SAP Business Planning & Consolidation (on-premise and managed cloud).

Functional Differences & Decision Trees (optimized, standard and embedded)

August 2017

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Choosing a version of SAP BPC
Choosing a version of SAP BPC

S/4HANA
Planning and
Consolidation  Financial Planning and Consolidations for S/4HANA on premise or HEC, where the majority of the
(SAP BPC data upon which planning or consolidations will be performed resides within the S/4 system.
Optimized for
S/4HANA)

SAP BPC 11.0,

 Financial Planning and Consolidations for customers, where financial and operational data are
version for SAP
being leveraged from multiple data sources
BW/4HANA

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 SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
Product Decision Matrix BPC 11.0 or SAP BPC Optimized for S/4HANA on-premise or HEC

Majority of S/4HANA Planning and

Customer wants
Yes S/4HANA Yes data will Yes Consolidations (BPC
to do Planning
and/or specific reside in the Optimized for S/4)
Consolidations S/4 System? (Use Case 2)

No No

SAP BPC 11.0,version for SAP

BW/4HANA
(Use Case 1)

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 SAP BPC 11.0, version for BW/4HANA
Use case 1: Planning and consolidation: Independent of Data Source

SAP BPC 11.0, version for BW/4HANA

 .
SAP BPC
SAP BPC Embedded Model
Standard Model

SAP BW/4HANA

SAP HANA

Other SAP
Non-SAP
S/4HANA including
Data Source
ECC

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 SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
SAP BPC 11.0 Planning and Consolidations Decision Matrix – Embedded or standard

Existing BW-IP Desire to

No Optimal No
customer move No
integration
looking to application to BPC Standard Model
optimize on w/SAP
S/4HANA in
HANA? BW/4HANA*
future

Yes
No

Yes Yes
Clearly
defined
vision for
S/4HANA

Yes

BPC Embedded Model

* Requires in-house BW/4HANA expertise and
normally centralized model maintenance

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 SAP BPC Optimized for S/4HANA
Use Case 2: S/4HANA specific planning and consolidations

S/4HANA on Premise
SAP BPC Optimized
Content*
Central
Finance S/4HANA CORE SAP BPC
(Optional) SAP BPC Embedded
Model Standard
Model

SAP NetWeaver including “Embedded BW”**

SAP HANA

 SAP BPC Optimized for S/4 = Delivered Content + a fully functional BPC system running inside S/4. Content is built
upon the SAP BPC Embedded Model type

 BPC Optimized is NOT a third modeling type. Only two model types exist being standard & embedded

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 SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
BPC Optimized for S/4HANA Planning and Consolidations Decision Matrix – Embedded or standard
No

Customer
Build new
Customer plans wishes to
Yes No applications No
to use BPC adapt or
optimized
that integrate BPC Standard Model
extend
content w/delivered
delivered
content
content

Yes Yes

Delivered
Content
built on
Embedded
Model
BPC Embedded Model

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Content/Functionality unique to SAP BPC Optimized for S/4HANA Planning

1. Technical content enabling “real time” data access for planning and 2. Delivered Business Content to accelerate implementation and
reporting on the Universal Journal and related S/4 Master data Apply best practices
Sales Planning on
Plan / Actual Reporting Planning Periods*,
Income Statement Market Segment
Planning
Revenue and Sales Deductions

- Cost of Sales Goods Sold Cost of sales planning,

Product cost
Analysis Office (AO) Add-In
WebDynpro / Design Studio / AO Gross Margin simulation**
Design Studio
- Marketing Cost

- R&D Cost
MultiProvider Cost Center Planning,
- Administration Cost Internal Order Planning,
Project Planning
+/- Other Revenue/Other Expenses
VirtualProvider InfoObjects VirtualProvider
+/- Amortization/Depreciation

In-Memory Cube: Profit Center Planning

HANA View EBIT
HANA Plan Data
HANA Views P&L Planning,
Views Balance Sheet Planning,
“same” structure
as ACDOCA ACDOCP Liquidity Planning
Universal
Journal: Actual S/4 Tables:
Data Master * Added with SAP S/4HANA 1610
(ACDOCA) Data
** Future planned functionality

