- A complete overview of SAP BPC solutions- Master the features, functions, and integration of SAP BPC with other components and applications- Updated and revised for SAP BPC 10.0- 3rdEdition SAP NetWeaver VersionExplore how SAP BPC 10.0 can impact your organization. This updated and expanded edition gives you a comprehensive overview of the SAP BPC features, functions, and best practices. Referencing a detailed case study, find out how to use SAP BPC for NetWeaver for budget planning, forecasting, and consolidationthe building blocks of a complete planning and consolidation solution. Learn what to expect from a BPC applicationand how to get it using SAP BPC 10.0.Features and FunctionsDiscover how data management, process management, and reporting work in BPC.Reporting and AnalysisExtensive coverage of the reporting and analysis framework will walk you through the steps and tools used to report, plan, and analyze data.Best Practices RevealedIncorporate best practices into your budget planning, forecasting, and consolidation using SAP BPC for NetWeaver.Integration BasicsLearn how you can coordinate a comprehensive BPC solution by integrating with other SAP components.Case StudyFollow the fictitious Rich Bloom, Inc. as it deploys SAP BPC for NetWeaver to improve its operational efficiency and create a robust planning system.

Highlights- SAP BPC for NetWeaver architecture- Loading, scheduling, and managing data- Process management and collaboration- Business process workflows- Consolidation- Business logic- Application building and modeling- Reporting, planning, and analysis- Business rules

The AuthorsSridhar Srinivasan and Kumar Srinivasan work for Zebra Consulting, Inc., in Houston,TX. They have several years of experience implementing solutions using SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP Business Planning and Consolidation products. They have also published another SAP PRESS book, SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning for Finance.

Table of Contents ... Foreword ... 13 ... Acknowledgments ... 19 ... Introduction ... 21 1 ... Overview of SAP Enterprise Performance Management ... 27 1.1 ... Enterprise Performance Management ... 27 1.2 ... Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting ... 32 1.2.1 ... Planning Horizon ... 33 1.2.2 ... Planning Types ... 34 1.2.3 ... Planning Areas ... 36 1.2.4 ... Common Scenarios for Planning in Business ... 38 1.2.5 ... Considerations in Planning ... 40 1.3 ... Consolidation ... 42 1.3.1 ... Elimination of Intercompany Transactions ... 43 1.3.2 ... Consolidation of Investments ... 44 1.4 ... Summary ... 45 2 ... Overview of SAP BPC ... 47 2.1 ... SAP BPC: Business User-Owned and Managed ... 48 2.1.1 ... Software Designed to Support Change ... 48 2.1.2 ... SAP BPC (Microsoft and SAP NetWeaver) ... 50 2.1.3 ... SAP BPC for NetWeaver ... 54 2.2 ... Unified Planning and Consolidation ... 55 2.2.1 ... Planning in SAP BPC ... 56 2.2.2 ... Consolidation in SAP BPC ... 56 2.3 ... SAP BPC for NetWeaver Architecture ... 59 2.3.1 ... BPC Clients ... 59 2.3.2 ... Connectivity ... 60 2.3.3 ... SAP NetWeaver Application Server ... 61 2.3.4 ... Database Server ... 61 2.4 ... Introducing SAP NetWeaver BW ... 62 2.4.1 ... Objects Used in SAP NetWeaver BW ... 62 2.4.2 ... Extracting, Transforming, and Loading Data in SAP NetWeaver BW ... 64 2.4.3 ... Process Chains ... 67 2.4.4 ... Business Content ... 67 2.4.5 ... Key Features in SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 ... 68 2.5 ... Terminology and Objects in SAP BPC ... 