ASUG Illinois Chicago Chapter

SAP Planning and Consolidation version for

NetWeaver Powered by HANA and Microsoft

version
Nov 1, 2012

[ JUERGEN LINDNER
SAP POINT OF CONTACT
MEMBER SINCE: 1998

Sandepogu
[ Sushma
CSA, SAP Labs LLC.

[ LINDA WILSON

ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER

MEMBER SINCE: 1999

[ ATUL PATANKAR

ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER

MEMBER SINCE: 2000

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[ Agenda
Evolution of SAP Planning and Consolidation, version for NW and MS Platforms
SAP Planning and Consolidation , version for SAP NetWeaver
SAP Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver powered by SAP HANA
SAP Planning and Consolidation, version for the Microsoft platform
SAP EPM 10 Add-in for Microsoft Office
Demo on SAP Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver powered by SAP
HANA system

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the different releases of

[ Understanding
SAP Planning and Consolidation
Planned
Dates

Version for SAP

NetWeaver

2007

7.0
Release

7.5
Release
Generally Available

10.0
Release

Version for the

Microsoft Platform

SAP Planning and Consolidation is available as two distinct

(separately priced) applications version for SAP NetWeaver
and version for the Microsoft platform

5.1
Release

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 5.1, version for

the Microsoft platform, runs on the Microsoft platform

SAP is pursuing a dual release product strategy

7.0
Release

7.5
Release

1.

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.0, version

for the Microsoft platform succeeds the 5.1 release

2.

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.0, version

for SAP NetWeaver is a new product running on the SAP
NetWeaver platform (it is not a successor to the 5.1 release)

Generally Available

10.0
Release

BPC 10 MS is GA as of 2/2/2012 and BPC 10 NW is GA 4/23/2012

Going forward, SAP will continue to invest in both versions

2012

GA as of April 23

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GA as of Feb 2

Planning and Consolidation

[ SAP
Key Facts and Figures
SAP Planning and Consolidation was
formerly known as Business Planning and
Consolidation and before that, OutlookSoft
OutlookSoft was acquired by SAP in 2007
(approx. 700 customers at the time)
There are approx. 3400 SAP Planning and
Consolidation customers today
There are two versions of the product:
version for the Microsoft platform
successor to OutlookSoft
version for SAP NetWeaver - new
version (no predecessor) built directly
on the SAP NetWeaver platform

Approximate Industry split:

9%

6%

5%

3%
9%

7%

A&D / ME&C
Automotive
Banking & FSP

12%

14%

9%

Chemicals / O&G

7%
Communications

2%

5%

Usage split:
~ 60% use for
planning

Geographic customer split:

43% Americas, 43% EMEA, 14% APJ

Customers include:

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4%
8%

~ 40% use
for
consolidati
ons

[ What is SAP Planning and Consolidation

used for?

Planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial consolidation in one application

Business planning
Budgeting
Sales/revenue planning
Capital expenditure planning
Headcount/staffing
Expense planning
Cash flow/liquidity planning

Consolidation
Intercompany matching/reconciliation
Intercompany eliminations
Management roll-ups
Legal consolidation

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Forecasting and consensus building

Rolling forecasts
Continuous planning
Collaboration

Financial reporting and analysis

Ad hoc
Variance analysis
Driver analysis (industry, growth, capacity, etc.)

Similarities and differences between

versions
Dimension Management
Concurrency
Locking

User
Activity

Data
Manager

Shared Query Engine

VERSION FOR THE

VERSION FOR SAP
MICROSOFT
NETWEAVER
PLATFORM
SIMILAR
CAPABILITIES

Microsoft Office Clients

Web Reporting
SAP NetWeaver
Drag & drop report design
Authorizations
Business Process Flows
Granular Transports
Workspace
(Lifecycle Management)
URL Drill-through
BADI Framework for
BI Platform Integration
Enhancements
Documents view
Controls and
Ownership Manager
Consolidation Monitors
User Management
Model Mgmt
Process Chains
Business Rules
Web-based Admin
Drag & drop hierarchy 64-bit support
Books
editing over the web
SAP HANA support

