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SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management 10.0 Support Package 10

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SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management 10.0 Support Package 10 - Release Notes

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2014-11-26


Customer Enhancements

This section describes the support package application enhancements in SAP BusinessObjects Profitabilityand Cost Management 10.0. Each enhancement has an internal reference number.

1/8Customer Enhancements


Support Package 01

Configure

ADAPT01577625

When the product is installed and configured, if the OCI.dll is in the PCM x64 install directory for 64-bitsetups or in the PCM Install directory for 32-bit setups, the configuration tool does not alter the existingsystem paths. This enables the application to connect to the Oracle database, without the user having tomake any path changes.

On an Oracle database, existing system path for environment variables issaved

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Core

ADAPT01440422

New context menu options are provided that allow you to perform cost tracing on specific types of gridvalues. This functionality is available in views in the web client, Model Builder and Book Viewer.You can select a leaf level grid value and perform cost tracing to the target values that it is assigned to orto the source values from which it originated. Also, you can select a consolidated grid value and drill downon the consolidated dimensions before performing a trace. The results are displayed in a new view fromwhich you may be able to launch further cost tracings.

Cost tracing is provided for the following values:• LineItemValue (Non CostObject Type) – Trace Target to ActivityLineItemValue (includesResourceDriverValue and ResourceDriverSplit breakdowns)• LineItemValue (CostObject Type) – Trace Target to DirectCostObjectValue (includesActivityDriverValue breakdowns)• ActivityLineItemValue – Trace Target to CostObjectValue (includes ActivityDriverValue breakdowns,ExternalActivityValue values if there are any, and ReassignedInValue and PostReassignLineItemValuevalues if there are any reassigned Activities)• ActivityLineItemValue – Trace Source to LineItemValue (includes ResourceDriverValue andResourceDriverSplit breakdowns)• SummaryActivityValue – Trace Source to ActivityValue, ReassignActivityLineItemValue,ExternalActivityValue• ActivityCostObjectValue – Trace Source to CostObjectValue, ExternalCostObjectValue• SummaryCostObjectValue – Trace Source to CostObjectValue, ExternalCostObjectValue,DirectCostObjectValue• LineItemCostObjectValue – Trace Source to CostObjectValue, ExternalCostObjectValue,DirectCostObjectValue

For more information, see the following:• SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Modeling User Guide• SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Modeling Reference GuideThe latest versions of these documents are available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.

New Cost Tracing feature.



Support Package 02

Core

ADAPT01577196

With this support package, it now possible to multi-select View Builder layouts for deletion. To do this,proceed as follows:1. In the Model Builder application, open View Builder.2. Click the "Load Layout" icon.3. In the "Load Layout" dialog box, select either the "Show views from all models" or "Show views from allmodel types" check boxes to display the views that you want.3. Use the CTRL + SHIFT keys to multi-select the views you want to delete.4. Press the DELETE key.5. Click "Yes" in the confirmation dialog box.

View Builder: Users can now select multiple layouts for deletion.

Support Package 03

Core

ADAPT01595926

When models were re-assigned to different model servers, their calculated results on their original serverswere lost. This is because when the PCMMODEL.EXE process was started, it deleted all model resultsthat did not belong to the server on which it was running.To resolve the issue, the clean-up procedure has been changed so that it does not delete results specificto a model server. In addition, the clean up code is now called immediately after a model is deleted, sothere is no need to wait for the PCMMAIN server to start.

Calculated results are lost when models are reassigned to alternate modelservers

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Support Package 04

Core

ADAPT01651813

If a user changed a "Model Calculation Option" related to CPU or memory, the model results werecleared.With this support package, the system checks whether the options being changed are related to CPUusage or memory, and if so, the model results are not cleared.

Model results are cleared if "Model Calculation Options" for CPU ormemory are changed

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Support Package 05

Core

ADAPT01651243

In the Model Calculation Options dialog box, users can now select up to 64 CPUs as the "Maximum CPUUsage" setting.

Maximum CPU usage is increased to 64 CPUs.

ADAPT01656006

Depending on the order in which items are imported into a Bill of Materials (BOM) model, componentsthat already exist at a child level in the "BOM Makeup" heirarchy are duplicated at the root level.

A new Console command, Optimize BOM (optimizebom), is now available. Running this commandremoves duplicate components from the root level of the "BOM Makeup" hierarchy.

The new command takes no parameters and it is recommended that you run this command after eachimport into a BOM model.

To access this command in the Console Wizard, access the "Command Properties" dialog box and selectOptimize BOM in the Command Type list.

The following is an example of a batch file that contains the optimizebom command:

username=administrator password=administrator openmodel=BOM Model import=bomstructure.xml, YES optimizebom= closemodel=

The above file opens a model, imports an XML file into the model, runs the optimizebom command toremove any duplicate components in the "BOM Makeup", and then closes the model.

Bill of Materials models: Duplicate components appear in the "BOMMakeup"

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Support Package 06



Core

ADAPT01673596

In "View Builder", the new "Grid Styles" feature allows you to create custom grid styles that can be reusedacross multiple grids and applied across different books.

A grid style can specify the following: - Background colors for cells that hold various types of values. - Background colors for selected cells. - Colors and fonts for cell text. - The colors for decorative elements such as borders and shadows. - The size and color of blank lines in a grid.

To use a custom grid style in a Book, you assign the style to a Grid object or a Report object via theirassociated Data Manager object.

Users who may experience difficulty viewing grids with many colors have the option to set "UserPreferences" so that the custom grid styles are not displayed, but only the default grid style, which isdefined on the system and based on the current Windows theme for the user.

For more information on creating and applying custom grid styles, consult the F1 Help or the document,SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Modeling User Guide.

Access to the Grid Styles functionality is controlled by a new security descriptor, "Manage Grid Styles".For more information on security for grid styles, see the document, SAP BusinessObjects Profitability andCost Management Security Guide.

Note: Documents can be downloaded from the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com. The updatedapplication help will be installed when you install Support Package06.

A new "Grid Styles" feature enables the creation of global grid styles.

ADAPT01683586

The new "Advanced Rules Manager" tool allows you to see at a glance which dimension items have rulesin a model. You can use this screen to examine and debug rules because it allows you to do to thefollowing: - View all the rules for a model in one screen - View and edit the code for rules. - Perform syntax checks on rules. - View a list of all grid values that may be related to a rule. - Time and test a rule. - Time and test the retrieval of grid values that may be related to a rule. - Configure the context in which rules are tested and timed.

For more information on the new rules manager, consult the F1 Help or see the document, SAPBusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Modeling User Guide.

Access to the Advanced Rules Manager is controlled by the security descriptor, "Rules Security". Formore information on security for grid styles, see the document, SAP BusinessObjects Profitability andCost Management Security Guide.

Note: Documents can be downloaded from the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com. The updatedapplication help will be installed when you install Support Package06.

New "Advanced Rules Manager".



Support Package 08



Core

ADAPT01712478

With Support Package 08, you can now export model parent/child structure, export IDs, and results to anSAP HANA database for Profitability and Bill of Materials model types. The new "Export to HANA" dialogbox in Model Builder allows you to: - Select model tables and results for export to an SAP HANA database. - Choose or create Export IDs - Save export settings as an Export Specification (EPS) file - Remove model results from an SAP HANA database.

For more information on the "Export to HANA" feature, see the new "Export to HANA" section in the "SAPBusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Modeling User Guide".

To enable the Export to HANA feature on the SAP HANA database, a sample SQL script called"PCM10HANA.sql" is provided in a directory called “HANA” within the “PCM_100_SQL” folder provided inthe support package ZIP file. This sample script must be executed on the HANA instance you wish toexport model data to. The script creates a schema/catalog called “EPM_PCM” and creates suitablecolumn tables within this schema to hold exported results from SAP BusinessObjects Profitability andCost Management, as well as views that make viewing the results more meaningful. These tables andviews are documented in section "Export to HANA: Tables and Views" of the "SAP BusinessObjectsProfitability and Cost Management Modeling User Guide". If you wish to create a differently namedschema, replace all “EPM_PCM” strings in the sample SQL with your required schema/catalog.

Note: Additional testing with Net Margin Analysis (NMA) and larger volumes of data in SAPBusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management after the assembly of Support Package 08 hasrevealed a limitation that the maximum number of records that can be written via the Export to HANAprocess is 100,000 records. Any attempt to write more than this number of records will fail and will causea lockup in the PCMModel.exe process. A patch will be released to correct this issue

New "Export to HANA" allows model results to be exported to an SAPHANA database

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ADAPT01721195

SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management 7.5 Support Package 10 and later versionsintroduced a check during the export of Revenue, Activity Driver, Resource Driver, and Employee values,in which any relevant rules are analyzed to determine whether a "fast" export is possible.

If a model contains Consolidation rules that are not the default rules, the export time can take longer thanin earlier versions of the software.

This patch includes a new Model Calculation Option that allows you to bypass this check by reverting tothe pre-PCM 7.5 SP10 method of checking whether a "fast" export is possible.

Warning: Only use this option if you are advised to do so after consultation with SAP.

To use this option:

- Select Model > Model Calculation Options to access the Model Calculation Options dialog box. - For the option Export Compatibility, select PCM 7.5 Export. Note that the default option is PCM10.0 Export, in which the check for rules will be performed.

Export Takes Longer Than Expected for Versions 7.5 Support Package 10and Later

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Other

ADAPT01712476

When SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management is integrated with SAP BusinessObjectsBusiness Intelligence platform, users can access model data and results in Microsoft Excel using the SAPBusinessObjects EPM Solutions, add-in for Microsoft Office (EPM add-in).

With Support Package 08, write-back from the EPM add-in to SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and CostManagement is enabled. For example, a user accesses model data via the EPM add-in in Microsoft Exceland creates a report that contains editable values. If the user changes those values and then clicks"Submit Data", the changes are pushed to the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Managementsystem. These changes would be visible, for example, in a grid or Data Explorer layout.

For more information, see the "Support for the EPM Add-in" topic in the "SAP BusinessObjectsProfitability and Cost Management 10.0 Master Guide", as well the "Prerequisite Software" section in the"SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management 10.0 Installation Guide".

Note: The write-back feature does not work for Bill of Materials and Objectives and Metrics models.

Write-back from the EPM add-in to SAP BusinessObjects Profitability andCost Management is enabled

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Resolved issues

This section describes the support package fixes in SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management10.0. Each issue has an internal reference number.

Support Package 01

Core

ADAPT01559090

In a specific model with a large number of rules-based calculations, the grid results were not beingreturned.

Grid values are now displayed in a timely manner.

Values not returned in a timely manner.

Database

ADAPT01571322

Shortened view names have been introduced for certain results tables. These exceptions are as follows:

View names for ppr_rbexternalcostobjectvalue:• vppr_rbexternalcovalue• vppr_rbexternalcovaluesm• bwppr_rbexternalcovalue

View names for ppr_rbexternalactivityvalue:• vppr_rbexternalactvalue• vppr_rbexternalactvaluesm• bwppr_rbexternalactvalue

View names for ppr_postreassignlineitemvalue:• vppr_ postrelineitemvalue• vppr_ postrelineitemvaluesm• bwppr_ postrelineitemvalue

These new view names are documented in the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost ManagementDatabase Administrator's Guide, topic 7.2.3 'Results Views'. The latest version of the document isavailable on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.

