This document provides implementation guidelines for a six month rolling forecast for CubeInsights, Inc. using SAP BPC. It describes two business scenarios for account-based and product-based rolling forecasts. It outlines the required dimensions, data manager packages, logic scripts, and planning forms to set up the rolling forecast solution. The rolling forecast will take the average of the last six months of actual revenue or account data to forecast the next six months.
SAP BPC NW 10.0 on HANA - Consolidation Business Rules- Implementation GuideJothi Periasamy
1. Executive Summary:
The purpose of this article is to provide enough functional and technical details to implement SAP BPC NW 10.0 business rules on a consolidation model. Users will learn the business rules that are required to implement financial close process solution. In this article we are explaining the mandatory required steps to implement business rules in detail.
This document explains the [a] objective of each business rule, [b] educates you to understand the table fields/columns for each business rule, [a] explains the business purpose of each column in the business table and then [d] explains the value stored in each column along with sample values. Ultimately we are showing you to implement the business rules step by step.
In this article, we cover the following business rules on a SAP BPC NW 10.0 platform for a consolidation implementation:
Methods
Methods Based Multipliers
Eliminations and Adjustments
Carry Forward
Account Based Calculations
Intercompany Bookings
Currency Translation
Equity Pickup
US Eliminations
The purpose of this document is to demonstrate the implementation of script logic in reallife
projects, which includes designing, creating, executing and debugging Script Logic in a
SAP BPC 10. /7.5 NW environment. This document educates the user only the essential
topics that are required to solve practical problems and it expose the user to the Script
Logic commands that are widely used in any business process automations such as
Budget Allocation
Revenue Distributions
Cost Calculations
Revenue and Cost Implementation Impact of Financial Statements
Scenario (“What If”) Analysis
Adjustment to plan to formalizing forecasting
It is assumed that the user has basic knowledge/understanding about SAP BPC NW
10.0/7.5 version.
Sap bpc nw 10.0 consolidations ( ic elimination) implementation guide v1 pJothi Periasamy
During period close or month end close or quarterly close the accounting concepts, the revenue generated within the group by exchanging the goods and services with affiliated companies needs to be eliminated.
All Inter-Company activities and balances should be eliminated within in a group when the group reports the financial results of entities within the group. In any given group, the entities and the partner doing business with should only be present. For this unique requirement, the IC Elimination process follows the concept called “posting at first common parent”.
Jothi Periasamy
SAP BPC NW 10.0 on HANA - Consolidation Business Rules- Implementation GuideJothi Periasamy
1. Executive Summary:
The purpose of this article is to provide enough functional and technical details to implement SAP BPC NW 10.0 business rules on a consolidation model. Users will learn the business rules that are required to implement financial close process solution. In this article we are explaining the mandatory required steps to implement business rules in detail.
This document explains the [a] objective of each business rule, [b] educates you to understand the table fields/columns for each business rule, [a] explains the business purpose of each column in the business table and then [d] explains the value stored in each column along with sample values. Ultimately we are showing you to implement the business rules step by step.
In this article, we cover the following business rules on a SAP BPC NW 10.0 platform for a consolidation implementation:
Methods
Methods Based Multipliers
Eliminations and Adjustments
Carry Forward
Account Based Calculations
Intercompany Bookings
Currency Translation
Equity Pickup
US Eliminations
The purpose of this document is to demonstrate the implementation of script logic in reallife
projects, which includes designing, creating, executing and debugging Script Logic in a
SAP BPC 10. /7.5 NW environment. This document educates the user only the essential
topics that are required to solve practical problems and it expose the user to the Script
Logic commands that are widely used in any business process automations such as
Budget Allocation
Revenue Distributions
Cost Calculations
Revenue and Cost Implementation Impact of Financial Statements
Scenario (“What If”) Analysis
Adjustment to plan to formalizing forecasting
It is assumed that the user has basic knowledge/understanding about SAP BPC NW
10.0/7.5 version.
Sap bpc nw 10.0 consolidations ( ic elimination) implementation guide v1 pJothi Periasamy
During period close or month end close or quarterly close the accounting concepts, the revenue generated within the group by exchanging the goods and services with affiliated companies needs to be eliminated.
All Inter-Company activities and balances should be eliminated within in a group when the group reports the financial results of entities within the group. In any given group, the entities and the partner doing business with should only be present. For this unique requirement, the IC Elimination process follows the concept called “posting at first common parent”.
Jothi Periasamy
SAP BPC Consolidation (end to-end) Solutions Demo Jothi Periasamy
• SAP BPC NW Consolidation
• Consolidation on Inter Company Transaction
• Consolidation on Inter Investments
• IC Matching
• IC Booking
• IC Eliminations
• Ownership
• Equity
• Minority Interest
SAP BPC on HANA EPM Report Developer Guide - Part #1 - v9Jothi Periasamy
Overview:
Dynamic formatting is defined in a dedicated sheet. A specific format (such as font, colour, or size) can be defined for levels of a hierarchy, types of members, odd/even rows or columns and page axis dimensions. We can define specific dynamic formatting in a template to apply to sheets or reports. Since the EPM Formatting Sheet is an excel sheet, it can be copied and changed to be applied to other reports, worksheets.
