuration
changes (e.g., changing model, dimension creation, etc.) carried out by the users
in the system.
The following two types of reports are related to the audit:
왘 Data changes report

왘 Administration activity report (standard only)
Authorization
To execute the audit-related reports, depending on the version, the user must have the
Figure 7.38 Accessing the Data Auditing Configuration in Standard Environments
왘 SAP BPC, version for the Microsoft platform: Run Audit Reports task
왘 Standard SAP BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver: Run Audit Reports task In standard environments, in the data auditing configuration screen shown in
왘 Embedded SAP BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver: S_RS_COMP authorization object Figure 7.40, the data auditing activation status of a model is shown in the Audit
(SAP BEx components—query); note this is for the data changes report only; the
Trail column via the On and Off parameters. In our example, the Planning
administration activity report isn’t available in embedded environments)
model is active for Audit Trail, and the other models aren’t active.
The following subsection explains the changes report, which can be used to mon-
itor the transactional data changes in the system.
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As shown in Figure 7.41, you can enable or disable data auditing via the Yes and
No parameters for the members of the CATEGORY type dimension in rows and
also by the following Audited Tasks categories: EPM Add-in Input, Data Man-
ager Import, Data Manager Clear, Script Logic Execution, Web Report Input,
Journal Input, Business Rule Execution, Ownership, and FIM Import (SAP
Financial Information Management) tasks in columns.
You can identify the storing period of the data change logs by entering the Fre-
quency (days) parameter in the Data Audit Purge column in Figure 7.41.
Thanks to this feature, you can keep the data size of log tables under control. For
example, in Figure 7.41, this parameter has been configured as 30 days for the
Budget, Forecast, and Plan members. As a result of this, the data change logs
Figure 7.39 Accessing the Data Auditing Configuration in Embedded Environments older than 30 days are automatically deleted from the system.
Instead of making activation for the objects not required to be analyzed at the sys-
In standard environments, enabling or disabling data auditing can be controlled
tem, making activation only for the required objects would be a better choice.
on the basis of the Category dimension type members of the dimension. The
Otherwise, the data size of log tables will increase unnecessarily.
Enabled column in Figure 7.40 indicates which of the dimension members are
active. For example, in Figure 7.40, the Audit Trail is active for members Bud- For embedded environments, in the data auditing configuration screen, the data
get, Forecast, and Plan in the Category dimension. auditing activation status of a model is shown in the Status column (On and Off
parameters), as shown in Figure 7.42.
By clicking on the model, you can access its detailed screen, as shown in Figure 7.41.
Figure 7.40 Data Auditing Configuration Screen in Standard Environments

Figure 7.42 Data Auditing Configuration Screen in Embedded Environments
As shown in Figure 7.42, Model OPEX_PLANNING is active for the audit trail,
and the other models aren’t active.
In embedded environments, enabling or disabling data auditing is controlled

based on the InfoProviders. The Enabled column indicates which of the InfoPro-
viders are active. For example, in Figure 7.42, the audit trail is active for InfoPro-
vider ZBPC_IC01.
Figure 7.41 Enabling Data Auditing in Standard Environments
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By clicking on the model, you can access the detailed screen for the model, as
shown in Figure 7.43.
Figure 7.43 Enabling Data Auditing in Embedded Environments
As shown in Figure 7.43, data auditing can be configured with the On and Off
parameters of the InfoProviders in the model.
After enabling data auditing for the models you want to track, the system collects
the data change logs according to the configuration parameters. You can analyze
these logs by accessing the data changes report by clicking the Data Changes link Figure 7.45 Selection Screen of the Data Changes Report
under Audit in the System Reports tab, as shown in Figure 7.44.
You can select the members of the dimensions that you want to filter, or you can
select the All Members option in Figure 7.45, which is the default on the selec-
tion screen, to analyze all the values without adding any filters.
In the Date and Time section, if the Anytime radio button is selected instead of
the Start Time radio button, which is selected by default on the selection screen,
you can report all data without any time filter. The Time Zone parameter comes
automatically into the report from the user parameters. If you prefer to use a dif-
ferent time zone, you can change it by clicking on your user name and selecting
Preferences. For the details to change the user preferences, refer to Chapter 1,
Figure 7.44 Accessing the Data Changes Report Section 1.4.1.
As shown in Figure 7.45, in the Additional Criteria section, you can add addi-
tional filters as follows:
In standard environments, you can select the model to be analyzed on the selec-
왘 Data Modified by Task (standard only)
tion screen using the Model field. In embedded environments, the InfoPro-
This field is used in filtering the particular category (EPM Add-in Input, Data
vider field is visible instead of the Model field.
Manager Import, Data Manager Clear, Logic Script Execution, Web
The dimensions of the selected model/InfoProvider are listed dynamically on the Report Input, Journal Input, Business Rule Execution, Ownership, and FIM
selection screen. As shown in Figure 7.45, the dimensions listed in the Dimen- Import) to be analyzed in terms of data change. For example, if you select the
sion Members section are from the selected Planning model. EPM Add-in Input category, you can filter the data changes that have been
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made using the SAP Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) add-in. By 왘 Addlinfo1
selecting the All option, which is the default on the selection screen, you can The additional information that was recorded by the system when the data
report all data without providing any filters. change was performed.
왘 User (both) 왘 Addlinfo2
This field is used in filtering the users who performed the transaction to be ana- The second additional information that was recorded by the system when the
lyzed. You can select multiple users. By leaving it blank, you can report all data data change was performed.
without providing a filter.
왘 Time Written
왘 IP Address (standard only) The time stamp when the data change was performed.
This field is used in filtering the users who performed the transaction to be ana-
왘 Value
lyzed according to the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address when the user
The number, text, or parameter value expressing the data change.
accessed the system.
왘 Group Rows By (standard only) 왘 Dimension Members
This parameter is used to specify the view of analysis results in groups based on The dimension members at which data changes are made.
the selected field. You can group the results by users, machine names (com-
puter names), IP addresses, activities, or dimensions in the selected model. This
parameter is selected by default with the Activity option.
왘 Shows Rows By (standard only)
This parameter is used to specify the view of analysis results by selecting the ID
option to display the members with their technical IDs or the Description
option to display the members with their definitions of IDs according to the
login language.
왘 Machine Name (standard only)
This field is used in filtering the users who performed the transaction to be ana-
lyzed according to the user’s computer name when the user accessed the sys-
tem. By leaving it blank, you can report all data without providing a filter.
A sample result screen is shown in Figure 7.46, which includes the following
Figure 7.46 Sample Result Screen for the Data Changes Report
columns:
왘 User For general usage information in this report, such as switching between reports,
The user who has done the data input, changing, or deletion. filtering, sorting, printing, and so on, refer to the “Common Features for All Sys-
왘 IP Address tem Reports” subsection under Section 7.2.1.
The user’s IP address when the user accessed to the system. The following subsection addresses the administration activity report, which can
왘 Machine Name be used to monitor the configuration-related changes in the system.
The user’s computer name when the user accessed to the system.
왘 Activity
The category of the data change. For example, in Figure 7.46, the EPM Add-in
Input activity expresses that the data change has been done using the EPM add-in.
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7.4.2 Administration Activity Report (Standard) As shown in Figure 7.48, enabling or disabling of administration activity auditing
The administration activity report provides a detailed analysis of administrative can be configured with the On and Off parameters via four tasks:
(configuration-related) changes in the system at the environment or model level. 왘 Administration Activity
As a prerequisite to executing the administration activity report, you must enable Represents the changes related to system configuration, such as create, change,
administration activity auditing for the environment. The system only tracks and copy, or delete operations for the environment, model, dimension, user, team,
records the configuration-related changes after this activation. and so on.
왘 User Activity
To enable the administration activity auditing, click the Administration Activity
Represents the changes regarding work status and user activities to set data
link under Audit in the Administration tab, as shown in Figure 7.47.
locks.
왘 BPF Activity
Represents the changes concerning BPFs, such as create, change, copy, or delete
operations for process templates, process instances, and so on.
왘 User Activity in Business Rules Management
Represents the changes related to business rules configurations.
After enabling the administration activity auditing to track the administration

