Sap BPC Life Cycle

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
A smart overview through the history and the functionalities of SAP BPC tools
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Story Board
SAP BPC 7.0, version for the
Microsoft platform
Focus on
SAP BPC 7.5, version for the

Microsoft platform
SAP BPC 7.5, version for

SAP NetWeaver

the Microsoft platform

SAP NetWeaver

the Microsoft platform

SAP NetWeaver
SAP BPC 7.5

version for SAP NetWeaver
Architecture
Focus on
Complex Architecture
High maintenance costs
BPC 7.5 NW Utilizes MDX Query
BPC 7.5 NW Components Did Not Run
Completely on 64-Bit Technology Thus
Limiting Performance
End of maintenance 31.12.2017
Tier
Upgrading or Migrating Scenario

1. Upgrade BW system from 7.x to 7.3
Upgrade from ABAP version 7.50 to version 7.53 by performing the following steps:
1. Upgrade CMPBPC from 7.50 to 7.53.
2. Upgrade the Planning and Consolidation .Net server and client software to the equivalent support package of 7.53
3. Upgrade SAP NetWeaver 7.0x to SAP NetWeaver 7.30.
2.
Upgrade BW system from 7.x to 7.4

You need to upgrade first to BPC 7.53 and BW7.3, then you need to install the BPC 10 ABAP component. Next step is
upgrading from BW 7.3 to BW 7.4 and migrating the database to SAP HANA, and then adding the HANABPC
accelerator.
BPC 7.54 NW (starts from SP02), are supported and available for productive usage on SAP NetWeaver BW 7.40,
powered by SAP HANA, but does not include HANA specific performance optimization. It uses HANA in the same way
as it does for conventional database. (SAP Note 1923480)
3. Migrating to new system (From BPC 7.5 to BPC 10.x)

The other option is to procure an entirely new system, starting with new hardware. Once procured, it can be set up with
NetWeaver on HANA. Then BPC and its accelerator for HANA can be installed, and the system can be validated. All this without
even touching the 7.5 system. The application sets (environments in BPC 10) can be brought over using transaction code
UJBR.
In-place upgrade
Complex
Disrupted
High Risk
Migrating
Limited Disruption
Limited Risk
Benfit using new hardware
A system copy followed by an upgrade is

an interesting compromise, as it avoids the
disruption and risk of the in-place upgrade,
while keeping its benefits, with the exception
of the savings on hardware.
SAP BPC 10.0

Architecture
Architecture
The .NET tier has been removed

from the architecture making this
more consistent with SAP
NetWeaver releases, which will
lower maintenance costs.
Tier
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Migration Steps to Classic BPC 10.0

BPC Version
Official Product Name
7.5 NW
SBOP PC 7.5 FOR SAP NW
10.0 NW
First, migrate software components

1.
Migrate to BW 7.3 or 7.4 (in-place or system copy)
2.
Migrate to BWA 7.2 (optional)
3.
Execute the migration program
7.5 to 10.0 tcode: SE38, program UJT_MIGRATE_75_TO_10
Next, migrate customer data and features

4.
Upgrade security and Active Directory or CMS to SAP BW User Accounts
Create SAP BW User Accounts
Assign security roles and authorizzations to the new user accounts
Create a tab-delimeted mapping file for use by migration program to map old user to new users
5.
Deal with problems and unforeseen issues
6.
Migrate features that are not supported by the mapping programs
7.
Regression test and validate
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BPC Features that Migrate from 7.5 to 10.0
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Differences between BPC 7.5 & BPC 10

