SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.0 Version
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COREY PEARSON[ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER
MEMBER SINCE: 2008
CHAVONE JACOBS[ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER
MEMBER SINCE: 2003
ALLAN FISHER [ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER
MEMBER SINCE: 2008
General MillsSAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.0,
Version for SAP NetWeaver Ramp-Up Project& SAP NetWeaver BW Ehp1 Upgrade Experience
Jay Roble – General Mills, Inc.
Amy Stine – General Mills, Inc.Brian Tyson - SandPoint Consulting
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Learning Points
Ramp-Up experience of SAP BPC 7.0 NW How BPC works in a Sourcing Planning Project
Importance of the planning data model and master data
Key Lessons Learned
Added complexity of SAP NetWeaver & SAP NW BW BPC 7.0 NW integration with BW
Note: SAP BW shop, no prior BPC / OutlookSoft experience
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Introduction Planning Project
Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up?
BPC Sourcing Planning Project
Ramp-Up Obstacles EhP1 Upgrade & BPC installation
Key Differences BPC NW & MS, BPC & BW
Key Learnings
Appendix – Additional NW-BW BPC info
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Jay Roble – General Mills
Integration Architect – IS Data Warehousing 10+ years SAP & SAP BW experience
Amy Stine – General Mills
Senior Applications Analyst – IS Supply Chain
7+ years SAP ECC & BPS experience
Brian Tyson – SandPoint Consulting
Principle Consultant, SandPoint Consulting
5+ years implementing BPC Microsoft Platform
1 year Ramp-Up BPC Netweaver Platform
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World’s 6th largest food company
$14.9 billion in FY08 net sales*
29,500 employees
Marketed in morethan 100 countries
Fortune 500: #214**
* Includes proportionate share of JV sales
** Excludes proportionate share of JV sales
The Company of Champions
Introduction (cont)
General Mills
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Introduction Planning Project
Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up?
BPC Sourcing Planning Project
Ramp-Up Obstacles EhP1 Upgrade & BPC installation
Key Differences BPC NW & MS, BPC & BW
Key Learnings
Appendix – Additional NW-BW BPC info
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Planning Project - Overview Goal:
Streamline the direct materials budgeting / planning process
Design Objectives
Fully integrated operational planning/tracking system
Automate Manual Processes
Update of actual data
Excel V-Looks ups for additional actual data fields
40 Offline Excel input buyer planning worksheets
Combining 40 Excel worksheets back into one
Improve Reporting
Immediate consolidated reporting on buyer input Flexibility to report by Finished Good/Division
Exception reporting capabilities
Eliminate 3 Week Cycle time & no visibility until cycle complete!
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Sourcing Manufacturing Division (Mktg)
RM Code
(e.g. flour, vitamin,
carton, sugar)
RM Rates @ Code/Plant level
BOM Conversion
RM Requirementin lbs/cs/etc.
“Production FP”
FP Production Volume
FP Sku/PNL
(e.g., 15 oz. Yellow BoxCheerios or Cheerios PNL)
FP RM rates
Delivery Volume Est. (FP)
BOMConversion
Inventory Adj‟s
& Locations
“Delivered FP”“Raw Materials”
Two “Languages”. Raw Material (RM) & Finished Product (FP)
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Introduction Planning Project
Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up?
BPC Sourcing Planning Project
Ramp-Up Obstacles EhP1 Upgrade & BPC installation
Key Differences BPC NW & MS, BPC & BW
Key Learnings
Appendix – Additional NW-BW BPC info
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Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-UP? – Initial Plan
Project Kick-Off
Plan to use BW-IP (Integrated Planning)
BW-BPS being replaced by BW-IP
Sent Employee to BW-IP training
Hired SAP BW-IP consultant
BW-IP Proof Of Concept
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After attending SAP TechEd 08, indications were:
• BPC is now the long term solution
• BW-Integrated Planning (IP) is not a long term solution
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Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up - Options
1. BW-BPS (Business Planning & Simulation)
Currently used & stable technology Support mode till 2013
No available in house resource
Don‟t want to train on “Old” functionality
Don‟t want to hire consultant to develop on “Old” functionality
Would be throwing away development
2. BW-IP (Integrated Planning)
Current prototype
No in-house resource
Roadmap indicates will be replaced by BPC
3. SAP-BPC
Ramp-Up Netweaver Version
Microsoft Version
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Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up – BPC NW Benefits
BPC NW vs. BPC MS
Increased dimensionality – removed 65,000 member limit
Lifecycle Management – Transport
Support for NW BWA (BW Accelerator)
BPC NW Benefits
SAP Netweaver platform fits with our corporate model SAP Roadmap (BW-BPS & BW-IP being replaced)
Leverage existing NW-BW system & hardware
Leverage existing in-house NW expertise
Perceived ease of integration with core BW data Excel front-end a plus, and integration to other Office apps
Can put more power in the hands of the business
No migration back from MS to NW.