70 2.6 ... Summary ... 76 3 ... Designing a Model with SAP BPC for NetWeaver ... 77 3.1 ... Rich Bloom Case Study ... 77 3.1.1 ... Business ... 78 3.1.2 ... Offices ... 78 3.1.3 ... Products ... 78 3.1.4 ... Currency ... 79 3.1.5 ... Case Study ... 79 3.1.6 ... Decision to Use SAP BPC for NetWeaver ... 80 3.2 ... Building the Data Model in SAP NetWeaver BW ... 81 3.2.1 ... Creating and Activating InfoObjects ... 84 3.2.2 ... Creating an InfoArea ... 94 3.2.3 ... Creating a Sales InfoCube ... 95 3.3 ... Building Models in SAP BPC ... 101 3.3.1 ... Accessing the SAP BPC System ... 103 3.3.2 ... Environment ... 107 3.3.3 ... Dimensions ... 113 3.3.4 ... Model ... 123 3.4 ... Summary ... 133 4 ... Loading, Scheduling, and Managing Data in SAP BPC for NetWeaver ... 135 4.1 ... Loading Data into an InfoCube in SAP NetWeaver BW ... 136 4.1.1 ... Creating a DataSource ... 136 4.1.2 ... Creating Transformations ... 140 4.1.3 ... Creating the Data Transfer Process ... 142 4.1.4 ... Creating InfoPackages ... 144 4.1.5 ... Loading Data from the PSA to the Data Target ... 147 4.2 ... Loading Data into SAP BPC ... 149 4.2.1 ... Transformation and Conversion ... 150 4.2.2 ... Data Manager Packages ... 158 4.2.3 ... Process Chains ... 165 4.2.4 ... Loading Master Data from a Flat File into a Dimension ... 165 4.2.5 ... Loading Master Data from an InfoObject into an SAP BPC Dimension ... 176 4.2.6 ... Loading Hierarchy Data from an InfoObject into an SAP BPC Dimension ... 186 4.2.7 ... Loading Data from an InfoCube into an SAP BPC Model ... 190 4.3 ... Copying Data Inside an SAP BPC Model ... 198 4.4 ... Summary ... 201 5 ... Reporting, Planning, and Analysis in SAP BPC ... 203 5.1 ... Reporting and Analysis in SAP BPC ... 204 5.1.1 ... SAP EPM Add-In Interface for Excel: Connecting to a Model ... 206 5.1.2 ... Creating Reports ... 215 5.1.3 ... Developing Reports Using Dynamic Templates ... 234 5.1.4 ... Developing Reports Using EPM Functions ... 235 5.1.5 ... Developing Reports Using the EPMRetrieveData Function ... 239 5.1.6 ... Developing a Static EPM Report Rolling Forecast Report ... 240 5.1.7 ... Developing Customized Reports ... 245 5.1.8 ... Quick Links ... 249 5.1.9 ... Migrating 7.5 Version EvDRE Reports ... 250 5.1.10 ... Developing Reports Using the New API for EPM ... 250 5.1.11 ... Developing Reports Using the SAP BPC Web Client ... 252 5.2 ... Planning in SAP BPC Using Input Forms ... 255 5.2.1 ... Standard Templates for Input Forms ... 256 5.2.2 ... Developing an Input Form ... 257 5.2.3 ... Using the EPMSaveData Function to Save Data ... 260 5.3 ... Other Features ... 261 5.3.1 ... Drill-Through Feature ... 261 5.3.2 ... Integration with SAP Business Objects Dashboards ... 261 5.4 ... Summary ... 262 6 ... Developing Business Logic in SAP BPC ... 263 6.1 ... Dimension Logic ... 264 6.1.1 ... Dimension Formulas ... 264 6.1.2 ... Solve Order ... 265 6.2 ... Logic Script ... 270 6.2.1 ... Logic Script Construct ... 270 6.2.2 ... Executing Logic Script ... 279 6.2.3 ... Creating Logic Script to Revalue Plan Data ... 279 6.2.4 ... Creating Logic Script to Push Data from the YTD to PERIODIC Models ... 289 6.2.5 ... Logic Script Files Provided by SAP ... 290 6.3 ... Business Rules Overview ... 291 6.3.1 ... Currency Translation ... 291 6.3.2 ... Carry Forward ... 292 6.3.3 ... Account Transformation ... 292 6.3.4 ... Intercompany Matching/Booking ... 292 6.3.5 ... Intercompany Elimination ... 293 6.3.6 ... Eliminations and Automatic Adjustments ... 293 6.4 ... Currency Translation ... 294 6.5 ... Allocations ... 