Shortened view names.

1/49Resolved Issues


Documentation

ADAPT01572930

Previously, the values for disk space levels that generate alerts were fixed in the application, but changesintroduced in version 10.0 enable them to be set by the user during configuration.

The SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Modeling User Guide is amended to saythat users can configure the disk space levels that can generate alerts when a model is opened. Thelatest version of the document is available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.

SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Modeling UserGuide - Model alerts for disk space levels are now configurable

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Installation

ADAPT01541406

An issue occurred when running a silent configuration in which languages other than English (UnitedStates) were specified as the Primary and Secondary Languages. Expected behaviour is that a user canspecify a Primary Language and Secondary Language in the Startup Language tab of the Silent InstallWizard and these settings are applied when the silent installation is run. However, in this case, althoughother languages were selected in the Startup Language tab, after the silent installation, both the Primaryand Secondary languages were set to the default setting of English (United States).

The Silent Install now sets the Primary Language and Secondary Language as configured in the setup.

Silent Install ignores configuration settings for Primary and SecondaryLanguage

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ADAPT01574929

If SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management is upgraded from version 7.0 to version 10.0on a Microsoft SQL server database, the supplied SQL scripts fail to upgrade the database. To avoid thisissue, use the scripts provided with the most recent support package instead. Support packages areavailable in the Software Download Center in the SAP Service Portal at http://sap.service.com/swdc.

This only affects upgrades from SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management version 7.0 toversion 10.0 on a Microsoft SQL server database. Upgrades from version 7.5 to version 10.0 or on anOracle database work as expected.

For further information, see the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Upgrade Guide.The latest version of the document is available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.

Upgrading SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management fromversion 7.0 to version 10.0 fails to complete

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Support Package 02

2/49Resolved Issues


Console Wizard

ADAPT01576428

The issue occurs in the following situation:In a system that is configured to use Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) for servers, a model iscreated via Console and assigned to a model server that does not exist - that is, to an invalid servername. If the user launches Model Builder, closes the "Select Model" dialog box, and instead opens the"Model Administration" dialog box and tries to open the newly created model from there, the errormessage "80880032" is displayed in the Application event log for the model server.

Error 80880032 occurs when a model created via Console is opened.

ADAPT01578835

The issue occurs in the following situation:In a system that is configured to use Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) for server names, a useruses Console to create a new model and assigns it to a model server that does not exist - that is, to aninvalid server name. The user then opens Model Builder, closes the "Select Model" dialog box, andinstead opens the "Model Administration" dialog box and tries to open the newly created model fromthere. The error message "80880032" is displayed on the Model Builder interface.This support package resolves the issue.

An error message is displayed when a user attempts to create a model viaConsole

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Core

ADAPT01554502

SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management now supports Slovakian as a user interfacelanguage. To view the interface in Slovakian, choose the "Slovencina" option as the primary languagesetting either during configuration or in the Select Language dialog box in the Model Builder application.

Slovakian is supported as a user interface language.

ADAPT01570975

This problem was caused by the confirmation dialog for the ‘Paste as sibling(s)’ command being unable tohold a very large amount of text. It displayed the names of all items to be added and was unable tohandle approximately 300 or more items, which caused Model Builder to crash and none of the itemswere pasted in.

The issue has been resolved by amending the dialog so that it displays the name of the item to be pastedin only when there is a single item to be added. When more than one item is being pasted, the dialogdisplays the total number of items.

Adding large number of items using ‘Paste as sibling(s)’ causes a model toclose

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3/49Resolved Issues


ADAPT01573186

When the XML for a Transactional Costing type model created in SAP BusinessObjects Profitability andCost Management 7.5 is imported into version 10.0 of the product, the Model Builder application reportsthat five records are ignored. These five records are Model Calculation Option settings. In version 7.5, theoptions relating to Detailed Cost Objects are named "Detail Cost Object <number> main heirarchy".However, in version 10.0, the same options are named "Detailed Cost Object <number> main hierarchy".The difference in the names causes the records to be ignored. The records are now imported correctly.

Model Builder ignores records when a Transaction Costing model createdin version 7.5 is imported into version 10.0

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ADAPT01578852

After an upgrade from Profitability 11.30 to Profitability and Cost Management 7.5 Support Package 12, agrid in "View Builder" takes significantly longer to return results in Preview mode than previously.The grid has the following characteristics:• It contains a large number of records - in excess of 22,000.• The "Auto Setup Filter" is set to remove zero values, which affects many records in the grid.• It contains many parent items with multiple consolidated levels, of which many are zero values.The above characteristics contribute to problems experienced by the back-end server when handling themultiple requests from the grid, which causes the delay in returning the results. This is exacerbated whenthe application server uses multiple CPUs. To resolve this issue, this support package implementsimproved caching of intermediate results.

After an upgrade to version 7.5, a grid fails to return results in a timelymanner

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ADAPT01579432

Prior this support package, it was possible to enter Default BOM Makeup Volume values in the "BOMMakeup" screen and in "View Builder" even though no Versions or Periods dimension items had beencreated. As a result, the values were not saved. As soon as the user moved the mouse from the editablegrid cell or window, the edited value reverted to the default.Users can now enter Default BOM Makeup Volumes values regardless of whether versions and periodsexist and those values are saved.

Users can enter Default BOM Makeup Volume values when a model doesnot have versions or periods

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4/49Resolved Issues


ADAPT01581388

This support package provides the Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting Sample, to help universedesigners and reporting specialists create universes in BusinessObjects Enterprise Universe Designerthat enable the easy reporting of SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management model data ina BusinessObjects Enterprise environment.

The BI Reporting Sample is available for BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Service Pack 4.0. It consistsof the following: Template universes on which you can base your universes Dimension universes to which you can link your universes to include model dimensions and hierarchiesin a universe Example universes to demonstrate what can be done and to serve as a guide Example reports to show the type of information you can extract from the universes and the format inwhich you can display it Database connections, so you can connect to the Profitability and Cost Management databases Sample database scripts to include performance-tuning measures in your universe A "How To" guide that contains a detailed description of the BI Reporting Sample as well as detailedinstructions on how import the samples and templates and how to build a universeThe BI Reporting Sample is available as an addition to the bipintegration.zip file,which is installed with thissupport package.To access the BI Reporting Sample, proceed as follows:1. Install this support package on the application server2. Once the support package installed, navigate the location for the bipIntegration.zip file, which by defaultis C:\Program Files\SAP BusinessObjects\PCM\BIP Addins.3. Extract the contents of bipIntegration.zip and locate the folder bipIntegration\bip31\BI Reporting. Thisfolder contains the BI Reporting Sample content for BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP4: The XML for the sample model on which all the universes and reports in the sample were tested –PCM10 Sample.xml. A Business Intelligence Archive Resource (BIAR) file that you import into BusinessObjects Enterprise toimport the sample universes and reports The "How To" guide.4. Open the "How To" guide document and follow the instructions for setup and deployment. Please readthe prerequisites before you proceed with setup.

Notes:Support for universes in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0 will be added at a laterdate. However, you should note that the supplied universes are compatible with Business Intelligenceplatform 4.0.We recommend that universes are built in SAP BusinessObjects Universe Designer, for support of linkeduniverses.The BI Reporting Sample applies to static (published) universes and not MDX universes.

New "Business Intelligence Reporting Sample" allows reporting of modeldata and results in BusinessObjects Enterprise

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Database

ADAPT01551495

To support the Business Intelligence Reporting Sample, the following new database tables are available: PPR_<DIMENSION NAME>_BRIDGE PPR_<DIMENSION NAME>_NODEITEMSThe new tables are described in the updated SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost ManagementDatabase Administrator's Guide, available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.

New database tables.

5/49Resolved Issues


Databridge

ADAPT01576423

If, while creating a SPE file in Data Bridge, a user specifies a filter for values greater than and less thanzero (<>0), this reduces the speed at which query results are returned.To resolve the issue, the MDX generated by entering a " <>0" filter has been changed to a "NONEMPTY" MDX query instead of "INFILTER". This improves the response speed.

Using a "<>0" filter in a specifiation file impairs response time.

ADAPT01576810

Prior to this support package, users could not create links to external datasources in Data Bridge if UserAccess Control (UAC) was switched on.Links can now be created whether UAC is switched on or off.

Data Bridge: Links cannot be created to external datasources if UserAccess Control is switched on

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ADAPT01585658

The issue occurs when using the Data Bridge Specification File Wizard to create a new file. If a userselects an existing .SPE file to include in the file and closes the "Select a Data Bridge Specification File"dialog box, when they return to the wizard interface, the wizard stops responding.This support package resolves the issue.

The Data Bridge Specification File Wizard freezes if a user selects anexisting .SPE file

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Langauge Editor

ADAPT01578413

The user interface languages available have been amended to show that Portuguese (Brazil) is thesupported language.

In “SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management What’s New”, the topic “Support for 19 UserInterface Languages” is amended to clarify that Portuguese (Brazil) is the supported language.

Language options must specify Portuguese (Brazil).

6/49Resolved Issues


Monitor

ADAPT01579444

When a user logs into the User Monitor tool and then closes the tool in the normal manner, this event iserroneously reported in the server application log in Event Viewer as the user having been "forced out" ofthe application, for example: "PCM Security Service: User\Dropped\User '<user name>' forced out ofProfitability and Cost Management application."With this support package, this incorrect error message is no longer reported in the event log.

A user is incorrectly recorded as being "forced out" in the serverapplication event log

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P.O.

ADAPT01579948

A new "Model Calculation Option" makes the calculation of values previously only available toTransactional Costing models also available to Profitability and Costing and Bill of Materials models.You can set the new "Cost Object Unit Rates" option to have a model calculate the following: CostObjectActivityUnitRate values CostObjectActivityFixedUnitRate values CostObjectActivityLineItemUnitRate values CostObjectActivityLineItemFixedUnitRate valuesFor more information, see the updated document, SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and CostManagement Modeling User Guide, available on the SAP Help Portal at http://sap.help.com.

A new Model Calculation Option enables Profitability and Costing and Billof Material models to calculate Activity Cost Object unit rates

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7/49Resolved Issues


Server

ADAPT01584331

Protocols have been added to the web.config file, an XML configuration file for the FIMService webservice, which allows SAP BusinessObjects Financial Information Management to communicate with SAPBusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management. Adding the protocols enables the web service toretrieve a list of Profitability and Cost Management models.

Originally, the <protocols> section of the web.config file was as follows: <webServices> <protocols> <add name="HttpGet"/> <add name="HttpPost"/> </protocols> </webServices>

For this support package, two protocols have been added as follows: <webServices> <protocols> <add name="HttpSoap"/> <add name="HttpGet"/> <add name="HttpPost"/> <add name="Documentation"/> </protocols> </webServices>

Protocols are added to the web.config file for the FIMService web service.