activity changes in these tasks, the system collects the administration activity
changes logs according to the configuration parameters. You can analyze these
logs via the administration activity report by clicking the Administration Activ-
ity link under Audit in the System Reports tab, as shown in Figure 7.49.
Figure 7.47 Accessing the Administration Activity Auditing Configuration
In the Administration activity auditing configuration screen, the activation sta-

tus of the Administration Activity auditing is expressed with the On and Off
parameters (see Figure 7.48).
Figure 7.49 Accessing the Administration Activity Report
Figure 7.48 Administration Activity Auditing Configuration Screen
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field, and by users who made the administration activity (e.g., “OBEKMEZCI”) in
the User field.
the Start Time radio button, which is selected by default, you can report all data
without any time filter. The Time Zone parameter comes automatically into the
report from the user parameters. If you prefer to use a different time zone, you
can change it by clicking on your user name and selecting Preferences. For the
Figure 7.50 Selection Screen of the Administration Activity Report
In the Task Selection section, by selecting the Task Area as Environment or

Model, you can identify the analysis level based on the environment or model.
By adding criteria in the Task Name field, you can filter the activities you need to
analyze. For instance, if you need to analyze only the changes made for the model,
you can select Update Model. Similarly, by the Task Group filter, you can filter
the task groupings using the options Admin, User, Process, and Business Rule.
The Admin selection filters the changes related to system configuration, the User
selection filters the changes regarding work status, the Process selection filters the Figure 7.51 Sample Result Screen for the Administration Activity Report
changes concerning BPFs, and the Business Rule selection filters the changes
related to business rules. By selecting the All option, which is the default on the The following describes the columns shown in Figure 7.51:
selection screen, you can report all data without providing any filters.
왘 Function Task
In the Task Type field, you can filter the changes based on the operations using The name of the administration activity that was performed.
the Add, Update, or Delete options. For example, you can filter the activities 왘 Time Stamp
among creating a new dimension, updating a dimension, or deleting a dimension. Date and time of the administration activity that was performed.
By selecting the All option, which is the default on the selection screen, you can
왘 App
report all data without providing a filter.
The name of the model in which the administration activity was performed.
In the Task Parameters section, you can filter the activities by modified object
왘 User ID
(e.g., “BPF”) in the Modified Object field, by technical ID of the logs (e.g.,
The name of the user who performed the administration activity.
“000C29115B8E1EE594800BBF1115BAA0”) in the Parameter Value field, by
task name (e.g., “user assignment”) in the Field Value field, by previous value 왘 Source
before the change (e.g., user name “BPC-001”) in the Pre-Task Value field, by The additional information about the modified object. For instance, the name
new value after the change (e.g., user name “BPC-005”) in the Post-Task Value of the user, field, model, dimension, and so on.
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7 System Reports Other System Reports 7.5
왘 IP Address In addition to these two reports, we’ll also look at the performance statistics
The user’s IP address when the user accessed the system. report, which provides a detailed analysis of performance analysis in SAP
왘 Machine Name NetWeaver systems. The performance statistics report isn’t classified as an SAP
The user’s computer name when the user accessed the system. BPC system report, but it’s also a useful ready-to-use report.
왘 Parameter In the next section, the comments report is explained, which can be used to
Corresponds to technical ID in terms of Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). access the list of comments that have been entered by the user during processes.
You can use this technical name in the Parameter Value field to filter the
known UUID directly.
7.5.1 Comments Report (Standard)
왘 Activity Kind
The group of the administration activity that was performed. This value can be The comments report provides a detailed analysis of the list of comments that
Admin, User, Process, or Business Rule. have been entered by users. In this report, it’s also possible to search across com-
ments with the text search or keyword search functionality.
왘 Activity Type
The type of the administration activity that was performed. This value can be
Authorization
Add, Update, or Delete.
To execute the comments reports, depending on the version, the user must have the
왘 Field
The name of the object affected by the administration activity that was per-
왘 SAP BPC, version for the Microsoft platform: Run Comment Reports task
formed.
왘 Standard SAP BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver: Run Comment Reports task
왘 Previous Value
왘 Embedded SAP BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver: Not available
The initial value of the object before the administration activity that was per-
formed. For newly created fields or objects, this value is blank.
You can access the report by clicking the Comments link under Other in the Sys-
왘 New Value
tem Reports tab, as shown in Figure 7.52.
The new value of the object after the administration activity was performed.
For deleted fields or objects, this value is blank.
In the following section, the comments report and work status report from SAP
BPC are addressed, along with the performance statistics report, which can be
used to analyze the performance logs of the system.
Figure 7.52 Accessing the Comments Report

