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Detlef Wassmuth, SAP SE

May, 2019

SAP Planning in Combination with SAP Business WarehouseSAP Planning and Consolidation 11.1 for SAP BW/4HANA SAP Analytics Cloud for PlanningHybrid Planning

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SAP has no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop or

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Background

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43% of the senior finance

executives surveyed don’t even

know how many business

critical spreadsheets are in use

48% of participants said that

spreadsheets make it difficult to

manage the planning processes.

Source: The Future of Financial Reporting Survey 2017 – FSN The Modern Finance Forum

Most organizations still use spreadsheets…

Same Tools. Different Times.

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• Inconsistent modeling and planning processes across the

organization

• Not able to respond quickly to market disruptions,

competition, and actual performance

• Inability to harvest insights from Big Data

• Unable to augment financial analysis with artificial

intelligence to create a more accurate forecast

• Lack of confidence in plans and forecasts leading to time

wasted validating and reworking data

• Inability to discover true costs and key drivers of profitability

to make better data-driven decisions

Planning & Analysis Challenges in the Digital Economy

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SAP facilitates Collaborative Enterprise Planning

▪ Respond quickly to market disruptions, competition, and

actual performance P

▪ Have clear visibility into cost and revenue drivers P

▪ Utilize consistent modelling and planning processes across

the organization P

▪ Can harvest insights from Big Data and plan at any level P

▪ Augment financial analysis with artificial intelligence to

create a more accurate forecast P

▪ Align financial and operational plans across the enterprise

to enable better business outcomes P

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“Freedom“ for end users

Find the balance between flexibility and integration

Integration

Spreadsheets

SAP BPC and SAP SAC covers

a wide range of capabilities,

allowing freedom for end users

alongside possibility of high

degree of integration

ERP

BW-IP/PAKTool covera

ge

BPC Standard

BPC Embedded

Flexibility

SAC

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Planning in SAP BW

Planning tools

Integrated Planning Platform

• Common planning platform

• re-use of information

• Common security concept

• Integration with ERP systems –

bring information to action

Overall planning concept and deep

IT involvement are mandatory.

LoB Planning

• Stand-alone planning solution

• Decoupled from other

applications

• Adapted security concept

• More reachable flexibility

• Freedom for end user

IT involvement on demand

• Stand-alone planning solution

• Decoupled from other

applications

• Adapted security concept

• More reachable flexibility

• Freedom for end user

• No SAP BW required

LoB Planning

SAC for Planning

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SAP BPC 11.0, version for SAP BW/4HANA and SAP Analytics CloudThe Next Generation Planning Application

2007

BPC7.0 MS

2010

BPC 7.5 MS

BPC 7.0 NW

2012

BPC 10.0 NW

2005

BW-IP

2012

BW-IP/PAK

2015

BPC 10.1 MS

2015

BW-IP in BW7.x

2014

BPC 10.1 NW

Standard & Embedded

& BW-IP/PAK

2014

BPC optimized for

S/4HANA

Planning

2017

SAP BPC 11.0

version for SAP

BW/4HANA1.0

2011

BW-IP

2016

BPC optimized for

S/4HANA

Maintaining only

Maintaining only

Analytics Cloud

for PlanningBuilt on SCP

2019

SAP BPC 11.1

version for SAP

BW/4HANA2.0

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Customers requiring an on premise

solutionBPC

Standalone planning and with SAP

S/4HANA and other Cloud appsSAP Analytics Cloud

➢ SAP Analytics Cloud is SAP’s primary strategic Planning solution moving forward.

➢ The majority of new enhancements for planning will be delivered via SAP Analytics Cloud

this includes enhanced value for BPC via hybrid planning and analysis scenarios.