System Information

ADAPT01574508

Prior to this support package, the System Information utility displayed only the NetBIOS names of serverseven if the system was configured to use the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) for servers.System Information now displays the FQDN of the model and primary servers if the system is configuredto use the FQDN. To view the sever name, open the System Information tool, expand "Models" in the left-hand pane, and select a model. The "Model Processes" tab displays the server names.

The System Information tool displays only the NetBIOS names of servers.

Work Manager

ADAPT01571668

If, in Work Manager, a user clicks the "Monitor" button in order to track the progress of process workflows,the Work Manager interface stops responding.Applying this support package resolves the issue.

Viewing workflow instances in Monitor mode causes Work Manager tofreeze

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8/49Resolved Issues


Support Package 03

Configure

ADAPT01622351

After a configuration ECF file was silently executed on a client workstation, the name of the client wasincorrectly added to the following: - To the list of servers in the MultiSystem Options tab of the Configuration utility - To the list of servers available to the user in the Login dialog box - To the DefaultPCMServers registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Business Objects\ProfitabilityThis support package resolves the issue.

After a silent configuration, the name of the client machine is available forselection as a server when a user logs in

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ADAPT01622355

If, on a client workstation, a user launches the Configuration Uitlity and chooses to run the "Readconfiguration settings from this machine" option, a zero value (0) is incorrectly added to the list of serversin the MultiSystem Options tab of the utility.This support package resolves the issue.

Configuration: Running the "Read configuration settings from thismachine" option on a client machine adds a zero to the list of servers

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Console Wizard

ADAPT01629746

You can now use the Console command, Export View, to export a view to a "null" file name. This causesthe model to fully calculate and cache results, but does not write the results to a file, so it takesconsiderably less time than an export to a file. It is useful, for example, to run the command overnight sothat a large model is fully calculated in the morning and takes less time to time open.To export to a "null" file name, you create a Console job using the Export View command, and instead ofproviding a file name as a parameter, you supply either a pair of double quotes ("") or single quotes ('').

It is not possible to export a view to a "null" file name.

Core

9/49Resolved Issues


ADAPT01561707

When the Model Calculation Option for Resource Driver Assignment was set to By Responsibility Center,it was not possible to set override assignments in the "Resource Driver Assignments" screen because the"Direct Activities" panel and the "Override Resource Drivers" panel were both disabled.

Further issues were identified with the "Resource Driver Assignments" screen: Expected behavior is thatthe user should not be able to set an override for a group-level item and the Add option should bedisabled when only a group item is selected. When both a group-level item and a child item are selected,the Add option should be enabled but the override is created for the child item only.

However, when the Model Calculation Option for Resource Driver Assignment was set to By Cost Type,the Add option was not disabled if a group item was selected; and if a group item and its child item wereselected, this caused the application to crash when setting an override.

The following corrections have been applied to Resource Driver Assignment:- Overrides can be set when the Model Calculation Option is set to By Responsibility Center- Overrides cannot be set for group-level items- If a multiple selection is made that includes a group-level item, overrides are created for the child-levelitems only, which is correct.

Errors occur when setting overrides in the "Resource Driver Assignment"screen

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ADAPT01587404

When a model calculation is in progress, the calculation appears to loop and if it is allowed to run for morethan five minutes, the Model Builder interface becomes unresponsive. This is caused by the softwarecontinually encountering a General Protection Fault during calculation and restarting the calculation. Toresolve the issue, this support package adds extra internal validation into compiled rules. Models nowcalculate correctly.

The model calculation "loops" and the Model Builder interface freezes.

ADAPT01592819

This issue is related to the Set Context option on the context menu for the virtual dimension,Components, in a grid in Design View in View Builder. If a user selects the Set Context option,"Components of Cost Object 1", expected behavior is that all the components of the selected cost objectare displayed. However, only leaf-level items items were displaying; components that weresubassemblies did not appear in the grid.The Set Context option had been amended so that now, if a user selects the context "Components fromCost Object 1", all components are displayed, including subassemblies.

Bill of Materials models: In grids, the Set Context option, "Components ofCost Object 1", does not produce the expected result

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ADAPT01592827

In Books, if a DimensionTree object contains a "BOM Makeup", the SelectedName property now gets orsets the name of a selected item in the correct format by providing the name of parent item and the childitem separated by double colon (::), for example Bicycle::Wheel. This also applies to theCustomAliasName property.

Bill of Materials Models: DimensionTrees in books do not return the namesof "BOM Makeup" items correctly

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10/49Resolved Issues


ADAPT01612230

In a model, CostObjectValue values were incorrectly calculated when grids were opened and valuesupdated in a specific order that involved updating ExternalActivityValue values and then updatingExternalCostObjectValue values. This erroneously caused the ExternalActivityValue values to be pushedinto the calculation of CostObjectValue values and returned a result that appeared to be as follows:

CostObjectValue = SummaryActivityValue + (2 * ExternalActivityValue)

CostObjectValues are incorrectly calculated to return theSummaryActivityValue plus twice the ExternalActivityValue

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ADAPT01621267

In "Model Calculation Options", the selections available for the First CPU Usage option have beenextended to include all CPU values between 1 and 32 inclusive.

Model Calculation Options: First CPU Usage options are enhanced.

ADAPT01627566

In the "Resource Drivers Assignment" screen, errors were encountered when users tried to select multipleLine Items and create Resource Driver overrides or Direct Activity assignments for them. To resolve theseissues, a number of fixes related to Resource Driver assignments are available with this support package:

- In the "Resource Drivers Assignment" screen, you can create inherited assignments but not inheritedoverrides. That is, you can select a group-level item and make an assignment and the assignment isinherited by any child item that does not already have an assignment other than <RD Unassigned>against it. When creating overrides, you can select a group-level item along with at least one child item,and click Add to add an override. However, after you have selected your override dimensions and clickAdd, only the child item has an override created against it.

- In the "Resource Drivers Assignment" screen, when creating direct activity overrides, the "Overrides"window by default selects the default dimensions and allows you to add overrides against them, you donot have to explicitly select the dimension item.

- When importing or exporting a model, all relevant model data is included, this includes assignments,overrides, and Direct Activity overrides. This applies to both models for which the Model CalculationOption, "Resource Driver Assignment", is set to "By Cost Type" and those that are "flipped" - that is, the"Resource Driver Assignment" option is set to "By Responsibility Center".

- All valid assignments, overrides, or Direct Activity overrides are used in the calculation.

Resource Drivers Assignment: Errors occur when selecting multiple LineItems to create Resource Driver overrides or Direct Activity assignments

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ADAPT01634287

Some models in the customer environment were taking so long to open that they appeared unable toopen. A model that was taking about 15 minutes to open caused the system to be unusable at times.To resolve the issue, lock handling is improved and larger buffers are allocated to improve the time takento open certain models. This should enable models to fully open and calculate results in a morereasonable length of time.

Models take so long to open they appear unable to open.



Databridge

ADAPT01604477

The issue occurs in the following circumstances:

A user launches Data Bridge and chooses to create a new control file or to open an existing one. Theuser then logs in to the application using either default security or Single Sign On authentication. In the"Select Model" dialog box, the user selects a model and clicks OK. Once the user returns to the "Login"dialog box, they then open the "Select Model" dialog box a second time and choose a different model toopen. When the user clicks OK in the "Login" dialog box, the following error message is displayed:

"Error Code 800401FD. (800401fd) Object is not connected to server."

Applying this support package resolves the issue; users can switch between models in the "Select Model"dialog box and no error occurs.

Data Bridge: Error 800401FD - Object is not connected to server.

ADAPT01642267

In Data Bridge in Support Package 03, Single Sign On authentication was not functioning correctly. Itshould authenticate the user and display the list of models available to log into. Instead, authentication didnot work and the model list was not displayed.The software has been corrected so that Single Sign On authentication is now working.

Single Sign On fails in Data Bridge in Support Package 03.

Documentation

ADAPT01472987

In the SAP Profitability and Cost Management Modeling User Guide, the following topics have beencorrected so that they no longer state that TargetCostObjectValue values are not cached: "Cost Object Value Grid Values" "Summary Values"In the SAP Profitability and Cost Management Reference Guide, the following topic has been corrected: "TargetCostObjectValue Grid Value"

The documentation incorrectly states that TargetCostObjectValue valuesare non-cached values

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ADAPT01545070

In some language versions of the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management ModelingUser Guide, in the chapter heading “Bill of Materials Modeling”, the model type Bill of Materials had beentranslated. The model type is a brand name that is not translatable and this is now corrected.

Modeling User Guide: In the chapter heading “Bill of Materials Modeling”,the name "Bill of Materials" should not be translated

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ADAPT01581864

To clarify the set-up procedure for integrating Profitability and Cost Management with FinancialInformation Management, the following changes are made in Chapter 6 “Post-Installation”:• A new topic is added, “Integrating Profitability and Cost Management with Financial InformationManagement”, which outlines all the tasks that are required to enable integration.• A new topic is added, “Testing the Web Server Installation”, which provides the steps required to ensurethat your Profitability and Cost Management Web Server Installation is operating correctly at all stages.• The following topics are amended:• “Configuring IIS 6.0 Active Server Pages”• “Installing IIS 7 Active Server Pages”• “Configuring the FIMService Web Service Connection”• “To Configure the FIMService Web Service Security Account in IIS 6.0”• “To Configure the FIMService Web Service Security Account in IIS 7”

Topic 2.1.3 “Integration” is updated by adding the component SAP BusinessObjects Financial InformationManagement.

Installation Guide: Changes to clarify the set-up procedure for integratingProfitability and Cost Management with Financial Information Management

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ADAPT01584098

In Chapter 4, a new topic “Reducing Network Latency”, is added under “Clients”, explaining the type ofproblems that can be manifested as a result of network latency, and how to reduce it.

Master Guide: Updated with network latency information.

ADAPT01596305

The 64-bit version of MDX ODBO Connector is now compatible with SAP BusinessObjects EPM Add-infor Microsoft Office, and it is no longer necessary to install the 32-bit version. Obsolete text is removed from the following guides:1) SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Installation Guide:• In “Installing and Configuring SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management”, Note 4 isremoved.• In “Installing the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Software”, in Step 1, the Noteis removed.2) SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Master Guide:• In “MDX ODBO Connector: Supported Software”, Note 3 is removed.• In “Support for SAP BusinessObjects EPM Add-in”, paragraph 2 is removed.

Obsolete text that SAP BusinessObjects EPM Add-in for Microsoft Office isonly compatible with 32-bit version of MDX ODBO Connector is removed

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ADAPT01596309

To clarify the import methods Replace and Replace and Sum, and to correct the example shown forReplace and Sum, the following topics are amended:• “Import Methods”• “Replace”• “Replace and Sum”

SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Data BridgeGuide: incorrect example for Replace and Sum

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ADAPT01604229

In the topic “View Builder Graph Tab”, a “Caution” note is added to advise users of limitations that affectthe final graph when formatting is applied to data that is not the same as the original design time data setthat the graph is based upon.