305 6.6 ... Using BAdIs to Code Logic ... 309 6.7 ... Validation ... 312 6.8 ... Controls ... 317 6.9 ... Summary ... 318 7 ... Process Management and Collaboration ... 319 7.1 ... Work Status ... 320 7.2 ... Comments ... 327 7.2.1 ... Adding Comments ... 328 7.2.2 ... Viewing Comments ... 331 7.2.3 ... Reporting on Comments ... 334 7.2.4 ... EPM Functions for Comments ... 337 7.3 ... Distribution and Collection ... 337 7.3.1 ... Creating a Distribution Template ... 339 7.3.2 ... Offline Distribution Wizard ... 344 7.3.3 ... Collection ... 349 7.4 ... Book Publishing ... 350 7.4.1 ... Creating a Book Publishing Template ... 352 7.4.2 ... Book Publication ... 356 7.5 ... Integrating SAP BPC Data into Word and PowerPoint ... 361 7.6 ... Summary ... 365 8 ... Essential Tools for Building Models ... 367 8.1 ... Transporting SAP BPC Objects ... 368 8.2 ... Concurrency Locking ... 375 8.2.1 ... Approaches to Locking ... 375 8.2.2 ... Locking Features in SAP BPC for NetWeaver ... 375 8.2.3 ... Locking Process in SAP BPC for NetWeaver ... 376 8.3 ... Administration Parameters ... 380 8.4 ... Statistics ... 387 8.5 ... Audit ... 390 8.6 ... Documents ... 393 8.6.1 ... Accessing the Documents ... 393 8.6.2 ... Posting a Document ... 393 8.6.3 ... Editing Document Properties ... 394 8.6.4 ... Add a Web Page to Documents ... 395 8.7 ... Security ... 396 8.7.1 ... Users ... 397 8.7.2 ... Team ... 397 8.7.3 ... Task Profile ... 397 8.7.4 ... Data Access Profile ... 399 8.7.5 ... Security Model ... 399 8.8 ... Summary ... 400 9 ... Consolidation with SAP BPC ... 401 9.1 ... Steps in Consolidation ... 402 9.2 ... Business Rules ... 403 9.2.1 ... Carry Forward ... 404 9.2.2 ... Account Transformation ... 413 9.2.3 ... Intercompany Matching/Booking ... 417 9.2.4 ... Intercompany Eliminations (U.S. Elimination) ... 424 9.2.5 ... Controls ... 431 9.3 ... Consolidation of Investments ... 441 9.3.1 ... Purchase Method ... 441 9.3.2 ... Equity Method ... 442 9.3.3 ... Proportional Method ... 443 9.3.4 ... Consolidation of Investments ... 444 9.4 ... Intercompany EliminationEliminations and Adjustments Business Rule ... 464 9.5 ... Journals ... 467 9.5.1 ... Create Journal Template ... 469 9.5.2 ... Manage Journals ... 471 9.5.3 ... Journal BAdI ... 473 9.6 ... Summary ... 474 10 ... Business Process Flow and Enhancements ... 475 10.1 ... Business Process Flow ... 475 10.1.1 ... Creating a Business Process Flow Template ... 476 10.1.2 ... Creating a Business Process Flow Instance ... 481 10.1.3 ... Executing Activities ... 482 10.1.4 ... Process Monitor ... 484 10.2 ... New Features for SAP NetWeaver ... 485 10.2.1 ... SAP HANA ... 485 10.2.2 ... Firefox as Web Browser ... 485 10.2.3 ... Drill-Through for Web Reports ... 485 10.2.4 ... Disaggregate Data from Parent Node Cells Using BAdI ... 485 10.2.5 ... Reporting on Archived Audit Data ... 486 10.2.6 ... Defer Layout in a Web Report ... 486 10.2.7 ... Export Web Report to CSV file ... 486 10.2.8 ... Zero Suppression Option in a Web Report ... 486 10.3 ... Conclusion ... 486 ... The Authors ... 489 ... Index ... 491

