Sap Bpc Life Cycle

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SAP Business Planning and Consolidation

A smart overview through the history and the functionalities of SAP BPC tools

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SAP BPC 7.0, version for the

Microsoft platform

SAP BPC 7.5, version for the

Microsoft platform

SAP BPC 7.5, version for

SAP NetWeaver


the Microsoft platform


SAP NetWeaver


the Microsoft platform


SAP NetWeaver

Focus on


SAP BPC 7.5 version for SAP NetWeaver


Architecture

Focus on

Complex Architecture

High maintenance costs

BPC 7.5 NW Utilizes MDX Query

BPC 7.5 NW Components Did Not Run Completely on 64-Bit Technology Thus Limiting Performance

End of maintenance 31.12.2017


Tier


Upgrading or Migrating Scenario

1. Upgrade BW system from 7.x to 7.3

Upgrade from ABAP version 7.50 to version 7.53 by performing the following steps:

1. Upgrade CMPBPC from 7.50 to 7.53.

2. Upgrade the Planning and Consolidation .Net server and client software to the equivalent support package of 7.53

3. Upgrade SAP NetWeaver 7.0x to SAP NetWeaver 7.30.

2. Upgrade BW system from 7.x to 7.4

• You need to upgrade first to BPC 7.53 and BW7.3, then you need to install the BPC 10 ABAP component. Next step is

upgrading from BW 7.3 to BW 7.4 and migrating the database to SAP HANA, and then adding the HANABPC

accelerator.

• BPC 7.54 NW (starts from SP02), are supported and available for productive usage on SAP NetWeaver BW 7.40,

powered by SAP HANA, but does not include HANA specific performance optimization. It uses HANA in the same way

as it does for conventional database. (SAP Note 1923480)

3. Migrating to new system (From BPC 7.5 to BPC 10.x)

The other option is to procure an entirely new system, starting with new hardware. Once procured, it can be set up with

NetWeaver on HANA. Then BPC and its accelerator for HANA can be installed, and the system can be validated. All this without

even touching the 7.5 system. The application sets (environments in BPC 10) can be brought over using transaction code

UJBR.

In-place upgrade

• Complex

• Disrupted

• High Risk

A system copy followed by an upgrade is

an interesting compromise, as it avoids the

disruption and risk of the in-place upgrade,

while keeping its benefits, with the exception

of the savings on hardware.

Migrating

• Limited Disruption

• Limited Risk

• Benfit using new hardware


SAP BPC 10.0version for SAP NetWeaver


Architecture


Architecture

The .NET tier has been removed

from the architecture making this

more consistent with SAP

NetWeaver releases, which will

lower maintenance costs.


Tier


Migration Steps to Classic BPC 10.0

BPC Version Official Product Name

7.5 NW SBOP PC 7.5 FOR SAP NW


First, migrate software components

1. Migrate to BW 7.3 or 7.4 (in-place or system copy)

2. Migrate to BWA 7.2 (optional)

3. Execute the migration program

• 7.5 to 10.0 tcode: SE38, program UJT_MIGRATE_75_TO_10


Next, migrate customer data and features

4. Upgrade security and Active Directory or CMS to SAP BW User Accounts

• Create SAP BW User Accounts

• Assign security roles and authorizzations to the new user accounts

• Create a tab-delimeted mapping file for use by migration program to map old user to new users

5. Deal with problems and unforeseen issues

6. Migrate features that are not supported by the mapping programs

7. Regression test and validate


BPC Features that Migrate from 7.5 to 10.0


Differences between BPC 7.5 & BPC 10

Perfomance Driver

Key Benefits Query Change Up to 50% performance improvement with query

change; utilizing BEx query instead of MDX

Script Logic Parallelism Script Logic processes execute faster due to

Parallelism, which enables multiple write back processes at the same

time

Removal of the .NET layer BPC NW10 does not use the .NET layer

which removes potential for performance bottlenecks and decreases

system maintenance

Removes 32-bit bottleneck BPC NW10 runs true 64-bit technology

Version Differences BPC 7.5 NW Utilizes MDX Query Which is Less Efficient Than the BEx

Query Method Used by BPC 10 NW

BPC 7.5 Only Allows for a Single Write Back After All Calculations

Have Been Evaluated Resulting in Slower Performance of Script Logic

Packages (ie Loading Finance Application Data to the Consolidation

Application, Allocations)

