You've heard the buzz about SAP HANA, but what does it mean to you? This presentation will introduce the technical concepts behind in-memory data management and how those concepts impact SAP Controlling. This session will cover: *Basic SAP HANA architecture including column vs. row storage and how this impacts how data can be stored and accessed in CO *Insight into how (and why!) SAP is gradually removing aggregates from CO so that only line items remain *How partitioning worked in the past and how SAP CO will potentially change to accommodate new opportunities *Changes on the horizon for SAP HANA and their relevance for Controlling users Gain a solid understanding of how you can apply SAP HANA functionality to simplify your access to and analysis of controlling data.

2. SAP HANA and SAP
Controlling – New
Opportunities and New
Challenges
Janet Salmon
SAP AG
© 2013 ERP Corp. All rights reserved.

3. Introduction
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SAP is using SAP HANA to make significant changes to the
Controlling modules
Find out here what SAP HANA is and how its architecture can
potentially help handle the “big data” in applications such as
CO-PA
Understand what SAP is doing going forward

4. Topics
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For The Techies – What is SAP HANA?
For The Finance Folk – Will SAP HANA help?
Line-Item Based Reporting – What It Means to Select by Column
Taking Out the Aggregates – Aggregation On-the-Fly
New Options for Analytics – Virtual Data Model
Mobile on HANA - When Not Fast Enough Isn’t an Option
The End of Batch – Accelerating the Period Close
What Comes Next – A Preview
Summary

5. SAP HANA Technology Innovations
Multi-core architecture
Up to 2 TB DRAM in
commodity servers
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Column = Fast queries
5 – 20x
Analyze large data sets;
Complex computations
No aggregate tables
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In-Memory
row and column Store
Partitioning;
In-Database computing
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Large data sets in-memory
Compression
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Parallel execution on a huge scale
Flexible modeling;
No data duplication
Real-Time replication
insert only on delta
Fast data loads
Technology is
available now,
but how does
SAP HANA
create value for
your business?

6. Maximizing the Boundaries of Each of 5 Dimensions…
Go Deep
{ complex questions, interactive questions, multi-dimensional
And Broad
{ large amounts of data, many types of data, all necessary data
In Real-time
{ recent data, real-time data
With Agility
{ no data prep, no pre-aggregates, no-tuning
ASAP
{ fast response, interactive, within window of opportunity
Just-in-time Information Processing: The End of Batch.
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7. SAP HANA Innovation Overview:
Leveraging the Strengths of HANA
SAP HANA
Accelerators
Client
SAP HANA
Analytics
(via Analytics
Foundation)
Client
BW on SAP
HANA
Apps on SAP
HANA
(Next Generation
& Strategic
Investments)
Business Suite
on SAP HANA
Client
SAP Business Suite
Side-by-side scenarios
In seconds:
Accelerating
existing
transactions of
the Business
Suite
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More Insight:
Exploring data
loaded from
Business Suite
on any level of
detail
Supercharged BW :
Fasten up your BW
without disruption
Apps
SAP
HANA DB
BW
AnyDB
Apps
Analytics
SAP
HANA DB
SAP
Business
Suite
PLM
AnyDB
BW
SRM
AnyDB
SAP
HANA DB
SAP
Business
Suite
SCM
SAP
HANA DB
Analytics
CRM
AnyDB
SAP
Business
Suite
ERP
SAP
Business
Suite
SAP HANA DB
Integrated scenario
Innovation:
Functional
applications
natively built on
SAP HANA, with &
without Business
Suite integration
All in One – Ultimate:
Business Suite solution
fully integrated with and
optimized for SAP
HANA as database

8. Topics
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For The Techies – What is SAP HANA?
For The Finance Folk – Will SAP HANA help?
Line-Item Based Reporting – What It Means to Select by Column
Taking Out the Aggregates – Aggregation On-the-Fly
New Options for Analytics – Virtual Data Model
Mobile on HANA - When Not Fast Enough Isn’t an Option
The End of Batch – Accelerating the Period Close
What Comes Next – A Preview
Summary

9. The Reality of the New Normal for Finance Professionals
Volatility in
economic
conditions
Increasing
globalization
Pressure on
margins
Increased focus
on risk
On-going
changes to
regulatory
requirements
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Ability to Make
Sound Decisions to
Benefit the
Organization
Innovative
business models

