Installation and Configuration

The SAP APO demand planning add-in for Excel can be downloaded from the SAP Service
Marketplace. This section describes the prerequisites as well as the required installation and
configuration steps.

Prerequisites

If you want to install the SAP APO demand planning add-in for Excel, you must ensure that the
following prerequisites are installed before you run the setup:

 EPM 10.0, SP 25 Patch 3

 Microsoft .NET framework 4.0 (for Microsoft Office 32-bit and 64-bit versions)

 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) for Microsoft Office 32-bit
version), or

 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64) for Microsoft Office 64-bit
version)

 One of the following releases of SAP SCM:

o SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM)
7.0

o SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM)
7.0 SP04, or higher

o SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM)
7.0 SP11, or higher

o SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM)
7.0 SP12, or higher

o SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) 7.0 SP15, or higher

Note

If this release of SAP SCM is installed, SAP Kernel 720_REL must be installed as well.

 Furthermore, the following must apply:

 You have administrator rights on the computer on which the DP Excel add-in is to be
installed.

 If applicable, you have uninstalled the previous version of the SAP APO demand
planning add-in for Excel.

 If you are using Office 365, you have installed Visual Basic for Applications 7 or higher.

 In case the parallel use of the Demand Planning add-in and the SAP IBP add-in is to be
enabled, the side-by-side version of the SAP IBP add-in is installed on the users' computers.

 The end users have access to SAP APO and are authorized to use Demand Planning
transactions.

It is recommended that Microsoft Internet Explorer be installed on the users’ computers. This
browser is required for opening the Application Help directly from SAP APO demand planning
add-in for Excel. You can also access the Application Help on the SAP Help Portal
at http://help.sap.com/apodp_addin , or in the Software Download Center
at http://support.sap.com/swdc .

Installation Steps

Installation Sequence

The following table provides the implementation sequence:

SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization, demand planning add-in for Microsoft Excel

1 Activation the ICF Service in SAP GUI For detailed information,

see http://help.sap.com/nw74