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SAP Business Planning And

Consolidation(BPC)

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation ( BPC )

SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation (formerly Outlook Soft) is a corporate performance

management tool that can cater for all types of planning and Consolidation , forecasting and

Budgeting from simple small processes to comple multi!layer processes, "hile also pro#iding

consolidation and easy to use reporting$

SAP BPC offers a robust, multiuser platform, "hich is fully integrated "ith %icrosoft &cel$

'he multi!dimensional nature allo"s users to slice and dice the data according their needs$

As SAP BPC utili*es O+AP technology, this means that data is a#ailable as soon as it has been

entered no need to aggregate data$

&nables an organi*ation to keep track of its progress through a budget-forecasting process $

Planning and Consolidation is part of Enterprise Performance Management

SAP BPC Versions and Requirements

SAP BPC .$/, #ersion for 0et"ea#er, re1uires SAP B2 .$3

SAP BPC 43$3, #ersion for 0et"ea#er, re1uires SAP B2 .$5

SAP BPC 43$4, #ersion for 0et"ea#er, re1uires SAP B2 .$6 SP3/

SAP BPC Architecture


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'he Excel Interfaceof the &P% add!in can be used to access data from multiple

A. Sources$

'he data retrie#al options are the same, regardless of the source$ 7o"e#er,

"hen used for the planning and consolidation application, additional features are

a#ailable including data input and 8ata %anager, for eample$

Data Manageris used to import data and run planning functions such as copy,

delete, and mo#e$

Since it is easy to use, IT does not always need to be involved in the configuration of SAP

Business Objects Planning and onsolidation!

BPC O!ects "ith B# o!ects Comparison


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SAP BPC SAP B#

&n#ironment 9nfoArea

%odel 9nfocube

8imensions 9nfoobjects

%ember Characteristic :alue

Property Attribute

7ierarchy 7ierarchy

Signed8ata ;ey


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e *igure Cue to BPC Cue

Modelling +nfocues


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,ata %oad $igh %e&el

*lat *ile Scenario


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Master ,ata +mport

B# to BPC Scenario


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What is BPC?

SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation provides bottom

up and top down inancial and Operational Planning! as well ascomplete consolidation and reporting through a single application

and an "#cel user inter$ace.

SAP BPC so$tware is available based on SAP %etWeaver BW and

&icroso$t plat$orm S'(.

"#cel )nter$ace enables structured and controlled planning and

Consolidation.

"as* &aster +ata &aintenance! enable ,ournal Adjustments

O-ine +ata )nput using e#cel and )nter$ace With Other +ata Base

Business unstructured Comments can be captured

eports with +rilldown $acilit* can be created in "#cel! Word or

PowerPoint

+ashboard based on report can be achieved via SAP dashboard

SAP BPC unctionalities

Planning


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+ata "#traction

Currenc* /ranslation

Consolidation 0(egal and &anagement1

)nter Compan* "limination

CO) 0Consolidation o$ )nvestment1 "2uit* and Proportional &ethod

Business Process low3 /ool

eporting

SAP BPC +ata load

+ata Can be load through multiple source s*stems3 BW Cube

lat ile! 4rdPart* s*stem or +ata )nput directl* in BPC.

BPC &odules and 5sage


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/here are two main modules o$ BPC 6

7. Planning

2. Consolidation

5nder Planning there are three sub3modules which are as $ollows6

a. Planning

b. Budgeting

c. Forecast

5nder Consolidation there are two sub3modules which are as $ollows6

a. (egal Consolidationb. &anagement Consolidation

SAP BPC eatures and Bene8ts

7. Web 5) 0/echnical16 Omnipresence o$ BPC applications39ome! O:ce!On road ! no barrier.

;. Web Admin o$ BPC Components 0/echnical16 Accessibilit* and massmaintenance capabilit*.

4. BW )ntegration3+SO (oads 0/echnical16 . BW )ntegration3 ull and +elta (oads 0/echnical16 le#ibilit* leadingto time gain.

. )ncremental /ranslation and Consolidation 0 unctional16 ocusedoperations leading to improved s*stem per$ormance.

@. ,ournal


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;. &odel6 A model is a representation o$ the relationships!calculations and data o$ an organiEation and business segments.

/wo t*pes o$ models reporting and drivers helps business de8nethe data gathering! anal*tic and reporting re2uirements . &aster+ata can be imported into BPC $rom B)I"CC.

4. +imension6 +imension is an angle $rom which the transactional 0oreven &aster1 data can be 2ueried! anal*sed and reported. Allowsusers $rom diJerent groups to con8gure their reports as per theirre2uirements and drivers. +imensions help retain the dataintegrit*! while providing audience speci8c report outputs. &aster+ata! can be imported into BPC $rom B)I "CC.