● A blank template sheet is provided with the add-in. You can specify the formatting you want in this sheet.
● For Planning and Consolidation connections, two pre-defined templates are provided. You can create additional template sheets by copying the default sheet as you would copy a standard Microsoft Office Excel worksheet. EPM Formatting Sheet can be used to format your Reports and Input Forms. There are various options for formatting.
You can do simple formatting, lock the cells that are not input ready, use the format by property using multiple criteria, or use a new cell-based formula delivered with the EPM add-in to override the data range formatting.
IFRS 16 Leasing with SAP Real Estate ManagementTobias Decker
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) recently announced the release of new accounting standards that define how organizations must account for leases. Essentially, these accounting standards stipulate most leases must be reported on each company’s balance sheet, increasing the risk of regulatory noncompliance and inaccurate statutory reporting.
SAP Real Estate Management is used to optimize the portfolio of global assets and supports the regulatory compliance of these new accounting rules. This solution provides a single point of entry for collection, validation of lease contract data, performs valuation calculations and generates the financial postings derived from these calculations.
Administrators load data from various source GL systems in to a Model. Accounting team will review the data and should there be discrepancy in balancing accounts/amounts, the team will create Journal (s) to balance the amounts for reconciling. This is necessary since correcting the source system and reloading may take significant amount of down time. This process is typically done after month-end and quarter-ends.
New gl functionality_by_guntupalli_hari_krishna_Hari Krishna
SAP NUEVO LIBRO MAYOR,SAP NEW دفتر الأستاذ العام,SAP新总账,SAP neue Hauptbuch,एसएपी नई सामान्य खाता,எஸ்ஏபி புதிய பொது லெட்ஜர்,SAP NEW総勘定元帳,SAP의 새로운 원장,SAP General Ledger НОВЫЙ,SAP NUEVO LIBRO MAYOR,SAP NEW GENERAL LEDGER
Step by step guide to formatting the SAP BPC EPM SheetCloneskills
EPM Formatting Sheet can be used to format your Reports and Input Forms. There are
various options for formatting.
You can do simple formatting, lock the cells that are not input ready, use the format by
property using multiple criteria, or use a new cell-based formula delivered with the EPM
add-in to override the data range formatting.
Dynamic formatting is defined in a dedicated sheet. Formats can be applied to levels of a
hierarchy, types of members, odd/even rows, or columns and page axis dimensions. Since
the EPM Formatting Sheet is an excel sheet, it can be copied and changed to be applied to
other reports, worksheets.
There are various sections on the EPM Formatting Sheet
• Hierarchy Level Formatting
• Dimension Member/Property Formatting
• Row and Column Banding
• Page Axis Formatting
SAP BPC Concepts
SAP Business process consolidation
SAP Business objects overview
SAP Consolidation overview
from Verity Solutions
http://www.verity-sol.com
Financial Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process in SAP BPC NW 7.5 - ...Jothi Periasamy
Objective
Act as a framework for an “End-to-End” Implementation Financial Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process in SAP BPC NW 7.5
Analysis
• Analyze business needs to automate the Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process
• Analyze user participation in a Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process
• Analyze different state of Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process
Demonstrate the transformation of a Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process into a SAP BPC system model
Present business solutions architecture and implementation to a Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process in SAP BPC NW 7.5
Identify building blocks to develop an “end-to-end” Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process in SAP BPC NW 7.5
Discuss SAP BPC NW7.5 Key functions
a. Mapping between Approval Process to BPC work state
b. Define owner and manager
c. Security setting
d. Data production
e. Assign work state to a data region
f. Report generation
g. Integrate SAP BPF ( Businesses Process Flow) and Work Status
Analyzing Financial Statements (FS) Through SAP BOBI 4.0 - a “SAP HANA” enabl...Jothi Periasamy
To understand the essentials of financial statements, including
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Cash Flow
To understand the data sources of a given finical statement in a SAP system environment
To understand the structure and layout of a finical statements
To understand the structure calculations and formulas that are used while generating a finical statement
Goals
Analyze , Design and Implement Dimensions and Measures ( KPI) for a finical statement
Dimension modeling
KPI modeling
Analyze, Design and Implement Data Model for a finical statement
Classic Star Schema
SAP BW Extended Star Schema
Analyze, Design and Implement Layout and Mockup, Calculations for a finical statement
SAP BPC Consolidation (end to-end) Solutions Demo Jothi Periasamy
• SAP BPC NW Consolidation
• Consolidation on Inter Company Transaction
• Consolidation on Inter Investments
• IC Matching
• IC Booking
• IC Eliminations
• Ownership
• Equity
• Minority Interest
SAP BPC on HANA EPM Report Developer Guide - Part #1 - v9Jothi Periasamy
Overview:
Dynamic formatting is defined in a dedicated sheet. A specific format (such as font, colour, or size) can be defined for levels of a hierarchy, types of members, odd/even rows or columns and page axis dimensions. We can define specific dynamic formatting in a template to apply to sheets or reports. Since the EPM Formatting Sheet is an excel sheet, it can be copied and changed to be applied to other reports, worksheets.
● A blank template sheet is provided with the add-in. You can specify the formatting you want in this sheet.
