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Delta Change Overview

SAP Busi nessObj ec t s Pl anni ng and Consol i dat i on 7.5,


Ver si on f or SAP Net Weaver
I nt r oduc t i on
Welcome to the Delta Change Overview lesson for SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver.
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Del t a Change Over vi ew : Lesson Obj ec t i ves
After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe the application
consultant's delta changes between versions 7.0 and 7.5 of SAP
BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP
NetWeaver.
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Topi c s
1. Business Process Flows
2. Work Status Enhancements
3. Drill-through Capabilities
4. Data Manager Enhancements
5. Business Rules Enhancements
6. Microsoft Office Integration Enhancements
7. Script Logic Enhancements
8. Audit Enhancements
9. Integration Features
This presentation gives an overview of the delta functionality regarding the topics listed
above. Lets begin with Business Process Flows.
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Busi ness Pr oc ess Fl ow s Over vi ew
Business Process Flows are
redesigned to execute business
processes
The following are four major BPF
(Business Process Flows) definition
components:
Review enablement
Reopen enablement
Opening Criteria
Step Region Criteria
Driver dimension and
owner/reviewer property names
are selected by customer
Multiple BPF instances can be
generated from a saved and
validated BPF template
BPF templates are independent of
the BPF instances they generate
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver
provides business process flow functionality.
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Busi ness Pr oc ess Fl ow Over vi ew (c ont i nued)
The BPF (Business Process Flows) Monitor
allows users to view all steps and their current
status by step region (data intersection)
The My Activities interface displays only what
the current logged in user is responsible for
There is a two part UI (User Interface) screen:
The top provides a list of all BPF template
instances
The bottom provides the details of the BPF
instance(s) selected above
Users can audit creation, modification, and
deletion of BPF templates and instances
Users can report and launch BPFs through
Xcelsius
Users can also report on archived instances
Owners are notified when a BPF instance is
created and actions are taken
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver has
business process flow functionality.
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Topi c s
1. Business Process Flows
2. Work Status Enhancements
3. Drill-through Capabilities
4. Data Manager Enhancements
5. Business Rules Enhancements
6. Microsoft Office Integration Enhancements
7. Script Logic Enhancements
8. Audit Enhancements
9. Integration Features
We will now go over the Work Status Enhancements.
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Wor k St at us Enhanc ement s
Work Status has been enhanced
within SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation 7.5,
version for SAP NetWeaver to
support:
Notification to owners and
managers of work state changes
via email
For example, when a work state
changes from Unlocked to
Submitted, and a manager
needs to review the forecast to
change it to approved, the
manager can be notified that
they need to review and approve
this particular forecast version
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver has
email notification functionality
After the work state changes, the owners and managers can be notified of the work
state changes
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Topi c s
1. Business Process Flows
2. Work Status Enhancements
3. Drill-through Capabilities
4. Data Manager Enhancements
5. Business Rules Enhancements
6. Microsoft Office Integration Enhancements
7. Script Logic Enhancements
8. Audit Enhancements
9. Integration Features
We will now go over the Drill-through capabilities.
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Dr i l l -t hr ough Capabi l i t i es
Drill-through allows any targets to
be launched via a URL (Uniform
Resource Locator)
Supports reverse mapping using
dimension(s)
SAP Systems that support URL
drill-through include:
SAP ERP (Enterprise
Resources Planning)
via ITS (Internet
Transaction Server)
Visual Composer
Voyager
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver has
drill-through functionality
The drill- through functionality in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5,
version for SAP NetWeaver works differently than the drill-through
functionality in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for the
Microsoft platform
This drill-through functionality can work with any source system that can be accessed
via a URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
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Know l edge Chec k
Quest i on
Which of the following is true about Drill-
through functionality?
a) Can be launched by a URL (Uniform
Resource Locator)
b) Can be launched by a command line
c) Can be launched with BusinessObjects
client tools
d) Can be launched by an ABAP (Advanced
Business Application Programming) program
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Know l edge Chec k Answ er
Answ er
The correct answer is A
Remember, drill-through functionality can be launched by a URL (Uniform Resource
Locator)
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Topi c s
1. Business Process Flows
2. Work Status Enhancements
3. Drill-through Capabilities
4. Data Manager Enhancements
5. Business Rules Enhancements
6. Microsoft Office Integration Enhancements
7. Script Logic Enhancements
8. Audit Enhancements
9. Integration Features
We will now go over the Data Manager Enhancements.
