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Develop – Develop Reports
Create Dimensions
Create Appli cations
Create Logic/ Calculations
Load and Validate Data
Develop Reports and Input Schedules
Set up Security
Define Work Status
Develop Business Process Flows
Enable BPC Audit
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Microsoft Office Integration
Provides access to Word, PowerPoint and Excel from within SAPBusiness Planning and Consolidation.
Includes connectivity to the BPC applications so that you can include
live data and reports in your Word documents and PowerPointpresentations.
Utilizes the same Current View across the three Office applications.
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The Action Pane
Is a state sensitive task list that is persistent throughout SAP Business
Planning and Consolidation. Consists of the following sections:
– Navigation
– Session Information
– Task Selection or Input Fields
– Available Interf aces
– See Also
Can be minimized when necessary by clicking on the minus sign in theupper right corner.
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Navigation
The Navigation section provides a Back,
Forward, and Home button.
The Back button br ings you to the previous Action Pane.
The Forward button brings you to the next
Action Pane (only i f you previously pressedBack).
The Home button bri ngs you to the first Ac tion
Pane for t he particular process you are in.
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Session Information
Contains login and current view information.
Logon: shows the active user ID, applicationset, and application.
– To change the application set or application,
select the link, make your selection, then click
OK.
Current View: controls which members are
represented in the active report or input
schedule.
– Al l t he di mens ions and members t o which you
have access are available when the section i s
expanded.
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Task Selection or Input Fields
Displays either a list of t asks or input fields thatrequire action.
If a task list displays, clicking a link will perform
a task, open a dialog box, or open another ActionPane.
If input fields display, you must take action by
completing the required fields.
If you make a mistake, you can always click theBack button at the top of the Action Pane.
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Available Interfaces
This section contains links to other
components, such as: – BPC Web
– BPC for Excel
– BPC for PowerPoint
– BPC for Word
– BPC Administration
You can expand and collapse this section tosee more of t he Task Selection/Input Field
section.
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See Also
Contains a link to the context help topicassociated with items in the Selection or Input
area in the Act ion Pane.
You can expand and collapse this section tosee more of t he Task Selection/Input Field
section.
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BPC for Excel: The Current View
The Current View in BPC for Excel contains the available applications
and dimensions for each specific user.
Dimension members whose data you want to display in your
worksheets are selected via member selector windows.
The Current View is user dependent, therefore you wil l only be able toview information that your user profile allows.
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Analysis & Reporting
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation comes with a set of predefined report templates and reports.
The reports can be accessed using t he Dynamic Report templates or
from a library of report templates that are stored on the BPC server.
Reports can be modifi ed simply by changing the Current View.
The templates can be customized.
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Analysis & Reporting
Saving reports
– Regardless of whether you create a new report using the Dynamic Reporttemplates or modify an existing report template, you can save these reports
locally for use at a later time.
Saving reports as templates
– If you modify an existing report template or create a custom report you can
save it locally as a template for future use.
Modifying report templates
– Only Application Administrators can save templates on the server.
– Al l users can mod ify a template and save i t l ocally fo r t heir o wn use.
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Dynamic Report templates
In BPC for Excel, Dynamic Report t emplates reference the files t hat arestored on the client machine which are downloaded from t he server
during the initial logon to the application set.
There are two Dynamic templates folders fo r each BPC application:
– Reports
– Input Schedules
Three file types that are downloaded are:
– TEMPLATEn.XLT
– Description.TXT
– IMAGEn.BMP
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Dynamic Report templates
Dynamic Report templates that are customized must be saved on the
server. An update to the cl ient machine must be performed for users to see
the new template.
The client update is managed by the template version number.
By default, this template version number is updated automatically.
To manually update the template version number, from the BPC
Administration web page, select “ Manage Appli cation Sets” and logonto an application set. Then from the Action Pane, select “ Set template
version”.
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Dynamic Report templates
When templates are changed on the server, the updates areautomatically downloaded to the client machines at next logon.
To manually update the client machine, from BPC for Excel, select
eTools/Client Options/Refresh dynamic t emplates.
Because Wizard templates are downloaded to client:
– Include commonly used reports.
– Try to minimize report size as much as possible.
– Perform report development locally, then save to Wizard folder on the
server, when completely finished, to minimize client template refreshes.
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Freeze Dimension Settings
By default, the Member, and data retrieved or sent, are based on your
current view settings. You can freeze the current view setting for any/all dimensions in the
Override Member area of the Control Panel.
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Scale
In a report, you can choose how you would like to scale the valuesbeing retrieved into the report.
The EVGTS functions in the dynamic template will automatically
reference the Scale field of the Control Panel.
