SAP BPC 11.0 Overview and Features
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SAP BPC 11.0 version for SAP BW / 4HANA
SAP BPC belongs to the SAP AG group, a German company that purchased SAP BPC years ago.
at Outlooksoft when BPC was still called CPM. That is why currently
There are 2 versions of BPC, the Microsoft (MS) version and the Netweaver (NW) version.
If we talk about the MS version, it uses the Oracle database and allows for a
more direct access to programmers and developers. Giving them a great advantage
related to the information that is stored, a developer with great
knowledge can generate custom views or even fix issues. The great
the disadvantage is that the wrong person could end up deleting the database due to
complete or modify data unintentionally.
The NW version can use a wide variety of databases: SAP DB, Microsoft SQL
Server, Oracle, some of IBM or SAP HANA. To be able to interact with your database
the NW version connects with another SAP tool, called SAP BW (Business
(Warehouse), in the latest versions Hana is also a must-have.
What is the difference between MS and NW for the user who enters data through Excel?
also known as Controller?
There is practically no difference between both versions, since the part of the
the public-facing application is practically the same, in the case of NW it incorporates a
series of 'function chains' or BPFs that help improve the management of
monthly and annual closures but the greatest differences are suffered by developers and
architects, who have to work in completely different environments.
SAP BPC is a tool used to support all the
operational and financial activities in an organization. SAP BPC helps to
automate and streamline the activities of forecasting, planning and
business consolidation in your organization.
Offers the following features:
. On-premise or cloud implementation
. Integration of SAP data and others
. Real-time access to data in SAP S/4HANA
. Available versions for SAP BW/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver or the
Microsoft platform
Legal and management consolidations
Provide a quick and accurate closure by automating the process of
consolidation. You can know all the requirements of the reports
financial, including the complete audit.
Dimensions
So far everything seems 'functional', however... to operate in SAP BO
BPC, you must understand how dimensions work.
The dimensions represent the entities of a company (for example,
accounts, company codes, and categories). They represent the master data,
the text and the hierarchy data for each of the entities
commercials.
It is possible to create new dimensions in a BPC application set.
There are no restrictions for creating multiple dimensions in SAP BPC. These
dimensions become shared dimensions that are
available for use in any application within the set of
applications.
Some dimensions are required dimensions. They must exist in all.
the applications within a set of applications. While the
type of dimension determines the default properties that are
They will be included in the dimension. It is possible to add additional properties.
as necessary.
Types of dimensions required in each application:
A = Account type dimension
C = Category type dimension
E = Entity type dimension
T = Time type dimension
R = Currency type dimension
Necessary to validate the coins that are entered in the dimension of the
type of entity. This may not be part of any application within the
set of applications.
BPC Architecture