BPC 7.5 NW Requires the Microsoft ASP .NET Technology Which

Requires Special Knowledge and Increases System Maintenance

BPC 7.5 NW Components Did Not Run Completely on 64-Bit

Technology Thus Limiting Performance



User Experience Driver

Key Benefits Member Recognition Quickly access data with the use of Member

Recognition

Local Members Create complex functions to be evaluated based

on EPM functions not hard coded cell references

Enhanced Formatting Capabilities Apply formatting on a wide range

of parameters

Comments Improved Comment functionality enables copying of

comments and better viewing and saving options (as an in-cell Excel

comment)

Version Differences BPC 7.5 NW Uses EVDRE() to Generate Reports Which Requires

More Training Than the Intuitive Reporting Options with BPC 10

BPC10 is Capable of Automatically Detecting Dimension Members

Entered Directly in Worksheet

BPC 10 Dynamic Formatting Sheets Can Be Shared With Other

Workbooks/Reports

Unlike BPC 7.5 NW, Comments in BPC 10 Can Be Copied Via a

Standard Data Manager Package

Local Members in BPC 10 Allow Users to Create Formulas That Can

Be Automatically Detected and Become Part of the Report



System Administration Driver

Key Benefits Centralized, More Accessible and Stable Administrator Completely

redesigned Administration Interface centralizes all system

administration and configuration activities into one stable web interface

Granular Transport New feature to allow for granular transports

rather than transporting entire AppSets

Cube Name Stabilization Cube Name Stabilization Parameter

prevents BPC cube technical names from changing during Full

Optimization

Version Differences BPC 10 NW Utilizes a Web Based Administration Client

BPC 7.5 NW Only Allows for a All-Or-None Standard Functionality for

BW Transports of Application/Models Developed in DEV and Tested in

QAS, BPC 10 NW Allows for Granular Transport

BPC 7.5 NW Does Not Have a Cube Name Stabilization Feature to

Prevent the Cube Name From Changing When Running Full

Optimization



Data Accessibility Driver

Key Benefits Direct Delta Loads From SAP ERP BPC 10 now supports direct delta

loads from SAP ERP system

Real-Time Data With BPC 10 on HANA, data can be automatically

loaded into BPC from ECC

Version Differences BPC 7.5 NW Effectively Only Allows for Full Data Loads, Which Increases

Cube Size and Decreases System Performance

Delta Loads Can Be Executed in BPC 10 NW

Utilizing a Hybrid Provider, BPC 10 NW Allows for Real-Time Data From

SAP ERP



Enhanced Functionality Driver

Key Benefits Significantly Improved Business Process Flow New functionality and

interface provides greater control and visibility into the status of each

business process

Park and Go Streamlined into a single feature

Book Publishing Fully functional Book Publishing feature with new

interface allows for automated publication of reports printed to PDF or

saved to a network folder.

Controls and Validation Automated built-in features automatically

perform validation to ensure certain criteria rules are met

Version Differences Enhanced user interface and functionality in BPC 10 NW’s Business

Process Flow increases user adoption and reviewer/owner visibility

BPC 7.5 NW’s Park and Go has been replaced with BPC 10’s Offline

feature, which is not prone to worksheet errors common in BPC 7.5 NW

BPC 10 NW’s Book Publishing feature is fully functional with a more

user friendly interface


Web Client

The New Web Client has the following Components:

• Start Page: Describes the initial Planning and Consolidation web client page. From this page, you can select

from your objects, create reports and launch client applications.

• Activities: Provides information about using Business Process Flows (Processes).

• Library: Provides information about how to access the objects that are saved in the Library view.

• Documents: Provides information about using the Documents view to post, and retrieve files, and to manage

content display

• Audit: Provides information about reporting on system information and activity.

• Consolidation Central: Helps to generate and manage consolidated data.– Consolidation Monitor: Generate and monitor consolidated data from data reported by Group and Entity members

– Control Monitor: Execute and monitor controls used to validate the reported data

– Journals: Create and manage journal entries containing adjustments and eliminations used for correcting reported data

– Ownership Manager: Create and Manage ownership-based hierarchies used for performing statutory consolidations


Look & Feel

Start page has been updated to make it a central launch point for applications

Delivered workspace integrates core functions, administration client, Office Addins, and

favorites in one convenient page

Administration client for version for SAP NetWeaver is fully integrated into the web


Consolidation Central

Consolidation Monitor



The Controls Monitor is a workspace for executing and monitoring controls.