● For Planning and Consolidation connections, two pre-defined templates are provided. You can create additional template sheets by copying the default sheet as you would copy a standard Microsoft Office Excel worksheet. EPM Formatting Sheet can be used to format your Reports and Input Forms. There are various options for formatting.
You can do simple formatting, lock the cells that are not input ready, use the format by property using multiple criteria, or use a new cell-based formula delivered with the EPM add-in to override the data range formatting.
IFRS 16 Leasing with SAP Real Estate ManagementTobias Decker
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) recently announced the release of new accounting standards that define how organizations must account for leases. Essentially, these accounting standards stipulate most leases must be reported on each company’s balance sheet, increasing the risk of regulatory noncompliance and inaccurate statutory reporting.
SAP Real Estate Management is used to optimize the portfolio of global assets and supports the regulatory compliance of these new accounting rules. This solution provides a single point of entry for collection, validation of lease contract data, performs valuation calculations and generates the financial postings derived from these calculations.
Administrators load data from various source GL systems in to a Model. Accounting team will review the data and should there be discrepancy in balancing accounts/amounts, the team will create Journal (s) to balance the amounts for reconciling. This is necessary since correcting the source system and reloading may take significant amount of down time. This process is typically done after month-end and quarter-ends.
New gl functionality_by_guntupalli_hari_krishna_Hari Krishna
SAP NUEVO LIBRO MAYOR,SAP NEW دفتر الأستاذ العام,SAP新总账,SAP neue Hauptbuch,एसएपी नई सामान्य खाता,எஸ்ஏபி புதிய பொது லெட்ஜர்,SAP NEW総勘定元帳,SAP의 새로운 원장,SAP General Ledger НОВЫЙ,SAP NUEVO LIBRO MAYOR,SAP NEW GENERAL LEDGER
Step by step guide to formatting the SAP BPC EPM SheetCloneskills
EPM Formatting Sheet can be used to format your Reports and Input Forms. There are
various options for formatting.
You can do simple formatting, lock the cells that are not input ready, use the format by
property using multiple criteria, or use a new cell-based formula delivered with the EPM
add-in to override the data range formatting.
Dynamic formatting is defined in a dedicated sheet. Formats can be applied to levels of a
hierarchy, types of members, odd/even rows, or columns and page axis dimensions. Since
the EPM Formatting Sheet is an excel sheet, it can be copied and changed to be applied to
other reports, worksheets.
There are various sections on the EPM Formatting Sheet
• Hierarchy Level Formatting
• Dimension Member/Property Formatting
• Row and Column Banding
• Page Axis Formatting
SAP BPC Concepts
SAP Business process consolidation
SAP Business objects overview
SAP Consolidation overview
from Verity Solutions
http://www.verity-sol.com
Financial Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process in SAP BPC NW 7.5 - ...Jothi Periasamy
Objective
Act as a framework for an “End-to-End” Implementation Financial Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process in SAP BPC NW 7.5
Analysis
• Analyze business needs to automate the Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process
• Analyze user participation in a Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process
• Analyze different state of Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process
Demonstrate the transformation of a Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process into a SAP BPC system model
Present business solutions architecture and implementation to a Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process in SAP BPC NW 7.5
Identify building blocks to develop an “end-to-end” Planning/Budgeting Review and Approval Process in SAP BPC NW 7.5
Discuss SAP BPC NW7.5 Key functions
a. Mapping between Approval Process to BPC work state
b. Define owner and manager
c. Security setting
d. Data production
e. Assign work state to a data region
f. Report generation
g. Integrate SAP BPF ( Businesses Process Flow) and Work Status
Analyzing Financial Statements (FS) Through SAP BOBI 4.0 - a “SAP HANA” enabl...Jothi Periasamy
To understand the essentials of financial statements, including
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Cash Flow
To understand the data sources of a given finical statement in a SAP system environment
To understand the structure and layout of a finical statements
To understand the structure calculations and formulas that are used while generating a finical statement
Goals
Analyze , Design and Implement Dimensions and Measures ( KPI) for a finical statement
Dimension modeling
KPI modeling
Analyze, Design and Implement Data Model for a finical statement
Classic Star Schema
SAP BW Extended Star Schema
Analyze, Design and Implement Layout and Mockup, Calculations for a finical statement
Enterprise data science - What it takes to build?Jothi Periasamy
Enterprise data science is not just creating dashboard, reports, ad-hoc query, models and/or algorithms, it’s beyond all - Take a look at our approach to enterprise data sciences, it’ very complex and it’s very difficult to implement as it’s involved integrating data across enterprise business function regardless of data source, format and structure
There are many instances where people talk about enterprise data sciences (Oracle 12C, HADOOP, SAP) but “have you seen enterprise data sciences in a real system as a live demo”, in most cases the answers is “no” but now there is an opportunity to review enterprise data sciences with CloneSkills.
