Sridhar Srinivasan, Kumar Srinivasan

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation

Understand the complete planning and consolidation solution from SAP. Master features, functions, and integration with other SAP components and applications. Completely updated for BPC release 7.5, the S

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Produktbeschreibung

Do you need to understand what SAP Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC) can do for your business? This is your authoritative guide to BPC to help you understand its features, functions, implementation, and integration with other SAP components and applications. In addition to learning best practices for budgeting, planning, forecasting, and consolidation, you ll understand how BPC works for the SAP NetWeaver platform and integrates with other SAP components. This new edition covers the newest release, version 7.5, and includes additional coverage on consolidation and enhanced reporting features.
1. Features and Functions
Learn how application modeling, data management, process management, and reporting work in BPC.
2. SAP Integration
Discover how you can integrate BPC with SAP NetWeaver and other SAP applications and components.
3. Reporting and Analysis
Understand the heart of BPC through extensive coverage of the reporting and analysis framework.
4. Consolidation Scenarios
Get expert insight into real-world planning and consolidation scenarios through the use of example-driven best practices and implementation advice.
5. Completely Revised and Updated
Find updated content for BPC release 7.5, the SAP NetWeaver version, and extended coverage on enhanced reporting and consolidation features.
Highlights:
Planning
Consolidation
Collaboration
Integration with SAP NetWeaver
Loading and managing
Process management
Business logic and BPC
Application modeling with BPC
Data scheduling

Produktdetails

• SAP Press
• Verlag: Rheinwerk Verlag
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm
• Gewicht: 966g
• ISBN-13: 9781592293971
• ISBN-10: 1592293972
• Artikelnr.: 33358428

Autorenporträt

Sridhar Srinivasan is a Senior Business Intelligence Architect for Zebra Consulting, Inc. He is certified in all ofthe versions of the product, including SAP NetWeaver BI 2004s.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
Foreword 13
Acknowledgments 17
1 Overview of Enterprise Performance Management 19
1.1 Enterprise Performance Management 19
1.2 Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting 22
1.3 Consolidation 33
1.4 Summary 36
2 Overview of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 37
2.1 Business User Owned and Managed 38
2.2 Unified Planning and Consolidation 45
2.3 SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation NetWeaver Architecture 49
2.4 Introduction to SAP NetWeaver BW 52
2.5 Terminology and Objects in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 59
2.6 Summary 64
3 Modeling an Application with SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation for NetWeaver 65
3.1 Rich Bloom, Inc. 65
3.2 Building the Data Model in SAP NetWeaver BW 69
3.3 Building Applications in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 90
3.4 Summary 126
4 Loading, Scheduling, and Managing Data in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation for NetWeaver 127
4.1 Loading Data into an InfoCube in SAP NetWeaver BW 128
4.2 Loading Data into SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 142
4.3 Copying Data Inside an SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation Application 174
4.4 Summary 178
5 Reporting, Planning, and Analysis in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 181
5.1 Reporting and Analysis in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 182
5.2 Planning in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation Using Input Schedules 221
5.3 Summary 229
6 Developing Business Logic in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 231
6.1 Dimension Logic 232
6.2 Script Logic 237
6.3 Business Rules 253
6.4 Allocations 262
6.5 Using BAdIs to Code Logic 267
6.6 Validation 268
6.7 Summary 275
7 Process Management and Collaboration 277
7.1 Work Status 278
7.2 Comments 286
7.3 Distribution and Collection 297
7.4 Integrating SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation Data into Word and PowerPoint 311
7.5 Menus 315
7.6 Summary 322
8 Essential Tools for Building Applications 323
8.1 Transporting SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation Objects 324
8.2 Concurrency Locking 331
8.3 Web Administration Parameters 337
8.4 Statistics 341
8.5 Audit 345
8.6 Content Library 346
8.7 Security 353
8.8 Summary 355
9 Consolidation with SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 357
9.1 Business Rules 357
9.2 Journals 373
9.3 Consolidation Logic 380
9.4 Summary 383
10 Outlook for SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 385
10.1 Harmonization 385
10.2 Integration 387
10.3 Enhancements 390
10.4 Summary 396
10.5 Conclusion 397
The Authors 399
Index 401