7.5 Other System Reports
Most of the system reports are grouped as BPF-related, security-related, and The selection screen of the report is shown in Figure 7.53.
audit-related reports. Because the comments report and the work status report
aren’t related to these topics, these two reports are grouped as Other reports.
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You can add additional filters using the options in the Additional Criteria sec-
tion. With the Priority option, you can filter the comments based on the priority
level of the comment by selecting the None, Low, Medium, High, and Critical
priority levels. You can display the comments that don’t have any priority level
by selecting the None option. By selecting the All option, which is the default,
you can report all data without providing a filter.
In the User field, you can add filters based on the users who created the com-
ment. By leaving it blank, you can report all data without providing any filters.
In the Keyword field, you can type a text to filter the comments by searching in
the text that was entered while creating a comment. By leaving it blank, you can
report all data without any filters.
Figure 7.53 Selection Screen of the Comments Report
In the Model section, you can select the model using the Model field to filter the
comments (see Figure 7.53). The dimensions of the selected model are listed
dynamically on the selection screen. As shown in Figure 7.53, the Dimension Figure 7.54 Sample Result Screen for the Comments Report
Members section lists the dimensions of the selected model Planning.

You can select the members that you want to filter, or you can select the All
Members option in Figure 7.53, which is the default, to access the comments 왘 Comment
without adding any filters. The full text of the comment.
왘 Keyword
In the History section, you can select the Full History of Comments option to
The keyword of the comment.
report all versions in case any subsequent changes are made to a comment that
was created before. Alternatively, you can display only the active version using 왘 Priority
the Only the Most Recent Comments selection option. The priority of the comment. These values can be Low, Medium, High, or Crit-
ical according to the importance of the notice, and the value can be None for
the comments that don’t have any priority level.
the Start Time radio button, which is selected by default, you can report all data
without any time filters. The Time Zone parameter comes automatically into the 왘 Date
report from the user parameters. If you prefer to use a different time zone, you The date on which the comment was entered into the system.
can change it by clicking on your user name and selecting Preferences. For the 왘 Dimension Members
details to change the user preferences, refer to Chapter 1, Section 1.4.1. The member list of the dimensions where the comment was entered. You can
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change the member display settings according to your preferences by selecting

the ID, Description, or ID and Description options in the Dimension Member
Display field in Figure 7.54.
The following subsection discusses the work status report, which can be used to
monitor the work status changes for the data regions.
Figure 7.56 Accessing the Work Status Report in Embedded Environments
7.5.2 Work Status Report

The selection screen of the report is shown in Figure 7.57. You can select the
The work status report provides an analysis of the status changes of data (e.g.,
model to be analyzed on the selection screen using the Model field.
Locked, Submitted, Approved, etc.) according to the selection criteria.
The dimensions that are active for the selected model are listed dynamically on
Authorization the selection screen. As shown in Figure 7.57 the dimensions listed in the Dimen-
To execute the work status report, depending on the version, the user must have the sion Members section are the work status dimensions of the selected model Con-
following authorizations: solidation.
왘 SAP BPC, version for the Microsoft platform: Run Work Status Reports task
왘 Standard SAP BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver: Run Work Status Reports task
왘 Embedded SAP BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver: S_RS_COMP authorization object
(SAP BEx components—query)
You can access the report by selecting the Work Status link under Other in the
System Reports tab, as shown in Figure 7.55 (standard environments) and Figure
7.56 (embedded environments).
Figure 7.57 Selection Screen of the Work Status Report
You can select the dimension members that you want to filter, or you can select
the All Members option in Figure 7.57, which is the default, to analyze all the
values without adding any filters.
Figure 7.55 Accessing the Work Status Report in Standard Environments
the Start Time radio button, which is the default, you can report all data without
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any time filters. The Time Zone parameter comes automatically into the report The following subsection describes the list of detailed runtime logs for the perfor-
from the user parameters. If you prefer to use a different time zone, you can mance analysis.
change it by clicking on your user name and selecting Preferences. For the
7.5.3 Performance Statistics Report (Standard)
In the Additional Criteria section, you can make additional selections by filter- The performance statistics report provides a detailed analysis of runtime using
ing the users who changed the work status by selecting the User field. By leaving the logs that have been recorded by the system while performing transactions in
it blank, you can report all data without providing any filters. SAP BPC. Note that this report is only available for standard environments in SAP
A sample result screen is shown in Figure 7.58. BPC, version for SAP NetWeaver.
You can access the statistical performance report through the SAP GUI, unlike the
other system reports accessed through the Web Client interface.
As a prerequisite, the following configuration steps must be performed to activate

performance statistics reporting:
1. Log in to SAP NetWeaver system through the SAP GUI.

2. Run Transaction SPRO.
3. Go to the model parameters Customizing screen by following the menu path,
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide 폷 Planning and Consolidation 폷
Configuration Parameters 폷 Set Model Parameters, as shown in Figure 7.59.
Figure 7.58 Sample Result Screen for the Work Status Report
왘 Status
The status when the work status was changed.
왘 User
The user who changed the work status.
왘 Date and Time
Date and time when the work status was changed.
왘 Category/Entity/Time (or another dimension)
The members of the dimensions for which the work status is active.
Figure 7.59 Accessing the Model Parameters Customizing
filtering, sorting, printing, and so on, refer to the “Common Features for All Sys- 4. Select the environment and model for which you want to activate the perfor-
tem Reports” subsection under Section 7.2.1. mance statistics in the Environment and Model ID fields (see Figure 7.60).
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7. Click the icon or press the (F8) key, and click the icon or press the
(Ctrl)+(S) keys to save the Customizing.
Enabling the Performance Statistics
After completing the analysis of the report, deactivating the configuration parameter
Figure 7.60 Model Parameters Customizing again is important to prevent the production of unnecessary logs in the database. If sta-
tistics are always active, log tables in the system may reach huge volume sizes. In such
5. Click on the BPC_STATISTICS parameter to select it, and then either click the cases, if you need to delete the unnecessary data, you can use the UJ0_STATISTICS_
DELETE program, which you can execute via Transaction SA38 or Transaction SE38.
icon shown in Figure 7.61 or press the (F6) key.
To access the report, run Transaction UJSTAT. The selection screen of the report
is shown in Figure 7.63.
Figure 7.61 Initial Screen of the Model Parameters Customizing
Figure 7.63 Performance Statistics Report Screen