Explore expert tips and techniques for maximizing BPC Facilitate fast and accurate reporting with the EPM Excel Add-In, the new Script Logic Editor, and the enhanced reporting component Upload, extract data, and create enterprise reports Covers BPC 10.0, EPM 10.0, and BW 7.3Take the labor-intensive guess-work out of number crunching, financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting! With data at your fingertips and this comprehensive guide to BPC, quickly model new business scenarios and efficiently create and approve plans, budgets, and forecasts. Written for todays busy financial consultants, business developers, and financial analysts, this book will help you configure and implement the necessary dimensions, master data, and hierarchies for both the Consolidation and the Planning components of BPC 10.0.The Building Blocks of BPCUnderstand the foundational architecture and data modeling process behind BPC with specific tasks and activities for configuration, planning, forecasting, and consolidation.Planning and Consolidation IntegrationExplore the unique implementation and configuration processes for each BPC component with technical coverage of BPC 10.0, EPM 10.0 and BW 7.3.Real-World Expertise meets Effective Business SolutionsExpand the potential of your Planning and Consolidation solution with expert tips and tricks, all written so you can get the most out of BPC.Enhanced ReportingWith transparent financial data, you can enable fast, accurate management and statutory reporting with the enhanced reporting component, EPM Excel Add-In and the new ScriptLogic Editor.Highlights BPC architecture Reporting Data loading from source systems to BPC Planning, forecasting, and budgeting Consolidation Monitor Business process flows Migration process from BPC 7.5 to BPC 10.0 Script Logic Editor EPM Excel Add-In Master data managementThe AuthorPeter Jones is a BI/BPC Sr. Application Consultant with more than nine years of consulting and educational experience. He regularly speaks at SAP sponsored events and has been involved with SAP Education in writing training material. An active participant in the only customer validation process for BPC NW v10 in the world, he has extensive experience in BPC 7.5 implementations as well.Table of Contents ... Acknowledgments ... 15 ... Introduction ... 19 1 ... Overview of Planning and Consolidation ... 31 1.1 ... Concepts of Planning ... 31 1.2 ... Concepts Of Consolidation ... 34 1.3 ... Summary ... 36 2 ... The Fundamentals of BPC ... 37 2.1 ... System Architecture ... 37 2.2 ... Accessing the System ... 42 2.2.1 ... SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW) System ... 42 2.3 ... Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) System ... 48 2.3.1 ... Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Add-In ... 55 2.4 ... BPC Starter Kit Information ... 64 2.4.1 ... IFRS Starter Kit ... 65 2.4.2 ... Other Starter Kits ... 68 2.5 ... Summary ... 68 3 ... BPC Architecture ... 71 3.1 ... Terminology and Objects in BPC ... 71 3.2 ... Overview of Data Modeling for BPC ... 75 3.2.1 ... Key Data Modeling Questions ... 76 3.2.2 ... EnvironmentShell ... 81 3.2.3 ... Configuration/Copy of EnvironmentShell ... 84 3.3 ... Dimensions and Properties ... 86 3.3.1 ... Definition of Dimensions ... 87 3.3.2 ... Dimension Types ... 89 3.4 ... Create a Dimension ... 91 3.5 ... List of Dimensions and Properties ... 95 3.5.1 ... Time Dimension ... 96 3.5.2 ... Category Dimension ... 97 3.5.3 ... Account Dimension ... 98 3.5.4 ... Entity Dimension ... 102 3.5.5 ... Interco Dimension ... 103 3.5.6 ... Subtable/Flow Dimension ... 104 3.5.7 ... DataSource/Audittrail Dimension ... 105 3.5.8 ... Scope Dimension ... 106 3.5.9 ... Rptcurrency Dimension ... 108 3.5.10 ... Inputcurrency Dimension ... 109 3.5.11 ... List of Additional Dimensions and Properties ... 109 3.6 ... Additional Topics in the Development of Dimensions ... 110 3.6.1 ... Dimension Security ... 111 3.6.2 ... Hierarchies on Dimensions ... 112 3.6.3 ... Custom Measure Formulas ... 