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Introduction
Planning Project
Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up?
BPC Sourcing Planning Project
Ramp-Up Obstacles EhP1 Upgrade & BPC installation
Key Differences BPC NW & MS, BPC & BW
Key Learnings
Appendix – Additional NW-BW BPC info
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Sourcing Planning Project
Goal:
Streamline the direct materials budgeting / planning process andprovide a system to facilitate the monthly assessment and
communication of raw material risks & opportunities.
Benefits
Plan & Actual Reporting of direct raw material costs by Finished
Product hierarchy levels (Division, Business Unit)
Introduction of new buyer-defined hierarchy for custom grouping
of raw materials
Budgeting Tools with Simulation and immediate feedback loop(eliminate 3 week cycle time)
Greatly increased data integrity and accuracy by eliminating 40offline spreadsheets
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Sourcing Planning Project - Project Team
GMI IS Analysts
Business user requirements, BPC install & development BW BPS & BEx experience, No prior BPC experience
GMI BW architect
BW backend integration, NW upgrade, technical issues
BW data modeling, BEx & NW upgrade experience
SAP Consultant
BPC solution design, input schedules, data manager
No prior BPC Experience
SandPoint Consultant
Outlooksoft expert (BPC 5.1 MS)
BPC solution design, input schedules, training rest of team
SAP Ramp-up Coach
Direct contact with BPC NW developers, customer message
escalation, white paper solutions.
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Project – As Is Business Process
Heavily manual process Both Business & IS
Detailed “Bottoms-Up” Rates by Mat‟l/Plant - only twice per year
Offline monthly outlook process
Divisions requiring Cost Impacts
by Finished Product Hierarchy To determine pricing actions
Lengthy cycle time 3 wks on avg & no visibility until cycle is complete
Multiple sources of information ECC, BW, Spreadsheets, Market
Current Process
Buyer
Worksheets
SAPBW
BEx /Excel
SAPECC
Manualspreadsheet
edits
Offline Data
DataReconciling
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Project – To Be
Greatly increased data integrity and accuracy through elimination
of manual massaging of data and numerous offline spreadsheets Provide flexibility for both detailed „bottoms-up‟ planning and
higher level „top-down‟ outlook updates
Immediate feedback on cost impacts and ability to revise and dowhat-if scenarios prior to ECC load
V2
Vn…
V1BPC
To Be
SAPBW
BEx /Excel
SAPECC
ImmediateReporting
DataIntegrity
ForecastAccuracy
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[ Project Data Model – BPC Security Four teams
IS Admin (9 users, incl. consultants) Access to everything
Finance „Power Users‟ ( 5 users)
Access to submit data
Access to maintain dimension members
Access to maintain corporate templates
Sourcing Buyers (40 users)
Access to read and submit data
Read Only/Reporting (18 users)
No update access
BPC Application Security is administered from the BPC AdminClient only
Does not leverage existing SAP Netweaver security
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Project Data Model – Overall Design
Data Volume:11,500 raw material/plant combinations60,000 raw material/finished good/plant combinations
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Project Data Model – Application Design
BPC is an Account-Based modeling tool
e.g., one key figure model Used KEYFIGUREID dimension (i.e. QTY, PRICE, SPEND, etc.)
for qualifying the one key figure value (SignData)
Duplicate dimension member values across dimensions
Duplicate values are allowed in BPC However, supporting EV functions (“fully qualified data”) had bugs
Not fixed until BPC SP2
Interim fix to prefix dimension keys where risk of duplication
Time dimension BPC requires YEAR.XXX format
Not the same time concept as BW
e.g., 2008.INP, 2008.Q, 2008.Total, MSTR.INP, MSTR.Q, etc.