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Dat a Manager Enhanc ement s
New Data Manager Packages
Packages to load master data from NW (NetWeaver) BW (Business Information
Warehouse) InfoObjects
Export Master Data Package
Export Transaction Data Package
BADI (Business Add-In) for retraction to ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) or
BW
Trigger NW (NetWeaver) BW (Business Information Warehouse) Process Chains
Enhancements to Transformation and Conversion Files
BADI (Business Add-In) for Start Routine & End Routine
Enhancements to Data Manager Frameworks
Ability to reuse Process Chains across Data Manager Packages
Enhancements for member selector and filtering
Package links to execute multiple data manager packages
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver has
new Data Manager packages
The new packages include: New packages to load master data from NW (NetWeaver)
BW (Business Information Warehouse) InfoObjects, Export Master Data,
Export Transaction data, and BADI (Business Add-In) for retraction to ERP (Enterprise
Resources Planning) or BW
The transformation and conversion files have more functionality
One can execute a BADI (Business Add-In) at the beginning of a data load and at the
end of a data load by means of BADI for the start routine and end routine
Package link is a new functionality that can execute multiple data manager packages
together
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Know l edge Chec k
Quest i on
Which of the following Data Manager
packages is not new to SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for
SAP NetWeaver?
a) Export Master Data
b) Export Transaction Data
c) Load master data from NW (NetWeaver)
BW (Business Information Warehouse)
InfoObjects
d) Load transaction data from NW
(NetWeaver) BW (Business Information
Warehouse) InfoProvider
Try your knowledge with this question.
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Know l edge Chec k Answ er
Answ er
The correct answer is D
Remember, the new packages include:
New packages to load master data from NW (NetWeaver) BW (Business Information
Warehouse) InfoObjects, Export Master Data, Export Transaction data, and
BADI (Business Add-In) for retraction to ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) or BW
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Topi c s
1. Business Process Flows
2. Work Status Enhancements
3. Drill-through Capabilities
4. Data Manager Enhancements
5. Business Rules Enhancements
6. Microsoft Office Integration Enhancements
7. Script Logic Enhancements
8. Audit Enhancements
9. Integration Features
We will now go over the Business Rules Enhancements.
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Busi ness Rul es Enhanc ement s
Standard Excel like functionality will be provided when selecting the business rule table
to edit
A Save to server without validation hyperlink will be provided in the action pane, so a
user does not need to validate each time Business Rules are updated
Task Execution: The Account Transformation task should be able to be executed by the
end-user at the appropriate time in the consolidation process. At run time it should be
possible to select the entity(s), reporting currency(s), category(s), and time period(s) for
which task should be run.
Ability to:
Copy/paste rows or cells
Insert rows
Delete rows
Move rows and insert pasted rows
Financial Reporting will provide the ability to report upon new records which have been
created and use them in combination with other data to create various reports such as
Cash Flow Statements and so on
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver has
several Business Rules enhancments
The action pane has a Save to server without validation hyperlink
The ability to insert or delete rows, move rows, or copy/paste rows is now available
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Topi c s
1. Business Process Flows
2. Work Status Enhancements
3. Drill-through Capabilities
4. Data Manager Enhancements
5. Business Rules Enhancements
6. Microsoft Office Integration Enhancements
7. Script Logic Enhancements
8. Audit Enhancements
9. Integration Features
We will now go over the Microsoft Office Integration Enhancements.