I would say confidently say that there is no one in the world who integrated “Oracle 12C” and SAP HANA with HADOOP for real-time data integration except CloneSkills technical architect Mr. Karthik
SAP HANA 1.0 Solutions Overview (A Practical Approach for Utility and CPG)Jothi Periasamy
SAP HANA 1.0 Solutions Overview (A Practical Approach for Utility and CPG)
Provide enough functional and technical details to understand HANA enabled business solutions such as
o -- COPA Analytics for CPG
o -- Smart Meter Analytics for Utility
Discuss SAP HANA 1.0 business solutions architectural options , including
o -- SAP HANA with ECC using Sybase IQ Replicator
o -- SAP HANA with ECC using BOBJ 4.0 DS
o -- SAP HANA with BW Extractor using BOBJ 4.0 DS
o -- SAP HANA with BW using BOBJ 4.0 DS
o -- SAP HANA with NON SAP using BOBJ 4.0 DS
Present the building blocks and skill requirement to develop HANA enabled analytical solutions
Demonstrate SAP provided HANA administration & application development tools and its functions
Act as a guideline to develop HANA readiness assessment framework
HANA enabled business solutions ,
HANA solutions building blocks & skill mapping ,
HAAN technical & application architecture ,
HAAN business solutions architectural options ,
Inside HANA (data to report )
In-Memory Analytics - SAP Big Data - Analytics Tools Selection - SAP HANA & ...Jothi Periasamy
Objective
Review SAP In-Memory Analytics Solutions
Understand SAP In-Memory Analytics Technologies
Learn Which SAP In-Memory Analytics Technology Best Fits Your Business
Tool Capabilities
Support For Big Data
Use Cases
_____________________________
Executive View
SAP In-Memory Analytics Solutions
SAP In-Memory Analytics Technologies
Key Capabilities
Deployment and Delivery Options
Use Cases
Key Takeaways
Contact Experts
Appendix
Business Value Proposition
Technical Landscape
SAP BOBJ Enterprise Dashboard - Sales Plan, Pipeline and ForecastJothi Periasamy
SAP BPC
SAP BW
SAP ECC
SAP BOBJ
Xcelsius Dashboard
To present sales plan, pipeline and forecast data to executives as an enterprise view by
Product
Services
Region
Country
Year
Month
much more . . .
To analyze sales performance Actual vs. Plan vs. Forecast
Objective: This is my first attempt to bring practical business insights on SAP’s Cloud for Analytics (C4A) platform and also demonstrating the key implementation steps to deploy analytics on cloud from concept to realization.
Goal: Empower mainstream enterprise users to develop self-servicing analytics, planning, budgeting & forecasting solutions on cloud using SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Computing Platform.
Vision: Make business to quickly realize the measurable business values of SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
Simplify SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Implementation
Reduce the Implementation Cost of SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Implementation
Make SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Implementation Processes as a Repeatable Processes
What would be the Best and Risk Free Path to Implement and Adopt Analytics on Cloud?
Cloud for Analytics is an evolving area, so the first step in implementing cloud for analytics would be learning the fundamentals and understanding the key concepts, framework, architecture and building blocks of cloud for analytics solution. The following section describes the required key steps to implement and adopt SAP's cloud for analytics solutions.
1. Molder2. Allocation3. Stories4. Digital Boardroom 5. Files6. Events7. Users8. Deployment9. Connection10. System
SAP S/4 HANA - SAP sFIN (Simple Finance) - Financial Reporting and Advanced A...Jothi Periasamy
Objectives:
In this webinar, we will be demonstrating the key capabilities of SAP S/4 HANA, including
SAP S/4 HANA - Solution Scope, Implementation Business Scenarios, Business Benefits
SAP sFIN - Universal Journals, Business Values, Financial Reporting and Analytics Simplified
Review Sierra’s SAP S/4 SAP HANA Pre-Packaged Industry Solutions
Readily Deployable Solution (RDS) for Simplifying and Accelerating Financial Reporting and Analytics
Watch Our Live Demo, and Learn The Steps to Deeply Analyze Financials in Real-time
Income Statement
Profit and Loss
Balance Sheet
Cash Flow
Trial Balance
Product Gross Margin
Predictive Analytics
Trend Analysis
Data Visualization
Interactive Analysis
Data Discovery
Variance Analysis
Clone skills,inc. sap bpc on hana data modeling v9 11282013Jothi Periasamy
The purpose of this article is to provide adequate instruction to implement any complex SAP HANA data model. Users will learn various building blocks that are required to implement any SAP HANA data model.
SAP HANA data model is not just creating an attribute view, analytical view and calculation view, and also it is not a technical implementation, it is an “Art”. SAP HANA data model is the foundation for any SAP HANA enabled business transformation initiatives.
SAP HANA data model and data architecture should be driven from business process and the model should fully leverage SAP HANA’s in memory computing power and also the build in out of the box SAP HANA functionality such as stored procedures, functions, database triggers, hierarchies, calculated measures, restricted measures, calculated attributes, dynamic currency conversions, input parameters, and much more. Consider all of these key capabilities of SAP HANA while transforming business problems into a SAP HANA enabled solutions.
In this document we are explaining the objective of each data model building block, and also its implementation steps. Users should be able to follow this guide and implement any SAP HANA data model.