Modeling User Guide: Updated with limitations for graphs of grids that useReplace with Keys

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ADAPT01604326

A new topic “Revenue Types Rules” is added in the chapter on “Rules”. It explains the interdependencebetween a Revenue Type and the three values Revenue, Units Sold and Unit Price and how to overridethe default rules.

Modeling User Guide: Information is added about the order of precedenceto execute default and specific rules for Revenue Types

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ADAPT01613131

In the topic "List of SAP Notes", a link is added to SAP Note 62988, which contains a statement that laterService Packs for Microsoft SQL Server are supported. The topic “Database server recommendations”refers the reader to links regarding support for later support packages.

Master Guide: A link is provided to information on database support.

ADAPT01618549

In the section “Export Data View”, the following changes are made to clarify the procedure and adviseusers to not use a source layout without column headers:• The topic, “Export Data View” is rewritten.• A new topic, “Source layout requirements” is added.• A new topic, “To open Export Data View” is added.• The topic “To create an export view job definition” is renamed as “To create and save an export view jobdefinition”.

Modeling User Guide: In the "Export Data View" topic instructions areadded on how to select a layout with column headers

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ADAPT01622076

In the section “Item Properties”, the following topics are amended to clarify that when absolute values areentered they must be enclosed in quotation marks, and to clarify how the “Property Editor” is invoked:• “Managing Item Properties”• “Using the Property Editor”• “Setting an individual value for an item property”• “Using functions to reference item Properties”

Modeling User Guide: The specification for setting an item property value isclarified

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ADAPT01623866

The SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Installation Guide is updated to includesupport for IIS 7.5.

Installation Guide: Support is included for IIS 7.5, as Windows 2008 R2 isnow supported.

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ADAPT01627210

In the following topics, any server sizing recommendations are removed and references to the SizingGuide are added:• “Application server”• “Database server recommendations”• “Application server recommendations”• “Web server recommendations”

Master Guide: Updated with server sizing recommendations.

ADAPT01627581The “Reserved Names” topic is revised and updated.

New reserved names need to be included in the Modeling Reference Guide.

ADAPT01634845

Two new topics are added to the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management DatabaseAdministrator's Guide:• "Important Restriction" specifies areas of the database that must not be changed.• "'Autogrow' Setting" supports changing of settings for tablespace and "autogrow".

Database Administrator's Guide: Support for changing of settings fortablespace and "autogrow" is documented

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ADAPT01636301

A caution note is included in the topic “Application server”, giving advice on the use of processor hyper-threading.

Master Guide: A warning about hyper-threading is added.

ADAPT01639480

The SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Database Administrator's Guide isamended to provide detailed information on how to create the EPOACCESS role if you are using SSPI(Security Support Provider Interface) and a Windows user account instead of a Microsoft SQL Serverlogin:• In topic “Setting up a New Microsoft SQL Server Database Structure, Step 8 is amended.”• A new topic is added: “To create the EPOACCESS role for Microsoft SQL Server”.

Use EPOACCESS Role with SSPI for Microsoft SQL SERVER.



MDX Driver

ADAPT01639436

The existing “Data Alias” functionality within the MDX provider defaults to the Primary Alias that is setwithin Model Builder in Profitability and Cost Management. This setting can be overridden by the user to a setting of their choice if presented with the "SAPBusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Login" dialog box during the connectionconfiguration. The chosen settings are stored in the following registry key so that the setting is persistentacross MDX sessions:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\Profitability\EPMMDX\PrimaryAliasThe value of DWORD is used to indicate numerically which Alias within Profitability and CostManagement to use.The value can be overridden on the connection configuration by appending DataAlias=<String> to theconnection string passed to the PCM MDX ODBO Connector (where <String> is the textualrepresentation of the Alias to use, for example EPO CODE), and this takes precedence over registry keysettings.From SP03 onwards the existing functionality is extended by allowing the Primary Alias to be set inspecified registry keys.The Primary Alias specified in Profitability and Cost Management is used unless overridden by one of thefollowing settings, which are checked in the order shown. If a setting is found, it is used and no furthersettings are checked.1. DataAlias=<String> specified on PCM MDX connection string (for example, you modify the .OQY fileused by Microsoft Excel and add DataAlias=EPO CODE to the connection string).2. DWORD value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\Profitability\EPMMDX\PrimaryAlias3. REG_SZ in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\Profitability\EPMMDX\PrimaryAliasName4. DWORD value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Business Objects\Profitability\EPMMDX\PrimaryAlias (Note: On 64-bit Windows, this is located under Wow6432Node).5. REG_SZ in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Business Objects\Profitability\EPMMDX\PrimaryAliasName (Note: On 64-bit Windows, this is located under Wow6432Node).The changes are documented in a new topic “Support for the Data Alias setting” in the SAPBusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management MDX ODBO Connector Guide.

MDX Data Alias override.



P.O.

ADAPT01635313

Expected behavior in the Dimension screen is that double-clicking a node in a dimension hierarchy makesthe clicked item editable. However, double-clicking made a node expand and contract instead.With this support package, double-clicking a node in a dimension hierarchy puts it in edit mode. However, if users want to revert to Microsoft Explorer-style behaviour, so that double-clicking a nodetoggles expansion, they can by adding a registry key in the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\Profitability\ModelBuilder. The key should be a string value key named"DoubleClickExpand".

Dimension screens: Double-clicking a node in the dimension hierarchydoes not make the node editable

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ADAPT01636768

The detail contained in error messages can be controlled by adding values to the following registry keys:For a 64-bit OS: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Business Objects\Profitability For a 32-bit OS: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Profitability

The values are as follows:- HideErrorDetail: If this value is present, the user cannot see call stacks, registers, and so on when errorsare shown, because it prevents the Details button from appearing in the error message dialog box.- HideErrorMessage: If this value is present, the user sees a generic error message, rather than theactual message from the exception.- HideLogLocation: If this value is present, the file path to the log file location is not displayed to the userwhen an error is raised.- DisableUILogging: This value completely disables error logging for the Model Builder application.- CustomErrorMessage: If present, this string value is displayed as the text in the error message dialogbox (instead of "an error has occurred"). This is only shown if HideErrorMessage is also present.

In the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Security Guide, a new topic is added:“Error Message Security”, which describes how to enable error message information to be hidden.

The level of detail in error messages can now be controlled with registrykeys

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Server

ADAPT01639236

If a non-primary alias was renamed in Model Builder, the old name was still displayed when users viewedbooks in the Web Client.With this support package, renamed non-primary aliases are displayed correctly in the Web Client.

A renamed non-primary alias is not updated in the Web Client.

Support Package 04

Core



ADAPT01607938

When the RestrictCombinationEmployeeResourceDriverDataSplit function was added to the default rulefor the Employees dimension, no results were returned for the affected values. Installing this support package resolves the issue and the function now works correctly.

The RestrictCombinationEmployeeResourceDriverDataSplit function doesnot return results

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ADAPT01641495

The Profitability and Cost Management system did not support Unicode characters in View Builder cellmemos.This is now enabled.

Unicode characters are not supported in cell memos.

ADAPT01645473

The calculation was failing in a Bill of Materials model causing PCMModel.exe to keep crashing andreloading.Installing this support package resolves the issue.

Repeated crashing and reloading in a Bill of Materials model.

ADAPT01649023

The SAP WDeploy tool can now be used to deploy SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and CostManagement WAR files and packages to the Business Intelligence (BI) Web Application Server whenintegrating Profitability and Cost Management into an SAP BusinessObjects BI platform environment.

For more information, see the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management IntegrationGuide, updated for this support package.

All updated documentation is available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com

The SAP WDeploy tool can now be used when integrating with SAPBusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform

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ADAPT01650957

If a user changes the model structure while the model calculation is in progress, this can cause a generalprotection fault (GPF). As a result, the calculation can stop and grids become unresponsive.This support package resolves the issue by adding additional code to detect and abort calculation if thecalculation fails during structural changes.

A general protection fault (GPF) occurs if the model structure changeswhile a model is calculating

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ADAPT01650983

If a user has exited the application and then a user attempts to relaunch the application and open a modelwithin a short time period (2 - 3 minutes) immediately afterwards, the following message is displayed inModel Builder or Book Viewer:"Error communicating with the PCM Server. The server has stopped responding. Error code800706ba. Error communicating to Profitability and Cost Management Server %s - %s.Please check that the Profitability and Cost Management server name is correct."

Installing this support package resolves the issue.

Error 800706BA when launching Model Builder or Book Viewer.

Database

ADAPT01649063

When DataLoader was loading into the PPLOAD_ACTIVITYDRIVERVALUE andPPLOAD_COSTOBJECTDRIVER tables, the following issues occurred: - Performance was slow - The load did not complete - Dataloader appeared to freeze while loading data

To resolve the issue, this support package includes improvements to the SQL code, which include thefollowing:

For the PPLOAD_ACTIVITYDRIVERVALUE table: For Oracle databases, hints for indexing in the SQLscript are ON by default. For some systems, removing the hints may improve performance. You can nowdo this by adding values to the EPO_DBCONFIG tables. To update the configuration table to ignore thehints, run the following command:

insert into epo_dbconfig (modelid, loadid, configid, value) values (-1,-1,5,0); Note: Every Profitability and Cost Management environment is unique, turning hints off will not increaseperformance for every system. You may need to experiment to determine how turning hints on or offaffects performance for your system.

For the PPLOAD_COSTOBJECTDRIVER table: Improvements have been made to improveperformance on all systems.

DataLoader performance issues for PPLOAD_ACTIVITYDRIVERVALUE andPPLOAD_COSTOBJECTDRIVER

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ADAPT01645228

Security for the web client has been improved as follows:

1. If an error occurs during streaming to or from the web client and the HideErrorMessage registry keyexists, the software displays the message stored against the CustomErrorMessage registry key, instead of a messageinforming the user what was next expected in the stream.

2. Parameters in the URLs created by the web client to send to the web server are now formatted toprevent script injection.

3. All ASP (Active Server pages) pages now have added validation to check that expected parameters inURLs are in a valid form. The validation also includes checks against all undefined parameters to ensure that no illegalcharacters can be passed that could be used for script injection, especially the "greater than" (>) and "less than" (<)symbols.

4. ASP now checks that sessionID is valid before responding. This check is only performed if the page ispart of the interactive application. If the session is not valid, a "403 Forbidden" message is returned. Note: The about.asp page is visible before login and, therefore, the check is not valid for this page.

5. When an image is requested from the server, the sessionID is obtained from the URL of the referringpage and is validated to ensure the session is still valid. Note: Images will be cached by the browser so it will still be possible to request an image that haspreviously been cached, even without a valid sessionID.

6. When pages are rendered by the web server, if the HideErrorMessage registry key is present,Javascript is added to the page to suppress the standard reporting of error messages by the web client. Instead of showing theregular message, the message stored against the CustomErrorMessage registry key is displayed.