113 3.6.4 ... Dimension Formulas ... 116 3.6.5 ... Owner Properties ... 119 3.6.6 ... Reviewer Properties ... 120 3.7 ... Models ... 120 3.7.1 ... Configuration of Models ... 123 3.7.2 ... Create a Model ... 124 3.8 ... Business Warehouse Objects ... 131 3.8.1 ... Architecture of BW objects ... 131 3.8.2 ... BW Objects Support for the BPC Version for SAP NetWeaver ... 131 3.8.3 ... BW/BPC InfoObject ... 135 3.8.4 ... BW/BPC InfoCube ... 137 3.9 ... Summary ... 138 4 ... Reporting in BPC ... 141 4.1 ... Report Considerations ... 142 4.2 ... Other Reporting Components in BPC ... 145 4.3 ... Standard EPM Reports ... 147 4.4 ... Overview of the EPM Add-In Component ... 151 4.4.1 ... BPC Access via the Web Services to the Excel Add-In ... 155 4.5 ... Navigation in the EPM Add-In ... 157 4.5.1 ... Initial EPM Add-In Screen Context and Current Report Panes ... 160 4.5.2 ... Build a Basic Report ... 161 4.6 ... Review of the EPM Ribbon ... 169 4.6.1 ... Reports ... 170 4.6.2 ... Data Analysis ... 177 4.6.3 ... Undo ... 180 4.6.4 ... Data Input ... 181 4.6.5 ... Collaboration ... 191 4.6.6 ... Tools ... 206 4.7 ... EPM Add-In Basics ... 231 4.7.1 ... Report Editor, Report Selection ... 232 4.7.2 ... Local Members ... 242 4.7.3 ... Formatting of Reports ... 246 4.7.4 ... Multi-Reports in a Workbook ... 251 4.8 ... Excel Add-In Advanced Features ... 254 4.8.1 ... Asymmetric Reports ... 254 4.8.2 ... EPM and FPMXL Functions ... 255 4.9 ... Data Manager in the EPM Add-In ... 259 4.10 ... PowerPoint and Word Documents in the EPM Add-In ... 259 4.11 ... Summary ... 262 5 ... Data Loading in BPC ... 263 5.1 ... Overview of Data Loading Processes in BPC ... 263 5.1.1 ... Data Manager ... 264 5.1.2 ... Business Warehouse (BW) ... 272 5.1.3 ... Flat Files ... 276 5.2 ... Data Loading Process in BW ... 280 5.2.1 ... Master Data, Text, and Hierarchies ... 281 5.2.2 ... Transactional Data ... 290 5.3 ... Data Loading Processes from BW to BPC ... 294 5.3.1 ... Master Data, Text ... 294 5.3.2 ... Hierarchies ... 305 5.3.3 ... Transactional Data ... 314 5.4 ... Data Loading Processes from a Flat File to BPC ... 325 5.4.1 ... Master Data, Hierarchy ... 326 5.4.2 ... Text ... 332 5.4.3 ... Transactional Data ... 334 5.5 ... Using the Data Manager Functionality in BPC ... 342 5.5.1 ... Data Manager Configuration ... 343 5.5.2 ... Process Chains ... 350 5.6 ... Uploading Currency Exchange Rates for BPC ... 353 5.6.1 ... Data Flow of Currency Exchange Rates to the Rate Model ... 355 5.6.2 ... Configuration of BW and BPC for Exchange Rate Uploads ... 357 5.7 ... Additional Concepts in BW for BPC Data Loading ... 364 5.8 ... Summary ... 367 6 ... Forecasting, Planning, and Budgeting in BPC ... 369 6.1 ... Overview of Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting in BPC ... 369 6.1.1 ... Approaches to Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting ... 370 6.2 ... Script Logic in BPC ... 377 6.2.1 ... Worksheet Logic ... 378 6.2.2 ... Dimension Member Logic ... 379 6.2.3 ... Standard Script Logic Prompts for BPC ... 384 6.2.4 ... Use of Script Logic in the Planning Process ... 396 6.2.5 ... Allocation Script Logic ... 411 6.2.6 ... Script Logic in the Automation of Data Loading ... 413 6.2.7 ... BAdIs and the ABAP Program ... 416 6.3 ... Generic Planning Process ... 420 6.3.1 ... Initial Planned Data ... 420 6.3.2 ... Copy Process ... 421 6.3.3 ... Data Transfer Processes ... 422 6.3.4 ... Executing Calculations in Planning ... 423 6.3.5 ... Top-Down Planning ... 424 6.3.6 ... Bottom-Up Planning ... 