10. Delivering Real-Time Value to Your Business
Financials
powered by SAP
HANA
Smarter Business Innovations
Support new growth opportunities and business
models from Financials
Simpler Business Interactions
Empower people to get the information they
need to decide and act in the business moment
Faster Business Processes
Drive your business at the speed of the market
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11. Empowering More Efficient Finance with SAP HANA
Real-Time
Performance
Management
Real-Time
Finance
Operations
Real-Time Financial
Close
Real-Time
Treasury
Management
Real-Time
Compliance
The Most Modern Platform for Real-Time Financial Excellence
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12. Financials on HANA
One source for Financial and
Management Accounting
Quick and flexible
Beautiful User Interface
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Highest granularity
Reduce month-end closing
process and postings
Intra-month simulations
Not limited by totals or
pre-configuration
All reporting information on
line-item-level is available
Based on single source of truth
No data replication necessary
Consolidation methods are
available where needed
Customer-specific
dimensions can be added
easily and consistently

13. Topics
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For The Techies – What is SAP HANA?
For The Finance Folk – Will SAP HANA help?
Line-Item Based Reporting – What It Means to Select by Column
Taking Out the Aggregates – Aggregation On-the-Fly
New Options for Analytics – Virtual Data Model
Mobile on HANA - When Not Fast Enough Isn’t an Option
The End of Batch – Accelerating the Period Close
What Comes Next – A Preview
Summary

14. SAP HANA – A Game
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Imagine Your Biggest Table - Which Are The Key Fields?
Picture the Other Fields – What Would It Mean to Select Any
One of Them?
Imagine Sorting Via That Field, Now Aggregate Via That Field

15. Selecting CO line items - Transactions KSB1N, KSB1L
and KOB1N
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Select by object, partner
object or source object
Selection options under
„Further Selection Criteria“
become viable

16. Aggregating CO Line Items - Transactions KSB1N and
KOB1N
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Aggregate by Cost Element
and Other Dimensions on the
Fly
Change Layouts with One
Click
Navigate between Cost Center
Groups and Cost Centers

17. Aggregating CO Line Items - Transactions CJI3N and
CJ14N
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CO Line Item Browser for Project System

18. In Summary
•New Line Item Reporting available for...
•General Ledger (new and classic)
•Customer Accounts/Vendor Accounts
•Cost Centers, Orders, Projects (actual and planned)
•Profitability Analysis (costing and account-based)
•All line item fields available for
•Dynamic Selections
•Display in ALV Layouts
•Adding a Field to the Layout Triggers a New Select
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19. Topics
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For The Techies – What is SAP HANA?
For The Finance Folk – Will SAP HANA help?
Line-Item Based Reporting – What It Means to Select by Column
Taking Out the Aggregates – Aggregation On-the-Fly
New Options for Analytics – Virtual Data Model
Mobile on HANA - When Not Fast Enough Isn’t an Option
The End of Batch – Accelerating the Period Close
What Comes Next – A Preview
Summary

20. Summarization Levels in Profitability Analysis
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Where IT used to predefine summarization levels for e.g.
distribution channel, sales organization and material group,
now these totals are captured on the fly

21. Summarization Objects in Product Cost Controlling
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Where IT used to run period close jobs to calculate aggregates
per plant, product group, product, and so on and store as
„summarization objects“ now these are aggregated on the fly.

22. New Aggregate Options in Material Ledger
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Material Price Analysis (CKM3) aggregates documents by inputs and
outputs. New tables allow quick aggregation.
In this context drill-down reporting (KKML0) is practical for multiple
materials.

23. Simpler and More Intuitive for Fast Business Insights
Modern and familiar
Microsoft Office
user experience
Few simple clicks
to fast business
insights
Simplified drag-&drop to filter, and
slice-&-dice
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24. Reporting On the Virtual Info Provider (BW Structures in
SAP ERP)
ERP Backend, RSA1
BO Analysis, Select Info Source
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25. In Summary
•New Aggregated Reporting available for
•Financial Statements
•Segment and Profit Center Reports
•Special Ledger
•CO-PA Reporting
•CO-PC Reporting
•Material Ledger Reporting
•Virtual InfoProviders Available For
•General Ledger
•FI-AP/FI-AR
•Material Ledger Reporting
•CO-PA Reporting
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26. Topics
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For The Techies – What is SAP HANA?
For The Finance Folk – Will SAP HANA help?
Line-Item Based Reporting – What It Means to Select by Column
Taking Out the Aggregates – Aggregation On-the-Fly
New Options for Analytics – Virtual Data Model
Mobile on HANA - When Not Fast Enough Isn’t an Option
The End of Batch – Accelerating the Period Close
What Comes Next – A Preview
Summary

