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In this blog we want to give you a collection of noteworthy resources regarding business planning in SAP BW. Most of these can be found as blogs in the current SDN space, others can be found on various 'external' sites.
General Product Information
General Product Information
Unifying BPC NW and BW-IP (PAK)
We have a number of blogs here in SDN covering this topic. Please have a look at
uwe.fischer's excellent blog giving you an
introduction into the topic and containing links to
screen cams showing an example of an
end to end scenario:
Unifying BPC NW and BW-IP
In addition,for those who come from the 'BPC standard' world and are venturing into the realms of 'BPC embedded' there is a comparision between he script logic and the Fox Formulas:
Taming the Fox - Unified way
An interesting comparison of the concepts of BPC embedded and BPC classic can be found in:
Concepts compared: BPC standard and BPC embedded
If you want to learn more about the necessary (minimum) authorizations you need for using BPC Embedded please have a look at:
BPC 10.1 Embedded: Authorizations for the “Minimal Planner”
Blog Series about BPC Embedded
In this blog series we are publishing a number of blogs concerning BPC 10.1 Embedded. Currently there is a new blog featured in this series every week.
Everything you always wanted to know about BPC Embedded
Special Topics in BPC Embedded
Here we collect some special topics in BPC Embedded. We start with a blog explaining the use of DAPs on Composite Providers.
BPC 10.1 embedded: How DAPs determine Authorizations for HCPRs
In addition, there is a new blog regarding Data Access Profiles in BPC embedded:
BPC Embedded: Common DAP Configurations
And we have a link to another blog showing how BPC Embedded with Analysis for Office enables you also to create reports without spending much time on modelling a query first.
Query less Reporting in BPC embedded
Keep in mind that BPC Embedded uses PAK technology as a technical basis so also check the links we have gathered under the topic 'In Memory Planning PAK'.
In addition there is a nice series of blogs by
noel.munday regarding the usage of fox formulas in BPC Planning for S/4HANA - all of this information naturally also applies the BPC Embedded (and PAK, BW-IP):
BPC Planning for S/4HANA – FOX formulas – Part 1
In BPC Embedded you can also use the BRF+ framework to define custom planning logic. There is a how to paper explaining how this can be done:
BRFplusApplications in SAP BPC for S/4 HANA
In addition it is possible to define advanced data slices in BRF+. This is described in SAP note
2686429 – BW-IP: Dataslices with BRFplus Exit.
In Memory Planning PAK
As we have startet the journey with a new BW (
BW/4HANA) we also have launched our new version of BPC which is called
BPC11. In the following blog you can get some information about the improvements in the Embedded model.
First Steps from BW-IP and PAK towards BPC11 planning with Embedded Model
Another blog shows how you can migrate from BPC 10.1 or BW-IP/PAK to BPC11:
Many roads lead to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 11.0 (SAP BPC 11.0)
As we continue our journey with BPC11 on BW/4HANA we are shipping new features with our support pack 8. Please have a look at the following post for the new feature in the Analytical Engine:
Improvements of BW/4HANA Analytical Engine in Q1 2018 with BW/4HANA 1.0 SP08
The more planning related features are described in the blog
Improvements of BPC/11 planning engine in Q1 2018.
As we are venturing into BW/4HANA 2.0 we also have some improvements in the Analytical Engine as well as in BPC:
Improvements of BW/4HANA Analytical Engine in Q1 2019 with BW/4HANA 2.0
Improvements of BPC 11.1 planning engine in Q1 2019