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Utilize Expansions
Row and column expansions can be turned on or off, depending on
the required behavior of the fil e. The EVEXP functions fo r the row or columns expansions are found in
the cells that contain TRUE.
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Filter
The expansions filter members based upon what is in the Property
Name and Property Value fields.
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Park N Go
Al lows you to take a stat ic snapshot of
a live report or schedule. You can lock down the current view,
lock down the data and the currentview, or take the workbook completely
offline.
Taking the workbook completelyoffli ne allows you to view a report or
input schedule even when you are notconnected to your BPC server, using
native Excel.
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DEMONSTRATION
Lab 16
BPC for Excel Navigation
Lab 17
Working wi th Dynamic Report Templates
Lab 18
Using the Park N Go Feature
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Develop – Develop Input Schedules
Create Dimensions
Create Appli cations
Create Logic/ Calculations
Load and Validate Data
Develop Reports and Input Schedules
Set up Security
Define Work Status
Develop Business Process Flows
Enable BPC Audit
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DEMONSTRATION
Lab 19
Working with the Dynamic Schedule Templates
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Comments
Provide a vehicle for submitting, storing, and retrieving text
commentary associated with BPC data cells or other BPC unstructureddata elements.
Al low you to annotate the data so that other users can view t hecomments associated with a particular data point (a fully-qualified
current view).
Serve to provide comments on a series of data such as a specificreport or content lib rary document that is not current view-driven.
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Submitting Comments
The Add comment link is available on any Action Pane from which thecontext of the page allows you to enter a comment.
Comments can be submitt ed in multiple interfaces:
– BPC Web
– BPC for Excel
– BPC for Word
– BPC for PowerPoint
You can associate the comment with the active workbook or current
view, or you can define a custom current view.
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Defining the Comment Context
Defining the context of the comment is performed
in Step 1 of comment submission. You associate a new comment with one the
following:
– The active report or schedule cell.
– The activ e Current View.
– Custom Current View.
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Defining the Comment Context
If you select Custom Current View, you can
define the following for each dimension:
Single members.
Al l members [ALL].
No members (Dimension not selected).
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Other Information Included with Comments
Priority
– No priority – Critical
– High
– Medium
– Low
Keyword
Comment
User ID
– Aut omatical ly incl uded
Date Written
– Aut omatical ly incl uded
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Comment History
When a comment is submitted to the same data intersection asanother comment, both comments are maintained.
Comment history is included in the View Comment interface by
selecting Show Comment History.
Comment history is included in BPC for Excel by appending the
version number after the returned comment.
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Reporting on Comments
To retrieve comments in BPC for Excel, you can use the EVCOM or the
EVCGT functi ons for individual cells. In addition, you have the ability to run reports to access multip le
comments, across the entire application, via:
– BPC System Reports
– View Comments option f rom th e Action Pane
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SAP Business Planning and ConsolidationSystem Reports
From the BPC for Excel Action Pane, click Open System Reports.
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SAP Business Planning and ConsolidationSystem Reports
Or, from the BPC Web Action Pane, click Launch BPC System
Reports.
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SAP Business Planning and ConsolidationSystem Reports
From the System Reports Action Pane, click Comments Report.
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Comments Report
Select parameters and run the report.
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Sample BPC Commentary Report
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Action Pane: View Comments Option
Click the View comments option from the Action Pane.
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Action Pane: View Comments Option
Step 1: Select context, current view values.
Step 2: Select comment history, priori ty, keyword.
Step 3: Select origin, date range.
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Action Pane: View Comments Option
Comments report lists d isplay crit eria, data region, and existi ng
comments. Action Pane opti ons allow you to add, delete, or update comment s.
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Administering Comments
Users or teams can be given access to add or delete comments in
security.
AddComment: abil ity to add comments.
ManageComments: abili ty to delete comments.
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Comment Tips
When you v iew comments from the Action Pane, reporting on [ALL]members for all dimensions will not necessarily return all comments inthe application.
If you ignored some dimensions when you submitt ed the comments,
you will also need to ignore those dimensions in the report context.
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DEMONSTRATION
Lab 20
Working with Comments
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Creating & Publishing Books
Is a four step process.
In BPC for Excel, you need to:
1. Create reports to be included in the book.
2. Create a book using a default book template.
3. Publish the book using the Book Publication Wizard.
In BPC Web, you need to:
4. Add the published book to an SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
Web page.
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The Book Template
Is a pre-formatted worksheet used to create a book of reports.
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Book Template Fields
A book template may contain the fol lowing fields:
BOOK: the title of your book.
CLEARBOOK: specifies whether to replace existi ng reports o r
accumulate to existing reports.
SECTION: denotes the beginning of a section.
CLEARSECTION - allows you to replace only a section o f a book
instead of the entire book.
REPNAME: report filename, location and title.