For more information on the registry keys; see the "Error Message Security" topic in the SAPBusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Security Guide, available on the SAP Help Portal athttp://help.sap.com.

Security Enhancements for the Web Client.

ADAPT01646993

The "Remember User Details" checkbox in the "Login" dialog box can now be hidden by using a registrykey.

The checkbox is no longer displayed if the registry contains one of the following keys:

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Business Objects\Profitability\HidePersistUser(for 64 bit OS) - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Profitability\HidePersistUser (for 32 bit OS)

The "Remember User Details" option in the "Login" dialog box can now behidden

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ADAPT01647031

Memos for dimension items have a limit of 2000 characters. However, the "Edit Memo Text" dialog boxallowed users to enter memos exceeding 2000 characters in length. Once the user clicked OK in thedialog box, only the first 2000 characters of the memo were retained, and the remainder of the memo waslost.With this support package, the "Edit Memo Text" dialog box no longer allows users to enter more than2000 characters.

Dimension item memos: Users can enter memos that exceed the 2000character limit

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ADAPT01649015

When SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management is integrated with SAP BusinessObjectsBI platform, the following are now supported: - Publishing books to the BI platform environment - Accessing models and books via the BI launch pad - Querying model data and results using Web Intelligence 4.0 - Querying model data and results using Analysis, edition for OLAP

Note also that the contents of the bipintegration.zip file have changed: The bip40/BI Reporting folder nowcontains a BIAR file of sample universes.

For more information, see the following documents, updated for this support package:

- SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Modeling User Guide and the online (F1)Help for Model Builder - SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Integration Guide - SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Installation Guide - SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management MDX Connector Guide

All updated documentation is available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com

Integration with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) platform4.0

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ADAPT01652052Romanian and Slovenian are now available as user interface languages.

Romanian and Slovenian languages are available.

Support Package 05



Core

ADAPT01673000

Opening a large Bill of Materials model was found to take several hours.In this support package, opening Bill of Materials models has been optimized so that the time it takes toopen a large model has been significantly reduced.

Opening a Bill of Materials model takes an excessive amount of time..

ADAPT01676372

This issue is fixed in Support Package 05 Patch 2.

Duplicate CostObjectValue values were created during calculation, and as a result, the CostObjectValuevalues were not consolidated correctly.

The code has been corrected so that duplicate values are no longer created.

CostObjectValue values do not consolidate correctly due to duplicatevalues.

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Databridge

ADAPT01666884

The import of records into the DefaultBOMMakeup table via Data Bridge was taking an excessive lengthof time to complete.This has been resolved by a change to the import process, which now rebuilds the structure cache whenthe import is finished, rather than after each record is inserted into the database.

Importing DefaultBOMMakeup values via Data Bridge is extremely slow.

From CSS

ADAPT01656016

In View Builder, the grid header context menu command, Show Cell Memos, can be significantly slow toexecute when cell memos are large, for example 999999 characters.

This support package improves the speed at which cell memos are displayed in grids.

The Show Cell Memo command executes slowly for large memos.



ADAPT01662572

This issue occurs while configuring login options for a secondary model server. In the "Multi SystemsOptions" screen of the Configuration Wizard, the primary server should be selected in the "AvailableServers" list for selection as the server against which to authenticate. However, in this case, although theprimary server was listed, the screen defaulted to using the name of the secondary server and did notallow the user to delete the server name from the list or to change the setting.This support package resolves the issue.

Configuration Wizard: The "Multi Systems Options" screen defaults to thesecondary model server for authentication

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ADAPT01666889

When Windows Active Directory Security was configured as the default Single Sign On (SSO)authentication type, authentication worked correctly in Model Builder, but Data Bridge incorrectlyprompted the user the enter login credentials, making the logon process fail.This has been corrected in this suppprt package.

The Single Sign On Type of Windows Active Directory Security is notworking with Data Bridge

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ADAPT01669908

This issue occurred when Windows Active Directory Security was configured as the default Single SignOn (SSO)authentication type in the "Login Options" screen of the Configuration Wizard.

With this type of authentication, users should not be prompted to enter login credentials. However, whenusers accessed the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management web client, the login dialogbox was displayed.

The code has been corrected so that the correct default SSO authentication type is applied.

Please note: If you have manually overridden the authentication setting and forced the login dialog box forthe web client to display by holding down the SHIFT key while accessing the web client, theauthentication setting will remain overridden. If you want revert to using the Windows Active DirectorySecurity SSO authentication, you must close and then reopen the browser.

Windows Active Directory Security authentication does not work on theweb client

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ADAPT01672668

When users attemped to log in to the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Managementapplication via the Microsoft Excel client, the message, "Invalid credentials" was displayed, even whenvalid credentials were entered.This support package resolves the issue.

Users cannot log in to the application via the Excel client.



ADAPT01673842

This issue is corrected in Support Package 05 Patch 1.This issue ocurred in a model that contained a simple EmployeeResourceDriverSplit rule for an item inthe Employee dimension. The rule included the RestrictCombinationEmployeeResourceDriverDataSplitfunction so that the calculation engine would return results only if data existed against that dimensionitem. However, the rule did not work as expected and failed to return results even when data did exist thedimension item.This was caused by an error in the code for the RestrictCombinationEmployeeResourceDriverDataSplitfunction.The patch corrects the error and the function now operates as expected.

The function RestrictCombinationEmployeeResourceDriverDataSplit doesnot work correctly.

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ADAPT01673848

This issue is corrected in Support Package 05 Patch 1ExternalCostObjectDataValue values at the parent level in a model were not exported when a model wasexported. Installing this patch corrects the issue, and values at the parent level are now exported.

ExternalCostObjectDataValue values at the parent level are not exported.

ADAPT01673850

This issue is corrected in Support Package 05 Patch 1Previously, ExternalCostObjectValue values could only be imported at leaf level.With this patch, it is now possible to import ExternalCostObjectValue values at the parent level as well.

ExternalCostObjectValue values cannot be imported at the parent level.

ADAPT01676075


This issue occurred when users tried to create a Data Explorer layout based on theEXTERNALCOSTOBJECTVALUE data table. Regardless of which keys a user selected in the dimensiontrees for the key dimensions, all the values in the table were returned, when only a subset of the recordsshould be displayed.This has now been corrected and Data Explorer works as expected.

Data Explorer returns all the records in theEXTERNALCOSTOBJECTVALUE table instead of the desired subset

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Other

ADAPT01667495

The FIMService web service failed on a 64-bit installation of the product. If users tried to access theservice web site, the following error message was displayed:

Server Error in '/FIMService' Application.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Error loading required assembly: 'SAPBusinessObjects.PCM.Interop, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=ab423b7c98666cc3'

Common Files Path: 'Common Files\x86\'

Error:Assembly path is empty! Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Pleasereview the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Exception: Error loading required assembly:'SAPBusinessObjects.PCM.Interop, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=ab423b7c98666cc3'

This support package resolves the issue and the FIMService web service now operates correctly.

Note: If the 64-bit FIMService web service is required, it must be configured to use a 64-bit applicationpool.

The FIMService web services fails on a 64-bit installation.

Support Package 06

Console Wizard

ADAPT01691478


It is possible to view the unencrypted version of a password in the "Console Wizard" in the followingmanner:

1. In the wizard, a user either opens an INI file that contains an Encrypted Password (encryptedpassword)or creates such a command in the current INI file.2. The user selects the Encrypted Password command and clicks Edit.3. In the "Command Properties" dialog box, the user changes the command type by selecting a newcommand from the Command Type list.4. Result: The unencrypted password is displayed in the first parameter text box.

This patch prevents the display of the password and ensures the text boxes are cleared if the userchanges the command type.

It is possible to see the unencrypted form of a user password in theConsole Wizard

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Core25/49Resolved Issues


Core

ADAPT01680995

Error 808880034 was raised for both of the following issues: - The Model Server name is incorrect. - The user's password is due to expire that day.

This issue has been corrected as follows: - Error 808880034 is raised when the Model Server name is correct. - Error 808880041 is raised when a user's password is due to expire that day.

The same Error 808880034 is raised for two different issues.

ADAPT01687375

This issue is corrected in Support Package 06 Patch 1.

The issue occurs when SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management is integrated with SAPBusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0 (or SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1) and theSingle Sign On (SSO) type is “Enterprise” authentication:An administrator creates new Business Intelligence platform users in the Central Management Console(CMC) and selects the option, “User must change password at next logon”. The new users are importedinto the Profitability and Cost Management system. When the new users log in for the first time toProfitability and Cost Management, they are prompted to change their password. However, after they doso, the following message is displayed: “Password Update Failed.” The users are unable to access thesystem.This issue resulted from a code error that caused the updated password to be sent to the Profitability andCost Management system rather than Business Intelligence platform. This is now corrected and thepassword is sent to the expected system.

Password change is unsuccessful for SAP BusinessObjects BusinessIntelligence platform users

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ADAPT01687863


The issue occurs in a grid containing EmployeeResourceDriverSplit values that are calculated by rules.When the “Remove Low Values” option is applied to the grid rows, the values are removed when theyshould be retained.This is the result of a code error that has now been corrected so that the expected values are returnedwhen “Remove Low Values” is applied to EmployeeResourceDriverSplit values with rules.

View Builder: “Remove Low Values” removes incorrectEmployeeResourceDriverSplit values

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ADAPT01687893


When a book contains a grid in which the “Remove Low Values” feature is applied to individual axes, thefeature works correctly when the book is viewed in Book Viewer, but values are not removed as expectedwhen the book is viewed in the web client.With Support Package 06 Patch 1, the “Remove Low Values” feature functions correctly in the web client.

The “Remove Low Values” option in grids does not work as expected in theweb client

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ADAPT01688079

This correction is implemented in Support Package 06 Patch 1.

Toolbars in the Model Builder application have been slightly resized so that they can be more easily andpredictably rearranged to form a single bar.

Docking for toolbars has been improved.

ADAPT01689991

This issue occurs in an environment in which SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Managment isintegrated with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0 (or BusinessObjects EnterpriseXI 3.1):When users are synchronized between the two systems using the Profitability and Cost Management"User Import Wizard", the wizard crashes and stops responding.Installing Support Package 06 resolves the issue.

The "User Import Wizard" crashes when synchronizing BusinessIntelligence (Enterprise) users with Profitability and Cost Management

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ADAPT01691791

The issue is fixed in Support Package 06 Patch 1.

The issue occurs in View Builder, when a user changes the settings for "Auto Remove Values" in the"Setup Auto Filter" dialog box for a grid in design mode. After they alter the settings, the user is notprompted to save the changes to the grid when they close "View Builder".

With this patch, users are now prompted to save their changes.

View Builder: Users are not prompted to save changes when altering AutoRemove Values settings.

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ADAPT01692582

This issue is corrected in Support Package 06 Patch 1The speed at which EmployeeResourceDriverSplit values are exported to XML or Universes has beenenhanced.Note that this enhancement applies to models without rules. Rules in a model, such as Version rules forexample, can negate this enhancement, and no reductions in export times may be seen.