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Hierarchy nodes must also be dimension members Hierarchy display can be challenging. We opted to create
additional properties for a „flattened‟ view
Dummy data
Creation of dummy dimension members to handle data atdifferent intersections
inability to have unassigned dimensions
Versions
Multiple versions for snapshots, planning cycles
Units
BPC does not have inherent units. We created another
KeyFigureID and posted the value to SignData so it could be
used in calculations.
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KeyFigureID
Prefixed member values
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Each hierarchy parent mustalso be a dimensionmember
BPC Hierarchies are exclusive to asingle dimension
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Project Data Model – Data Transformation (cont)
Allocations
Actuals at RawMaterial/Plant/Vendor Plan Production at Fini/RawMaterial/Plant/SourcePlant
Weighted Avg. Rate at Raw Material/Plant
Supporting data at RM/Plant (Price Unit, prev. plan price)
Could not use Allocation Engine due to keywords not supporteduntil BPC SP02
Workaround BPS Fox formulas
Currency conversions
Note – must convert „quantities‟ as well as „amounts‟
Copy app to app (cube to cube)
Used BPC Data Manager InfoProvider load functionality
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Project Data Model – User Interface
Excel as interface was a big hit with our user base
Familiarity / easy transition from old process to new one Use of Conditional formatting to warn for unusual data
Some excel crashing issues
Formatting of leading zeroes, rounding
Admin Console vs. Web Admin Certain parameters are only accessible via the Web Admin
Harder to be in multiple instances at same time, unlike SAPGUI
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Project Data Model – Lessons Learned
Account-based model can be challenging for operational (key-
figure based) planning Greatly increased cube record counts
Loading of transactional data – one load per key figure
No inherent units
BPC for NW is not integrated with BW Master Data PRO - provides flexibility for ad-hoc master data
CON – cannot take advantage of existing rich, complex, accurate
master data
CON – duplication of data and data loading capabilities NO UNASSIGNED!!!!
Data must post to an intersection of all application dimensions ata base level
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Project Data Model – Lessons Learned (cont)
Hierarchies provide on-the-fly rollup, but nodes are not postable
BPC Dimension Properties are not the same as BW NavigationalAttributes
No supporting master data
Cannot be used for slice-and-dice, only for restricting data using EvDREfilters
Limited aggregation capability
Locking Mechanism
Plan data is only locked at the time of write back
Minimizes end user error messages, but last-in is what stays
Script, MDX and Allocation logic Can be challenging to learn and understand
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Project Data Model – Lessons Learned (cont)
Excel as a front end has positives and negatives
User adoption is high for excel “power users”
Users must be respectful of the input schedule and reportdesigns
BW instance refresh
Careful you do not overwrite work-in-progress Make regular backups of your file service files (script logic,
transformation files, etc.) by downloading these to a local drivefrom UJFS
Currency conversion is different than NW
For operational models, must convert everything, includingquantities
Conversion is a triangulation on USD, not a “From – To”
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Introduction
Planning Project
Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up?
BPC Sourcing Planning Project
Ramp-Up Obstacles
EhP1 Upgrade & BPC installation
Key Differences BPC NW & MS, BPC & BW
Key Learnings
Appendix – Additional NW-BW BPC info
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Lack of product support for duplicate master data
EVDRE bugs with fully-qualified dimension members
Prefixed dimension members to create unique values
Application Available Flag inconsistencies – note fixed
JavaScript in conversion files – syntax issue fixed
Authorizations too broad on service users
SAP reviewed and tightened up the role authorizations
Installation issues
Clarifications and guidance provided by RIG Back Office
Performance of input schedules with comments – note fixed
Performance of maintaining dimension members – note fixed
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Script logic syntax errors and gaps in functionality
Note fixes and use of BPS Fox due to timing of SP02
Troubleshooting BPC error messages
Errors were cryptic or misleading
BPC Logs not clear
Customer message support challenges
Unable to allow SAP connectivity to .NET server
SAP support personnel still gaining product knowledge
SAP Developers in opposite time zone
No integrated application help
Separate PDF and online available
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Introduction
Planning Project
Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up?