FIXKEY: sets dimension members for all reports in the book.
SUPPRESSKEY: suppresses a dimension member if the value is equalto zero.
VARYKEYS: li sts dimensions and dimension members for which the
book of reports is being created.
SECTIONEND: denotes the end of a section of the book.
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Validating the Book
Validating checks your book fil e for errors in syntax, structure, and
information provided. If there is an error in your book file, you wi ll receive a pop-up message.
The error will also be highligh ted in the book file.
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Publishing a Book of Reports
Select ePublish/ Book Publication Wizard.
The Book Publication Wizard will guide you through the steps to
publish or print a book.
1. Select a destination for the book
- BPC Web (HTML/PDF)
- ASCII
- Printer
2. Select a book to publish
3. Select the section(s) of the book that you want to publish
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Adding a Web Page
From the Content Library, select Add a new web page.
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Displaying a Book on a Web Page
Add the Web-Ready Book object to the page by d ragging it to the
desired location.
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Displaying a Book on a Web Page
Follow the Action Pane prompts to:
Enter the name you woul d like to appear as the titl e of the item.
Select the desired pixel height of the item.
Select the book from the list of books available to you.
Select the book section you want to add.
Select Show as list of reports if you want to display the list of reportscontained in the book, or select Show as a specific report to select one
or more specific reports from the book.
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DEMONSTRATION
Lab 21
Creating and Publishing a BPC Book
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QUIZ PLACEHOLDER
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BPC Web
BPC Web is a zero footprint client that allows you to :
Publish reports and other unstructured documents.
Create and analyze live reports.
View KPIs on a dashboard.
Perform predictive analysis.
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Launching BPC Web
From the Launch Page, click BPC Web.
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BPC Web: Landing Page
To get started in BPC Web:
Select a task f rom the Action Pane, or
Click on a Navigational icon
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BPC Web: Content Library
Is a repository for storing files that you want to share.
– Valid file types inc lude Word, HTML, Excel, PowerPoint, text (su ch as an
email), and images.
Presents you with a Content Library Lis t page.
– This page contains all th e files that have been added by BPC users.
– To open a file, click on the Title.
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Content Library List Categories
:allows you to select items to display on tabs or delete.
Title: the name of the web page or file. – You can click the title to open the file.
Document Type and SubType: document types and subtypes are usedfor sorting and filtering purposes.
– Document typ es and subtypes are defined by administrators, but subtypes
can also be defined on the fly.
Application context: you can post fi les that are application-speci fic or
not.
Team Access: lists access rights.
– Each item that is posted is assigned user or team access.
Date: the date the file was posted, or the web page was added.
:
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BPC Web: Live Reporting
Provides you with the ability to create a report using drag & drop.
You can start from a blank page, or edit an existing report or input
schedule.
In addition to creating a report, you can add an interactive chart to itthat gets updated as you update or drill down on the report.
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Sample BPC Web Live Report & Chart
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DEMONSTRATION
Lab 22
Working with the BPC Web Content Library
Lab 23
BPC Web Live Reporting
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BPC for Word and BPC for PowerPoint Actions
BPC for Word and BPC for
PowerPoint have identical Action
Panes, which include:
BPC Tasks
Document Tasks
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SAP Business Planning and Consolidation Tasks
Insert BPC data
– Al lows you to i nsert a value f ro m the database based on the current vi ew. – Clicking this link inserts a placeholder. Select Retrieve all data to get the
value.
Insert Insight KPI
– Once defined in BPC Web, KPIs, can be added to yo ur doc uments.
– When you are connected to a BPC server, the KPI will upd ate based on th e
current date.
Insert BPC for Excel object
– You can insert a BPC report or input schedule into a Word document or
PowerPoint slide.
Add new comment, View Comments
– Uses the standard Comment interface to submit and report on comments.
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Document Tasks
Retrieve all data
– Al lows you to r etr ieve data values, based on the cur rent view, f rom the
database.
– Clicking this link refreshes data values in t he entire document or slideshow.
Expand All
– Al lows you to expand func tions con tained i n embedded BPC for Excel
objects.
Send all data
– Af ter at least one data value has been inserted in your document or
slideshow, you can use this command to send the value to the database.
– If there are multiple inserted data values, this command sends all of them to
the database.
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Office Integration Example in Word
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Office Integration Tips
Immediately after inserti ng an BPC for Excel object, size the object
in you r document while the object is still in edit mode.
To apply the current view to a data value or report, first select the
value or report, and then update the current view.
To double-check the current view of a data value, hover your
mouse over the value.
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DEMONSTRATION
Lab 24
Working with BPC for Word
Lab 25
Working with BPC for PowerPoint
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APPSHARE PLACEHOLDER
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