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Content/Functionality unique to SAP BPC Optimized for S/4HANA - Planning

3. Fiori (HTML5) Based plan/actual Reporting 4. Model Extension tool

(Automate synchronization of AcDocP
Extensions to universal journal Field 1

With planning) Include COBL

Include CO-PA
AcDocA Field n
Field 1
Field 2
Include COBL
Include CO-PA Plan Data Cube R01
Include y
Field n Field 1
Field 2
Field i1 … i99

Field i100 …i120

Field n

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Content/Functionality unique to SAP BPC Optimized for S/4HANA - Consolidations
(Includes planned enhancements with release 1709)

Configuration Consolidation
Closing
Rules Data
Modeling Process Consolidation Reporting Others
Creation Preparation
Definition

• Consolidation
• Advanced Common
Process • Control Monitor Consolidation*
BPC Modeling (2) Rules Creation Reporting Functionality
Definition
Monitor
• Matrix
Consolidation*

• Translation • Flexible Upload

Configuration • S/4 based Currency Unique to
Translation SAP BPC
S/4H Modeling (1) Reporting
• Maintain • Consolidation Data Optimized for
Validation Rules* Release Cockpit* S/4HANA
• Data Release Monitor* (real time
consolidation)
*Planned for 1709
Real time Real time access New consolidation Available in release 1610
Master to ACDOCA data repository
Data Access Universal Journal ACDOCC

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Key Functional differences between BPC
Standard and BPC Embedded*
*Unless otherwise stated these functional differences apply irrespective of use case scenario.
The attached highlight “key” differences but is not intended to represent a complete list of all differences.
 SAP BPC Standard and Embedded Model Functionality
Key differences and similarities as of SAP BPC 11.0

Standard Model
1. Business-user 1. Centralized (IT) Embedded Model
Administration Administration
2. Separate namespace Similarities 2. Full BW integration
(full replication required) (re-use w/o replication)
EPM Web Client
3. EPM Office Plug-In EPM Web Reporting 3. Analysis Office plug-in
Business Process Flows 4. Planning functions &
4. Data Manager Packages
Work status sequences
5. Direct File upload 5. File upload, mapping &
w/Conversion & SAP HANA support and optimization
transformation via BW
Transformation file BADI Framework for Enhancements
6. Authorization directly Granular Transports 6. Central SAP authorization
maintained in BPC management
Process Chains
7. Script Logic Consolidations* 7. FOX scripting

8. Full commentary BI Integration 8. Commentary with limitations

9. Single Key Figure Model 9. Multi-Key Figure Model
For current differences in
consolidation functionality SAC Plan Integration Matrix Security
please refer to following slide Book Publication
Scheduling
Member Recognition

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 Key functional differences specific to Consolidations Standard / Embedded
Please always refer to note 2240898 for latest information. (Based on BPC 11.0 / S/4HANA 1709)

Standard Embedded Comment

US Eliminations supported as a stand- US Eliminations only supported in Permanent Difference
alone function the context of Matrix Consolidation

Incremental Consolidation Not currently supported Currently no specific timeline for support

Parallelization Framework Not currently supported Currently no specific timeline for support
Equity Pick-up for non-consolidated Not currently supported Developed specifically for US Federal Reserve Reporting. For clarity
parent reporting automated accounting for significantly influenced entities using the
equity method of accounting for “consolidated” reporting is
supported by both models.
Support for data storage either as Support for periodic data storage Permanent Difference. Consolidation engine automatically
periodic values or YTD only accumulates periodic values to come to YTD for B/S items. YTD
reporting of both B/S and I/S possible with both.
Standard Consolidation Monitor Advanced Consolidation Monitor

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Thank you.
Contact information:
Kirk Anderson
VP EPM GTM
Kirk.Anderson@sap.com
+1-416-388-33170