Perfomance Driver
Key Benefits
Query Change Up to 50% performance improvement with query
change; utilizing BEx query instead of MDX
Script Logic Parallelism Script Logic processes execute faster due to
Parallelism, which enables multiple write back processes at the same
time
Removal of the .NET layer BPC NW10 does not use the .NET layer
which removes potential for performance bottlenecks and decreases
system maintenance
Removes 32-bit bottleneck BPC NW10 runs true 64-bit technology
Version Differences
BPC 7.5 NW Utilizes MDX Query Which is Less Efficient Than the BEx
Query Method Used by BPC 10 NW
BPC 7.5 Only Allows for a Single Write Back After All Calculations
Have Been Evaluated Resulting in Slower Performance of Script Logic
Packages (ie Loading Finance Application Data to the Consolidation
Application, Allocations)
BPC 7.5 NW Requires the Microsoft ASP .NET Technology Which
Requires Special Knowledge and Increases System Maintenance
BPC 7.5 NW Components Did Not Run Completely on 64-Bit
Technology Thus Limiting Performance
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User Experience Driver
Key Benefits
Member Recognition Quickly access data with the use of Member
Recognition
Local Members Create complex functions to be evaluated based
on EPM functions not hard coded cell references
Enhanced Formatting Capabilities Apply formatting on a wide range
of parameters
Comments Improved Comment functionality enables copying of
comments and better viewing and saving options (as an in-cell Excel
comment)
Version Differences
BPC 7.5 NW Uses EVDRE() to Generate Reports Which Requires
More Training Than the Intuitive Reporting Options with BPC 10
BPC10 is Capable of Automatically Detecting Dimension Members
Entered Directly in Worksheet
BPC 10 Dynamic Formatting Sheets Can Be Shared With Other
Workbooks/Reports
Unlike BPC 7.5 NW, Comments in BPC 10 Can Be Copied Via a
Standard Data Manager Package
Local Members in BPC 10 Allow Users to Create Formulas That Can
Be Automatically Detected and Become Part of the Report
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System Administration Driver
Key Benefits
Centralized, More Accessible and Stable Administrator Completely
redesigned Administration Interface centralizes all system
administration and configuration activities into one stable web interface
Granular Transport New feature to allow for granular transports
rather than transporting entire AppSets
Cube Name Stabilization Cube Name Stabilization Parameter
prevents BPC cube technical names from changing during Full
Optimization
Version Differences
BPC 10 NW Utilizes a Web Based Administration Client
BPC 7.5 NW Only Allows for a All-Or-None Standard Functionality for
BW Transports of Application/Models Developed in DEV and Tested in
QAS, BPC 10 NW Allows for Granular Transport
BPC 7.5 NW Does Not Have a Cube Name Stabilization Feature to
Prevent the Cube Name From Changing When Running Full
Optimization
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Data Accessibility Driver
Key Benefits
Direct Delta Loads From SAP ERP BPC 10 now supports direct delta
loads from SAP ERP system
Real-Time Data With BPC 10 on HANA, data can be automatically
loaded into BPC from ECC
Version Differences
BPC 7.5 NW Effectively Only Allows for Full Data Loads, Which Increases
Cube Size and Decreases System Performance
Delta Loads Can Be Executed in BPC 10 NW
Utilizing a Hybrid Provider, BPC 10 NW Allows for Real-Time Data From
SAP ERP
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Enhanced Functionality Driver
Key Benefits
Significantly Improved Business Process Flow New functionality and
interface provides greater control and visibility into the status of each
business process
Park and Go Streamlined into a single feature
Book Publishing Fully functional Book Publishing feature with new
interface allows for automated publication of reports printed to PDF or
saved to a network folder.
Controls and Validation Automated built-in features automatically
perform validation to ensure certain criteria rules are met
Version Differences
Enhanced user interface and functionality in BPC 10 NWs Business
Process Flow increases user adoption and reviewer/owner visibility
BPC 7.5 NWs Park and Go has been replaced with BPC 10s Offline
feature, which is not prone to worksheet errors common in BPC 7.5 NW
BPC 10 NWs Book Publishing feature is fully functional with a more
user friendly interface
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Web Client
The New Web Client has the following Components:
Start Page: Describes the initial Planning and Consolidation web client page. From this page, you can select
from your objects, create reports and launch client applications.
Activities: Provides information about using Business Process Flows (Processes).
Library: Provides information about how to access the objects that are saved in the Library view.
Documents: Provides information about using the Documents view to post, and retrieve files, and to manage
content display
Audit: Provides information about reporting on system information and activity.
Consolidation Central: Helps to generate and manage consolidated data.
Consolidation Monitor: Generate and monitor consolidated data from data reported by Group and Entity members
Control Monitor: Execute and monitor controls used to validate the reported data
Journals: Create and manage journal entries containing adjustments and eliminations used for correcting reported data
Ownership Manager: Create and Manage ownership-based hierarchies used for performing statutory consolidations
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Look & Feel