6. To activate the performance statistics, enter “ON” in the Value field, as shown
in Figure 7.62.
As shown in Figure 7.63, you can filter the log data according to the user who per-
formed the transaction using the User ID field, filter the time period to be analyzed
through the Statistics Start Date and Statistics Start Time fields, decrease the
data range by selecting the environment in the Environment field, and select the
model in the Model field.
In the Action ID field, you can also filter the subject to be analyzed (e.g., analysis
for Shared Query Engine Read).
Besides these fields, you can filter the data logs in the Statistics Session field.
This field represents the technical ID in terms of the UUID. You can use this tech-
nical ID to filter the record directly if you know the UUID through the tables or
logs (e.g., 003N7FQ5PVH95MU1PP5NABXJS).
You can execute the report by clicking the icon or pressing the (F8) key. A sam-
ple result screen within a tree structure is shown in Figure 7.64.
Figure 7.62 Enabling the Performance Statistics for the Model
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The following describes all columns shown in Figure 7.64 and Figure 7.65:
왘 Hierarchy
The task that is analyzed for performance with a hierarchical view.
왘 Environ.
The name of the environment on which the task was performed.
왘 Model
The name of the model for which the task was performed.
왘 Seq Number
The sequence number of the task step in the transaction.
왘 Start Date
The date when the task began.
왘 Start Time
The time when the task began.
왘 Runtime
The runtime in seconds.
Figure 7.64 Sample Result Screen for the Performance Statistics Report
왘 T Runtime
You can add or remove the columns for the report layout by clicking the icon The roll-up runtime in seconds.
or pressing the (Shift)+(F9) key (see Figure 7.65). 왘 C Runtime
The cumulative runtime in seconds.
왘 Nr of Recs
The number of records returned after the task was performed.
왘 Stat Sess
The technical ID in terms of the UUID.
왘 Action Txt
The definition of the action ID for the login language (e.g., Shared Query
Engine Read).
왘 Event ID
The technical ID of the event while the task was performed (e.g., 2004).
왘 Event Text
The definition of the event ID for the login language (e.g., Run MDX Query).
Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) is a query language for querying data from
Figure 7.65 Changing Layout for the Performance Statistics Report multidimensional InfoCubes in Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) databases.
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왘 Par Evt ID
The parent ID of the parent event of the task.
왘 Act Caller
The caller ID of the event for the task, in terms of the UUID.
7.6 Summary
In this chapter, we discussed the details of the system reports in SAP BPC with
their features and benefits for analyzing the BPF processes executed through the
BPF using the BPF operation report. You can also analyze the status of instances
for both active and archived instances through the BPF instance report. More-
over, you can report the status of BPF activities with their details using the BPF
activity report.
You’ve learned how to report the details of users, teams, task profiles, and data
access profiles in the system in order to analyze the security and authorization
details in the system.
In addition to BPF-related reports and security-related reports, you’ve also

learned about the audit-related reports. Now you can execute a report on newly
created data, changed data, and deleted data with detailed transaction logs. By
using the administration activity report, you can also analyze the administrative
(configurational) changes at the environment or model level. You’ve also learned
how to analyze the comments according to the selection criteria with the text
search function using the comments report.
In addition to the system reports in SAP BPC, we also discussed the statistical per-
formance report, which can be used for performance analysis in SAP NetWeaver
systems.
As a result, now you have detailed information about all of the system reports in
SAP BPC. In addition, you can execute all system reports according to your com-
pany’s requirements.
In the next chapter, we’ll discuss advanced tasks of SAP BPC, where you’ll learn
how to make the configuration in SAP BPC, especially the commonly used config-
uration steps, such as environment management, dimension management, model
management, security management, and so on.
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Contents
Foreword ......................................................................................................... 13
Preface ............................................................................................................. 15
1 Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Planning

and Consolidation ..................................................................... 21
1.1 Functionality at a Glance ............................................................... 21
1.1.1 Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting ............................... 23
1.1.2 Consolidation ................................................................... 27
1.1.3 Reporting and Analysis ..................................................... 28
1.2 Features at a Glance ...................................................................... 30
1.3 Alternative Versions of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation ................................................................................ 34
1.3.1 SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation,
Version for the Microsoft Platform ................................... 36
1.3.2 SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation,
Version for SAP NetWeaver .............................................. 36
1.4 Interfaces and Components ........................................................... 37
1.4.1 Web Client ....................................................................... 37
1.4.2 EPM Add-in ..................................................................... 48
1.4.3 SAP Graphical User Interface ............................................ 84
1.5 Summary ....................................................................................... 90
2 System Modeling ...................................................................... 91