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Mi c r osof t Of f i c e I nt egr at i on Enhanc ement s
Enhanced ease of use
within BPC for Excel
through support of:
Updated default
colors when running
EVDRE
Excel 2007 ribbon
Can save Word and
PowerPoint files directly
to the server
Dynamic Hierarchy Editor
is now available
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver
offers enhanced Microsoft Office integration
Excel 2007 ribbon is available
Word/PowerPoint files can now be saved to the application server
Dynamic Hierarchy Editor is now available to maintain ownership ratios
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Topi c s
1. Business Process Flows
2. Work Status Enhancements
3. Drill-through Capabilities
4. Data Manager Enhancements
5. Business Rules Enhancements
6. Microsoft Office Integration Enhancements
7. Script Logic Enhancements
8. Audit Enhancements
9. Integration Features
We will now go over the Script Logic Enhancements.
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Sc r i pt Logi c Enhanc ement s
Enhancements in Script Logic include:
TMVL for dealing with time dynamically
DESTINATION_APP to write to different
applications
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver
provides new Script Logic keywords
The TMVL keyword can be used to go back or forward in time calculations
The DESTINATION_APP keyword can be used to write data to other applications in the
Appset (Application Set)
One can skip the dimensions that are not available in the target application and add the
dimensions that are not available in the source applications
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Topi c s
1. Business Process Flows
2. Work Status Enhancements
3. Drill-through Capabilities
4. Data Manager Enhancements
5. Business Rules Enhancements
6. Microsoft Office Integration Enhancements
7. Script Logic Enhancements
8. Audit Enhancements
9. Integration Features
We will now go over the Audit Enhancements.
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Audi t Enhanc ement s
Auditing now supports:
Tracking and auditing when
users enable and disable audit
logs
Tracking both prior and new
values when changes are made
Tracking all profile changes
Users
Teams
Member access
Task access
Tracking MachineID of the user
making the change in addition to
the IP address
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver has
improved auditing functionality with enhanced tracking capabilities
Auditing has been enhanced within SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation
7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver to support:
Tracking and auditing when users enable and disable audit logs
Tracking both prior and new values when changes are made
Tracking all changes within users, teams, member access profiles, and task access
profiles which will be audited
Tracking the MachineID of the user making the change in addition to the IP address
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Topi c s
1. Business Process Flows
2. Work Status Enhancements
3. Drill-through Capabilities
4. Data Manager Enhancements
5. Business Rules Enhancements
6. Microsoft Office Integration Enhancements
7. Script Logic Enhancements
8. Audit Enhancements
9. Integration Features
We will now go over the Integration Features.
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I nt egr at i on Feat ur es Xc el si us
Xcelsius is a dash-boarding tool that
provides these integration features:
Can read live data from SAP
BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation 7.5
Supports simulation and write-back to
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation 7.5
Xcelsius models can be built dynamically
using BPC metadata such as Business
Process Flow (BPF) information
Xcelsius is a dash-boarding tool that provides the following SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation integration features:
Can read live data from SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5
Supports simulation and write-back to SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation 7.5
Xcelsius models can be built dynamically using BPC metadata such as Business
Process Flow (BPF) information
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I nt egr at i on Feat ur es Xc el si us (Cont i nued)
A competitive advantage in the area of rich visualization of planning dashboards
The capability of adding write-back for simple input like creating Form Based
Planning which allows inputting information such as headcount
BPC Transaction Data is available within Xcelsius design time through the Analyzer
Add-in
A competitive advantage in the area of rich visualization of planning dashboards
The capability of adding write-back for simple input like creating Form Based Planning
which allows inputting information such as headcount
BPC Transaction Data is available within Xcelsius design time through the Analyzer
Add-in
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I nt egr at i on Feat ur es Xc el si us Connec t or
Xcelsius dashboards pull live data from
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation through a new native EPM
(Enterprise Performance Management)
Connector for Xcelsius
Available options in the EPM
Connector are:
Read Transaction Data
Write Transaction Data
List AppSets (Application Sets)
List Applications
List Dimension Members
Get Current View
List Properties
Get BPF (Business Process Flows)
Status
Get Text from content library
document
Limited write back capabilities are available through Xcelsius.