BPC Sourcing Planning Project
Ramp-Up Obstacles
EhP1 Upgrade & BPC installation
Key Differences BPC NW & MS, BPC & BW
Key Learnings
Appendix – Additional NW-BW BPC info
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Upgrade Dates
Ehp1 upgrade was a separate project
Ehp1 separate Ramp-up for non-BPC ramp-up customers
TEST pre-release Ehp1 sp01 (no Java) & BPC 7.0 NW sp00
Late RTC of Ehp1 would have cut into our testing time
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General Mills SAP Global Instance Landscape
TPP
SCM 5.0sp 8
ERPECC 5.0sp 13
EWPEhp1 sp2
NW-BW 7.01- BW-BPS- BPC 7.0 sp1
APP
SCM 4.1sp 8
HRPECC 5.0
sp 13
HWP
BW 3.5sp 16
SRPSRM 4.0
sp 8
XIPPI 7.0
sp 13
CRP
CRM 5.0sp 5
CWPBW 3.5
sp 9
CFP
ERP 4.7sp 19
PTPPortal 7.0 sp 10
ISMSolution Manager 4.0 sp 13
IEP
ECC 5.0sp
IBP
BW 3.5sp 16
IPPPortal 7.0
sp 10
MSPNW2004
sp 17
CMPSolution Manager 4.0 sp 13
InternationalNorth America Core
Coupon
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EhP1 Upgrade
Ehp1 sp02 (BI 7.01)
BPC 7.0 NW required Ehp1
BPC is an add-in, separate install
Upgrade from NW-BW 7.00 SPS13/SP15
Enhancement pack installer utility
Allows upgrade to SPS14/SP16 and apply Ehp1 in one step
Also upgraded SAP EP Portal & SAP PI (Process Integration XI)
NW-BW
General Mills Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 TB
NW-BW Enhancement Pack not the same as ECC No switch technology, all or nothing in NW-BW
Software component changed SAP_BW_700 to SAP_BW_ 701
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EhP1 Upgrade - „Enhancement Pack Installer‟ New „Enhancement Pack Installer‟ utility
Java based GUI run from the web
Similar to the „Upgrade Assistant‟ used to install ECC600
The „shadow system‟
New concept if not seen the ECC600 upgrade
Shadow system is a copy of the SAP system
Upgrade can occur in shadow system while production up and running
Activities during specific phases of the upgrade
Simply preparation occurs in the shadow system (Uptime)
Eventually need to lock down the production system
To avoid changes that would result in mismatches between the shadow andproduction system
Downtime appx 4 – 6 hours (mostly Java install)
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EhP1 Upgrade - Upgrade Tips
Pre-Upgrade
Check for inactive objects before an upgrade, program RSUPGRCHECK
All DSO data activated DBA create Oracle table spaces
Do Kernel upgrade as early as possible
Download Java patches before starting upgrade
„/usr/sap/trans/EPS/in‟
Start PROD upgrade 2 weeks early Upgrade to Pre-Process (Allows to resolve issues)
3 – 4 Days before PROD Upgrade
Upgrade to downtime
Locks system for changes
Allows loads, reporting, etc.
Post-upgrade Re-enable SNC (single sign-on), enhancement pack installation disabled
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Manage Tab dump if using 7.0 Archive
Note 834280 - Installing technical BI Content after upgrade
Tran: RSTCO_ADMIN, Job: BI_TCO_ACTIVATION
BEx Web reports
Can save to KM but not open (Ehp1 SP04)
BEx Workbook
User w/o Auth to change, can change
No fix
Excel BPS layout issues:
Note 574240 Certificates in Microsoft Excel
Note 428092 Additional function in Manual Planning
Note 176642 Simultaneous editing several Office documents
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Links to BI Web Applications do not work in FPN
FPN (Federated Portal Network)
NW BI Java 7.01 SP02 PL0
Customer message, SAP provided Java patch to 7.01 SP02 PL1
Note 1245015 BEx Web 70 + FPN Scenario: NullPointer after patch
16/30 EP (Portal) Ehp1
Upgrade could not use Enhancement Installer
Due to distributed environment with high availability
Used JSPM instead
Ehp installer on Dual Stack (same SID / System #)
Error if app server has only ABAP stack (no Java)
SAP supplied fix, be sure to test in QA
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BPC Installation – System Landscape
Five instance landscape:Test
Sandbox
Development
QA
Production
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BPC Installation Steps
NW 7.0 BPC NW SP01
Install prerequisite software on .NET server & MSMQ
Install ABAP Server Component (Tran SAINT)
Configure ABAP Server (see appendix for detail steps)
Install .NET server component (9 steps, see install guide)
Configure .NET server component (6 steps, see install guide)
Set up Initial Application Set
Install Client Components
Note: Many manual steps.