Start page has been updated to make it a central launch point for applications
Delivered workspace integrates core functions, administration client, Office Addins, and
favorites in one convenient page
Administration client for version for SAP NetWeaver is fully integrated into the web
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Consolidation Central
Consolidation Monitor
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The Controls Monitor is a workspace for executing and monitoring controls.
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Journals
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Ownership Manager is used to define an ownership-based hierarchy entity structure. It
allows you to create periodic-specific hierarchies of corporate entities to use in statutory
consolidation, or in cases where hierarchy changes for an application need to be tracked by
Category and Time.
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Admin Web Client
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Admin Web Client

New Objects Naming:
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Dimension
All the properties and settings of a Dimension are managed in the Structure view.
This page allows you to add a dimension property or add the required properties for Consolidation or for
Ownership model
You can also add the hierarchies to the dimensions
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Dimension
The members are managed in an Excel like grid and you can copy and paste (within the list and from
Excel), sorting, filtering, and ordering column, and so on.
The maximum length of a Member ID can be 32 characters and can accept dash and underscores but
cannot accept any other special characters.
Member status is displayed in the row headers of the list of all members that have been edited or
changed or added. A icon enables to identify the status of the edited members and a tooltip provides the
details of the errors.
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Enhanced Hierarchy Management

Administration users can now graphically edit hierarchies to more efficiently maintain
their systems
Advanced Editing features such as drag and drop and or move up and move down are
supported
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Model
You cannot select multiple dimensions of the

same type except for the user-defined
dimensions.
Among the selected dimensions you can also set
the secured dimensions (for example, the
dimensions that will be used to define the data
access profiles for this model).
New models can be created either from scratch
or by using an existing model as a source.
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Security
On the front end side there is no change in the BPC 10 security except that the BPC users are NetWeaver
users instead of Active Directory users.
Security settings are more transparent with SAP NetWeaver backend system
Dynamically synchronization of security settings with the SAP NetWeaver backend for SAP NetWeaver roles
and profiles
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Script Logic
Creating scripts is more efficient
based on updates to the script logic
editor
Logic script functions and MDX
keywords are available for selection in
the new editor, with the required syntax
automatically suggested
Adding/Removing Comments can be
used to determine what portions of a
script are executed
Pretty printer can be used to enhance

readability
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Work Status
The work status feature facilitates better information management and approval process by associating
configurable and customizable wok status to the combination or intersection of data. The work status feature
allows seamless communication and tracking of the work status during the data collection phase. The work
status also prevents the unwanted data changes (locking) once the data entry is finalized based on the work
status. This eliminates the need for a complex security model to lock the data once the data is finalized.
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Audit
Activating this features, you enable log registration on data. The system save the user activities.
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Business Process Flow (BPF)

The upper area renders all activities you are involved in.
The lower area renders all instances of a certain activity your are involved in
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Simplified Report Creation

Business users can easily create web report/input schedule
Ad-hoc Web reports are easy to create within a workspace or reports can be created by
themselves and published
Charts and graphs can be added with a click of a button
Drag and drop is enabled for report creation and data can be dynamically retrieved as it is
being designed
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Streamlined Library and Document Actions

Accessing the library and storing documents are even easier with the new user interface
Library interface makes it simple to add content such as workspaces, reports, input schedules,
books and dashboards.
Favorites can be saved in the library for the initial launch page
Document page has also been updated to improve the user experience.
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EPM Add-in
Multiple connections can co-exists in a single worksheet
Planning and Consolidation : Excel add-in can be connected to SAP BusinessObjects

Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver or version for the Microsoft platform
through ODBO or Web Service
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise : Connection can also be established to SAP PCM or
FC10 via ODBO
Local : Through ODBO Excel add-in can also be connected to Analysis service or Hyperion
Essbase or SAP BW
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Look & Feel

EPM-Add in menu streamlined to be more intuitive to end user
New ribbon with set of action buttons for creating reports, managing and formatting reports,
action button for save and refresh data, action button for performing planning function, action
button for publishing workbooks
Context bar provides a user friendly way of selecting members
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Simplified Report Creation

Business users have multiple ways of creating a report/input schedule
Report Editor facilitates wizard based creation of report with simple drag and drop dimension
EPM Window facilitates users to create quick reports by dropping the dimension to the
respective window
Direct Member Entry: User can directly enter the member into Excel grid. SAP
BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation automatically recognizes the members
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Enhanced What-If Capabilities

Use parent member formulas to improve what-if planning scenarios
Keep Formula on Data enables having the excel summation against the Parent member.
Show Source Data in Comments enables to view parent level value which is stored in the
backend as comments.
Calculate Parents in Hierarchies enables instantaneous calculation of the parent member
based on the child node values instead of fetching values from the backend.
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Enhanced Member Selector

New member selector more powerful and intuitive to use
Member off-set : allows selecting dimension members relatively to another dimension
member (at the same hierarchy level or a different one). This option is very useful to create
relative periods
Member property : allows selecting a dimension member thanks to a property value of
another dimension member of the same dimension
Multiple Option: In addition it has multiple other options to select members dynamically
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Why upgrade to BPC 10

1. Streamlined, Unified, and Harmonized User Experience. One of the more obvious improvements of version 10 is its new and
improved look and feel. 10s new user console pulls functionality into one central user interface offering users more intuitive,
streamlined control. The more visually appealing, browser-driven user interface is unified with SAPs other EPM products,
creating a common interface and seamless user experience throughout the EPM suite. The improved user experience will
increase the speed of planning and consolidations by increasing the numbers of people contributing.
2. Enhanced Manageability. 10 enhances manageability and reduces cost of ownership by improving integration with the SAP
NetWeaver technology platform, ERP software, and other business analytics applications.
3. Improved Reporting. 10 enables users to create seamless links to other reporting applications improving the function of drilling
down to detailed information outside of BPC applications, and even the SAP environment. 10 also improves reporting drag
and drop functionality.
4. Improved System Performance, Integrity and Maintenance. 10 now uses the in-memory database to make applications run
faster. It increases data handling and business intelligence (BI) capabilities. Now, objects and information stored and
aggregated in one BusinessObjects application can be shared more widely with another. 10 also eliminates the .NET server
on the NetWeaver platform, streamlining the hardware architecture and better integrating security with the NetWeaver
backend. 10s transformational architecture changes eliminate manual reporting efforts. Backend system improvements yield
industry-leading validation and monitoring of data integrity. SAP effectively re-developed the entire BPC solution to better fit
into the SAP landscape.
5. Expanded Mobile Delivery Options. Version 10 offers expanded mobile device support for the Apple iPAD and RIM BlackBerry
PlayBook tablets, helping transform the way people work.
6. Enhanced Journal Management. Journals are now entered via a new, intuitive, web-based frontend with an improved query
manager that allows users to better investigate entries.
7. Simplified Hierarchy Maintenance. New functionality in 10 allows simple, drag and drop hierarchy builds.
8. Specific Industry or Line of Business Packaged Solutions. Version 10 now offers packaged solutions for specific lines of
business and industry areas.
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SAP BPC 10.1

Architecture
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Tier
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Migration Steps to Classic BPC 10.1

BPC Version
Official Product Name
7.5 NW
10.0 NW
10.1 NW
SAP PC 10.1 FOR SAP NW (Classic & Unified
First, migrate software components

1.
Migrate to BW 7.3 or 7.4 (in-place or system copy)
2.
Migrate to BWA 7.2 (optional)
3.
Execute the migration program
Next, migrate customer data and features

4.
Upgrade security and Active Directory or CMS to SAP BW User Accounts
Create SAP BW User Accounts
Assign security roles and authorizzations to the new user accounts
Create a tab-delimeted mapping file for use by migration program to map old user to new users
5.
Deal with problems and unforeseen issues
6.
Migrate features that are not supported by the mapping programs
7.
Regression test and validate
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Whats New on BPC 10.1 Unified Model ?