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I nt egr at i on Feat ur es Xc el si us Dashboar ds
Embed Xcelsius Dashboards inside SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
BPC Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and BPC Web
The current view applied as filters to Xcelsius Dashboard
Xcelsius Dashboards use BPC data outside of SAP
BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5
Use Xcelsius Model to create Adobe PDF documents
Pulls live data from SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation 7.5
Can be created with Xcelsius Models (forms) to collect
planned headcount information from managers and write
these back to SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation 7.5
Create PowerPoint presentations using Xcelsius to pull live
data from SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation 7.5
Use BOE CMS / SSO for single sign-on to SAP
BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5 from the
Xcelsius Model
Xcelsius Dashboards can be embedded inside of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation
This includes BPC Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) as well as BPC Web
The current view within BPC Office or BPC Web will be applied as filters to the Xcelsius
Dashboard
Xcelsius Dashboards can utilize BPC data outside of SAP BusinessObjects Planning
and Consolidation 7.5
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) documents can be created with an Xcelsius
Model that can pull live data from SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation 7.5 and can be created with Xcelsius Models that are forms to collect
planned headcount information from managers and write these back to
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5
PowerPoint presentations can be created with rich visualizations using Xcelsius that can
pull live data from SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation
7.5
BOE (BusinessObjects Enterprise) CMS (Central Management System) can provide
single sign-on to SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5 from the
Xcelsius Model
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I nt egr at i on Feat ur es Voyager
The Voyager Analyzer
provides a tool with best in class OLAP capabilities for advanced analysis
Acts as a full analyzer type of interface with a full range of reporting functions
Has a Zero-footprint back-end that can be set up for analysis of multidimensional
data sets
Is capable of sharing knowledge beyond a single department or analysis group
This slide goes over the Voyager integration features
There are no write back capabilities through Voyager
The Voyager Analyzer tool helps business analysts explore SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation data by using a tool that provides the best in class
OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing) capabilities for advanced analysis
Acts as a full analyzer type of interface where End-users up to CEOs can experience a
full range of reporting functions while navigating through their BPC data
Voyagers back-end is a user friendly Zero-footprint that can easily be set up for
analysis of multidimensional data sets
Is capable of sharing knowledge that can be spread beyond a single department or
analysis group
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I nt egr at i on Feat ur es GRC Pr oc ess Cont r ol s
GRC Process Controls allow customers to build test plans for compliance purposes
These test plans can consist of manual compliance checks or automated compliance
checks
With SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP NetWeaver,
automated checks can be built utilizing SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation transaction data as well as BPC metadata
NetWeaver InfoSet Queries can be used to check BPC metadata, such as journal entries
GRC
Process
Controls
Test
Plan
*1
*2
InfoSet Query
Planning and Consolidation Metadata Tables
(Comments, Journals, and so on)
Generated Virtual
Provider
Shared Query Engine (SQE)
Generated Finance
BW Query
Generated
MultiProvider
Planning and
Consolidation Cube
Planning and
Consolidation
Microsoft Office
and Web
Reporting
GRC (SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance) Process Controls allow customers to
build test plans for compliance purposes
These test plans can consist of manual compliance checks or automated compliance
checks
With SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.5, version for SAP
NetWeaver, automated checks can be built utilizing SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation transaction data as well as BPC metadata
NetWeaver InfoSet (Information Set) Queries can be used to check BPC metadata,
such as journal entries
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Del t a Change Over vi ew : Lesson Summar y
You should now be able to describe the application consultant's delta
changes between versions 7.0 and 7.5 of SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver.
You should now be able to perform the actions listed above.
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Copyr i ght 2009 SAP AG
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