SAP is committed to delivering innovative applications in the Cloud

SAP’s strategic direction for planning aligns with the broader Analytics strategy

PlanningCloud first strategy

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Overview of

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 11.1

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SAP BPC 11.1, version for SAP BW/4HANA

Is a simplified planning offering

• Integrate data from cloud

applications like SAP

Analytics Cloud or third

party data store into BPC

• Leverage Big Data to

improve decision making

• ONE product for planning and

consolidation

• Simplified offering with BPC

Embedded substituting BW-IP

and PAK

Openness

• Connect modern

analytics solutions to

your BPC data

• New Homepage and

navigation design

• Simplified planning

models in BW/4HANA

with BW modelling tools

• Push down calculations

to HANA for faster

planning and closing

cycles

• Improved scalability with

BW/4HANA to plan with

greater details

High Performance

Modern InterfaceSimplicity

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SAP BPC 11.1, version for SAP BW/4HANAPerform real time analysis for planning and actual activities in one financial system

Agile

• Modern user experience and enhanced visualizations

• SAP HANA Optimized calculations to accelerate close or

budgeting process

• Flexible on-premise or Cloud deployments available

Accurate

• SAP HANA Predictive algorithms to forecast potential revenue

or expense outcomes

• Flexible “What if?” simulations to drive consensus and

collaboration

• Access enterprise wide data, master data and big data in the

context of budgets, forecasts and plans for meaningful

analysis

Integrated

• Single, integrated solution for planning and consolidations

• Improved access to master data and actuals in SAP S/4HANA

and other SAP Sources

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SAP BPC 11.1, version for SAP BW/4HANAAgile and easy to use interfaces reduce learning curve and increase adoption

▪ Choice of Excel, Word,

PowerPoint, and web interfaces

▪ Excel without “spreadsheet hell” -

live access to central data

repository creates a single

version of truth, ensuring

organizational alignment

▪ Work seamlessly with key data

set with instant access from MS

Office

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SAP BPC 11.1, version for SAP BW/4HANA Leverage visualization to drive business decisions

▪ Charts and graphs embedded inside of

SAP BPC driven and designed by

business users

▪ Visualize real time Actual and Plan data

▪ Pin charts and graphs to home screen

▪ Further visualizations leveraging SAP

Analytics Cloud and SAP Digital

Boardroom to complete the finance story

from MS Excel to full breadth Analytics

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SAP BPC 11.1, version for SAP BW/4HANALeverage Big Data as part of the Planning Process

▪ Plan in the moment by leveraging data

sources from SAP application data,

third-party data, geo-spatial data,

Hadoop data, and more

▪ Make better decisions incorporating

both structured and unstructured data

as part of the planning process

▪ Move beyond traditional budgeting

metrics and transform the business

using next generation business drivers

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SAP BPC 11.1, version for SAP BW/4HANASave time and reduce errors with a single, integrated application

▪ Speed up the time to value with a single

deployment for planning, budgeting,

forecasting and consolidations

(management and statutory)

▪ Achieve a consistent user experience

across planning and consolidation

processes

▪ Integration reduces the risk of errors by

moving data between multiple financial

applications

▪ SAP BPC

▪ BW/4HANA

▪ S/4HANA

▪ SAP Analytics Cloud

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SAP BPC 11.1, version for SAP BW/4HANA Modelling – Simplified Data Structures in BW/4HANA

Classic SAP BW

• Number of Modelling object types

reduced from 10 to 4

• No complex data structures

(extended star schema)

• Field or InfoObject based Modelling

• Greater control of data persistency

and virtualization

• Support for external, structured and

unstructured data

InfoCube6

DataStore Object7

Hybrid Provider8

PSA Table9

InfoObject10

Transient Provider5

Virtual Provider4

CompositeProvider3

InfoSet2

MultiProvider1

CompositeProvider1

Open ODS View2

Advanced DataStore Object3

InfoObject4

Virtu

aliz

atio

nP

ers

iste

ncy

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Unified Completely integrated with SAP BW/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA and other SAP Systems

Save time and reduce cost of ownership

by leveraging existing data warehouse

objects

● Reduce ETL requirements

● Deploy easier using existing data

models

● Leverage standard SAP BW/4HANA

functions such as security, information

broadcasting, BI Content and more

● Integrate with SAP S4/HANA for access

to data and master data

Check full list of supported SDI sources here

full/

delta load/

real-time

replication

SAP HANA

HANA Source System ODP Source System

EIM – Smart Data Integration

(SDI)