With SAP BPC NW 10.1 a new data model is introduced that combines the strength of the different planning components
SAP BPC NW for end-user friendliness and flexibility
SAP BW-IP for feature richness and integrated data consistency
SAP HANA for blazingly high performance
The former was focusing on line-of-business driven scenarios with a strong focus on flexibility and end-user friendliness.
The embedded model complements the existing BPC NW data model which is called standard. The new model is completely
integrated into the BPC NW 10.1 product, in particular using its new HTML5 web-client for administration and runtime as well as
the EPM EXCEL add-in. This ensures a unified end-user experience, hiding many of the technical details. Doing so, it also
requires the BPC NW license.
For BPC NW standard (orange components), the BPC add-on is required, which contains the specific planning and reporting
logic of BPC and collaboration features. It sits on SAP BW, but only uses its reporting and some of its data management
capabilities. The add-on also provides connectivity to the EPM EXCEL add-in. An additional add-on is available to make use of
HANA for specific functions and acceleration purposes.
These add-ons are not required for the BPC NW embedded model. It rather fully uses the reporting and planning capabilities of
BW as well as its data warehousing and data management. The collaboration-capabilities were adjusted to this architecture and
moved into SAP BW (grey component). The BPC HTML5 web-client has also moved to SAP BW and connects to both, the
standard and the embedded models for modelling and runtime. In addition a new interface is contained in SAP BW to connect
to the EPM add-in, in addition to the existing connections to Analysis Office and Design Studio. Finally SAP HANA is mandatory
for the BPC embedded model to facilitate best performance on highly flexible data models.
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Difference between Standard & Embedded

Concept
BPC standard
BPC embedded
Name space
All objects have Standard name space /CPMB
All BW name space (no transfer dato from BW name space to /CPMB objects)
Representation of dimensions
Dimensions, CATE model:

Category (version)
Account (to model the measures)
Time (nothing to do with BW time characteristics)
Entity (mainly consolidation)
plus generic dimensions
Characteristics
pure generic, except
13 time characteristics (calendar, fiscal)
currency/unit characteristics
compounded
Representation of values
Measure, only one techncial key figure in BPC generated BW

InfoCube
Key Figures, of various types

amounts linked to a currency characteristic
units linked to a unit characteristic
numbers of various technical types,
date, time
Hierarchies, parent-child relations
BPC hierarchies, correspond to BW hierarchies with postable

nodes
BW hierarchies, with different node types; in addition display hierarchies in BW queries
Infoproviders
InfoCube as a pure storage
build in BW concepts; with respect to BW time characteristics or currency/unit characteristics
Constraints for persistence
BPC Rules (known as 'validations in other products);

validations can also be implemented using Script Logic
Characteristic Relationships (methods CHECK, DERIVE, CREATE);