2.1 Environments ................................................................................ 92
2.2 Dimensions, Members, and Properties .......................................... 94
2.2.1 Dimensions in Standard Environments ............................. 95
2.2.2 Dimensions in Embedded Environments ........................... 98
2.2.3 Dimension Members ........................................................ 101
2.2.4 Dimension Properties ....................................................... 101
2.2.5 Dimension Hierarchies ..................................................... 102
2.3 Models and InfoProviders .............................................................. 103
2.3.1 Models in Standard Environments .................................... 104
2.3.2 Models in Embedded Environments ................................. 108
2.3.3 Local Providers (Embedded) ............................................. 112
2.4 SAP Business Warehouse Objects .................................................. 116
2.4.1 InfoAreas ......................................................................... 118
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2.4.2 InfoCubes ......................................................................... 120 4.3 Validating Consolidated Data (Standard) ....................................... 222
2.4.3 MultiProviders ................................................................. 121 4.3.1 Executing Control Sets to Validate Data ........................... 223
2.4.4 InfoObjects ...................................................................... 123 4.3.2 Analyzing and Monitoring the Controls Validating Data ... 232
2.5 Summary ....................................................................................... 129 4.4 Managing Adjustments with Journals ............................................ 238
4.4.1 Creating Adjustment Entries with Journals ........................ 239
4.4.2 Creating Journal Templates .............................................. 249
3 Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting ...................................... 131
4.5 Summary ....................................................................................... 254
3.1 Planning and Budgeting, and Forecasting Approaches ................... 132
3.1.1 Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches ........................... 132 5 Business Process Flows and Activities ...................................... 257
3.1.2 Driver-Based Planning Approach ...................................... 133
3.2 Accessing the Existing Reports and Input Forms (EPM Add-in) ...... 133 5.1 Defining a Business Process Flow ................................................... 259
3.3 Entering Data for Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting 5.1.1 Creating Process Templates .............................................. 260
(EPM Add-in) ................................................................................ 140 5.1.2 Creating Process Instances and Role Assignments for
3.3.1 Entering the Planning, Budgeting, or Forecasting Data ..... 142 the Activities .................................................................... 288
3.3.2 Adding Comments Using the EPM Add-in ........................ 150 5.2 Executing the Activities in a Predefined Business Process Flow
3.3.3 Using Historical Data during Data Entry ............................ 156 Scenario ........................................................................................ 296
3.4 Accessing the Existing Web Reports and Web Input Forms 5.3 Process Monitor ............................................................................ 306
(Web Client) .................................................................................. 158 5.4 Summary ...................................................................................... 312
3.5 Entering Data for Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting
(Web Client) .................................................................................. 163
6 Custom Reports ......................................................................... 313
3.5.1 Using the Web Client for Reporting and Planning ............. 164
3.5.2 Formatting Options .......................................................... 168 6.1 Creating a Custom Report in the EPM Add-in ................................ 314
3.5.3 Entering the Planning, Budgeting, or Forecasting Data ..... 173 6.1.1 Creating a Custom Report Using the EPM Pane ................ 315
3.5.4 Adding Comments Using the Web Client (Standard) ......... 176 6.1.2 Creating a Custom Report Using the EPM Report
3.6 Using Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting Functions Editor .............................................................................. 320
(Standard) ..................................................................................... 181 6.1.3 Saving a Generated Report ............................................... 328
3.6.1 Spread Function ............................................................... 182 6.2 Analyzing Data in the EPM Add-in ................................................ 334
3.6.2 Trend Function ................................................................. 186 6.2.1 Expanding the Member for Drilling Down ........................ 334
3.6.3 Weight Function .............................................................. 190 6.2.2 Collapsing the Member for Drilling Up ............................. 337
3.7 Summary ....................................................................................... 193 6.2.3 Symmetrical Expand/Collapse Feature .............................. 339
6.2.4 Keeping the Members in a Data Set ................................. 341
4 Consolidation ............................................................................ 195 6.2.5 Excluding the Members in a Data Set ............................... 342
6.2.6 Symmetrical Keep/Exclude Feature ................................... 343
4.1 Generating and Monitoring Consolidated Data .............................. 196 6.3 Advanced Reporting Features (EPM Add-in) .................................. 345
4.1.1 Currency Translation in Consolidation .............................. 200 6.3.1 Sorting Data ..................................................................... 346
4.1.2 Executing the Predefined Consolidation Rules .................. 205 6.3.2 Filtering Data ................................................................... 348
4.1.3 Changing Work Status after Currency Translation or 6.3.3 Ranking Data ................................................................... 357
Consolidation ................................................................... 208 6.3.4 Formatting Reports .......................................................... 359
4.1.4 Resetting the Status of Currency Translation or 6.3.5 Using Excel Formulas with Local Members ....................... 365
Consolidation ................................................................... 210 6.3.6 Member Recognition ....................................................... 377
4.2 Managing and Executing Ownership Data for Consolidation .......... 212 6.3.7 Linking Reports ................................................................ 379
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6.4 Developing an Input Form for Data Entry (EPM Add-in) ................ 381
6.5 Creating Custom Reports (EPM Add-ins for PowerPoint 8 Advanced SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
and Word) .................................................................................... 383 Consolidation Tasks .................................................................. 469
6.5.1 Inserting Data .................................................................. 386
8.1 Accessing the Administration Menu .............................................. 469
6.5.2 Inserting Members ........................................................... 388
8.2 Environment Management ............................................................ 473
6.5.3 Inserting Comments ......................................................... 390
8.2.1 Creating an Environment with Reference (Standard) ......... 475
6.6 Creating Web-Based Ad Hoc Reports (Web Client) ........................ 391
8.2.2 Creating an Environment without Reference
6.6.1 Defining the Data Grid ..................................................... 392
(Embedded) ..................................................................... 477
6.6.2 Configuring the Context ................................................... 395
8.2.3 Changing the Descriptions of Environments ..................... 478
6.6.3 Saving a Generated Report ............................................... 398
8.2.4 Changing the Environment Status (Standard) .................... 480
6.6.4 Editing the Existing Reports .............................................. 399
8.2.5 Viewing the User Activity (Standard) ................................ 482
6.7 Analyzing Data (Web Client) .......................................................... 399
8.2.6 Setting the Template Version (Standard) .......................... 483
6.7.1 Expand the Member for Drilling Down ............................. 399
8.2.7 Deleting an Environment .................................................. 484
6.7.2 Collapse the Member for Drilling Up ................................ 400
8.3 Dimension Management ............................................................... 485
6.8 Developing a Web Input Form for Data Entry (Web Client) ........... 403
8.3.1 Creating New Dimensions (Standard) ............................... 488
6.9 Dashboard Reporting (Standard) .................................................... 406
8.3.2 Creating New Dimensions (Embedded) ............................ 509
6.10 Reporting from Other SAP Business Intelligence Solutions for
8.3.3 Processing Dimensions ..................................................... 521
Plan-Actual Variance Analysis or Other Requirements .................... 409
8.3.4 Copying Dimensions ......................................................... 523
6.11 Summary ....................................................................................... 412
8.3.5 Deleting Dimensions ........................................................ 524
8.4 Model Management ...................................................................... 526
7 System Reports ......................................................................... 415 8.4.1 Creating a Model (Standard) ............................................ 528
8.4.2 Creating a Model (Embedded) .......................................... 539
7.1 Accessing the System Reports ........................................................ 415 8.4.3 Assigning New Dimensions to Existing Models ................. 551
7.2 Business Process Flow-Related Reports .......................................... 417 8.4.4 Copying Models (Standard) .............................................. 554
7.2.1 Operation Report (Standard) ............................................ 418 8.4.5 Optimizing Models (Standard) .......................................... 556
7.2.2 Instance Report ................................................................ 425 8.4.6 Deleting Models .............................................................. 558
7.2.3 Activity Report ................................................................. 428 8.5 Security Management .................................................................... 560
7.3 Security-Related Reports (Standard) .............................................. 431 8.5.1 Managing Users (Standard) ............................................... 561
7.3.1 Users Report .................................................................... 431 8.5.2 Managing Users (Embedded) ............................................ 567
7.3.2 Teams Report ................................................................... 435 8.5.3 Managing Teams .............................................................. 569
7.3.3 Task Profiles Report .......................................................... 439 8.5.4 Task Profiles (Standard) .................................................... 576
7.3.4 Data Access Profiles Report .............................................. 442 8.5.5 Data Access Profiles ......................................................... 583
7.4 Audit-Related Reports ................................................................... 444 8.5.6 Managing Authorizations (Embedded) .............................. 589
7.4.1 Data Changes Report ........................................................ 445 8.6 Summary ....................................................................................... 591
7.4.2 Administration Activity Report (Standard) ....................... 452
7.5 Other System Reports .................................................................... 456 593
7.5.1 Comments Report (Standard) .......................................... 457 Appendices ....................................................................................... 593