Automated Variance
Analysis

Environment
Shell

Microsoft SQL Server

Database Only
SQL-Based Logic Script

Logic
Script

Table DrillThrough
SSIS
Packages
Active Directory
Global Cache

Audit
Reports

Optimize Application
This presentation and SAPs strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document is provided without a
warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

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[ New terminology and difference between

7.5 and 10 versions

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[ SAP PC on NW
SAP Planning and Consolidation version for SAP
NetWeaver

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[ Harmonize

Simplified Web Architecture

Lower maintenance costs with removal of the .Net Application Server

7.5

10.0

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation Clients

Admin
(Thick)

Microsoft
Office
Clients

Web
(Thin)

Others

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation Clients

Admin
(Thin)

Microsoft
Office
Clients

Web
(Thin)

Others

HTTP/SOAP

Web Server (IIS) & .NET Application Server

Web Services

HTTP/REST

Conversion and Application Services

SAP NetWeaver BW (Application Server)

RFC Calls

Rest Web Services

SAP NetWeaver BW (Application Server)

Application Logic

MDX

SAP NetWeaver
BW OLAP Engine

Application Logic

SQL

Database
Relational Database
(any that SAP NetWeaver
supports)

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MDX

SAP NetWeaver
BW OLAP Engine

SQL

In memory (optional)
SAP NetWeaver BWA

Database
Relational Database
(any that SAP NetWeaver
supports)

In memory (optional)
SAP NetWeaver BWA

10

SAP Planning and Consolidation version

for SAP NetWeaver
Harmonized Web user interface

InfoView / SAP Portal / Browsers / Enterprise Portals

Harmonize
SAP BusinessObjects BI

MS Office

Common SAP product standards

New EPM add-in for Microsoft Office

Workspace/ UI

Enhanced integration with SAP NetWeaver

and SAP BusinessObjects EPM
applications

Harmonized Web User Interface / Common EPM Add-in

Native SAP NetWeaver authentication

Disclosure Management

Strategy Management

Risk Management

Process Control

Connect

Support for SAP NetWeaver BW transport

framework
Future Release (planned):
Support for matrix security

Planning and Consolidation

version for SAP NetWeaver

Financial Consolidation

Intercompany

Profitability and
Cost Management

Extended support for virtualization use in

production environments*
Enhanced consolidation capabilities
Briefing books

Financial Information Management

Extend

Future Release (planned):

Enhanced driver-based planning and
scenario planning

SAP Business Suite and

SAP NetWeaver BW

Non-SAP sources
and platforms

Automated variance analysis

Graphical calculation modeling

*Details can be found here: https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1098847

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[ Harmonize

New Web 2.0 User Interface

Redesigned Web 2.0 interface for modern look and feel and better productivity

Reduce manual work with new and

improved web-based report designer
featuring easy to use member selector
Save time searching for content with
new Content Library that houses all
reports, input forms, dashboards etc. in a
central location making it easier to find
Increase productivity when working with
multiple reports, dashboards etc. utilizing
new Workspaces that allow for faster
navigation between related/grouped
content

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Harmonize

EPM Add-in for Microsoft Office

New and improved integration with Microsoft Office applications

Based upon:
Reporting and analytics software in SAP
BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation
and SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation for Office

Provided with:
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation, as central interface
Other EPM applications for Finance*, as
optional interface

Includes:
Enhanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint
add-ins for creating live, connected reports
from scratch and copying/pasting existing
reports between Word, Excel and
PowerPoint

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[ Connect

Native SAP Netweaver Authentication

Improved integration with SAP NetWeaver security

Dynamically synchronize planning and
consolidation role and profile settings
with underlying SAP NetWeaver system
SAP NetWeaver BW rules are
automatically generated when security is
maintained within SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation, version for
SAP NetWeaver