Journals



Ownership Manager is used to define an ownership-based hierarchy entity structure. It

allows you to create periodic-specific hierarchies of corporate entities to use in statutory

consolidation, or in cases where hierarchy changes for an application need to be tracked by

Category and Time.


Admin Web Client


Admin Web Client

New Objects Naming:


Dimension

• All the properties and settings of a Dimension are managed in the Structure view.

• This page allows you to add a dimension property or add the required properties for Consolidation or for

Ownership model

• You can also add the hierarchies to the dimensions


Dimension

• The members are managed in an “Excel like” grid and you can copy and paste (within the list and from

Excel), sorting, filtering, and ordering column, and so on.

• The maximum length of a Member ID can be 32 characters and can accept dash and underscores but

cannot accept any other special characters.

• Member status is displayed in the row headers of the list of all members that have been edited or

changed or added. A icon enables to identify the status of the edited members and a tooltip provides the

details of the errors.


Enhanced Hierarchy Management

Administration users can now graphically edit hierarchies to more efficiently maintain

their systems

Advanced Editing features such as drag and drop and or ‘move up’ and ‘move down are

supported


Model

• You cannot select multiple dimensions of the

same type except for the user-defined

dimensions.

• Among the selected dimensions you can also set

the secured dimensions (for example, the

dimensions that will be used to define the data

access profiles for this model).

• New models can be created either from scratch

or by using an existing model as a source.


Security

On the front end side there is no change in the BPC 10 security except that the BPC users are NetWeaver

users instead of Active Directory users.

Security settings are more transparent with SAP NetWeaver backend system

Dynamically synchronization of security settings with the SAP NetWeaver backend for SAP NetWeaver roles

and profiles


Script Logic

Creating scripts is more efficient

based on updates to the script logic

editor

Logic script functions and MDX

keywords are available for selection in

the new editor, with the required syntax

automatically suggested

Adding/Removing Comments can be

used to determine what portions of a

script are executed

Pretty printer can be used to enhance

readability


Work Status

The work status feature facilitates better information management and approval process by associating

configurable and customizable wok status to the combination or intersection of data. The work status feature

allows seamless communication and tracking of the work status during the data collection phase. The work

status also prevents the unwanted data changes (locking) once the data entry is finalized based on the work

status. This eliminates the need for a complex security model to lock the data once the data is finalized.


Audit

Activating this features, you enable log registration on data. The system save the user activities.


Business Process Flow (BPF)

•The upper area renders all activities you are involved in.

•The lower area renders all instances of a certain activity your are involved in


Simplified Report Creation

Business users can easily create web report/input schedule

Ad-hoc Web reports are easy to create within a workspace or reports can be created by

themselves and published

Charts and graphs can be added with a click of a button

Drag and drop is enabled for report creation and data can be dynamically retrieved as it is

being designed


Streamlined Library and Document Actions

Accessing the library and storing documents are even easier with the new user interface

Library interface makes it simple to add content such as workspaces, reports, input schedules,

books and dashboards.

Favorites can be saved in the library for the initial launch page

Document page has also been updated to improve the user experience.


EPM Add-in

Multiple connections can co-exists in a single worksheet

Planning and Consolidation : Excel add-in can be connected to SAP BusinessObjects

Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver or version for the Microsoft platform

through ODBO or Web Service

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise : Connection can also be established to SAP PCM or

FC10 via ODBO

Local : Through ODBO Excel add-in can also be connected to Analysis service or Hyperion

Essbase or SAP BW


Look & Feel

EPM-Add in menu streamlined to be more intuitive to end user

New ribbon with set of action buttons for creating reports, managing and formatting reports,

action button for save and refresh data, action button for performing planning function, action

button for publishing workbooks

Context bar provides a user friendly way of selecting members


Simplified Report Creation

Business users have multiple ways of creating a report/input schedule

Report Editor facilitates wizard based creation of report with simple drag and drop dimension

EPM Window facilitates users to create quick reports by dropping the dimension to the

respective window

Direct Member Entry: User can directly enter the member into Excel grid. SAP

BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation automatically recognizes the members


Enhanced What-If Capabilities

Use parent member formulas to improve what-if planning scenarios

Keep Formula on Data enables having the excel summation against the Parent member.

Show Source Data in Comments enables to view parent level value which is stored in the

backend as comments.