7.5.2 Work Status Report .......................................................... 460
A Glossary ................................................................................................... 593
7.5.3 Performance Statistics Report (Standard) ......................... 463
B The Author .............................................................................................. 601
7.6 Summary ....................................................................................... 468
Index ................................................................................................................ 603
10 11
Index
A Authorization (Cont.)
System reports (BPF), 417
Accounting standards, 27 System reports (comments), 457
Activity, 257, 264, 268, 288, 293, 296 System reports (security), 431
Activity instance, 272 System reports (work status), 460
Activity performer, 268, 272–273, 292, 299, Web input forms, 403
304, 430 Web reports, 391
Activity reviewer, 271, 273, 283, 292, 299,
304, 430
Ad hoc reporting, 391 B
Adjustment, 238
Adjustment entry, 28, 239, 242 Bottom-up approach, 132
Administration activity, 473 BPF Monitor, 312
Administration menu, 469 BPF reports, 257–258, 417
Aggregation level, 548 Activity report, 415–417, 428, 430
Application set, 92, 594–595 Instance report, 415–417, 425, 430
Appset, 92, 595 Operation report, 415–418
AppShell, 92, 595 Budgeting, 131, 140, 142, 163, 173, 181
ASE, 94 Budgeting approaches, 132
Audit level, 419, 421 Business Add-In (BAdI), 270
Audit reports, 415, 444 UJ_BPF_SETUSER, 269, 271
Administration activity report, 416, 444, 452 Business process flow (BPF), 26, 41, 257, 415,
Data changes report, 416, 444–445 417, 472
Auditing, 34, 415, 473 Business rule, 472
Authorization
BPF activities, 297
BPF scenario, 260 C
Business process flow, 260, 297
Comments, 150 Category type, 157
Consolidation Monitor, 196, 205 Cell context menu, 75
Controls Monitor, 233 Central hierarchy, 520
Currency translation, 200 Characteristic, 95, 99, 123
Dashboards, 406 Characteristic attribute, 117
Dimension management, 488 Characteristic hierarchy, 117
Enviroment management, 475 Characteristic master data, 117
Folder management, 160 Chart type, 172
Input forms, 140 Child member, 335
Journals, 238 Classic environment, 93
Model management, 528 Collapse, 337, 400
Offline environment access, 482 Collapse command, 337
Ownership Manager, 213 Column axis, 314–315, 326, 361
Planning functions, 181 Comma-separated values (CSV), 112
Security management, 561 Comment, 25, 150, 176, 180, 390, 415
System reports (audit), 444 Comment parameter, 154
603
Index Index
Comments report, 416, 457 DataStore object, 91, 112, 542, 594 Environment management, 473 H
Common currency, 205 DB2, 94 Environment offline, 481
Consolidated data validation, 222 Descendant member, 335 Environment status, 474, 480 Hidden dimension, 167, 395
Consolidation, 23, 27, 41, 195, 199 Dimension, 91, 94–95, 98, 117, 167, 234, Environment with reference, 474–475 Hierarchical view, 216
Consolidation method, 218–219 393, 471, 473, 485 Environment without reference, 474, 477 Hierarchy, 91, 102, 504
Consolidation Monitor, 196 Dimension assignment, 535, 551 EnvironmentShell, 92–93, 476 Hierarchy type, 520
Consolidation parameter, 206 Dimension attribute, 550 EPM add-in, 48, 134, 140, 150, 314, 328, 334, Highlight, 316
Consolidation reset, 210 Dimension copying, 523 377, 381, 383, 482 Highlight report, 316
Consolidation rule, 27, 205 Dimension deletion, 524 Connecting via Microsoft Office, 60 Historical data, 156
Consolidation status, 210 Dimension description, 523 Connecting via Web Client, 57 HTML5, 32, 37
Consolidation type model, 195 Dimension hierarchy, 102, 117, 499, 517 Installation, 49 Hyperlink, 275–276
Consolidation work status, 208 Dimension ID, 489 Logging on, 57, 60
Context, 395 Dimension management, 485 Navigation, 63
Context favorite, 80, 152, 387 Dimension member, 91, 94, 101, 117, 148, Setup, 54 I
Context menu, 321 361, 378, 458, 500, 514 EPM Context, 146, 149
Context Options, 166 Dimension processing, 521 EPM Context bar, 69 Incremental Optimization, 556
Context Options command, 396 Dimension property, 101, 117, 125, 492, 497 Options, 76 InfoArea, 117–118
Control, 196, 219, 472 Dimension status, 98 EPM Formatting Sheet, 360 InfoCube, 91, 112, 120
Control monitoring, 232 Dimension structure, 490, 492, 512 EPM pane, 71, 315 InfoObject, 94, 112, 117, 123, 195, 509, 514
Control parameter, 226 Dimension type, 96, 198, 215, 234, 494–495, EPM Report Editor, 313, 320, 325, 345 InfoObject assignment, 128
Control set, 223, 229 536 EPM user options, 337 InfoObject attribute, 125
Control set parameter, 229 Dimensions mapping, 549 Everest, 34 InfoObject hierarchy, 127
Control status, 199 Document type, 473 Excel formula, 365 InfoObject master data, 125
Currency translation, 199–200, 204 Download Center, 50 Exclude command, 342 InfoObject status, 550
Currency translation parameters, 202 Drag and drop, 174 Existing reports, 149 InfoObject type, 123
Currency translation status, 210 Drilling down, 334, 399 Expand, 334, 399 InfoProvider, 91, 103, 108, 112, 121, 195,
Custom formatting, 375 Drilling up, 337, 400 Expand command, 335 262, 411, 445, 471, 542
Custom reports, 313–315, 320, 383 Drill-through, 473 In-memory technology, 34
Driver, 133, 268 Input form, 133, 140, 157, 381
Driver-based planning, 133 F Insert Comment command, 390