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[ Extend

Consolidation Central

New web interface for performing consolidation tasks over the web
Perform day to day consolidation tasks
over the web using new Consolidation
Central interface:
Ownership Manager
Journals data entry
Controls monitor
Consolidation monitor

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[ Extend

Consolidation Central Ownership Manager

Faster and easier creation of scopes using new Ownership Manager

Utilize contextual menu (when editing a
scope) and copy/cut/paste of data using
Excel-like functions or right click of the
mouse
Automate the calculation of Methods and
Percentages based upon ownership data
entry

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[ Extend

Consolidation Central - Journals

Increased flexibility with new web interface for Journals

Save time and reduce errors with new
web interface for Journals which
includes an automatic calculation of
totals and live syntax check, easier
posting of multiple journal entries, and
new filtering capabilities
Quickly access relevant content with new
home page that displays list of journals
filtered according to the current view* with
access to all relevant actions
Utilize new options per journal:
Balanced by Entity, balanced by Entity
Currency

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[ Extend

Consolidation Central Controls Monitor

Improved visibility with new Controls Monitoring interface

Gain complete visibility of control
statuses for entities you are responsible
for
View details of controls for a selected entity

Launch control calculations for selected

entities
View detailed expression of a selected
control
Run controls, Dismiss or reset controls
(requires specific access rights to the
corresponding task)
Directly access linked documents

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[ Extend

Consolidation Central Consolidation Monitor

Better tracking with new web-based consolidation monitor

Track information for a given group, subgroup or entity :
Control set status
Work status
Currency conversion status
Consolidation status

Run select tasks directly from the

Consolidation Monitor:
Run translation
Run consolidation
View running processes

Improve performance and save time with

incremental currency conversion and
consolidations
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[ Extend

New web 2.0 User Administration Interface

Simplify administration tasks with new web-based workspace

Easier creation and maintenance of
models*, dimensions, security, rules,
business process flows, work status and
more
New context defaults for models and
dimensions - models can be created by
leveraging an existing model as a source
New, hierarchical view of dimension
members for easier editing of dimension
hierarchies drag/drop or move up/down
New editor for Logic Scripts** leverages
autocomplete for easier creation and
maintenance of Logic Script
New Controls*** admin provides direct
access to controls, creation of control sets
(groups of controls), creation of advanced
formulas and more
*New name for Applications, ** New name for Script Logic
*** Controls replaces the former Validation Business Rules
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[ SAP HANA

HANA - High-performance Analytic Appliance

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What is HANA (High-performance ANalytic

Appliance)
An appliance for
processing high volumes
of transactional data in
real time
Includes tools for data
modeling, data and
lifecycle management,
security, operations

Custom
Applications
MDX
SAP
NetWeaver
BW
3rd

Party

SAP
Business Suite

SAP
BusinessObjects
SQL

Optimized

In-Memory Computing
Engine
In-Memory
Row/Column
Data Store

Calculation
and Planning
Engine

Data Management Service

Admin and Data Modeling

Provides support for

multiple interfaces based
on industry standards

RealTime Replication
Services
Data Integration Services

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[ SAP HANA appliance software

SAP HANA
In-memory software and hardware
(HP, IBM, Fujitsu, Cisco, and Dell)
Data modeling and data management
Real-time data replication
SAP Data Services for extraction, transformation,
and load (ETL) functions from SAP Business
Suite, SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse, and
third-party systems

Functions
Analyze information in real time at unprecedented
speeds on large volumes of non-aggregated data
Create flexible analytic models based on real-time
and historic business data
Use a foundation for new category of applications
(planning, simulation, and so on) to outperform
current applications in category significantly
Minimize data duplication
*Version for SAP NetWeaver
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[ In-memory technology benefits

Tackles the Big Data challenge
Supports real-time planning and
analysis
Enables cross functional detailed
planning
Shrinks decision cycle-time
Enables cross functional
Enterprise Business Planning
Facilitates dynamic forecasting

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[ Where is BW going in light of HANA

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[ What does that mean?