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BPC Installation Tips / Issues
Tips
Need .NET server, Basis & BW resources Verify correct security roles for content activation
Issues
CUA issues with service IDs
Incorrect end user security during content activation SAP needed to log onto system & delete entries
Now automated program to delete APSHELL & start again
.NET server performance
Note 1000057 - Patches for SAP Connector for Microsoft .NET2.0.1
Early Installation guides were incomplete
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Introduction
Planning Project
Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up?
BPC Sourcing Planning Project
Ramp-Up Obstacles EhP1 Upgrade & BPC installation
Key Differences BPC NW & MS, BPC & BW
Key Learnings
Appendix – Additional NW-BW BPC info
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Key Differences: BPC NW and Microsoft
NW Lifecycle Management (Transports)
Have to transport the whole AppSet
Ability to import transactional data directly from BW
Ability to leverage BW backend transactions
LISTCUBE, RSA1, LISTSCHEMA, SM37, SM51, SE16
Use of custom process chains for execution of logic Similar to SQL SSIS packages
Currently no Business Process Flows in NW
Smaller library of script logic keywords in NW version
Ability to use BAdi‟s for custom logic
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Object Description Namespace
Static DDIC Transactions, classes, programs, tables, dataelements, message classes, etc.
UJ*
Generated DDIC Tables generated at runtime/1CPMB/DM* - Data Manager
/1CPMB/*
BW Objects Generated technical namesIe. InfoCubes, InfoObejcts, etc
/CPMB/*
BW Object tables Generated tables from BW objectsInfoCube Fact & Dim tables,InfoObject SID, Attribute, etc tables,Etc.
/B28/*
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Object Format Name Example
AppSet /CPMB/ AppShell /CPMB/APSHELL
MultiProvider /CPMB/M PLANNING /CPMB/ATMKOOE
InfoCube /CPMB/I PLANNING /CPMB/ATIKOOY
InfoObject /CPMB/ Category /CPMB/ATDOHBU
Cube Tables Fact: /B28/F & /B28/EDim: /B28/DP or
PLANNING /B28/FATIKOOY/B28/DATIKOOY2
InfoObject /B28/ Category /B28/SATDOHBU
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Introduction
Planning Project
Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up?
BPC Sourcing Planning Project
Ramp-Up Obstacles EhP1 Upgrade & BPC installation
Key Differences BPC NW & MS, BPC & BW
Key Learnings
Appendix – Additional NW-BW BPC info
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Key Learnings
Ramp-Up adds additional challenges & Time to your project
Time lines, Functionality gaps,
SAP & BPC consultants and SAP Coach critical
BPC is not fully integrated with NW BW data
No direct Master Data load from BW
Transactional data requires multiple loads
Operational planning in an Account-based planning system
Fitting multiple key figures into one can be challenging
Data duplication and high cube record volume
Complexity in ensuring all the data lines up as needed
BPC NW is not identical to SAP BPC 7.0 for Microsoft Some functionality, script keywords not included in the NW version
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Key Learnings (cont)
BPC Reporting capabilities highly dependent on data model
Changing model down the road is not easy. Solution success highly dependent on detailed upfront reporting
requirements
Not just what to report on, but how to report
BPC 7.0 for NW, requires .NET expertise in addition to NW & BW
Requires some IT involvement Install, upgrades, custom process chains, transports
Corporate-level planning application with integration to SAP BW data
Management and development of the application / data model can becomplex
Shift from traditional SAP model of IS roles & responsibilities
EHP1 upgrade complexity
A project unto itself that could impact your enterprise BW
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Introduction
Planning Project
Why BPC 7.0 NW Ramp-Up?