27. Unveils real-time vision across business processes
Eliminates fragmented reporting on operational activities
Personalized
Views
Real-Time
Reporting and
Analysis
SAP-delivered
Query Views
Personalized
Views
Custombuilt
Open
Interface
Customer
Extensions
Re-use Views
Private Views
Out-ofthe-Box
Physical Tables
Virtual Data Model
SAP HANA Analytics Foundation is a separate package for SAP Business
Suite
Fast Intuitive
monitoring & analysis
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Empowerment for
front-line employees
Immediate
results- to-actions

28. Virtual Data Model – Management Accouting
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29. Transformations in Virtual Data Model
MANDT
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Renaming of field names
Client
KOKRS
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KOSTL
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Selection of relevant (non-technical) fields only
ControllingArea
CostCenter
KSTAR
CostElement
HRKFT
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VRGNG
FiscalPeriod
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WKG001
Periods from columns to rows
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100.00
WKG016
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001
710.50
710.50
Joining multiple (technical) tables into one view
COSP
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100.00
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016
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CurrencyAmount
Replacing technical keys by business keys
COSS
OBJNR
COKEY
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COKEY2
CostCenterCosts
ControllingArea
CostCenter
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Interpret customizing data
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Handling fiscal year variants
WAERS
TKA01
CTYP
TKA01-KOKRS
T009-XKALE
T009-BUMON
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WAERS
TKA01
Determining currency key for amount fields
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CSKS
CurrencyCode1
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CurrencyType
FromDate
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CurrencyCode2
Todate

30. Production Cost Analysis
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Drill-Down by Cost Center, Cost Element, Fiscal Period,...
New Options to Drill-Down by Operation, Work Center, ...

31. In Summary
•New Options for
•Cost Center Reporting
•Production Cost Analysis
•SAP delivers reuse views for
•General Ledger Reporting
•Cost Center Accounting
•Customers and partners can extend
these to meet business requirements
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32. Topics
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For The Techies – What is SAP HANA?
For The Finance Folk – Will SAP HANA help?
Line-Item Based Reporting – What It Means to Select by Column
Taking Out the Aggregates – Aggregation On-the-Fly
New Options for Analytics – Virtual Data Model
Mobile on HANA - When Not Fast Enough Isn’t an Option
The End of Batch – Accelerating the Period Close
What Comes Next – A Preview
Summary

33. SAP RealSpend
Manage Your Budget
More Effectively
Identify Expense
Issues Quickly
Get real-time budget and
spend information
anywhere, any time with an
app that’s powerful and
simple to use
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Spend
Strategically
Analyze and benchmark
detailed spending data by
department, project or
expense type over any time
period
Receive alerts to identify
spending issues and
communicate quickly with
team members to resolve
them

34. SAP RealSpend Application
http:/s/itunes.apple.com/us/app/sap-realspend/id542365336
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35. CO-PA Accelerator on Mobile Device
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36. In Summary
•Mobile Reporting for
•Cost Center Managers
•Receivables Managers
•Financials Information Any Time Any Where
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37. Topics
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For The Techies – What is SAP HANA?
For The Finance Folk – Will SAP HANA help?
Line-Item Based Reporting – What It Means to Select by Column
Taking Out the Aggregates – Aggregation On-the-Fly
New Options for Analytics – Virtual Data Model
Mobile on HANA - When Not Fast Enough Isn’t an Option
The End of Batch – Accelerating the Period Close
What Comes Next – A Preview
Summary

38. Accelerates core business processes
Enhances performance through In-memory computations
Traditional
Calculation
Application
Layer
Real-Time
Platform
Database
Layer
Calculation
SAP HANA
Push down of
calculation to
database
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On the fly aggregation
On the fly
extensibility

39. Financial Close Management powered by SAP HANA
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KPI-oriented management cockpit
for monitoring the status and
progress of the financial close for
the entities of your group
Get an overview on your mobile
about the closing tasks completed,
in process, ready for execution, or
non-executable
Easily identify the tasks overdue and
the potential overall delay in the
closing cycle
Scroll through the tasks or filter by
status and see the time line and task
owner
Trigger problem resolution by
sending emails with annotations and
creating jam sessions
Information provisioning from the
SAP Financial Closing cockpit
and other applications

40. Accelerated Close Tasks in Controlling
 Allocations (assessment cycles,
distribution cycles, periodic
reposting cycles)
 Overhead calculation (all receiver
objects)
 Material Ledger (material
selection, posting run)
 Allocations and Top-Down
Distribution in CO-PA
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41. In Summary
•Acceleration of...
•Allocations in CO-OM
•Overhead Calculation
•Allocations in/to CO-PA
•Costing Run in Material Ledger
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42. Topics
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For The Techies – What is SAP HANA?
For The Finance Folk – Will SAP HANA help?
Line-Item Based Reporting – What It Means to Select by Column
Taking Out the Aggregates – Aggregation On-the-Fly
New Options for Analytics – Virtual Data Model
Mobile on HANA - When Not Fast Enough Isn’t an Option
The End of Batch – Accelerating the Period Close
What Comes Next – A Preview
Summary