SAP HANA enabled EPM and BI solutions
SAP BPC integrated financial planning with the power of in-memory computing
Predictive analytics
Financial predictive
Healthcare predictive
Advanced analytics
Smart Grid
etc
1.1. SAP HANA Data Model Key Building Blocks
Attribute view
Analytical view
Calculation view through scripts
Stored procedure
Functions
Database triggers
Variables
Input parameters
Hierarchy
Decision tables
Dynamic currency conversion
Data Import
Clone skills, inc. sap bpc on hana data management v9Jothi Periasamy
The purpose of this article is to provide step by step instructions to implement real-time data extraction process to bring actual (or any data sets) from SAP ECC into SAP BPC NW 10.0 for planning, forecasting, budgeting and consolidation. Users will learn various mandatory steps that are required to implement data management process on SAP BPC on HANA and also several leading practices to acquire data using SAP HANA SLT interface.
This document explains the following
Required steps to identify data sets, tables, and columns in SAP ECC for SAP BPC planning and consolidation solutions
Mandatory process that are involved to replicate SAP ECC data sets, tables, and columns in SAP HANA
Key configuration of SAP BW system to access SAP ECC data sets using SAP HANA modelling capabilities
Instructions to use real-time SAP ECC data (actuals) in planning and consolidation process through SAP BW functionality
Sap hana bobi 4.0 (data services, universe, web intelligence) implementation ...Cloneskills
Over a period of time businesses produced substantial amount of big data
on their day to day operations. These data are buried with a number of
information such as how the business is performing? Where the risk is? Where
the opportunity is? Which part of the business is getting stronger? Which part is
getting weaker? Etc. Extracting the buried information, to drive the business in
the right direction, is the role of information science discipline called Business
Intelligence. This article address how the raw data from daily operation, walk
through various Business Intelligence technology solutions, transforms and
becomes a powerful tactical and strategic decision making tool for the
businesses.
In this article we are focusing on a implementing an “end-to-end” SAP’s SAP
BusinessObjects solutions on SAP HANA and SAP BW.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
2. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
CloneSkills, Inc., http://www.CloneSkills.com , Info@CloneSkills.com , 1.800.836.8959, Page - 2
Table of Contents
Executive Summary:........................................................................................................3
Business Scenario:...........................................................................................................3
Business Scenario – 1: .....................................................................................................5
Business Scenario – 2: .....................................................................................................6
Solutions Architecture: ....................................................................................................7
Solutions Building Blocks:................................................................................................9
Entity Structure: ............................................................................................................11
Product Hierarchy: ........................................................................................................12
Product Hierarchy – Sample: .........................................................................................13
Product Hierarchy – Sample: .........................................................................................14
List of Accounts: ............................................................................................................15
Dimension – ACCOUNT..................................................................................................16
Dimension – CATEGORY ................................................................................................17
Dimension – ENTITY ......................................................................................................18
Dimension – PRODUCT_ALLOC ......................................................................................19
Dimension – RPTCURRENCY...........................................................................................20
Dimension – TIME .........................................................................................................21
Configuration : ..............................................................................................................22
Planning :......................................................................................................................23
Rolling Forecast in Action : ............................................................................................24
Important Note : ...........................................................................................................43
Appendix – 1 : ...............................................................................................................83
Data Manager Script – Account :...................................................................................83
Data Manager Script – Product : ...................................................................................84
Logic Script for Account-Based Forecasting : .................................................................85
Logic Script for Account-Based Forecasting : .................................................................88
Logic Script for Product-Based Forecasting :..................................................................89
Logic Script for Product-Based Forecasting :..................................................................90
Disclaimer: ....................................................................................................................91
SAP Community Contributors: .......................................................................................92
3. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Executive Summary:
The purpose of this document is to demonstrate the implementation of six months
rolling forecast based on a real-life business scenario. In this demonstration, we are
using CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) industry as a use case. The scope of this
documentation includes step by step implementation instructions to implement SAP
BPC modelling, SAP BPC design, SAP BPC technical build, SAP BPC logic script and
overall solution delivery approach & methodology on an SAP BPC NW 10 platform.
This document provides the essentials and adequate steps to implement the six
months rolling forecast business scenario and also it enables SAP BPC users to gain
deep knowledge on SAP BPC technical and functional competencies around business
forecast. Further, users should be able to customise this solution to meet their needs
to do any forecast (ex: sales forecast, revenue forecast, etc.) solution for any
industry.
It has been assumed that the user has basic knowledge and understanding on
business forecast and the SAP BPC NW 10.0 product.
Business Scenario:
CubeInsights, Inc. has been in retail business for about 20 years, and the company
has been growing big, and now they have their operations across the world.
CubeInsights, Inc. is selling almost 2000 (two thousand) consumer products at
various stores and they are posting their financial transactions in 52 (fifty two)
currencies. To support the increasing demand and customer growth, CubeInsights,
Inc. is interested in forecasting their sales revenue and sales volume at Product
levels. CubeInsights, Inc. is currently using spread sheet for their next 6 (six) month
rolling forecast and they are using their past six months actuals as a baseline for the
forecast. While forecasting, the company wants to consider the forecast values as
4. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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well for forecasting for the preceding months if actuals are not available within those
preceding six months.
5. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Business Scenario – 1:
CubeInsights, Inc. is manufacturing and selling consumer products to it's
customers through it’s various entities.