>. +imension &embers6 +imension consists o$


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build and deplo* rules to models and chec the rule results throughvalidation process.

D. (ogic Scripts6 )t is actuall* some sort o$ CMM 2uer* given b* SAP.

Can be used to program the calculations as well as variousvalidations etc. using ABAP code and delivered s*nta# including&+N $ormula librar*. )ntuitive and user $riendl* s*nta# as well asrecommended codes mae it easier $or users to build their ownscripts with basic programming nowledge. Some $unctions o$ logicscript includes Commit which is used $or posting data! +estinationis that i$ *ou want to post $rom one module to another $or e#ample!$rom 9 to inance module.

F. "P&3Add in6 )$ we chec e#cel! word or power point we can 8nd onetab which is written as "P&. Allows users to wor in $amiliar "#cel)nter$aces $or data upload! report building and some limited ruleIscript building activities. "#cellent integration with "#cel allowsusers to wor in their own com$ort Eone while retaining the dataintegrit*! securit* and sanctit*. Allows users to d*namicall* use the(ive BPC data in "#cel! Word and PowerPoint applications $or betteruser e#perience.

7G. &atri# Securit*6 Allows granular securit* settings to compl*with internal as well as e#ternal t*pe compliance re2uirements.&atri# Securit* is better than linear securit*! allows %eed toHnow securit* settings at individual dimension member levelrather than $or the entire dimensions.

77. Consolidation Central and &onitor6 Allows users to per$orm allconsolidation related $unctions $rom a single landing pad in Web 5).Consistent! reliable user e#perience coupled with end to endconsolidation activit* per$ormance adds to improved user controland reduces eJort wastage! speeding up the consolidation process.

7;. ,ournals6 )t is used $or consolidation purpose onl*. Abilit* topost adjustment entries $or eliminations etc. can be made in

groups as well as individual journals. Allows users to post massjournals with a single lin via group journal header. 9elps providebetter auditabilit*. Also provides e#cellent reporting based ondimensions.

Some Basic Con8guration

7. Creation o$ "nvironment;. Creation o$ +imensions and elevant Properties


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4. Creation o$ &odels>. Ownership Structure &aintenance. +ata (oading Con8guration@. Business ules Con8guration and "#ecution3 includes balance carr*

$orward! currenc* conversion! inter3compan* elimination and

adjustments! account trans$ormation. eports3 includes consolidated balance sheet! consolidated pro8t

and loss account! consolidated cash =ow statement and others

%ote on +imension

)t includes6

7. Account 0A16 Contains Chart o$ Accounts.;. Audit 0+16 )denti8es the origin o$ values such as input! manual

journal entries! elimination. e$erred to as +ata Source in priorreleases.4. Categor* 0C16 Contains the versions o$ data *ou are going to trac!

such as actual! budget! and so on.>. Currenc* 016 Contains the currencies in which *our compan* does

business.. "ntit* 0"16 Contains the currencies in which *our compan* does

business.@.


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>. A/"/QP"6 e2uired in account t*pe dimensions and is used tostore rate t*pes $or currenc* translation.

. /QP"()&6 5sed as selection criteria in business rules.

elevant +imension Properties3 (OW 7./he main properties $or =ow dimension is (OWL/QP".

;./he Opening and Closing are used $or balance carr* $orward.

"%/)/Q6 "ntit* is a re2uired propert* and is used to lin the related entit*

member. )ntercompan* is normall* re$erenced to the entit* dimension.

OP"%)%


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SAP "P& add3in $or &icroso$t O:ce 0the "P& add3in1 connects BPCserver to &S o:ce. Some o$ the actions that can be per$ormed with the

help o$ "P& add in are as under6

(ogging into and out o$ a e#cel inter$ace o$ SAP BPC.

Opening! Saving! editing! $ormatting new as well as e#isting

reportsIinput schedules.

Anal*sing the data in report b* e#panding! collapsing and e#cluding

members.

Saving data in input schedules.

&aintaining user options.

unning +ata &anager Pacage and viewing the status.

"P& Add in $or "#cel is shown below6

%ote on +ata &anager

)t is help$ul $or bringing data $rom BW S*stemI=at 8le. )t is also help$ul$or logic script usage. A$ter creating new script! *ou can assign that

particular script to data manager.

+ata &anager Add in $or "#cel is shown below6

eporting

A$ter success$ul running o$ all logics and calculation 8nal step will be

reporting.

As per )ndian


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Consolidated Pro8t T (oss Account

Consolidated Cash =ow Statement

eporting in BPC can be done b* using diJerent "P& $unctions! RBA

&acros and "#cel utilities.

(in $or BPC Portal

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