The export of EmployeeResourceDriverSplit values is optimized..

ADAPT01695536


For certain models, for example some Bill of Materials models, the Data Explorer screen could be slow todisplay.

The initialization of the dimension tree controls in the screen has now been optimized, so if a delay indisplaying Data Explorer has been observed for a model, installing this patch will resolve the issue.

Data Explorer takes a long time to initialize.



ADAPT01695552

This issue is corrected in Support Package 06 Patch 3.For certain models, for example some Bill of Materials models, the "Advanced Rules Manager" could takesome time to display.The process by which the application identifies and displays the dimension items that contain rules hasnow been optimized. So, if a delay in initializing the "Advanced Rules Manager" has been observed for amodel, installing this patch will resolve the issue.

The "Advanced Rules Manager" is slow to initialize.

ADAPT01695703


A Bill of Materials model returned results, for example BOMProductUnitRate andBOMComponentExternalUnitRate values, that were incorrect and inconsistent. This was caused bymultiple threads attempting to calculate the same version/period combination. The first thread to start thecalculation did not indicate timeously that the calculation was underway, so other threads were notstopped from attempting the same calculation. This lead to duplicate processing, causing errors in thereturned results.

To resolve the issue, the setting of the flag to indicate that a specific version/period calculation isunderway has been moved in this patch to ensure that only one thread calculates results for a givenversion/period combination.

This affects only a subset of Bill of Materials models.

Bill of Materials model returns incorrect results.

Database

ADAPT01690767

This issue is corrected in Support Package 06 Patch 1.Data Loader performed very slowly when used to import ActivityDriverValue values in Oracle.In Support Package 06 Patch 1, the hints are removed from the Oracle Data Loader SQL script, whichimproves performance for the data loader process.

Data Loader performs poorly in an Oracle database.

ADAPT01690771

This issue is corrected in Support Package 06 Patch 1.The import process slowed dramatically when Data Loader was executed multiple times to import modeldata in a SQL Server environment. In Support Package 06 Patch 1, the SQL code related to dimension restructuring has been optimized toprevent this.

Performance depreciates when Data Loader is used multiple times in aMicrosoft SQL Server database

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Databridge

ADAPT01693040

This issue is corrected in Support Package 06 Patch 1If a user executes a control file to run a Data Bridge import job, a trace file is generated even if the userdoes not select the Generate Trace checkbox in the “Run Data Bridge” dialog box.With this patch, the conditions for testing whether to generate a trace file have been changed to ensurethat trace files are not produced if Generate Trace is not selected.

Data Bridge generates a trace file when no file was requested.

From CSS

ADAPT01675115

In this issue, the ActivityLineItemValue cost goes to Activity Unassigned, rather than to the expectedactivity. This is caused by an error in the code in which a variable name was duplicated. Installing this support package corrects the error.

ActivityLineItemValue cost is incorrectly assigned to Activity Unassigned.

ADAPT01692337

This issue is fixed in Support Package 06 Patch 1When books containing large grids are viewed in “Book Viewer” or in the “Preview” pane of the BookEditor, the books are slow to render if the DataManager object has the Display Alias property set to anon-default alias.To correct this issue, this patch contains additional functionality to provide item names from the backendin whichever alias is required, which speeds up the rendering process. Note that the improvement applies to the “Book Viewer” and previewing books in the” Book Editor”. Booksviewed in the web client are not affected by this issue; so performance is unimpaired.

Books are slow to render when DataManager uses a non-default alias.



Other

ADAPT01688371


This issue occurs when running the SAP Profitability and Cost Management Configuration Wizard for aclient installation or for an installation of a server that is not the primary server: In the “Login Option”screen, if the “Web Security” option is selected from the list of Single Sign On types, the Configure buttonis disabled, and configuration cannot be completed.

Support Package 06 Patch 1 corrects the issue and Web Security can be configured for clients and non-primary servers.

Configuration Wizard: It is not possible to configure Single Sign On for WebSecurity

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ADAPT01688374


When SSO has been set up to use the “Web Security” SSO type, login fails for the web client. InstallingSupport Package 06 Patch 1 corrects the issue.

Web Security Single Sign On (SSO) does not work.

ADAPT01693892

This issue is resolved in Support Package 06 Patch 2.If a user is viewing a book in the web client, and tries to expand an item on the axis of a grid control, anaccess violation error is raised.

Installing Patch 2 resolves the issue.

Books: Expanding an item in a grid axis raises an access violation error.

P.O.

ADAPT01693753

This issue is corrected in Support Package 06 Patch 3.The "Advanced Rules Manager" now displays any default dimension rules in a model.

The "Advanced Rules Manager" does not display default dimension rules.

Support Package 07



Book Viewer

ADAPT01694412

When Windows Themes is enabled, books containing large views could overlap the Toolbar in BookViewer. The rendering of books has been corrected to ensure that the Toolbar is not painted over when WindowsThemes is enabled.

Enabling Windows Themes impacts the rendering of books in Book Viewer.

ADAPT01703045


In View Builder, when a large grid is scrolled horizontally or vertically, the headers do not scroll alongwith the grid contents. As a result, the headers do not match the data in the rows and columns.

Applying this patch resolves the issue.

For more information please see the following KBA (Knowledge Based Article):1912474 - PCM: Grid labels/headers do not scroll with the data cells.

View Builder: Headers in grids do not scroll in synchronization with the gridcontents

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Configure

ADAPT01704220

This issue is resolved in Support Package 07 Patch 2 and occurs when Windows Active DirectorySecurity is used as a login option.

The first attempt to use Windows Active Directory Security on login appears successful, but causes heapcorruption and breaks the PCMService service. Because PCMService is in a broken state, errors occurwhenever the system attempts to use Windows Active Directory Security. For example, error 80020009occurs when a user clicks the Test button when configuring the Windows Active Directory Security loginoption in the Configuration Wizard.

To resolve the issue, this patch includes a writable buffer to which the Windows Active Directoryauthentication code is passed.

Using the Windows Active Directory Security login option causes errors.

Core



ADAPT01691645

When logging in to the application, the user has the option to select a Profitability and Cost Managementserver (in a landscape where the user is allowed to make this choice). The user can additionally select the“Make Default” checkbox to retain this server choice for all subsequent logins.The default server was not retained unless the "Remember User Details" checkbox was also selected.The application has been corrected so that regardless of other selections, the chosen server is retainedwhen the “Make Default” checkbox is selected.

For more information please see the following KBA (Knowledge Based Article):1868097 - PCM: During login, the “Make Default” check doesn’t save/preserve the selected Server.

Default Profitability and Cost Management server setting not saved fromLogin dialog

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ADAPT01695532

In Model Builder when exporting data to a file, the Decimal Precision spin edit control was badly renderedin the ‘Export to File’ dialog, and this has now been fixed.

Decimal Precision spin edit control is badly rendered in 'Export to File'dialog

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ADAPT01697627

If a user name contained "~" or "/", or SAP authentication was used (which coerces a '/' into the username when passed between applications), when the user was logged in to the Model Builder application,they were unable to launch Data Bridge. An error was generated when launching Data Bridge in thesecircumstances. The application has been updated to handle these characters, so that when Data Bridge is launched, thecredentials used for logging into the Model Builder are passed to Data Bridge and the user isautomatically logged into it.

For more information please see the following KBA (Knowledge Based Article):1877469 - PCM: Error “(80020009) Exception occurred” when launching Data Bridge from Model Builder.

Error when launching Data Bridge from Model Builder if user name contains"~" or "/"

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ADAPT01700622

This is an issue that affects only Bill of Materials models, on occasion. PCMModel.exe can cause aGeneral Protection Fault (GPF) during calculation while the model is under construction. This may not benoticeable to the user, but will have been recorded in the event log.This issue has now been resolved.

PCMModel.exe causes a General Protection Fault during calculation.



ADAPT01701071

SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management now supports the following software versionsand features:• Microsoft Windows Server 2012• Microsoft Windows 8• Microsoft SQL Server 2012• Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 9 and 10• Internet Information Server (IIS) 8.0

The following guides are reissued with the supported software updates:• “SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Master Guide”• “SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Database Administrator’s Guide”Make sure that you have downloaded the latest version of the guide from the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/

Upgrade supported software to latest versions.

ADAPT01701208

This issue affects the predefined dimension items that are supplied by default to a model, such as theResource Center item, RC Unassigned.

When a security descriptor is assigned to such an item, it is not saved and persisted. Instead, when themodel is next opened, the security descriptor has reverted to the default setting,"DefaultDimensionSecurity"

In Support Package 07 Patch 1, security descriptor assignments to default dimension items are persisted.

For more information please see the following KBA (Knowledge Based Article):1912449 - PCM: Security Descriptors for RC Unassigned resets to DefaultDimensionSecurity

The security descriptor settings for predefined dimension items such as RCUnassigned are not persisted

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ADAPT01703403


In the Export dialog box, if a user selects specific dimension items for export, and then selects the top-level dimension item (for example, All Versions), the expected behavior is that this selection should clearall the selections of specific dimension items.

However, although selecting the top-level item will cause the system to ignore the previous selections andrevert to default setting, as expected, the specific dimension items still appear selected in the dialog box,which is potentially confusing.

With this patch, the visible selection of specific dimension items is removed when a user selects the top-level dimension item.

Export dialog box: Specific items in dimension trees appear to remainselected after the top-level item is selected

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ADAPT01703600


This issue affects Bill of Materials models and those Bill of Materials grid values and functions that includethe virtual dimension, Components, in their parameters.

If a user creates a rule that uses one of these functions, the rule will not execute because the systemdoes not recognize the Components dimension and the name of the item is not stored correctly. Thisbecomes apparent when a user selects a Component dimension item as a parameter for a function in theSimple Expression Editor. Initially, the user can make a selection and save the settings. However, if theyre-open the Simple Expression Editor, the name of the selected Components dimension item is displayedenclosed in question marks and quotation marks - for example ?"Component A"?.

This patch addresses the issue and Components dimension items are recognized as valid parameters forthe affected functions and grid values in rules.

Bill of Materials Models: Components dimension items are not savedcorrectly as parameters for functions in rules

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ADAPT01704748

This issue is corrected in Support Package 07 Patch 1.The issue occurs when a user double-clicks a cell memo in a grid and edits it. When the user opens asecond cell memo in the same grid in order to edit it, the contents the previously edited memo are copiedover and appended to the current cell memo contents .Note that this occurs only when a user double-clicks a cell memo to open it, and not when the Edit Memooption in the cell content menu is used.Installing this patch resolves the issue.

The contents of a cell memo are overwritten with the contents of apreviously edited memo

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ADAPT01705422

This issue is resolved in Support Package 07 Patch 02.

If, in View Builder, a user alters a number of BOMUnitsSold values in a grid in quick succession, theapplication can become unresponsive. This is because multiple requests coming into the calculationsystem at the same time can cause the Bill of Materials calculation to lock up.