validations can also be implemented using FOX or exit planning functions
Data protection
BPC Work Status
Data Slices, BPC Work Status (mapped to technical data slices at run time)
EPM Add-in
Direct access to BPC Model and Data
Requires a Bex query acting as a data provider to support EPM Add-in
User Interface
EPM Add-in and Web
EPM Add-in (via Bex Query), Analysis for MS Office , Bex and Web
More information on SAP SCN
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Features
BW-IP
BPC
BW Data Model
Bex Planning Functionality
Fox Formula Calculation
PAK HANA based Functions
EPM Add-In
HTML 5 Admin Client
HTML 5 Web Based Planning
BPF
Audit
Work Status
BPC 10.1 Unified Model
BW Data Model
Bex Planning Functionality
Fox Formula Calculation
PAK HANA based Functions
EPM Add-In
HTML 5 Admin Client
HTML 5 Web Based Planning
BPF
Audit
Work Status
The approach they seem to have taken is to merge the IP back-end with some of the SAP BPC front-end functionality.
For example:
The underlying SAP BW cubes are modelled like IP cubes, using BW infoobjects, rather than BPC dimensions
Planning functions are still developed using the IP functionality
The EPM Add-In is the front end for interacting with the unified planning model
The BPC 10.1 web front end is the web portal for interacting with the unified planning model
Certain BPC 10.1 features, such as BPFs, work status and data auditing are available.
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What is PAK?
The Planning Application KIT allows for planning functions to run within HANA.
PAK functions running directly on HANA:
Copy
Repost
Revaluation
Delete
Delete Invalid Combinations
Set Key Figure Values
Distribution by Reference Data
Generate Combinations
Repost on Basis of Characteristic Relationships
Distribution With Keys
Formula (FOX) With restrictions
Disaggregation within the Query
*Note 1637199 Contains full details
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Comparison Script Logic / Fox
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Bibliography
SAP BPC 7.5 NW
SAP BPC 10.0 NW
SAP BPC 10.1 NW
Product Availability Matrix (PAM)
Enterprice Performance Management (EPM)

EPM (Wiki)
EPM Add-in Academy
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SAP BPC 7.5, version for the

SAP BPC 7.5, version for

SAP BPC 10.0, version for

SAP BPC 10.0, version for

SAP BPC 10.1, version for

SAP BPC 10.1, version for

SAP BPC 7.5

Upgrading or Migrating Scenario

Upgrade BW system from 7.x to 7.4

3. Migrating to new system (From BPC 7.5 to BPC 10.x)

Benfit using new hardware

A system copy followed by an upgrade is

SAP BPC 10.0

The .NET tier has been removed

Migration Steps to Classic BPC 10.0

Official Product Name

SBOP PC 7.5 FOR SAP NW

SBOP PC 10.0 FOR SAP NW

First, migrate software components

Migrate to BW 7.3 or 7.4 (in-place or system copy)

Migrate to BWA 7.2 (optional)

Execute the migration program

7.5 to 10.0 tcode: SE38, program UJT_MIGRATE_75_TO_10

7.5 to 10.1 tcode: SE38, program UJT_MIGRATE_75_TO_101

Next, migrate customer data and features

Upgrade security and Active Directory or CMS to SAP BW User Accounts

Create SAP BW User Accounts

Assign security roles and authorizzations to the new user accounts

Deal with problems and unforeseen issues

Migrate features that are not supported by the mapping programs

Regression test and validate

BPC Features that Migrate from 7.5 to 10.0

Differences between BPC 7.5 & BPC 10

Differences between BPC 7.5 & BPC 10

Differences between BPC 7.5 & BPC 10

Differences between BPC 7.5 & BPC 10

Differences between BPC 7.5 & BPC 10

Look & Feel

Admin Web Client

Admin Web Client

Enhanced Hierarchy Management

You cannot select multiple dimensions of the

Pretty printer can be used to enhance

Business Process Flow (BPF)

Simplified Report Creation

Streamlined Library and Document Actions

Planning and Consolidation : Excel add-in can be connected to SAP BusinessObjects

Look & Feel

Simplified Report Creation

Enhanced What-If Capabilities

Enhanced Member Selector

Why upgrade to BPC 10

SAP BPC 10.1

Migration Steps to Classic BPC 10.1

Official Product Name

SBOP PC 7.5 FOR SAP NW

SBOP PC 10.0 FOR SAP NW

SAP PC 10.1 FOR SAP NW (Classic & Unified

First, migrate software components

Migrate to BW 7.3 or 7.4 (in-place or system copy)

Migrate to BWA 7.2 (optional)

Execute the migration program