Extractors

ODQ

direct

access

real-time

replication

Sources

SAP BPC for SAP BW/4HANA

Adapter

@

RDBMS

/HadoopText Structured Social Media Email

ASE, ECC,

HANA Hive Facebook Excel

3rd Party

RDBMSFiles Twitter SOAP SLT

ABAP

CDS

BWBusiness

ByDesign

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SAP BPC 11.1, version for SAP BW/4HANA withSAP S/4HANA & SAP BW/4HANA

▪ SAP S/4HANA has BW 7.5x Embedded as analytics engine which includes BPC 10.1 NW

▪ SAP BPC 11.0, version for SAP BW/4HANA 1.0 is an ADD-ON of BW/4HANA 1.0

▪ SAP BPC 11.1, version for SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 is an ADD-ON of BW/4HANA 2.0

▪ SAP S/4HANA is on a DIFFERENT application platform (SAP NetWeaver) than SAP BW/4HANA

▪ SAP BPC 10.1, add-on for S/4HANA is for embedded (in S/4HANA) FINANICAL PLANNING

▪ SAP BPC, version for SAP BW/4HANA is for GENERIC PLANNING with standalone deployment

SAP HANA PLATFORM

SAP S/4HANA

SAP BW/4HANASAP BW 7.5x

SAP BPC 10.1, add-on for S/4HANA

SAP BPC BW/4HANA

SAP Clients

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SAP BPC 11.0

Business Warehouse 7.4x

Embedded Model

BW-IP

SAP HANA

SAP BPC, versions for SAP BW on HANA and SAP BW/4HANABW 7.4x, SAP BW 7.5x, BW/4HANA 1.0

BPC Embedded PlanningComponents

PAK

Client

BPC 10.1 Add-On

Standard Model and Embedded PlanningComponents

Business Warehouse 7.5x

SAP BPC10.1

BW-IP

SAP HANA

BPC Embedded Planning

Components

PAK

Client

UpgradeBW/4HANA 1.0

SAP HANA

Client

Conversion

BW 7.40 and BW 7.50 contain the BW-BPS planning component. We strongly recommend to start NO new projects with BW-BPS.

• BW/4 product does not contain planning

• BPC add-on mandatory for planning

• BW-BPS is not longer supported. Manual migration

BPC Standard Planning

Components

any DB

Standard Model

BPC Standard Planning

Components

Embedded Model

BPC Embedded Planning

Components

BW-IP/PAK

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SAP BPC 11.0

SAP BPC, versions for SAP BW on HANA and SAP BW/4HANABW/4HANA 1.0 to BW/4HANA 2.0

BW/4HANA 1.0

SAP HANA

Client

Conversion

• BW/4 product does not contain planning

• BPC add-on mandatory for planning

• BW-BPS is not longer supported. Manual migration

Standard Model

BPC Standard Planning

Components

Embedded Model

BPC Embedded Planning

Components

BW-IP/PAK

SAP BPC 11.1

BW/4HANA 2.0

SAP HANA

Client

Standard Model

BPC Standard Planning

Components

Embedded Model

BPC Embedded Planning

Components

BW-IP/PAK

Upgrade

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Suite on HANASAP ERP

EMBEDDED BW 7.4x

BPC 10.1- Embedded Model

BW-IP

SAP HANA

SAP BPC, versions for SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA

BPC Embedded PlanningComponents

PAK

Client

BPC 10.1 Add-On

Standard Model and Standard PlanningComponents

EMBEDDED BW 7.5x

BPC10.1

BW-IP

SAP HANA

BPC Embedded Planning

Components

PAK

Client

BW 7.40 and BW 7.50 contain the BW-BPS planning component. We strongly recommend to start NO new projects with BW-BPS.