43. Integrated Financial and Management Accounting
• One data source linking FI line item (BSEG) and CO line item (COEP) to
provide complete profit and loss statement
• Combined line item document allows selection from around 400 fields
using the speed of HANA
• New reports allow drill-down from aggregate profit and loss statement to
detailed line items by customer/product/region etc and detailed querying
across all spend categories
Account as leading dimension for both “FI” and “CO” views.
Additional dimensions in FI: company code, business area, segment, profit
center, …
Additional dimensions in CO: cost center, order, WBS element, product,
customer, region, …
• All period close transactions revisited to aggregate on-the-fly
• HANA-based approach
• WIP Calculation at Actual Costs
• Results Analysis (revenue based and percentage of completion
• Variance calculation (order-related)
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44. Integrated Profit and Loss Planning
• Integrated planning model providing different user groups with
appropriate views on central data repository
• Single source of truth for planning and reporting
• Plan targets by company code, business area, segment, profit centers,…
• Plan detailed costs by cost center, order, WBS element, product,
customer, region, …
• Extensible model to which customer dimensions can be added
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45. Topics
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For The Techies – What is SAP HANA?
For The Finance Folk – Will SAP HANA help?
Line-Item Based Reporting – What It Means to Select by Column
Taking Out the Aggregates – Aggregation On-the-Fly
New Options for Analytics – Virtual Data Model
Mobile on HANA - When Not Fast Enough Isn’t an Option
The End of Batch – Accelerating the Period Close
What Comes Next – A Preview
Summary

46. Five Key Ideas
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HANA and Mobile Are Driving Innovation in Financials
Line Item Reporting Provides Previously Impossible Levels of
Insight
Removing Aggregates Stops IT Having to Guess What Finance
Wants
The Virtual Data Model Reveals What’s Hidden in the ERP
Tables
HANA Makes Mobile Reporting Scenarios Practical
The End of Batch is Coming Soon

47. Resources
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Rapid Deployment Solution for SAP HANA Finance and
Controlling
• http://www54.sap.com/solution/rapiddeployment/software/hana-erp-financial-reporting/index.html
SAP Financials Expert: Accelerated Finance and Controlling in
SAP ERP with SAP HANA
• http://sapexperts.wispubs.com/Financials/Articles/Accelerate
d-Finance-and-Controlling-in-SAP-ERP-with-SAPHANA?id=4C7DF2D78EAD41DA80D93B416320E062

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Rapid Deployment Solution for SAP HANA Profitability Analysis
• http://www54.sap.com/solution/rapiddeployment/software/hana-erp-profitabilityanalysis/index.html
SAP Financials Expert: Speed Up Your Profitability Analysis
Performance with SAP HANA’s CO-PA Accelerator
• http://sapexperts.wispubs.com/Financials/Articles/Speed-UpYour-Profitability-Analysis-Performance-with-SAP-HANA-sCO-PAAccelerator?id=D892F39019794EF69F14BB27104A5ADF

49. Resources (cont.)
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Profitability Analysis: Documentary Notes
• 1559994 - Profitability analysis with Accelerated CO-PA
• 1667584 – Virtual InfoProvider CO-PA
• 1823814 - Account-based profitability analysis with Accelerated
CO-PA
Overhead Management: Documentary Notes
• 1636416 - CO-OM Tools: Functionality of SE16H
• 1651469 - ERP Accelerators: General Settings for All Applications
• 1644201 – KAEP: Functionality of new line item reports
• 1652021 - Investment Management: Active Availability Control
Monitor
• 1658547 - ERP Accelerators: Overheads with SAP-HANA
• 1658611 - ERP Accelerators: Accruals with SAP-HANA

50. Resources (cont.)
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Product Costing: Documentary Notes
• 1643260 - CO-PC Accelerator
• 1659414 - CO-PC Accelerator Customizing
Material Ledger: Documentary Notes
• 1654778 - ERP Accelerators: Material Ledger - Period End Closing
• 1654255 - ERP Accelerators: Material Ledger - Drill-Down Reporting
• 1654843 - ERP Accelerators: Material Ledger - Virtual Info Provider
• 1654782 - ERP Accelerators: Material Ledger - Price Analysis
• 1664155 - ERP Accelerators: Material Ledger - BW Extraction
• 1654225 – Derivation of customer specific fields in table

51. Questions
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