Getting Started with Business Planning

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Overview Information

Real-Time Data in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation on SAP HANA:
Hands On Session TechEd 2012

Architect a real-time data flow from SAP ERP into SAP Business Planning and Consolidation on SAP HANA, based on a hybrid-providers architecture in SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse on SAP HANA. Explore the new EPM add-in capabilities including write back and advanced report building and the usage of formulas and local members to enrich the reporting experience and build critical reports such as price-volume-mix analysis. We will address common questions such as EVDRE reporting vs. the new application 10 drag and drop reporting paradigm. We will use an easy to consume business process flow that guides the business user through the planning process while linking to planning instructions and schedules and data manager packages to enrich data and analysis processes. Thanks to new functionality available in the latest SAP Business Planning and Consolidation release, we can use a MultiProvider to combine the real-time actuals in data in SAP NetWeaver BW and the SAP Business Planning and Consolidation data together for immediate variance reporting.

Agile and Fast Planning Applications with SAP NetWeaver BW (TechEd 2012)

This presentation introduces the design principles of the Planning Applications Kit, shows best practices for modeling and how to plan non-cumulative values on DataStore objects.

The New Planning Modeler and In-Memory Planning Application (TechEd 2011)

This presentation introduces the new planning features based on SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30 SPS5, the In-Memory Planning application and the evolution of the Planning Applications Kit.

SAP NetWeaver 7.30 SPS8 Planning on DSO

This presentation shows the new planning on DataStore objects.

SAP NetWeaver 7.30 SPS5 BW Integrated Planning

This presentation provides an overview of BW Integrated Planning based on SAP NetWeaver 7.30 SPS5. The content includes a description of the architecture of BW Integrated Planning, the planning model and the dimensions of business planning. It shows the possibilities for integration, collaboration, agility and flexibility.TCO and scalability are also presented, together with possible migration scenarios.

Planning Applications Kit – In memory planning in action

The webinar  Planning Applications Kit - In memory planning in action provides  insights into the BW In-memory planning solution PAK (planning applications kit).

The webinar contains a brief introduction, goes into detail with the options that the PAK gives you for developing superior planning applications, and will give you recommendations for these implementations. The webinat also shows a live example of a planning applications kit solution and demonstrate its performance.

Documentation:

Planning Business Data with BW Integrated Planning on base of SAP NetWeaver 7.3

Releasenotes SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 SPS8  --> Planning on a DataStore Object for Direct Update in Planning Mode

Releasenotes SAP NetWeaver 7.3 SPS5 --> Planning Applications Kit

Important Notes

Note 1637199 - Using the planning applications KIT

Note 1770553 - PAK: Hana optimized planning notes in BW 7.30 SP9

Note 1735590 - Q&A on DSO Planning

Selected Blogs

Moving from BW-IP to SAP HANA optimized planning with the new Planning Applications Kit

In-memory technology is a long-standing success story in SAP NetWeaver BW. The introduction of SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator provided a new level of reporting performance and became role model for others. Since then there has been a powerful drive to significantly accelerate planning use-cases with this technology too. Now, with the Planning Applications Kit, in-memory technology supports planning use cases too.

Planning powered by SAP HANA. Combine BW IP, BPC and SAP HANA to innovate.

We are often asked the following question: What kind of in-memory based planning solution should I use for my company? BW Integrated Planning or BPC? The correct answer depends very much on the business requirements, and very often you will get the best planning solution for your company if you use a combination of BW Integrated Planning and BPC.

Optimized in-memory planning leveraging SAP HANA

This blog delivers a positioning of BPC_IP/PAK.

Webinar Presentations

Building BW-IP Planning Applications with SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for MS Office - Webinar Prese...

As well as making it possible to consume SAP NetWeaver BW queries, the new MS Excel front end Analysis Office also now makes it possible to change data in the system using BW Integrated Planning. In this call we will show you how to use this integration, how to consume input enabled queries, and how to execute planning functions from the Excel front end.