BPC Standard Planning

Components

any DB

S/4 HANA

SAP HANA

Client

EMBEDDED BW 7.5x

BPC10.1

BW-IP

BPC Embedded Planning

Components

PAK

BPC Standard Planning

Components

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Overview of SAP Analytics Cloud

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SAP Analytics Cloud is a next-

generation software-as-a-service

(SaaS) solution built from the

ground up that allows business

users to plan, discover, predict,

and collaborate all in one place.

One | Simple | Cloud

https://www.sapanalytics.cloud/product/

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SAP Analytics Cloud Architecture

Cloud data sources

and applications

Planning

Events and workflows

Allocation

Value driver tree simulation

BI

Discovery

Charts and tables

Geospatial

Predictive

Smart Assist

Build & deploy predictive

models

Embedding

Analytics into

applications

SAP Digital Boardroom SAP Analytics Hub Mobile Experience

On-premise data sources

and applications

Core

capabilities

Analytic

capabilities

SAP App CenterApplications

Data

connectivity

SAP Cloud Platform

Wrangling ModelingAdministration

AuditingVisualizations Collaboration Mobile

PaaS

SAP Data Center

APIs

Amazon Web Services

Application Design

Scripting

Composites

UI theme & stylesheet

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Cloud Data Sources Google Drive & Sheets

SCP

SuccessFactors

Concur

Hybris Cloud for

Customer

SAP Business ByDesign

OData

SAP Data SourcesSAP BPC NW & MS

SAP BW, Universes

SAP ECC, UNX, ERP

Other Data SourcesIBM, MS SQL Server,

MySQL 5, Oracle,CSV, XLSX

Analytics CloudBuilt on SCP

*Connect to data using Smart Data Integration and Smart Data Access Adapters

**Requires SCP DBaaS license

***Requires the Vora 1.3 release which is not out yet (currently planned for end of year)

SAP HANA

S/4HANA

SAP BW

Access All Data*Apache Hive, AWS, Facebook,

Google+, HANA Vora***, IBM DB2,

MaxDB, MS SQL Server, MySQL,

Netezza, OData, Oracle, SAP

Sybase ASE, IQ, ESP, SparkSQL

Teradata, Twitter.

AcquireMove data into

SCP/HANA

Connect Data is not moved

into SCP/HANA

Acquire

Data is imported to cloud

SAP SCP

DBaaS**

Live Data Connectivity

Blend and query any data

Create end-to-end scenarios by blending on premise and cloud data

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SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning

Planning (is) for everyone

Act in the Moment Continuously Collaborate Become an Intelligent Enterprise

• Analyze, plan, predict, and report all in one

place to save time and better support the

business

▪ Plan and analyze directly within your

enterprise application for instant insight to

action

▪ Visualize KPI metrics and adjust drivers on

screen to simulate the impact of decisions

▪ Discuss plans in context for increased

accountability

▪ Create and share private versions to

model and socialize what-if scenarios prior

to publishing

▪ Crowdsource plans and budgets across

the business to improve alignment and

accuracy

▪ Discover top influencers of performance

without having to look and automatically

predict future values to improve results

▪ Augment manual insights with embedded

intelligence, including smart insights for

variances, for better data-driven decisions

▪ Answer the tough questions with natural

language questions

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SAP Analytics Cloud – Planning Capability

Models

▪ Simplified Excel like UI allows easy

access to dimensions with powerful

sorting/filtering

▪ Predefined dimension types with

specific properties and capabilities

▪ Rich formula language to support

driver based planning, and KPI

reporting

▪ Visual drag and drop hierarchy

management

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Stories are an organized representation of data, comprising multidimensional data views for the purpose of analysis, reporting,and planning

Version Management

▪ Create and copy versions of data and define access rights

Formatting

▪ Create, personalize fixed reports and visualizations

Visualization

▪ Context-specific visualization proposals

SAP Analytics Cloud – Planning Capability

Stories

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▪ Easily insert out of the box formulas on row/

column selection

▪ Automatic, context sensitive, predefined

calculation library based on column/row

selection

Report/Template Calculations

Augment powerful model based calculations with out-of-the-box in-grid calculations