MD

MD
D

Traditional InfoCubes: 2 Fact Tables + Dimension

Tables

Facts

In-Memory Optimized InfoCubes: flat structures

without Dimension tables and E tables*:

D
MD

Simplified Data modeling

Faster remodeling of structural changes
Tool support for converting standard InfoCubes

MD

Conversion/New

Preliminary lab result: 250 Million records in 4 minutes

MD

MD

No changes to MultiProviders, Queries, or Process Chains

required

No Rollup/Compression/Index management anymore

Facts (Partitioned)
MD

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MD

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[ Deployment Solution
New Software Component: HANABPC
A new ABAP SC HANABPC created as accelerator for BPC on
ORANGE
A supplementary SC for BPC, no need to install for customer on nonHANA database
It will re-implement some BPC logic/functions which can be accelerated
by HANA, a driver/connector pattern is used for the implementation, so
implementation will be registered during installation
Installation Requirement: BW 7.3 SP06, CPMBPC 10.0 SP06

Existing Software Component: CPMBPC

All the business logic are implemented in this SC and most of the
implementation will remain the same as today
No dependency on HANBPC ( driver pattern is used )
Installation Requirement: BW 7.3 SP02

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Vision for SAP PC version for NW

Powered by SAP HANA
Key themes, capabilities, and planned innovations

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[ SAP BPC on HANA Enhancement Strategy

Classical Approach
Calculation

APPLICATION
LAYER

DATABASE
LAYER

Calculation
MOVE calculations into database

Future Approach

Only transfer RESULTS

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SAP Planning and Consolidation version

for SAP NetWeaver - powered by HANA
A new era of enterprise planning
Increase Agility

Plan better and act faster

with instant insight into all
relevant data and rapid
write-back

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Boost Performance

Engage Everyone

Accelerate planning and

consolidation processing
leveraging the power of inmemory technology

Simplify the input and

exploration of data with a
next generation mobile
interface

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[ Migration

SAP Planning and Consolidation Powered by SAP

HANA Migration and Upgrade Considerations

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[ The PC on HANA Stack

BPC on HANA minimum requirements

*Note HANABPC does not support SAP NetWeaver 7.31. This is scheduled for Q1 2013.
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[ Migration Approaches New Install

Fresh Installation + UJBR ( Recommended Approach )
1. Install a fresh SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 Powered by SAP HANA
2. Install BPC 10NW ( CPMBPC 800 SP06 + HANABPC 800 SP00 ) (See SAP Note
1676242)
3. Backup/Export the BPC Environment from the old system
4. Restore/Import the BPC Environment into the new BPC HANA system
5. Run program BPC_HANA_MIGRATE_FROM_10 to migrate the BPC Environments to
in-memory Environment
Web/Microsoft Office Clients
6. Activate Accelerator in SPRO
SAP NetWeaver Server

NOTE: System will NOT allow you to enable the HANA

Accelerator for BPC until you run the migration program

BPC NW 10.0 SP6*

CPMBPC
800 SP06

HANABPC
800 SP00

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 SP6*

1
SAP HANA 1.0 SPS3
(Rev 24 and higher)
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[ Migration approaches (Upgrade)

Upgrade from existing BPC 10 NW System
1. Upgrade SAP BW 7.30 to SP06 or higher (For SP06 SAP Note 1657994 is recommended)
2. Upgrade CPMBPC 10.0 to SP06 or higher
3. Install HANABPC 10.0 SP00 (See SAP Note 1676242)
4. Migrate DB to HANA DB (See SAP Note 1600929)
5. Run program BPC_HANA_MIGRATE_FROM_10 to migrate the BPC Environments to
in-memory Environment
Web/Microsoft Office Clients
6. Activate Accelerator in SPRO
NOTE: System will NOT allow you to enable the HANA
Accelerator for BPC until you run the migration program