D Driving dimension, 266 Insert Context Member command, 388
Filtering criteria, 350 Insert Data command, 386
Dashboard reporting, 406, 598 Filtering data, 348 Integration, 31–32
Data access profile, 415, 433, 472, 565, 583, E Find comment, 156 International Financial Reporting Standards
594, 597 Forecasting, 22–23, 131, 140, 142, 163, 173, (IFRS), 27, 196, 219
Data access profile changes, 587 Email notification, 304 181
Data access profile copying, 588 Email template design, 305 Forecasting approach, 132
Data access profile creation, 585 Embedded environment, 93, 135, 328, 475, Formatting, 168 J
Data access profile deletion, 589 478, 484 Full Optimization, 557
Data analysis, 334, 399 Embedded SAP BPC, 93, 141, 151, 160, 181, Journal, 238–239, 472
Data change, 473 196, 201, 205, 214, 233, 238, 260, 297, Journal changing, 245
Data entry, 140, 142, 156, 163, 173, 381, 403, 306, 392, 403, 406, 417, 431, 444, 457, G Journal copying, 247
532 460, 475, 528 Journal posting, 246
Data grid, 392 Environment, 44, 91–93, 117, 473, 475 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Journal report, 245
Data link, 380 Environment deletion, 484 (GAAP), 27 Journal saving, 244
Data quality, 24 Environment description, 474, 476, 478 Group, 196 Journal template, 241, 249
Data validation, 223, 232 Environment ID, 476 Group/entity, 199
604 605
Index Index
K Model optimizing, 556 Process instance, 257, 259, 288, 307, 420, Row axis, 314–315, 326, 361
Model status, 109, 551 472, 598 Rules, 472
Keep command, 341 Model type, 105, 109, 195, 541 Process instance status, 294
Key figure, 123 Consolidation, 109 Process Monitor, 41, 306, 312
Drivers and rates, 106 Process owner, 263, 289, 304 S
Planning, 109 Process start time, 292
L Reporting, 105 Process status, 308 SAP BPC architecture, 91
MultiProvider, 91, 117, 121 Process template, 257, 259–260, 284, 289, SAP BPC versions, 34, 36, 94
Leaves, 520 My Activities tab, 296 472, 598 Embedded SAP BPC, 36
License model, 36 Activity, 264 Standard SAP BPC, 36
Linking reports, 379 Process settings, 261 Version for SAP NetWeaver, 35–36, 49, 84,
Lite Optimization, 556 N Settings, 261 156
Local dimension, 112 Workspace, 273 Version for the Microsoft platform, 35–36,
Local folder, 149, 330 New dimension, 488, 509 Processing dimension, 521 49, 93–94, 157, 196, 201, 214, 233, 238,
Local hierarchy, 520 Node, 520 Product versions, 37 392, 403
Local member, 365 Property, 91, 94, 101, 125, 361, 375 SAP Business Warehouse (BW), 36, 91, 116,
Local provider, 91, 112, 115 410
Logic script, 203, 472 O SAP BusinessObjects, 410
Logon link, 38 Q SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence,
Operational DataStore, 112 410, 509
Optimizing model, 556 Quick link, 379 SAP BusinessObjects Cloud, 410
M Oracle, 94 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, 406, 410
OutlookSoft, 34 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio, 410
MaxDB, 94 Ownership data, 195, 212, 217, 221 R SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, 410
Member, 94, 101, 148, 334, 341–342, 375, Ownership Manager Editor, 212, 597 SAP BusinessObjects Lumira, 410, 412
388, 399–400 Ownership type model, 195 Ranking data, 357 SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, 410
Member access profile, 433 Ownership values, 221 Real-time InfoCube, 91, 112, 117, 120, 542, SAP BW Integrated Planning (SAP BW-IP), 93
Member formula, 472, 494 598 SAP Crystal Reports, 410
Member link, 380 Referential integrity rules, 493 SAP GUI, 84, 88
Member management, 503 P Refresh data, 175 Installation, 84
Member recognition, 377 Related action, 280 Logging on, 85
Member selection, 164 Page axis, 314–315, 324, 361 Report axes, 319 Logging out, 89
Member Selector, 216, 230 Parameter copying, 476 Report design, 325 Navigation, 86
Member sorting, 165 Parameter creation, 478 Report editing, 399 SAP HANA, 34, 37, 93–94, 112, 557
Members, 267 Parent, 196 Report Editor, 320 SAP NetWeaver Application Server, 560
Microsoft Excel, 48, 333 Parent entity, 27 Report file extensions, 333 Save data, 174
Microsoft Excel formula, 365 Parent member, 148, 334–335 Report formatting, 359, 374 Security, 34, 415, 471, 560
Microsoft Office, 30, 48–49 Percent consolidation, 219 Report layout, 318, 321 Security management, 560
Microsoft Office versions, 49 Percent control, 219, 221 Report link, 380 Security reports, 415, 431
Microsoft PowerPoint, 48, 134, 333, 383 Percent ownership, 219, 221 Report name, 322 Data access profiles report, 416, 431, 442
Microsoft Word, 48, 134, 334, 383 Performance statistics, 465 Report position, 326 Task profiles report, 415–416, 431, 439
Model, 58, 91, 103–104, 108, 117, 262, 392, Performance statistics report, 463 Report preview, 317 Teams report, 415–416, 431, 435
445, 458, 471, 473, 531, 539, 551 Plan-actual variance analysis, 409 Report saving, 328, 398 Users report, 415–416, 431
Model copying, 554 Planning, 131, 140, 142, 163, 173, 181 Report view, 323 Self-service reporting, 29
Model creation, 528, 539 Planning and budgeting, 22–23, 131 Reporting, 133, 158, 164 Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), 36
Model deletion, 558 Approaches, 24, 132 Reporting and analysis, 23, 28 Sorting data, 346
Model management, 526 Predefined consolidation rules, 205 Mobile, 32 Spread function, 181–182, 184–185
Process activity, 420 Role assignment, 288 Spread results, 183–185
606 607
Index
SQL, 94 Trend function, 181, 186, 188, 190