425 6.4 ... Summary ... 425 7 ... Consolidation in BPC ... 427 7.1 ... Overview of Consolidation ... 427 7.1.1 ... What Consolidation Is All About ... 427 7.1.2 ... Performing Consolidations with Planning and Consolidation ... 429 7.1.3 ... Introducing Business Rules ... 432 7.2 ... Ownership Data and Elimination Methods ... 434 7.2.1 ... The Ownership Process ... 434 7.2.2 ... Setting Up Ownership Data ... 436 7.2.3 ... The Purchase Method Concept ... 441 7.2.4 ... The Proportional and Equity Method Concepts ... 442 7.3 ... Setting Up Journal Entries ... 443 7.3.1 ... The Business Scenario for Using Journal Entries ... 443 7.3.2 ... Creating Journal Templates ... 443 7.3.3 ... How to Control Journal Activity ... 445 7.3.4 ... Creating Journal Entries ... 446 7.4 ... Setting Up and Executing Consolidation Tasks ... 447 7.4.1 ... Balance Carry Forward ... 448 7.4.2 ... Reclassification ... 453 7.4.3 ... Currency Translation for Consolidations ... 457 7.4.4 ... Purchase Method Elimination ... 466 7.4.5 ... Proportional Method Elimination ... 479 7.4.6 ... Equity Method Business Scenario ... 483 7.4.7 ... Ownership Eliminations ... 486 7.4.8 ... Intercompany Matching ... 493 7.4.9 ... Intercompany Eliminations ... 498 7.4.10 ... US Eliminations ... 501 7.5 ... Setting Up Balancing Script Logic for Consolidation ... 505 7.5.1 ... Balancing Logic Business Scenario ... 505 7.6 ... The Consolidation Monitor ... 508 7.6.1 ... Prerequisites to Use the Consolidation Monitor ... 509 7.6.2 ... Using the Consolidation Monitor ... 509 7.7 ... Summary ... 513 8 ... Management of the BPC Process ... 515 8.1 ... Security ... 515 8.1.1 ... Users ... 518 8.1.2 ... Teams ... 521 8.1.3 ... Task Profiles ... 523 8.1.4 ... Data Access Profiles ... 526 8.1.5 ... Security in the EPM Add-In ... 529 8.2 ... Work Status ... 530 8.2.1 ... Configuration of Work Status ... 531 8.2.2 ... Reporting and Managing of Work Status ... 535 8.3 ... Controls ... 538 8.3.1 ... Configuration ... 539 8.3.2 ... Control Monitor ... 545 8.4 ... Auditing Processes ... 548 8.4.1 ... Audit Reporting ... 552 8.4.2 ... Audit Tables Reports ... 559 8.5 ... Transports ... 565 8.5.1 ... Configuration and Process of Transports for BPC ... 566 8.6 ... Summary ... 575 9 ... Business Process Flows (BPF) ... 577 9.1 ... BPF Overview ... 577 9.1.1 ... The Basic Idea ... 578 9.1.2 ... Pros and Cons of BPFs ... 578 9.1.3 ... Integration with Work Status and Security ... 579 9.1.4 ... A Typical Planning BPF ... 581 9.1.5 ... A Typical Consolidation BPF ... 592 9.2 ... Setting up BPFs ... 600 9.2.1 ... BPF Design Best Practices ... 600 9.2.2 ... BPF Components ... 600 9.2.3 ... BPF Process Settings ... 602 9.2.4 ... BPF Activities ... 603 9.2.5 ... BPF Workspaces ... 606 9.2.6 ... BPF Instances ... 614 9.3 ... Execution of BPFs ... 615 9.3.1 ... Accessing Your Activities ... 615 9.3.2 ... Using the Process Monitor ... 616 9.3.3 ... Using BPF Reports ... 618 9.4 ... Summary ... 619 10 ... Migration Process to BPC V10.0 ... 621 10.1 ... Migration to BPC V10.0 A Strategy ... 621 10.2 ... Upgrading to BPC V10.0 for SAP NetWeaver ... 624 10.2.1 ... Option #1 Direct Migration on the Current System ... 625 10.2.2 ... Option #2 Migration via a Copy of the System ... 626 10.2.3 ... Option #3 Installation of a New System ... 628 10.3 ... Upgrading to BPC V10.0 for the Microsoft Platform ... 629 10.4 ... Report Migration to BPC V10.0 ... 634 10.4.1 ... Upgrading EV Functions ... 635 10.4.2 ... Upgrading EvDRE Reports ... 636 10.5 ... Summary ... 638 ... The Author ... 639 ... Index ... 641