SAP NetWeaver Server

BPC NW 10.0 SP6*

1
2

CPMBPC
800 SP06

HANABPC
800 SP00

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 SP6*

SAP HANA 1.0 SPS3

(Rev 24 and higher)
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[ BPC on HANA Migration from BPC 10

Run program BPC_HANA_MIGRATE_FROM_10 in TC SE38 to make a standard BPC 10
infocube HANA optimized. This program performs the following steps:
1. Create the HANA hierarchy table/view to facilitate master data query and SQE optimizations
2. Migrate BPC related BW cubes to in-memory optimized cubes
3. Create additional HANA specific tables and SQL scripts used by the HANABPC component.

*Note You must turn on the following parameters after running the migration program in order to
enable the HANABPC accelerator.
IMG Global parameter ENABLE_ACCELERATOR must be set to Y or X.
IMG Environment parameter ACCELERATOR_ON must be set to Y or X.
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on HANA In memory Optimized

[ BPC
Infocube

MD

MD

Facts
MD

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BPC Powered by SAP HANA Upgrade

from BPC 7.5
Transaction Data and Master Data can be imported with UJBR before running
the migration program (optional)
Comments, Journals, Business Rules, Validations (now called Controls), and
Administration settings and configurations (parameters) are all automatically
migrated
Content Library and BPFs are automatically migrated with some limitations
Active directory users must be mapped to BW Profiles using an excel workbook
before using the migration tool
The complete rewriting of the REST APIs means that any custom solutions
(ABAP) that call the internal APIs of 7.5 needs to tweaked or rewritten
Live reports, Dashboards, and custom web pages are NOT migrated

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Powered by SAP HANA Upgrade

[ BPC
from BPC 7.5
Manual migration steps that are not handled by program
UJT_MIGRATE_75_TO_10
BADIs Need to be moved from BPC 7.5 to 10 via a transport and the
BADI migration is not handled by the migration tool.
Custom Data Manager Packages/Process Chains Need to be moved
from BPC 7.5 to 10 via a transport.
Templates calling the BPC 7.5 API via a macro or visual basic will need
to be modified to call the new BPC 10 API. Visit the EPM Add-in
Academy for examples on how this can be done:
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/CPM/EPM+Add-in+Academy

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[ BPC Backup And Restore Tool

Take advantage of the BPC
Backup & Restore Tool (tcode
UJBR) to migrate your BPC
Environments from system to
system

NOTE: With SAP Note 1689814

BPC Cube names can now be
stabilized meaning you can
use all of BWs data loading
mechanisms to get the
transaction data into your BPC
Environments.

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[ SAP Planning and Consolidation for MS

SAP Planning and Consolidation, Version on Microsoft

Platform

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SAP Planning and Consolidation 10

version for Microsoft Platform
InfoView / SAP Portal / Browsers / Enterprise Portals
SAP BusinessObjects BI

MS Office

Harmonized Web user interface

Harmonize

Common SAP product standards

New EPM add-in for Microsoft Office

Workspace/ UI

Full support for Microsoft Office 2010 and

embedded portal scenarios
Harmonized Web User Interface / Common EPM Add-in

Connect
Disclosure Management

Strategy Management

Risk Management

Process Control

Planning and Consolidation

version for the Microsoft Platform

Financial Consolidation

Intercompany

Profitability and
Cost Management

Financial Information Management

Enhanced integration with SAP

BusinessObjects EPM applications and source
systems via SAP BusinessObjects Financial
Information Management
Extended support for VMware use in
production environments*
Full Unicode and 64 bit support
Automated variance analysis

Extend

Enhanced consolidation capabilities

Performance enhancements
Future Release (planned):

SAP Business Suite and

SAP NetWeaver BW

Non-SAP sources
and platforms

Further support for Microsoft technologies

including Microsoft SharePoint
Additional performance enhancements

*Details can be found here: https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1098847

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[ Harmonize
Platform Support

Broader platform choice open and heterogeneous

Full 64 bit support of all server components
Client Support:
Windows Vista Client (32 and 64-bit), XP (32-bit) and 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Internet Explorer 7 and 8
Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 - 32-bit and 64-bit

Server Support:
Windows Server 2008 and 2008 Release 2
IIS 6.0 and 7.0 Web Servers
VMware for productive usage
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition and SQL Server 2008 Release 2 Enterprise
Edition (new!)