Calculate Parents in Hierarchies enables instantaneous calculation of the parent member

based on the child node values instead of fetching values from the backend.


Enhanced Member Selector

New member selector more powerful and intuitive to use

Member off-set : allows selecting dimension members relatively to another dimension

member (at the same hierarchy level or a different one). This option is very useful to create

relative periods

Member property : allows selecting a dimension member thanks to a property value of

another dimension member of the same dimension

Multiple Option: In addition it has multiple other options to select members dynamically


Why upgrade to BPC 10

1. Streamlined, Unified, and Harmonized User Experience. One of the more obvious improvements of version 10 is its new and

improved look and feel. 10’s new user console pulls functionality into one central user interface offering users more intuitive,

streamlined control. The more visually appealing, browser-driven user interface is unified with SAP’s other EPM products,

creating a common interface and seamless user experience throughout the EPM suite. The improved user experience will

increase the speed of planning and consolidations by increasing the numbers of people contributing.

2. Enhanced Manageability. 10 enhances manageability and reduces cost of ownership by improving integration with the SAP

NetWeaver technology platform, ERP software, and other business analytics applications.

3. Improved Reporting. 10 enables users to create seamless links to other reporting applications improving the function of drilling

down to detailed information outside of BPC applications, and even the SAP environment. 10 also improves reporting drag

and drop functionality.

4. Improved System Performance, Integrity and Maintenance. 10 now uses the in-memory database to make applications run

faster. It increases data handling and business intelligence (BI) capabilities. Now, objects and information stored and

aggregated in one BusinessObjects application can be shared more widely with another. 10 also eliminates the .NET server

on the NetWeaver platform, streamlining the hardware architecture and better integrating security with the NetWeaver

backend. 10’s transformational architecture changes eliminate manual reporting efforts. Backend system improvements yield

industry-leading validation and monitoring of data integrity. SAP effectively re-developed the entire BPC solution to better fit

into the SAP landscape.

5. Expanded Mobile Delivery Options. Version 10 offers expanded mobile device support for the Apple iPAD and RIM BlackBerry

PlayBook tablets, helping transform the way people work.

6. Enhanced Journal Management. Journals are now entered via a new, intuitive, web-based frontend with an improved query

manager that allows users to better investigate entries.

7. Simplified Hierarchy Maintenance. New functionality in 10 allows simple, drag and drop hierarchy builds.

8. Specific Industry or Line of Business Packaged Solutions. Version 10 now offers packaged solutions for specific lines of

business and industry areas.


SAP BPC 10.1version for SAP NetWeaver


Architecture


Tier


Migration Steps to Classic BPC 10.1

BPC Version Official Product Name



10.1 NW SAP PC 10.1 FOR SAP NW (Classic & Unified

First, migrate software components

1. Migrate to BW 7.3 or 7.4 (in-place or system copy)

2. Migrate to BWA 7.2 (optional)

3. Execute the migration program



Next, migrate customer data and features

4. Upgrade security and Active Directory or CMS to SAP BW User Accounts

• Create SAP BW User Accounts

• Assign security roles and authorizzations to the new user accounts

• Create a tab-delimeted mapping file for use by migration program to map old user to new users

5. Deal with problems and unforeseen issues

6. Migrate features that are not supported by the mapping programs

7. Regression test and validate


What’s New on BPC 10.1 Unified Model ?

With SAP BPC NW 10.1 a new data model is introduced that combines the strength of the different planning components

• SAP BPC NW for end-user friendliness and flexibility

• SAP BW-IP for feature richness and integrated data consistency

• SAP HANA for blazingly high performance

The former was focusing on line-of-business driven scenarios with a strong focus on flexibility and end-user friendliness.

The ‘embedded’ model complements the existing BPC NW data model which is called ‘standard’. The new model is completely

integrated into the BPC NW 10.1 product, in particular using its new HTML5 web-client for administration and runtime as well as

the EPM EXCEL add-in. This ensures a unified end-user experience, hiding many of the technical details. Doing so, it also

requires the BPC NW license.

For BPC NW ‘standard’ (orange components), the ‘BPC add-on’ is required, which contains the specific planning and reporting

logic of BPC and collaboration features. It sits on SAP BW, but only uses its reporting and some of its data management

capabilities. The add-on also provides connectivity to the EPM EXCEL add-in. An additional add-on is available to make use of

HANA for specific functions and acceleration purposes.