The company wants to make rolling-forecast of Profit & Loss(ACCOUNT based)
for one of its’ entities – Unites states, in local currency.
The forecast has to be for the following Profit & Loss accounts for the product
- Eau De Lacoste 1 OZ:
o Third Party Sales
o Intercompany Sales
o Material Cost
o Labor Cost
o Personnel Cost
o Travel & Entertainment
o Advertising & Promotion
o Financial Income/Expense
o Clearing Account
The forecast period is : Feb 2013 to Jul 2013.
For the rolling forecast, the company wants to use it’s past six months’ Profit
& Loss data(ACTUALS). The past six months are : Aug 2012 to Jan 2013.
Rolling forecast for each month has to be the average of the preceding six
months’ Profit & Loss(ACTUALS) data.
Within the preceding six months, if ACTUALS – Profit & Loss data, are not
available for a particular month, then forecast values for that month are to be
considered.
6. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Business Scenario – 2:
CubeInsights, Inc. is manufacturing and selling consumer products to it's
customers through it’s various entities.
The company wants to make PRODUCT based rolling forecast for one of its’
entities – Unites States, in local currency.
The forecast has to be for the revenue generated from products sold.
And, the forecast has to be for the following products:
o Head & Shoulder Shampoo 10 OZ
o Pantene Shampoo 12 OZ
o Lemon Fresh Shampoo 8OZ
o Olay Base Moisturizer 6 OZ
o Olay Age Protect 6 OZ
o Olay Natural White
o Wella – ProSeries Care
The forecast period is : Feb 2013 to Jul 2013.
For the rolling forecast, the company wants to use it’s past six months’
product’s revenue data. The past six months are : Aug 2012 to Jan 2013.
Rolling forecast for each month has to be the average of the preceding six
months’ product’s revenue data.
Within the preceding six months, if ACTUALS – product’s revenue data, are
not available for a particular month, then forecast values for that month are
to be considered.
7. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Solutions Architecture:
The solution makes use of SAP BW server which is using SAP HANA as database
server to store data. SAP BPC 10 NW server is sitting in between SAP BW and the SAP
BPC’s various front end tools – MS Office Tools and the web browser.
Data from various data sources can be uploaded into SAP HANA database. This data
is then processed by SAP BPC server through SAP BW and then shown through MS
office client and web interfaces.
Besides this, SAP BW server can also be accessed through SAP GUI – a Windows
Client, but It is not advisable to change the data through SAP BW.
9. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Solutions Building Blocks:
CubeInsights, Inc’s entities are exporting past sales revenue and sales volume data to
SAP BW. These data are then transferred to SAP BPC cube. Business users can now
forecast sales revenue & volume for the next six months for an entity, using SAP BPC
NW 10.
# Solution Building Blocks System/Infrastructure Technical Details
1 Environment : ENV120_JUL28 SAP BPC SAP BPC Server
2 Model : ROLLING_FORECAST SAP BW Real-Time InfoCube Model Type - Financial
3 Dimension : ACCOUNT SAP BPC Dimension Dimension Type – A
4 Dimension : CATEGORY SAP BPC Dimension Dimension Type – C
5 Dimension : ENTITY SAP BPC Dimension Dimension Type – E
6 Dimension : PRODUCT_ALLOC SAP BPC Dimension Dimension Type – U
7 Dimension : RPTCURRENCY SAP BPC Dimension Dimension Type – R
8 Dimension : TIME SAP BPC Dimension Dimension Type – T
9 Six Months Rolling Forecast SAP BPC Data Manager Package.
This is used to run the
logic script which makes
ACCOUNT based rolling
forecast.
10 Six Months Rolling Forecast Product SAP BPC Data Manager Package.
This is used to run the
logic script which makes
PRODUCT based rolling
forecast.
11 RF_SIXMONTHS.LGF SAP BPC Logic Script. This is used
to calculate ACCOUNT
based six months rolling
forecast.
12 RF_SIXMONTHS_PROD.LGF SAP BPC Logic Script. This is used
to calculate PRODUCT
based six months rolling
forecast.
13 SixMonthsRollingFcst.xlsx SAP BPC Input Form as well as
Report. The work book
10. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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in the input form/report
is used to accept past six
months data for
ACCOUNT and PRODUCT
based rolling forecast.
And, also to show the
subsequent six months’
ACCOUNT and PRODUCT
based rolling forecast
data.
14 /CPMB/FX_RESTATMENT SAP BW Process Chain. This is
used to run the logic
scripts which are used to
calculate ACCOUNT and
PRODUCT based six
months rolling forecast.
This is an existing
process chain and for
demo purpose, this is
being used in this Rolling
Forecast planning
solution. This process is
NOT performing any
currency conversion
here.
11. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Entity Structure:
The following picture shows the entity structure for the main group – CubeInsights,
Inc. The main group has invested in its’ subsidiaries – US, Singapore and Germany.
While US has invested in Canada with 70% stake and Singapore in India with 80%
stake, Germany has invested in UK with 20% stake. As for the main group of
CubeInsights, it has 80% stake in the US subsidiary, 80% stake in the Singapore
subsidiary and 90% stake in the German subsidiary.
12. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Product Hierarchy:
CubeInsights, Inc. is producing and selling the CPG industry products to the outside
world. The following diagram shows the product hierarchy. At the hierarchy, Product-
Family is at the top. Each Product-Family has various Groups under it. And, each
Group consists of Products. And, each Product consists of SKUs.
13. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Product Hierarchy – Sample:
The following diagram shows a sample product hierarchy used in the solution. Here,
there are two product families – Personal Care & Household Care. Under the Family
– Personal Care, there are five Groups, and the Group – Beauty & Grooming, is
having six products. And the product – Shampoo & Conditioner, is having 3 SKUs. For
more details, refer to the diagram below.
14. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Product Hierarchy – Sample:
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Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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List of Accounts:
CubeInsights, Inc. is using the following accounts to keep track of CPG product sales:
16. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Dimension – ACCOUNT
The following screen shows the dimension members from ACCOUNT dimension :
17. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Dimension – CATEGORY
The following screen shows the dimension members from CATEGORY dimension :
18. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Dimension – ENTITY
The following screen shows the dimension members from ENTITY dimension :
19. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Dimension – PRODUCT_ALLOC
The following screen shows the dimension members from PRODUCT_ALLOC
dimension :
20. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Dimension – RPTCURRENCY
The following screen shows the dimension members from RPTCURRENCY dimension :
21. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Dimension – TIME
The following screen shows the dimension members from TIME dimension :
22. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Configuration :
Step # 1 : Login to BPC NW 10 server and launch BPC web administration
client.
Step # 2 : Create and configure the dimensions needed(ACCOUNT, CATEGORY,
ENTITY, PRODUCT_ALLOC, RPTCURRENCY & TIME).
Step # 3 : Create and configure the model – ROLLING_FORECAST.
Step # 4 : Create an input form to accept the ACTUALS data for account-based
forecasting.
Step # 5 : Develop logic script to make account-based forecast based on the
ACTUALS.
Step # 6 : Create and configure a data manager package to run logic
script(created at Step # 5) to forecast sales based on accounts.
Step # 7 : Create an input form to accept the ACTUALS data for product-based
forecasting.
Step # 8 : Develop logic script to make product-based forecast based on the
ACTUALS.
Step # 9 : Create and configure a data manager package to run logic
script(created at Step # 8)) to forecast sales based on products.
23. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Planning :
Step # 1 : Open the input form(created at Step # 4) and key-in ACTUALS data
for six months for account-based forecasting. Save the data.
Step # 2 : Run the DM package create in Step # 6. This, in turn, runs the logic
script, developed in Step # 5 under Configuration section, to calculate the
forecast values for the accounts.
Step # 3 : Verify the results in the input form opened in Step # 1.
Step # 4 : Open the input form(created at Step # 7 under Configuration
section) and key-in ACTUALS data for six months for product-based
forecasting. Save the data.
Step # 5 : Run the DM package create in Step # 9. This, in turn, runs the logic
script, developed in Step # 8 under Configuration section, to calculate the
forecast values for the products.
Step # 6 : Verify the results in the input form opened in Step # 4.
24. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Rolling Forecast in Action :
1. To resolve business scenario – 1, login to BPC 10 NW server as shown in the
screen.
25. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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2. Launch BPC web admin. client.
26. _______________________________________________________________________________
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Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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3. Create and configure ACCOUNT dimension as shown below:
Note : The property – IS_ACCT_FC, allows the accounts to be identified for
forecasting.
27. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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1.1Populate the ACCOUNT dimension with members as shown below:
28. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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4. Create and configure CATEGORY dimension as shown below:
29. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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4.1 Populate the CATEGORY dimension with members as shown below:
30. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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5. Create and configure ENTITY dimension as shown below:
31. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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5.1 Populate the ENTITY dimension with members as shown below:
32. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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6. Create and configure PRODUCT_ALLOC dimension as shown below:
33. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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6.1 Populate the PRODUCT_ALLOC dimension with members as shown below:
34. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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7. Create and configure RPTCURRENCY dimension as shown below:
35. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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7.1 Populate the RPTCURRENCY dimension with members as shown below:
36. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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8. Create and configure TIME dimension as shown below:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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8.1 Populate the TIME dimension with members as shown below:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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9. Create and configure the model – ROLLING_FORECAST, as shown below:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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10. Now, launch Excel add-in for MS Office:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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10.1 And, connect to model – ROLLING_FORECAST, as shown below:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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11. Create an input form, as shown below, to accept the ACTUALS data for account-
based forecasting:
Take note of the dimensions in the Page, Row and Column axis i.e.
- Page axis contains ENTITY, PRODUCT_ALLOC & RPTCURRENCY dimensions.
- Row axis contains ACCOUNT dimension.
- Columns axis contains TIME & CATEGORY dimensions.
42. _______________________________________________________________________________
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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12. And, the final input form looks like the following:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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Important Note :
The input form has been designed in a separate tab in the Excel workbook. This tab
contains the input form for account-based forecasting for sales. Later, we will be
using the second tab to design the input form to forecast the sales based on the
product.