Server Installation Language Support:

Install SAP Planning and Consolidation on non-English OS servers in French, German,
Japanese, Simplified Chinese (new!), Russian (new!), Spanish (new!), Italian (new!),
Portuguese (new!)
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[ Architecture Global Cache

BPC 7.x was using queries against the database tier to retrieve metadata for each query.
BPC 10.0 implemented a cache mechanism improving the performances for retrieving data.

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[ Architecture Global Cache

Caches all meta and master data in memory on the application server

Global Cache applied for Major Components

Sending/Retrieving Data
Data Manager
Logic
Logon

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[ Harmonize

New Web 2.0 User Interface

Redesigned Web 2.0 interface for modern look and feel and better productivity

Reduce manual work with new and

improved web-based report designer
featuring easy to use member selector
Save time searching for content with
new Content Library that houses all
reports, input schedules, dashboards
etc. in a central location making it easier
to find
Increase productivity when working with
multiple reports, dashboards etc. utilizing
new Workspaces that allow for faster
navigation between related/grouped
content

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

45

Harmonize

EPM Add-in for Microsoft Office

New and improved integration with Microsoft Office applications

Based upon:
Reporting and analytics software in SAP
BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation
and SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation for Office

Provided with:
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation, as central interface
Other EPM applications for Finance*, as
optional interface

Includes:
Enhanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint
add-ins for creating live, connected reports
from scratch and copying/pasting existing
reports between Word, Excel and
PowerPoint

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

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[ Extend Automated Variance Analysis

Automatically understand key contributors to performance
View variances (ex. Plan Vs. Actual)
quickly and easily without spending time
creating and analyzing variance reports
Save time and reduce errors with
automated navigation of application
data to determine top contributors to a
variance
Quickly see the status of KPIs
Discover hidden under and overperforming child members and %
contribution to parent KPI variance

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

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[ Extend Consolidation Central

New web interface for performing consolidation tasks over the web
Perform day to day consolidation tasks
over the web using new Consolidation
Central interface:
Ownership Manager
Journals data entry

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

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[ Extend Ownership Manager

Faster and easier creation of scopes using new Ownership Manager
Utilize contextual menu (when editing a
scope) and copy/cut/paste of data using
Excel-like functions or right click of the
mouse

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

49

[ Extend Journals
Increased flexibility with new web interface for Journals
Save time and reduce errors with new
web interface for Journals which
includes an automatic calculation of
totals and live syntax check, easier
posting of multiple journal entries, and
new filtering capabilities
Quickly access relevant content with new
home page that displays list of journals
filtered according to the current view* with
access to all relevant actions

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

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[ Extend Performance Enhancements

Greater performance
Faster data input and retrieval with
optimized Shared Query Engine and use
of global Cache
Improved performance on larger
dimensions
Pure 64 bits processes
Only two COM+ services remain

Quicker set up of work statuses with redesigned work status tables

Input more records in a shorter amount
of time with Data Manager
improvements

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

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[ EPM Add-in for Microsoft Office

EPM 10 Add-in for Microsoft Office

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[ Creating EPM Add-in Connections

Local:
This connection type is for ODBO connections,
which can be built for FC SSAS cubes, FC
BW cubes, SSAS standard cubes, BW
standard cubes, PCM ODBO provider,
SSM ODBO provider, BPC MS ODBO
provider and SAP BW OLE DB provider.
An ODBO connection doesnt allow data input, and is only used for data retrieval. Data Manager
features are also not reachable with an ODBO connection. However, the usage of custom members
(to build some complex MDX calculated members) can only be performed with an ODBO connection.