Single Selection Multiple Selection

• Accumulative Sum • Sum

• Accumulative Sum Rounded Values • Multiply

• Accumulative Count of All Detailed

Values

• Divide

• Percentage Difference

• Accumulative Count of All Detailed

Values that are Not Zero/Null/Error

• Percentage Share

• Moving Average

• Moving Average that are Not

Zero,/Null/ Error

• Rank Number

• Olympic Rank Number

• Comment

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Feature

Create formulas on the account dimension

Benefit

Formulas will be applied to all versions

Example

General Manager would like to track some

key KPI’s calculations to track his team’s

performance. He can create a formula to

track value like operating profit %, sales per

headcount, and other metrics to help

manage the business across various regions

and in this case product groups.

SAP Analytics Cloud – Planning Capability

Calculated Members

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▪ Rich logic capabilities including:

➢ simple filtering for relevant members

➢ robust looping

➢ persistent calculation results

▪ Consistent syntax with native modelling

formula editor

▪ Easily chained with other advanced formulas

or data processing via inclusion as distinct

steps within a Data Action

Advanced Formulas

Robust calculation engine to solve complex planning scenarios

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▪ Multi-step process management

and execution engine

▪ Chain as may steps together as

necessary to achieve your objective

▪ Execute processes based on action

button included in a story

Data Actions

Create, orchestrate, and execute complex multi-step planning operations

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FeaturePlanning done in private versions for

individuals or teams and then

published

as a public version for everyone to

view

BenefitChanges can be made to private

version and then easily discarded or

shared (i.e., publish)

as needed

Example

Analyst wants to model some sales

promotion scenarios using private

model prior to sharing with his

colleagues

SAP Analytics Cloud – Planning Capability

Private Versions

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Feature

Adjust value in a report view by directly

entering this value at parent or base

level

or by adding by %

Benefit

Can directly enter plan change at various

levels or change them by a certain % to

streamline plan adjustments

Example

Purchasing manager wants to estimate

cost saving by switching vendors to

lower raw material costs

SAP BusinessObjects Cloud – Planning Capability

Direct Entry

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Feature

Distribution and spreading allows users to

quickly extend a plan to other dimensions

such as time, products or regions.

Benefit

Simple dialogs guide the user through the

distribution and spreading process and

preview adjusted amounts for maximum

efficiency

Example

Analyst may want to distribute some internal

costs to other regions manually to refine an

allocation that was previous performed

SAP Analytics Cloud – Planning Capability

Distribution and Spreading

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Feature

Using restricted, calculated measure or

forecast to create asymmetric report or

seed forecast.

Benefit

Flexibility to create reports:

▪ Seed forecast combining actual and

forecast months

▪ Arrange columns in the required order

▪ Create calculations

▪ Create restricted member

Example

Create a seeded forecast with 6 months

of actual (Jan – Jun) and 6 months of

forecast (Jul – Dec) and arrange columns

in any specify order.

SAP Analytics Cloud – Planning Capability

Calculations - Asymmetric reporting

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Feature

Ability to plan in local currency, default

currency and additional currencies.

Benefit

• Ability to plan in multiple currencies

• Conversion rate can be dynamic or fixed

Example

Allow each region to plan their gross sales in

local currencies. Once they rolled up,

corporate can see the values in default (USD)

currency or secondary group currency (CAD).

SAP Analytics Cloud – Planning Capability

Currency Conversion

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Feature

The allocation functionality allows users to

define rules for source and target data

spreading

Benefit

Create allocation rules within the

application without the requirement for

complex script-based modeling

Example

Analyst wants to spread shared services

costs across other cost centers based on

user defined rules

SAP Analytics Cloud – Planning Capability

Allocations

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▪ Lock data entry to any combination

of dimensions and specific

dimension elements

▪ Changes in lock state automatically

propagate up or down the hierarchy

▪ Restricted entry state limits updates

only to the element owner or the

owner of an ascendant node

Data Locking

Ensure the right people have write access at the right time

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▪ Add tasks and assign ownership and