Changing multiple Bill of Materials values in a grid causes the applicationto freeze

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ADAPT01705791

This issue is resolved in Support Package 07 Patch 2.

In the following circumstances, more than one "Open a Control File" dialog box can be open at a time: - A user opens Data Bridge, and before the first screen of the wizard appears, clicks the "Open a scriptfile" icon in the tool bar. - The "Open a Control File" dialog box is displayed. - The first screen of the Data Bridge wizard appears, in which the "Open an Existing Data Bridge ControlFile" option is selected by default.The user clicks OK in the wizard.A second "Open a Control File" dialog box appears on top of the first dialog box. - The user can open a control file in this second dialog box and proceed through the remaining screensof the wizard. However the first "Open a Control File" dialog box remains onscreen.

To resolve the issue, the New, Load, and Save options for Data Bridge have been disabled until thewizard has fully loaded.

Data Bridge: It's possible to have multiple "Open a Control File" dialogboxes open

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ADAPT01706802

In the following specific set of circumstances, duplicate ActivityDriverValue values are created as part ofthe background calculation: - A user views detailed rule-based ActivityDriverValue values in a grid with calculation turned off. - The user turns on calculation to fully calculate the model and perform all background calculation. - The user performs an export to universe.

Result: The reported number of exported records will be higher than expected because duplicates havebeen created for the rule-based values. The duplicate records can been seen in the relevant databasetables (for example, the PPR_RBACTIVITYDRIVERVALUE table), but are not visible in a grid or in DataExplorer.

Support Package SP07 Patch 1 performs a check so that duplicates are not added to rule-basedActivityDriverValue values.

Duplicate ActivityDriverValue values are created.



Database

ADAPT01703733

This issue is corrected in Support Package 07 Patch 1.If a Transactional Costing model is copied using the Copy Model command in the Model Admin dialogbox, the copied model does not calculate correctly. This occurs because an error during the copyingprocess causes the data load functionality to attempt to load data to the incorrect Cost Object dimensionitems.Installing this patch resolves the issue.

Copying a Transactional Costing model breaks transactional costingfunctionality

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ADAPT01708177

The Oracle Synonyms for user "usrEPO" were missing from the database scripts for the application. Thismeant that SQL accessing the PPR_*_BRIDGE, PPR_*_NODEITEMS or PPR_NODE_LEVEL databasetables produced an error such as the following when used from sqlplus:

SQL> select count(1) from PPR_NODE_LEVEL; select count(1) from PPR_NODE_LEVEL * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

A result of this is that Export to Universe would silently fail to populate any of the above Oracle databasetables when the database connection was configured to use "usrEPO". This issue did not affectconnections configured to use the "adminEPO" user.

This has been corrected in the SQL scripts supplied with Support Package 07 Patch 2.

Oracle Standard user (usrEPO) cannot perform an Export to Universe.



Databridge

ADAPT01693787

When launching Data Bridge from within Model Builder, whilst using SAP Business Intelligence platform(Enterprise) authentication, the model did not open in Data Bridge if the model name contained a space.The application has been corrected to enable models to open correctly in the above circumstances.

For more information please see the following KBA (Knowledge Based Article):1880392 - PCM: When launching Data Bridge from within a model Error 80880032 occurs

Launching Data Bridge from Model Builder fails when using BOEauthentication if model name contains spaces

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ADAPT01703279


When data is imported into the PARENTCHILD_BULK table in Data Bridge, records that match theexisting model structure are ignored, as expected. However, the number of ignored records is notcorrectly updated in the 'alerts' report that is displayed when the import is complete.

With this patch, the number of ignored records is updated as expected.

For more information please see the following KBA (Knowledge Based Article):1905144 - PCM: Data Bridge import reports “Ignored 0 lines” even though some have been ignored.

Data Bridge: Ignored records in a PARENTCHILD_BULK import are notrecorded correctly

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ADAPT01707705

This issue is fixed in Support Package 07 Patch 2 and occurs when cost object drivers are imported:

Data Bridge was used to import Cost Object drivers. When the data was viewed in the "Cost ObjectAssignment" screen; only the last override for a given combination of Line Item and Responsibility Centerwas visible in the interface.

This patch resolves the issue by adding a check to ensure that the Cost Object driver records are notcleared down for each overrride.

When Cost Object drivers are imported, only the last Cost Object overrideis imported

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Other

ADAPT01695339

In the web implementation of the application you can manipulate the URL by adding details whennavigating between books. When trying to logout after passing parameters between books, in certaincircumstances this caused an error. The error message 'is not a Boolean value' appeared.Handling has been added to prevented errors occurring when passing parameters in URLs.

Error in web books when trying to logout after having passed parameters inURL

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ADAPT01707272

This issue is fixed in Support Package 07 Patch 2 and occurs when viewing a grid in the web client:

A user expands some items in the grid header, locates low values, and then selects the Remove LowValues option in the grid context menu. The values are removed as expected. However, if the user thenexpands another item in the grid header, all previously expanded items are collapsed and the gridappears with as it did it was first loaded in the web client.

Installing this patch resolves the issue.

Unexpected results when expanding grid headers after using Remove LowValues command in the web client

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P.O.

ADAPT01699323

The Advanced Rules Manager screen was showing rules for dimensions that were not relevant to thecurrent open model. For example, the default rules of Objectives and Metrics model dimensions werebeing shown inside a Profitability and Costing type model.This behaviour is now corrected. In addition, a right-click menu item is added to allow the user to toggle the visibility of default rules. This isdocumented in the “SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management Modeling User Guide”.

Advanced Rules Manager screen showing Objective and Metrics defaultrules in a Profitability and Costing model

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Support Package 08



Configure

ADAPT01712703

If a user attempts to configure a client machine in the Configuration Wizard when the Primary Languageis set to Japanese, the following Configure Application Error is raised:

Exception 'EConvertError' in Module PCMConfigure.exe at 0001373A Format '%d' Invalid or incompatible with argument

The error was due to a translation error in a string that has now been amended in Support Package 08Patch 1. Clients can now be configured with no errors when the Primary Language is Japanese.

Errors are raised when trying configure a client when the language is set toJapanese

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Console Wizard

ADAPT01716639

When using the "HANA - Set Instance" command in the Console Wizard, users were not able to choose aHANA instance of 0. In Support Package 08 Patch 1, the Instance ID spinbox in the CommandProperties dialog box has been updated so that users can select any HANA instance between 0 and 99,including 0.

The Console Wizard does not allow users to enter a HANA instance of 0.

Core

ADAPT01709047

When using the Copy Versions or Copy Periods functions to copy a period and/or a version, the costobject assignment overrides are not copied.

In this support package, the PP_COPYVERSIONPERIOD and PP_COPYVERSION stored proceduresfor both Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases has been updated so that all assignment overridesare correctly copied.

Copying a version and period does not copy cost object assignmentoverrides

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ADAPT01709340

You can now configure Server Logging Options for the following additional components: - PCMFIMService - PCMMDX - PCMRESTService

You set up the Server Logging Options as follows:

1. Open the Configuration Wizard2. On the "Options Available screen", ensure the "SAP System Integration Options" check box is selected.3. Navigate to the "Advanced Server Options" page.4. Click the "Modify" button under "Server Logging Options".5. In the "Log File Configuration" dialog box, select the component from the "Component Name" list.6. Specify the logging options you require and click "OK".7. Complete the Configuration Wizard to have your changes take effect.

Server Logging Options can be set for additional components in theConfiguration Wizard

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ADAPT01709750

This issue occurs in "Mappings" tab in the "Export" dialog box. If a user uses the "Rename" function tochange a name in the "Map To" column, they cannot change the name back to the original.

Support Package 08 resolves the issue and mappings can now be reset to their original value.

It is not possible to change a renamed mapping back to its original name inthe "Export" dialog box

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ADAPT01710887

The "Manage Export IDs" dialog box has been improved as follows: - Users must enter a name for an Export ID. - Spaces before and after the Export ID name can be entered but they are removed when the name issaved to the database. Spaces within the name are preserved.

The "Manage Export IDs" dialog box is improved.

ADAPT01714379

In View Builder, if a user is viewing a grid and tries to scroll up or down the grid using the wheel of themouse, the headers for the grid do not move in synch with the grid rows and columns. This issue is nowresolved in Support Package 08 Patch.

Grid headers do not scroll correctly when a mousewheel is used forscrolling

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ADAPT01716641

In the Model Calculation Option dialog box, the option previously named "AWE Memory Usage" has beenchanged to "RAM Memory Usage" because this more accurately identifies what the option refers to. In theModify Model Calculation Option dialog box, the settings for this option have also been updated to bemore appropriate for the types of machines on which customers run their Profitability and CostManagement systems, for example:RAM Minimum usageRAM Max 4 GBRAM Max 8 GBRAM Max 16 GBRAM Max 24 GBRAM Max 32 GBRAM Max 64 GBRAM Max 96 GBRAM Max 128 GBRAM Max 256 GBRAM Max 512 GBRAM Unlimited usage

Model Calculation Option, AWE Memory Usage, has been updatedinSupport Package 08 Patch1

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ADAPT01716643

Reasignment of activities can create a difference between the amounts in reassignment(SummaryMovementValue) and the final state after reassignment (SummaryActivityValue). Thediscrepancy can occur because the reallocation system keeps reallocating until there is less than 0.001%(the default level of precision) of the value being reallocated left, at which point the system assigns theremainder to the activity with the highest cost. If the amount being allocated is extremely large, this canproduce a noticable discrepancy.In Support Package 08 Patch 1, a new Model Calculation Option, Reallocation Precision, allows you tochoose the degree of precision you require for reallocation values. Options are as follows: - Default Precision - Extended Precision - Maximum Precision

New Model Calculation Option improves precision for reallocation values.

ADAPT01716657

For Support Package 08 Patch 1,the Export to HANA feature can now detect when the required ODBCdriver for HANA is not installed on the Profitability and Cost Management server and an appropriate errormessage is displayed: "The operation failed with error code (Required HANA ODBC driver not installedon the PCM Model Server.)"

Export To HANA feature now detects when required driver is missing on theserver

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MDX Driver

ADAPT01716660

Resource drivers were not being inherited correctly and as a result, costs were assigned to the incorrectactivities. This occurred because when the system was looking up which resource driver to use, it wasusing the first of any parent it found for a line item, rather than the immediate parent, which is required. InSupport package 08 Patch1, the code has now beem updated so that the system searches for, and finds,the immediate parent of a line item when assigning resource drivers.

Resource Driver Inheritance does not work correctly.

Other

ADAPT01714280

When a user is creating a connection to a SAP Business Objects Profitability and Cost Managementmodel in the EPM add-in for Microsoft Office in Excel, they should only be able to select models of theProfitability and Costing type. It was found however, that models of types Bill of Materials, TransactionalCosting, and Objectives and Metrics were also available for selection.

This error has been corrected in Support Package 08 Patch 1 and only Profitability and Costing modelsare now available for selection.

Models of the incorrect type are available for selection when creating aconnection in the EPM add-in

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P.O.