Planning & Consolidation:

This type is for Web Service connections, on
the top of BPC 10 MS and BPC 10 NW.
A Web service connection allows data input, and
the use of the Data Manager ribbon, but does not
support the creation of custom members.
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[ Building Input forms and Reports

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[ Building Input forms and Reports

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[ Building Input forms and Reports

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[ Formatting
For each report, you can apply by clicking the View Formats button on the EPM
tab (1). A new sheet appears in your workbook (called EPMFormattingSheet) (2).

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[ Multi-Source Reports
Using the EPM Add-in, you can report on multiple data sources using the same
worksheet.
Report 1 is linked to a Planning and
Consolidation connection.
Report 2 is linked to a native BW cube
through ODBO driver connection.

1
Note that the Active Connection drop-down in
the EPM Pane references all data sources which
you are simultaneously connected to. And you
can add new connections directly from here
choosing the Select Another connection link:

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[ Data Manager UI
Two ribbons are available in the Data Manager tab:
Connection: this is where you define the Planning and Consolidation
connection to reach in order to work with Data Manager features.
Data Manager Group: this is where you can perform all data manager tasks:
Run package or package links
View package, package links and schedule status
Upload data
Download data
Data preview
Organize packages or package links list
Create and manage Transformation files
Create and manage Conversion files
The More button will allow you to either Clear the prompt values or change the dedicated
connection for Data Manager.

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[ EPM Add-in for Microsoft office

Upgrade Considerations

BPC 7.5 reports may only be built with EV functions. Here is the list of all
former BPC 7.5 functions that are backward compatible:

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[ EPM Add-in for Microsoft Office

EV functions

Some former EV functions have been turned into EPM Add-in features and,
therefore, are not supported anymore:
EVEXP (use the new Report Editor instead)
EVENE
EVNXP
EVSET
EVLST
EVPXR
EVHOT (becomes Quick links functionality in the EPM add-in)

In case you are using one of those functions above in your former reports, you will
have to modify the report manually, using the EPM Add-in interface.
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[ EvDRE Re-implementation in EPM Add-in

EVDRE reports are backwards compatible using the EPM 10 Add-in.
Once the existing EVDRE function returns OK (meaning that your EVDRE definition
is valid), the EPM add-in ribbon will change and display an Expand button, as well
as former Workbook options (no mix of EVDRE and EPM add-in report on the
same spreadsheet)

Creation of new EVDRE reports through the EVDRE builder wizard is not possible.
However, you can either design a new EVDRE from scratch (if you were familiar with it), or
copy an existing one and adapt it to match your new model/environment.

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[ EvDRE Report Migration tool

The EVDRE migration tool exists in order to help customers migrate their BPC
7.5 EVDRE reports to EPM add-in reports. You can access the tool via the More
button, and select EvDRE Migration (1).
Several migration options are available: Active Worksheet, Active Workbook,
Planning an consolidation Server, and Local (2).

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[ EvDRE Report migration tool

The generated report layout reflects the same expansions in row and column
axes, compared to the MemberSet parameter used in EVDRE expansion range.
A new formatting sheet is automatically created, and filled-in with the formats
defined in your initial EVDRE Format range.
Sorting, ranking, suppressing, and inserting options are not migrated, as well as
all shifting columns (columns between the row or column header and the data
grid, usually used to display some member properties).
In case of customized reports, manual adjustments may be
required (such as updating BPC 7.5 VBA macros for example).
A migration log will be generated after each migration process.
You can find it through the More button, and click Log.