The input form calculates the forecast for the next 6 months(including the current
month). Current month and year is picked up by the form based on the server’s data
& time(which in this case is – 02/07/2013).
Whenever the input form is opened, it will show the forecast values for the next six
months(including the current server month). We need to clear all the values for
ACTUALS before calculating the forecast values.
TIME dimension members in the column axis are generated DYNAMICALLY i.e.
relative to the server’s data and time. The logic behind the dynamic generation of
the columns is in the hidden rows which we will see in the next step/screen.
44. _______________________________________________________________________________
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Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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13. The screen below shows the input form, showing all the hidden rows. The hidden
rows contain the logic(both – Excel and EPM functions) to show the dynamically
generated TIME dimension values.
45. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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The cell highlighted above is the central point which is driving the calculation of all
the TIME dimension values. The highlighted area at the top shows the Excel formula
used to generate the starting month and year for the forecast. All the other values
are derived using EPM function as shown below:
46. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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14. The screen below shows how another TIME dimension value is calculated:
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Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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14.1 The screen below shows how another TIME dimension value is calculated:
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Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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15. Since the user has nothing to do with the logic, those rows are hidden and the
following screen shows how the form looks after hiding the logic rows:
49. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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16. Now, key-in the ACTUALS data for account-based forecasting as shown in the
screen below:
Since the server data is 02/07/2013, key-in the 6 months values prior to Feb 2013.
50. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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17. Now, go to logic script section of the BPC web admin client as shown below and
launch it :
51. _______________________________________________________________________________
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Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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17.1 Launch the Scripts for ROLLING_FORECAST model.
52. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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18. Create a logic script as shown in the screen below:
Since the ACCOUNT dimension has too many accounts, accounts are being filtered
based on the property – IS_ACCT_FC (Is account meant for forecasting?). Save the
script as RF_SIXMONTHS.LGF and close the workspace/tab.
When the script is run through data manager package, the script prompts the user
for input for ENTITY, PRODUCT_ALLOC & TIME member values. Based on that, the
script calculates the past 6 months’ average values to forecast for the next 6 months.
TIME input must be same as the server’s data and time values.
53. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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19. Now, return to logic script section of the main screen as shown below:
54. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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20. Go to Home workspace/tab now, as shown below:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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21. Now, launch EPM add-in for Excel:
56. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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22. Connect to ROLLING_FORECAST model:
57. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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23. Go to Data Manager section:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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24. Click Organize menu:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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25. Click Organize Package List menu:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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26. Create Packages folder under ROLLING_FORECAST folder:
61. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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27. On the right hand side, Right click and click on Add Package:
62. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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28. Create a package with the following details:
Note : For demo purpose, I am using one of the existing process chains.
63. _______________________________________________________________________________
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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29. Click on Modify Script button:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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30. Click on Advanced button:
65. _______________________________________________________________________________
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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31. Code the section as shown within the RED coloured rectangle and take note of
the script file name(highlighted in GREEN colour, which we created a while ago):
Click OK button now.
66. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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32. Click Save button now.
67. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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33. Click Save button again in the following screen.
68. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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34. Click Close button now.
69. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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35. Go to EPM section:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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36. Open the input form we created earlier and take note of the 6 months ACTUALS
data we entered earlier:
71. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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37. Go to Data Manager section:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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38. Click Run Package menu:
73. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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39. Select the DM package we created earlier(Six Months Rolling Forecast) and Click
Run button at the bottom:
74. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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40. Key in the inputs and click Next button. Take note of the TIME member
value(highlighted in GREEN colour) which matches the server’s Month and Year.
75. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
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41. Click Finish button.
76. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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42. Click OK button at the prompt.
77. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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43. Click View Status button.
78. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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44. Check the Package Run status and close the screen.
79. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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45. Go to the input form and click Refresh button.
80. _______________________________________________________________________________
Author: Chief Architect:
Murugesan Annamalai Jothi Periasamy
SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
SAP EPM/BPC Solutions Lead SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Domain Champion
MurugesanA@cloneskills.com 07/25/2013 joesaran@gmail.com, (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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46. Verify the results.
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47. For product-based forecast(Business Scenario – 2), repeat all of the earlier steps.
The following screen shows the script needed to calculate the forecast:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
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48. The following screen shows the results of product-based forecast of sales:
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Appendix – 1 :
Data Manager Script – Account :
The following script shows the Data Manager script which calls/runs the logic
script(RF_SIXMONTHS.LGF) which does the account based forecasting:
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Data Manager Script – Product :
The following script shows the Data Manager script which calls/runs the logic
script(RF_SIXMONTHS_PROD.LGF) which does the account based forecasting:
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Logic Script for Account-Based Forecasting :
The following screen shows the logic script(RF_SIXMONTHS.LGF) which makes the
account based forecasting:
RF_SIXMONTHS.LGF
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Logic Script for Account-Based Forecasting :
RF_SIXMONTHS.LGF
…
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Logic Script for Product-Based Forecasting :
The following screen shows the logic script(RF_SIXMONTHS_PROD.LGF) which makes
the product-based forecasting:
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SAP Project Manager/Lead SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader
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Logic Script for Product-Based Forecasting :
RF_SIXMONTHS_PROD.LGF
…
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