ADAPT01714268

When a user creates a very large number of resource driver overrides simultaneously in the ResourceDriver Assignment screen, performance depreciates significantly.

This was due to the design of the user interface. Support Package 08 Patch 1 includes improvements tospeed up the performance of the Resource Driver Assignment screen.

Resource Driver Assignment screen is slow when processing largenumbers of overrides

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Support Package 09



Configure

ADAPT01725189

After updating to Support Package 08, you run the SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and CostManagement's Configure utility to make changes to the Web Server Configuration and the following erroroccurs: "An error has occurred whilst setting up IIS services".

The following error appears in the log file %PROGRAMDATA%\SAP BusinessObjects\PCM\IISSetupErrors.log: Cannot add duplicate collection entry of type application with unique key attribute'path' set to'/<name of web site>'.

The process of updating the Web Server settings is fixed and this error no longer occurs.

Error When Updating the Web Server Configuration.

ADAPT01732301

This issue occurs when a user configures the Windows Active Directory Security option in the LoginOptions screen of the Configuration Wizard. When the user clicks the Test button to test the settings thatthey have entered, a General Protection Fault (GPF) can occur. This issue has now been resolved inSupport Package 09 Patch 3.

Configuration Wizard: Using the Test button when configuring ActiveDirectory Security can cause a GPF

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Core

ADAPT01721349

If a model contains only one Capacity Rule, no Capacity Rules are displayed in the Advanced RulesManager. Models with more than one Capacity Rule are displayed correctly. This issue is fixed so that theCapacity Rules are always displayed correctly.

No Capacity Rules Are Displayed in Models With Only One Capacity Rule.

ADAPT01721361

The Delete Rules functionality only exists in the Standard Rules Manager. As of Support Package 09 it isalso added in the Advanced Rules Manager.

Delete Rules Functionality Added to Advanced Rules Manager.

ADAPT01725168

When a user's password is due to expire and they login to Model Builder using their valid credentials, thesystem prompts them to change their password.

If a user whose password is due to expire tries to use the SAP EPM solutions, add-in for Microsoft Office(EPM add-in) to login to SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management, the login attempt failswith an "Attempted to read or write protected memory" error, even though the credentials are correct. Thisproblem is fixed and the users whose passwords are due to expire can login correctly through the EPMadd-in.

Login Fails When Password is Due to Expire.



ADAPT01725178

The Model Calculation option "First CPU Usage" is used to request to use a given CPU but the option isnot enforced.

Example: The option First CPU Usage for the "XYZ" model is set to 16. This means that the model shoulduse CPU core 16. However, if other models were opened before "XYZ" that CPU core may already be inuse.

This option is now enforced so a model can be set, for example, to always use CPU cores 16 to 19. To dothis you must set First CPU Usage to 16 and Maximum CPU Usage to 4.

"First CPU Usage Option" Is Not Enforced.

ADAPT01725185

With the Export to File dialog box you can export data and results to XML and CSV files. When youchange the settings for an export, the changes are not saved and the next time you open the dialog thesettings are reset to their default values.

For example, you change the decimal precision to 2 for an export. The next time you open the Export toFile dialog the decimal precision is back to its default value of 12.

As of SP09 the last selected values are saved and displayed again when you open the dialog.

Settings Are Not Saved When Exporting Data.

ADAPT01725196

In Model Builder, when you are creating a grid for a model that contains either a single Period or a singleVersion and there is no context set for the grid, the activity driver and resource driver values are displayedcorrectly in Preview mode. If you set a context for the grid, for example, "Resource Drivers Required byResponsibility Centers", nothing is displayed in the Preview mode.

This problem does not occur in models that have more than one Period or more than one Version.

Activity Driver and Resource Driver Values Are Not Displayed in PreviewMode

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ADAPT01729459

You perform the following steps:1. Use “Load Stored Values” to clear all values in a model.2. Wait for the model to calculate.3. Open a “View Builder Grid” that contains: - CostObjectValue results that are related to consolidated Line Items - SummaryActivityValue resultsThe results of the procedure above are calculated correctly.If you use “Load Stored Values” while the grid is open, sometimes the consolidated Line Item Values areincorrectly added to the ExternalActivityValue table against an invalid Line Item. That causes doublecounting.Support Package 09 Patch 2 resolves the issue.

Values are calculated incorrectly in a grid.



ADAPT01730108

Certain user-defined functions caused internal conflicts during rule optimization. Depending on the ModelCalculation Options settings, the following occurred: - When the Rules Engine option was set to "Compiled", a fatal error occured. - When the Rules Engine option was set to "Compiled with VBScript", a warning was raised in ModelAlerts.The conflict occured when the name of the user-defined function started with the same letters as thenames of internal functions. For example, a user-defined function called "AC" had conflicts with internalfunctions such as ActivityLineItemValue and ActivityUnitRate.To resolve the issue, this Support Package 09 Patch 2 contains a correction so that user-definedfunctions do not conflict with internal functions.

User-defined functions cause errors during rule optimization.

ADAPT01732299

When a user logs in to the Model Builder application, the Server list in the Login dialog box does notdisplay all the model servers that are defined in the Multi System Options screen of the ConfigurationWizard. Instead, the list is either empty or shows only the local server.Installing this patch (Support Package 09 Patch 3) resolves the issue and the full list of model servers isnow displayed.This issue affected versions SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management 10.0Support Package 01 Patch 1 through to Support Package 09 Patch 2.

The Model Server List in Model Builder does not match the list from theConfiguration Wizard

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ADAPT01733128

The Export Compatibility setting was set for export purposes only when a model was initially opened orcreated. Changes to this setting were saved to the database and used correctly, but the correct settingcould be exported only once the model was fully closed and reopened, as this was the only way to get theExport system to recognise the change of setting.This issue has now been corrected and, on installation of this Support package 09 Patch 4, changes tothe Export Compatibility setting are picked up and exported correctly.

The "Export Compatibility" Model Calculation Option is not preserved whenthe model is exported

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ADAPT01733131

Performance in the Cost Object Assignment screen was slow in models with large numbers ofassignments. Support Package 09 Patch 4 features an optimization for the Cost Object Assignmentscreen that significantly improves performance.

Cost Object Assignment screen is slow.



Installation

ADAPT01725160

You can patch SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management by using the providedUpdate.exe file or by running the MSP file directly from Windows Explorer. After the update the languageof SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management is set to English regardless of what thecurrent language was before the update.

The Update.exe file is changed so that the language setting is saved before the update starts. After thepatch is applied, the language is set back to what it was before the update.

Recommendation:

We recommend that you use Update.exe instead of directly running the MSP file.

Language Set to English After Update.

Metify Core

ADAPT01725566

You can reset a user's password in the Users and Groups screen in Model Builder as follows:

1. Go to Tools -> Security -> Users and Groups.

2. Select the required user and open the context menu with a right-click.

3. From the context menu choose Reset Password.

The first time you open the Reset Password dialog, it is displayed correctly in the current language of theModel Builder. If you open the dialog again without closing the Users and Groups screen it is displayed inEnglish instead of the current language.

This issue is now resolved and the current language is persisted In the dialog box.

"Reset Password" Dialog Box Displayed in English Instead of the CurrentLanguage

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P.O.

ADAPT01726254

This issue occurs when a user changes an editable value in a grid in View Builder or a book, and, beforethe edit is committed and while the inplace editor is still open, then shifts the focus to another ModelBuilder screen or book control. In this case, when the user returns to the grid, the inplace editor in theaffected cell has not closed and the grid has not been redrawn correctly.After installing Support Package 09 Patch 2, the inplace editor in a grid will close correctly once the gridloses the focus.

The inplace editor for cell values in grids does not behave as expected ifthe user shifts the focus from the grid

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Work Manager

ADAPT01727629

After the system was upgraded from version 7.5 to 10.0, Work Manager workflow script calls tothe function "getIDForUserName" returned 0 rather than the correct ID for the user.Support Package 09 Patch 1 corrects the error and workflow scripts now execute correctly.

Work Manager: After Migration to Version 10.0, Workflow Scripts Do NotExecute Correctly

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Support Package 10

Configure

ADAPT01734906

If, in the Configuration Wizard, "Sockets" had been selected in the Transport Mechanism screen, then theRemote Connection screen did not show the correct current setting for the "Enabled" or "Disabled"options. The correct settings were shown, however, if the "DCOM" transport layer was selected instead of"Sockets".The code has now been corrected so that the correct current settings are displayed for both "DCOM" or"Sockets".

Configuration Wizard: Remote Connection screen does not display thecorrect settings if the transport mechanism is Sockets

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Core

ADAPT01733450

The User Monitor did not display the name of the model in which a user was working; the Model Namecolumn for the user in question was blank.This issue has now been resolved and the model in which a user is working is correctly displayed.

The User Monitor does not show the model in which a user is working.

ADAPT01733453

A model included Activities that were implicitly assigned to Responsibility Centers. Users found that if theychanged EmployeeResourceDriverSplit values to zero in one period, this could cause the impliedassignments to disappear from grids or assignment screens. Closing and reopening the model made themissing assignments reappear.

As EmployeeResourceDriverSplit records are created, associated Implied Activities are also created asneeded, with these Implied Activities being correctly removed when the EmployeeResourceDriverSplitvalue reaches zero. When a model was opened that contained EmployeeResourceDriverSplit records inthe database, the internal count or the number of records would incorrectly be set to 1, rather than theactual number of records, so changing any EmployeeResourceDriverSplit value to zero would remove allImplied Activities from the running model, although records would still correctly remain in the database.Closing and reopening the model would show the Implied Activities again because there wereEmployeeResourceDriverSplit records in the database, but changing any EmployeeResourceDriverSplitvalue to zero would cause the same behaviour. The application should have been using the number ofEmployeeResourceDriverSplit records in the database to determine at which point all Implied Activitiesshould be removed. The application has been corrected to use the number ofEmployeeResourceDriverSplit records in the database.

Implied assignments for Activities are removed from grids or screens.

ADAPT01735032

This issue occurs in models in which the Currencies dimension has been renamed, for example if thedimension names are in another language, such as French. If, in such a model, a user attempts to createa report in Excel using the EPM Add-in to connect the model, the following error message is returned:The remote server returned an error. (400) Bad Request.Installing this support package resolves the issue.

EPM Add-in for Microsoft Office: A "Bad Request" error is returned whenquerying a model with a renamed Currencies dimension

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Monitor

ADAPT01734889

When a user is logged into Model Builder and opens the User Monitor, they should be able to logthemselves out of the application by clicking the Log Off button for their user. However, they are not ableto do so because the button is disabled.This issue has now been corrected and the Log Off button is now active, as expected.Note that this issue does not affect Administrator users because they are able to log off any user.

Users cannot log themselves off within the User Monitor.



Work Manager

ADAPT01734891

When a server running Work Manager was rebooted, the Work Manager Service should haveautomatically started, but failed to do so.Installing this support package resolves the issue.

The Work Manager Service is not automatically started when the hostingserver is rebooted

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