Beschreibung
Calling all SAP BPC users! Learn to handle tricky financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting with this book on SAP Business Planning and Consolidation. Step-by-step instructions will guide you through completing daily SAP BPC tasks such as data consolidation, workflow management, and report creation. Explore preconfigured system reports and learn to tailor custom reports to your specific business requirements. Use SAP BPC productively to enhance your organization's planning processes.Highlights include:SAP BPC interfacesSystem modelingPlanning, budgeting, and forecastingConsolidated dataCustom SAP BPC reportsBPF functionalityBPF reportsEPM Add-InSecurity managementDimension management
Highlights:
SAP BPC interfaces
System modeling
Planning, budgeting, and forecasting
Consolidated data
Custom SAP BPC reports
BPF functionality
BPF reports
EPM Add-In
Security management
Dimension management
Inhalt
... Target Audience ... 16
... Structure of the Book ... 16
... How to Read the Book ... 18
1.1 ... Functionality at a Glance ... 21
1.2 ... Features at a Glance ... 30
1.3 ... Alternative Versions of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation ... 34
1.4 ... Interfaces and Components ... 37
1.5 ... Summary ... 90
2.1 ... Environments ... 92
2.2 ... Dimensions, Members, and Properties ... 94
2.3 ... Models and InfoProviders ... 103
2.4 ... SAP Business Warehouse Objects ... 116
2.5 ... Summary ... 129
3.1 ... Planning and Budgeting, and Forecasting Approaches ... 132
3.2 ... Accessing the Existing Reports and Input Forms (EPM Add-in) ... 133
3.3 ... Entering Data for Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting (EPM Add-in) ... 140
3.4 ... Accessing the Existing Web Reports and Web Input Forms (Web Client) ... 158
3.5 ... Entering Data for Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting (Web Client) ... 163
3.6 ... Using Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting Functions (Standard) ... 181
3.7 ... Summary ... 193
4.1 ... Generating and Monitoring Consolidated Data ... 196
4.2 ... Managing and Executing Ownership Data for Consolidation ... 212
4.3 ... Validating Consolidated Data (Standard) ... 222
4.4 ... Managing Adjustments with Journals ... 238
4.5 ... Summary ... 254
5.1 ... Defining a Business Process Flow ... 259
5.2 ... Executing the Activities in a Predefined Business Process Flow Scenario ... 296
5.3 ... Process Monitor ... 306
5.4 ... Summary ... 312
6.1 ... Creating a Custom Report in the EPM Add-in ... 314
6.2 ... Analyzing Data in the EPM Add-in ... 334
6.3 ... Advanced Reporting Features (EPM Add-in) ... 345
6.4 ... Developing an Input Form for Data Entry (EPM Add-in) ... 381
6.5 ... Creating Custom Reports (EPM Add-ins for PowerPoint and Word) ... 383
6.6 ... Creating Web-Based Ad Hoc Reports (Web Client) ... 391
6.7 ... Analyzing Data (Web Client) ... 399
6.8 ... Developing a Web Input Form for Data Entry (Web Client) ... 403
6.9 ... Dashboard Reporting (Standard) ... 406
6.10 ... Reporting from Other SAP Business Intelligence Solutions for Plan-Actual Variance Analysis or Other Requirements ... 409
6.11 ... Summary ... 412
7.1 ... Accessing the System Reports ... 415
7.2 ... Business Process Flow-Related Reports ... 417
7.3 ... Security-Related Reports (Standard) ... 431
7.4 ... Audit-Related Reports ... 444
7.5 ... Other System Reports ... 456
7.6 ... Summary ... 468
8.1 ... Accessing the Administration Menu ... 469
8.2 ... Environment Management ... 473
8.3 ... Dimension Management ... 485
8.4 ... Model Management ... 526
8.5 ... Security Management ... 560
8.6 ... Summary ... 591
A ... Glossary ... 593
B ... The Author ... 601
... Index ... 603