These add-ons are not required for the BPC NW ‘embedded’ model. It rather fully uses the reporting and planning capabilities of

BW as well as its data warehousing and data management. The collaboration-capabilities were adjusted to this architecture and

moved into SAP BW (grey component). The BPC HTML5 web-client has also moved to SAP BW and connects to both, the

‘standard’ and the ‘embedded’ models for modelling and runtime. In addition a new interface is contained in SAP BW to connect

to the EPM add-in, in addition to the existing connections to Analysis Office and Design Studio. Finally SAP HANA is mandatory

for the BPC ‘embedded’ model to facilitate best performance on highly flexible data models.


Difference between Standard & Embedded

Concept BPC standard BPC embedded

Name space All objects have Standard name space /CPMB All BW name space (no transfer dato from BW name space to /CPMB objects)

Representation of dimensions

Dimensions, CATE model:

• Category (version)

• Account (to model the measures)

• Time (nothing to do with BW time characteristics)

• Entity (mainly consolidation)

• plus generic dimensions

Characteristics

• pure generic, except

• 13 time characteristics (calendar, fiscal)

• currency/unit characteristics

• compounded

Representation of valuesMeasure, only one techncial key figure in BPC generated BW

InfoCube

Key Figures, of various types

•amounts linked to a currency characteristic

•units linked to a unit characteristic

•numbers of various technical types,

•date, time

Hierarchies, parent-child relationsBPC hierarchies, correspond to BW hierarchies with postable

nodesBW hierarchies, with different node types; in addition display hierarchies in BW queries

Infoproviders InfoCube as a pure storage build in BW concepts; with respect to BW time characteristics or currency/unit characteristics

Constraints for persistenceBPC Rules (known as 'validations‘ in other products);

validations can also be implemented using Script Logic

Characteristic Relationships (methods CHECK, DERIVE, CREATE);

validations can also be implemented using FOX or exit planning functions

Data protection BPC Work Status Data Slices, BPC Work Status (mapped to technical data slices at run time)

EPM Add-in Direct access to BPC Model and Data Requires a Bex query acting as a data provider to support EPM Add-in

User Interface EPM Add-in and Web EPM Add-in (via Bex Query), Analysis for MS Office , Bex and Web

More information on SAP SCN

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-58899


Features

• BW Data Model

• Bex Planning Functionality

• Fox Formula Calculation

• PAK HANA based FunctionsBW-IP

• EPM Add-In

• HTML 5 Admin Client

• HTML 5 Web Based Planning

• BPF

• Audit

• Work Status

BPC

BPC 10.1 Unified Model

• BW Data Model

• Bex Planning Functionality

• Fox Formula Calculation

• PAK HANA based Functions

• EPM Add-In

• HTML 5 Admin Client

• HTML 5 Web Based Planning

• BPF

• Audit

• Work Status

The approach they seem to have taken is to merge the IP back-end with some of the SAP BPC front-end functionality.

For example:

•The underlying SAP BW cubes are modelled like IP cubes, using BW infoobjects, rather than BPC dimensions

•Planning functions are still developed using the IP functionality

•The EPM Add-In is the front end for interacting with the unified planning model

•The BPC 10.1 web front end is the web portal for interacting with the unified planning model

•Certain BPC 10.1 features, such as BPFs, work status and data auditing are available.


What is PAK?

The Planning Application KIT allows for planning functions to run within HANA.

PAK functions running directly on HANA:

• Copy

• Repost

• Revaluation

• Delete

• Delete Invalid Combinations

• Set Key Figure Values

• Distribution by Reference Data

• Generate Combinations

• Repost on Basis of Characteristic Relationships

• Distribution With Keys

• Formula (FOX) –With restrictions

• Disaggregation within the Query

*Note 1637199 Contains full details


Comparison Script Logic / Fox


Bibliography

SAP BPC 7.5 NW

SAP BPC 10.0 NW

SAP BPC 10.1 NW

Product Availability Matrix (PAM)

Enterprice Performance Management (EPM)

EPM (Wiki)

EPM Add-in Academy

http://help.sap.com/bopacnw75



https://support.sap.com/release-upgrade-maintenance/pam.html

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BPX/Enterprise+Performance+Management+(EPM)+How-to+Guides

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/CPM/EPM+Wiki+Home

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=CPM&original_fqdn=wiki.sdn.sap.com&title=EPM+Add-in+Academy


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