Embedded Consolidation 20160524

Embedded Consolidation Feb, 2016

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At the end of this module, you will be able to:  Explain what is Embedded Consolidation  Explain how to configure Embedded Consolidation Model  Explain difference between embedded consolidation and standard consolidation

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Agenda  Background for BPC Consolidation on Embedded Model

 Modeling for BPC Consolidation on Embedded Model  Difference Between Consolidation on Standard Model and Embedded Model  Q&A

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SAP Solutions for Legal and Management Consolidation

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SAP Solutions for Legal and Management Consolidation

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SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) Deployment scenarios for data being sourced from SAP Accounting*

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Real Time Consolidation Vision within SAP S4/HANA Finance

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Background : Requirement for Consolidation on Embedded Model

Before BPC optimized for SAP S/4HANA

Planning

(former IBPF)

Consolidation

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Background : Requirement for Consolidation on Embedded Model

After

BPC optimized for

Planning

SAP S/4HANA for both Planning and Consolidation *

Consolidation

Note * : The integration between BPC and S/4HANA is under development as part of the Real Time Consolidation

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Difference in BPC modeling

Calculation Engine

Calculation Engine BPC

Modelling

Modelling

BPC

Model

Dimension

Infoprovider

Infoobject

Aggregation Level

BW

BW Infoprovider

Standard Model

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Infoobject

Embedded Model

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Modeling New modelling UI for consolidation on embedded model

Assign one real time cube, and the related ownership/rate cube

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Modeling

Instead of creating dimensions, user just needs to map the existing infoobjects to different dimension types

Assign the aggregation level

Dimension type mapping

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Modelling

User also needs to map the attributes for different infoobjects

Attributes mapping

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Feature differences

Standard Model

Embedded Model (First Release)

Embedded Model (future SPs)

Consolidation Monitor

Enhanced Consolidation Monitor

Ownership

Ownership

Ownership

Ownership

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Ownership Manager

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Ownership Manager

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Ownership Calculation

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Ownership Calculation

Control

Control 

Control Monitor

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Control Monitor

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Control Report

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Control Report

Journal

Business Rules

Business Rules

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Control Monitor

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Control Report

Business Rules US Elimination Equity Pick Up

Parallelization Consolidation

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Elimination and Adjustment

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Elimination and Adjustment

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Currency Conversion

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Currency Conversion

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Balance Carry Forward

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Balance Carry Forward

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IC Data & IC Matching

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IC Data & IC Matching

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Account Transformation

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Account Transformation

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US Elimination

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Us Elimination

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Equity Pick Up

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Equity Pick Up

Incremental Consolidation

Incremental Consolidation

Parallelization Consolidation

Parallelization Consolidation

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Control

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Journal

Calculation

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Capability to consume S/4HANA data without data replication (both transaction data and master data) In-memory calculation logic within HANA

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Consolidation Central

Control feature is missing for the first release, which will be delivered in future support package

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Ownership Manager

Ownership calculation is missing for the first release

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Business Rules

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Enhanced Consolidation Monitor User can define the tasks shown in the consolidation monitor and their sequence

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Enhanced Consolidation Monitor

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YTD vs Periodic storage Following the embedded model concept, the consolidation on embedded model will also use the periodic storage type, which is different with standard model. In business rule, it will still support both periodic calculation and YTD calculation. But the data storage is different.

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Reporting for YTD value

To display YTD value in a AO report, user needs to create a special calculation key figure

Calculation Key Figure

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Account type conversion In standard model, the reporting logic will reverse the sign according to the account type, which is the build-in BPC logic. In embedded model, to reverse the sign for different account members needs to done by some special configurations. Step 1: enable ‘Reverse +/- Sign’ for related infoobject

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Account type conversion Step 2: decide which members need ‘reverse sign’

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Account type conversion Step 3: define a variable of ‘reverse sign’

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Account type conversion Step 4: define a new calculation key figure by using the related variable

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Create local hierarchy for global dimension  New option to create local hierarchy when click ‘Add’ or ‘Copy’ button in global dimension  When copy local hierarchy from global hierarchy which is time dependent, user must specify a key date if it’s time dependent hierarchy structure or specify a time range if entire hierarchy time dependent.  When copy local hierarchy from global hierarchy which is version dependent, user must specify a version as well.  External dimension node will be copied as text node

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Create local hierarchy for Local Dimension  Creation of local hierarchy on local dimension is same as on global dimension.  Local master data can used when maintain local hierarchy structure.  Both global hierarchy and local hierarchy created on global dimension( from which local dimension is created) are visible in local dimension.

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Use local hierarchy Local hierarchy can be as same as global hierarchy as below

 Work status and BPF  BEx Query definition  Reporting and Planning with Excel Plug-in( AO and EPM ) and BPC web client

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