approval responsibility

▪ Provides process and responsibility

owners the ability to visually track key

milestones and task progress either in

calendar view or Gantt view

▪ Allows administrators to easily shift the

range and dates of key events or tasks

via drag and drop

Calendar

Easily track, manage, or participate in multi-process and multi-step planning

scenarios

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▪ Use existing stories to generate a

specific managed contribution

process on-the-fly

▪ Selectively control which models,

and ownership dimensions within

models are part of the Input Task

▪ In-process ability to reassign or

forward responsibility to other

users

▪ Submit, Approve, and track the

plan via a hierarchical workflow

process

Input Tasks

Create and track specific data entry scenarios and cycles

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Collaboration

Come together to make better decisions

▪ Create discussion threads and invite

colleagues

▪ Share stories, story based models, and

private versions with other users

▪ Leave comments for other users on

stories or widgets

▪ Enter and track specific data points

comments within a table

➢ Date, time, and data value tracking with

each comment

➢ Multiple comment threads available per

cell

➢ Bubble-up indicator to highlight relevant

comments which may not be visible

based on current filters

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▪ Automatic data spread at any level including

advanced capabilities to control to derive

weightings

▪ Adjust plan by +/- % or absolute values

▪ Lock cells and spread around locks

▪ Data entry available to calculated cells with

controlled application to underlying drivers

▪ Shortcut scaling characters to simplify input

▪ Automatic highlights of impacted and related

cells

Data Entry

Empower users with top down, bottom up, and middle out plan entry capabilities

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▪ Create personal sandbox versions via drag

and drop

▪ Replicate entire versions or specific slices

▪ Share versions with specific users for

additional contribution/feedback

▪ Easily handle on-the-fly comparison of

public to public and public to private

versions

▪ Publish private versions to back to existing

public versions, or to new public versions

Private Versions

Create sandbox versions to enable scenario and what-if analysis

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▪ Review visual indicators of expected best case/worst case forecast

▪ See forecasted projections change in real-time with underlying source data updates

▪ Determine target time horizon for projections, and source time used for projections

Predictive Forecasting

In-line predictive capabilities allow users to easily forecast key values

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▪ Insert newly added elements into

appropriate hierarchies

▪ Add required attribute information for newly

created members

▪ Automatically infer data access rights based

on surrounding elements

In-Plan Master-Data Creation

Generate new members on-the-fly to expediate the planning process

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Multi-Currency Planning & Reporting

Flexible currency capabilities to capture and report plan numbers

▪ Segregate out specific plan values by input currency across any number of dimensions

▪ On-the-fly conversion of local currency or transaction currency plan values to multiple reporting currencies

▪ Report plan numbers based on different Fx rate versions to facilitate common currency reporting

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▪ Automatically generate VDTs based on existing models

▪ Augment existing model data nodes with VDT specific Year on Year growth or other driver

based nodes

▪ Enter data at any level easily see the impact of your changes

Value Driver Tree

Change the way you visualize the financial impact of key drivers and assumptions

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Hybrid Planning

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Hybrid Planning with BPCConnect SAP Analytics Cloud to existing BPC solutions

Corporate Planning

Departmental Planning

Agile Planning

SAP Business Planning

and Consolidation

• SAP Analytics Cloud

• SAP Digital Boardroom

• SAP Analytics Cloud

• Smart Insights

Modern Interface | High Performance | Simplicity | Openness

BPC Standard and Embedded models are supported for bi-directional integration. Details can be found HERE.

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Integration of Planning Scenarios with SAC

SAC

Client

Model

Engine

Model

S/4 HANA Cloud

Engine

Client

Model

BPC Standard

Engine

Client

Model

S/4HANA on premise

Engine

Client

Model

BPC Embedded

Import/Export

Import/Export

Import/Write-

Back

Live

Connection

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Additional Information

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Key links for more informationFor customers and partners

Key links

▪ sapanalytics.cloud

▪ 30-day trial

▪ Pre-built business content

▪ Community

▪ Help and technical specs

▪ How to get support

▪ Blogs

▪ What’s New series

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Contact information:

F name L name

Title

Address

Phone number

Thank you.

Partner logo

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