BPC Sourcing Planning Project
Ramp-Up Obstacles EhP1 Upgrade & BPC installation
Key Differences BPC NW & MS, BPC & BW
Key Learnings
Appendix – Additional NW-BW BPC info
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Appendix: BPC Administration
Component DescriptionDimension Library(BW Characteristic InfoObjects)
16 DimensionsNo Dimension member formulas
Applications (BW Cubes) 6 (3 in active Use)1.8 Million & 3.9 Million rows
Work Status Not in ScopeScript Logic Used in Test Instance, Production (SP02)
FX Translation From LOCAL to USD/CAD
Journals Not in scope
Security 72 Users, 4 teams, 4 task profiles, 3
member access profiles
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Appendix: BPC Functional Scope - BPC Office
Module Component Description
BPC Excel Input Schedules • 3
BPC Excel Custom Reports • ~ 5 – 7 + ad-hoc• One complex with VB
BPC Excel Park-N-Go •Yes
BPC Excel Data Manager – Master Data • Flat Files• Maintain Dimensions
BPC Excel Data Manager – Transaction Data • Loads from BW InfoProvider• Loads from Flat file•15 Transformation Files•5 Conversion Files
BPC Word • Not in scope
BPC PowerPoint • Not In Scope
BPC Web Live Reporting • Not In Scope
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Appendix: BPC Functional Scope - Other
Module Component Description
BPC Custom Custom Logic in SAP BPC NW
Using a Business Add-In (BAdI)
•Not tested, future
BPC Custom Open Hub & InfoSpoke • Not tested, future.
BW PC Process Chains • Delivered PC• Custom PC to run script logicfrom BPC client.
BW-BPS Fox Formulas • 9 Allocations
BW-BEx BEx Analyzer Query • One End User Report•Create File for ECC load
BW-BWA (BIA) In production, BW cubes loaded • Not used for BPC cubes
BW-ABAP Custom ABAP • Close Real-Time Cube Request
BW-CTS Transports •Transport AppSet to production
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Table Description
UJF_DOC BPC File Service Document Master Table
UJF_DOCMAP BPC File Service Document Directory Path Mapping
UJF_DOCTREE BPC File Service Document Tree Table
UJT_TRANS_CHG BPC Transports - Object Changeability Table
UJA_SVR_DEFAULT BPC: Server Defaults
UJE_* BPC Security tables (teams, profiles, users)
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Table Description
UJ00 BPC Configuration
UJBPCTR BPC Transports - Create Request
UJFS BPC File Service
UJQ0 Query Runtime Parameters
UJR0 Write back Runtime Parameters
UJSTAT BPC Performance Statistics Report
UJUT_DATA Unit Test Data Maintain
UJ_VALIDATION BPC Validations Maintenance
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Appendix: BPC Installation Details Configure ABAP Server (In each NW-BW instance):
ABAP buffer size to at least 2GB
1. Set /CPMB/ namespace modifiable, CPMBPC software component„Restricted Modifiability‟
2. Set /B28/ namespace to modifiable.
3. Create 3 BPC service user ID‟s & assign BPC roles.
4. ALEREMOTE user configured with profile S_BI-WHM-FC
5. Tran RSTPRFC – RFC destination for After Import method6. Tran SM59 Connection test on RFC dest MDS_PARSER
7. Assign auth to activate business content to role
8. Assign S_RS_ALL to BPC_SYSADMIN user
1. Also to user doing content activation
9. Create entries in BPC transports table UJT_TRANS_CHG.
10. Install ApShell – Program UJS_ACTIVATE_CONTENT
11. Define .NET service users to log on to ApShell
12. .NET virtualization is supported
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BPC How-To Guideshttps://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/wiki?path=/x/zb4
Installation, Master, Configuration, Operations Guideshttp://service.sap.com/instguidescpm-bpc --> 7.0 Version for SAP Netweaver
Security Guide
http://service.sap.com/securityguide --> SAP Business User
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