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), 36 Trend result, 187–188, 190
Standard environment, 93, 134, 195, 328,
475–478, 482, 484
Standard SAP BPC, 93, 141, 151, 160, 181, U
196, 201, 205, 214, 233, 238, 260, 297,
306, 392, 403, 406, 417, 431, 444, 457, Unified environment, 93
460, 475, 528 Unit characteristic, 123
Subsidiary, 196 User, 471
Supported web browsers, 38 User activity, 474, 482
Symmetrical collapse, 339 User Activity button, 483
Symmetrical exclude, 343 User authorization, 140, 150, 160, 181, 196,
Symmetrical Exclude command, 343 200, 205, 213, 233, 238, 391, 403, 406,
Symmetrical expand, 339 417, 431, 444, 457, 475, 482, 528
Symmetrical keep, 343 User creation, 562
Symmetrical Keep command, 343 User deletion, 567
System architecture, 36, 91 User maintenance, 564
System modeling, 91 User management, 561, 565, 567
System reports, 42, 415–416, 422, 425, 431,
444
System-defined properties, 495 V
Validate data, 144
T VirtualProvider, 91, 112, 410–411, 542
Target action, 276, 278

Task profile, 433, 439, 472, 565, 576, 599 W
Task profile copying, 582
Task profile creation, 577 Web browser, 38
Task profile deletion, 583 Web Client, 37–38, 40, 117, 158, 163–164,
Task profile maintenance, 579 176, 391, 398–399, 403, 422, 482
Task sequence, 472 Changing the environment, 44
Team, 159, 472, 565 Connection, 38
Team creation, 571 Logging on, 38
Team deletion, 576 Logging out, 47
Team folder, 329 Navigation, 39
Team maintenance, 573 User preferences, 45
Team management, 569 Web input form, 158, 173, 403
Template version, 426, 474, 483 Web report, 158
Time characteristic, 123 Web reporting, 391
Top-down approach, 132 Weight function, 181, 190, 192
Transaction code, 86 Weight results, 192
RSA1, 118 Work status, 199, 208, 472
RSD1, 509, 514, 517 Work status change, 208
SA38, 305, 465 Work status report, 416, 460
SE38, 305, 465 Workbook data, 143
SPRO, 463, 533 Worksheet data, 143
UJSTAT, 465 Workspace, 273
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First-hand knowledge.
Onur Bekmezci Onur Bekmezci is a professor at Mar-

mara University, in the Faculty of Business Administra-
tion, Department of Business Informatics, in Istanbul.
He has worked as a consultant in the SAP Enterprise
Resource Planning, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelli-
gence, SAP Supply Chain Management, SAP Solution
Manager, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence,
and SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management imple-
mentation, roll-out, support, and solution development projects. He
has given lectures in universities about enterprise information systems
with SAP application content that is compatible with the SAP University
Alliance program.
He has successfully completed more than 50 SAP implementation, roll-

out, and support projects as a senior SAP consultant for more than 20
different SAP modules. On the SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Con-
solidation side, he has successfully completed more than 10 SAP BPC
implementation projects as a seniorSAP BPC consultant. He has 22 SAP
certifications and qualifications from SAP SE.
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SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC) delivers preconfig-

7.1 Accessing the System Reports

왘 BPF operation report (standard only)

Figure 7.2 System Reports in Embedded Environments

Figure 7.3 Accessing the BPF Operation Report in Standard Environments

Figure 7.4 BPF Operation Report Selection Screen

Audit Level List of Actions

The following describes the columns shown in Figure 7.8:

Common Features for All System Reports

7.2.2 Instance Report

Figure 7.11 Sample Print Format of System Reports

A sample result screen is shown in Figure 7.16.

Figure 7.14 Accessing the BPF Instance Report in Embedded Environments

The selection screen of the report is shown in Figure 7.15.

The following describes the columns shown in Figure 7.16:

7.2.3 Activity Report

Figure 7.18 Accessing the BPF Activity Report in Embedded Environments

Problems in BPF Instance or BPF Activity Reports 7.3.1 Users Report

The following describes the columns shown in Figure 7.22:

Figure 7.22 Sample Result Screen for the Users Report

Figure 7.25 Data Access Profile Details of a Selected User

7.3.2 Teams Report

Figure 7.28 User Details of a Selected Team

Figure 7.30 Data Access Profile Details of a Selected Team

7.3.3 Task Profiles Report

Figure 7.29 Task Profile Details of a Selected Team

왘 Task Profile Name 왘 Teams

Figure 7.33 Task Profile Details of a Selected Task Profile

A sample result screen is shown in Figure 7.37.

Figure 7.35 Team Details of a Selected Task Profile

As shown in Figure 7.35, the team of task profile BPFManagement is Accounting.

The following two types of reports are related to the audit:

왘 Data changes report

Figure 7.40 Data Auditing Configuration Screen in Standard Environments

In embedded environments, enabling or disabling data auditing is controlled

Figure 7.43 Enabling Data Auditing in Embedded Environments

After enabling the administration activity auditing to track the administration

Figure 7.47 Accessing the Administration Activity Auditing Configuration

In the Administration activity auditing configuration screen, the activation sta-

Figure 7.49 Accessing the Administration Activity Report

The selection screen of the report is shown in Figure 7.50.

Figure 7.48 Administration Activity Auditing Configuration Screen

A sample result screen is shown in Figure 7.51.

Figure 7.50 Selection Screen of the Administration Activity Report

In the Task Selection section, by selecting the Task Area as Environment or

Figure 7.52 Accessing the Comments Report

A sample result screen is shown in Figure 7.54.

Figure 7.53 Selection Screen of the Comments Report

Members section lists the dimensions of the selected model Planning.

change the member display settings according to your preferences by selecting

7.5.2 Work Status Report

Figure 7.57 Selection Screen of the Work Status Report

As a prerequisite, the following configuration steps must be performed to activate

1. Log in to SAP NetWeaver system through the SAP GUI.

The following describes the columns shown in Figure 7.58:

Enabling the Performance Statistics

Figure 7.61 Initial Screen of the Model Parameters Customizing

Figure 7.63 Performance Statistics Report Screen

In addition to BPF-related reports and security-related reports, you’ve also

1 Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Planning

2 System Modeling ...................................................................... 91