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[ API
The EPM Add-in provides BPC macros and BPC events, but with different names
compared to former 7.5 BPC macros.
For example, former MNU_eSUBMIT_REFSCHEDULE_SHEET_REFRESH macro
is now called SaveWorksheetData and former BEFORE_SEND event is now
called BEFORE_SAVE.
Note: In version 7.5, a parameter was needed for BPC events, such as
BEFORE_REFRESH(Argument as String). In EPM Add-in, no parameter is needed:
BEFORE_REFRESH().

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[ Others
Custom menus
Custom menu functionality is no longer available. Customers should:
either move to BPF functionality, displaying and executing Business Process Flow
actions from the EPM Pane.
or use the EPMExecuteAPI (former EVMNU) function from a worksheet that could be
linked to a customized ribbon extension.
or use Workspaces from the Web portal (to a lesser extent).

EVMNU
EVMNU function is still supported, but will need to be updated manually with
the new macro names from the new public API.
Books and distribution
Book and distribution templates (definition) are automatically migrated and can
be edited directly through Excel or through the new dedicated UI. Published
books will need to be generated again.

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SAP BPC NW powered by SAP HANA

BPC on HANA Reporting Live Demo

BPC on HANA

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[ EPM BPC Resources

Tom Chelednik - BPC on HANA Inside the Numbers!
Jens Koerner - BPC on HANA: True Innovation Without Disruption
Jens Koerner - BPC Demos, Customer References, Roadmaps, Performance and
Sizing Information, Training Documentation, and Tips and Tricks
Jens Koerner - BPC 10.0 NW NetWeaver sizing
David Williams - SAP BusinessObject Planning and Consolidation and SAP HANA:
A Peanut Butter-and-Chocolate Combination Sweet!
John Appleby - The Realtime Organisation - Planning when you need it with SAP
BPC on HANA
Sheldon Edelstein - Installation Options for Business Objects Planning and
Consolidation 10.0, version for Netweaver

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[ EPM BPC Resources

BPC Specific:
Note 1676242 Installing HANABPC 800 on SAP NW 730
Note 1634922 BPC 10.0 NW Collective Note for Performance Improvement
Note 1682291 Planning and Consolidation 10.0 NW SP07 Central Note
Note 1735367 Improve performance for getting member formula
Note 1724817 Timeout when releasing transport request
Note 1657612 Enable shared memory
Note 1657623 SAP Buffer Tuning for BPC 10NW
Note 1689814 Stabilize InfoCube's technical name in the modeling process
All Notes from SP7
All Notes from SP8
BPC HANA Specific:
Note 1734706 - BPC 10.0 NW on HANA (HANABPC) Collective Note
All Notes from SP01

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[ EPM BPC Resources

NEW SAP Community Network - http://scn.sap.com/welcome
BPC Blogs - http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/CPM/BPC+Blogs
EPM Add-in Academy - http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/CPM/EPM+Add-in+Academy
BPC Forums - http://scn.sap.com/community/epm/businessobjects-planning-and-consolidations-fornetweaver
EPM Roadmap - https://websmp103.sap-ag.de/roadmap
Idea Place to influence our software, submit an idea, vote, or add a comment https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/community/ideas
Customer case studies and references http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/large/enterprise-performancemanagement/customers/index.epx
Customer case studies and references - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt4ab4APd2I
BPC How to Guides https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BPX/Enterprise+Performance+Management+%28EPM%29+Howto+Guides
BPC Sizing Guide - https://websmp110.sap-ag.de/sizing
BPC Help Files - http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bpc10_nw/helpdata/en/bpc_nw_index.htm
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[ EPM BPC Resources

BPC Install, upgrade, and logic Guides - https://websmp107.sap-ag.de/instguidesepm-bpc
BPC Release Notes - http://service.sap.com/releasenotes
BPC 10 Consolidation Demo on Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5nu3v9sVzA
BPC 10 Reporting Demo on Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u6orTHi1lY
SAP Product Availability Matrix for support end of life and platform support - https://websmp110.sapag.de/pam

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Thank you.

Contact Information:
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