Embedded Consolidation

Feb, 2016 Public

Objectives

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

Explain what is Embedded Consolidation
Explain how to configure Embedded Consolidation Model
Explain difference between embedded consolidation and standard
consolidation

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Agenda

Background for BPC Consolidation on Embedded Model

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

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SAP Solutions for Legal and Management Consolidation

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SAP Solutions for Legal and Management Consolidation

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

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Real Time Consolidation Vision within SAP S4/HANA
Finance

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Background : Requirement for Consolidation on
Embedded Model

Before
BPC optimized for
SAP S/4HANA
Planning (former IBPF)

Consolidation

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Background : Requirement for Consolidation on
Embedded Model

After

Planning BPC optimized for

SAP S/4HANA
for both
Planning and Consolidation *

Consolidation

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

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Difference in BPC modeling

Calculation Engine Calculation Engine

BPC
Modelling Modelling
BPC

Model Dimension Aggregation Level

BW

BW
Infoprovider Infoobject
Infoprovider Infoobject

Standard Model Embedded Model

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Modeling

New modelling UI for consolidation on embedded model

Assign one real time cube,

and the related
ownership/rate cube

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Modeling

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

Assign the aggregation level

Dimension type mapping

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Modelling

User also needs to map the attributes for different infoobjects

Attributes mapping

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Feature differences

Standard Model Embedded Model (First Release) Embedded Model (future SPs)
Consolidation Monitor Enhanced Consolidation Monitor Ownership
Ownership Ownership Ownership Calculation
Ownership Manager Ownership Manager Control
Ownership Calculation Ownership Calculation Control Monitor
Control Control Control Report
Control Monitor Control Monitor Business Rules
Control Report Control Report US Elimination
Journal Journal Equity Pick Up
Business Rules Business Rules Parallelization Consolidation
Elimination and Adjustment Elimination and Adjustment
Currency Conversion Currency Conversion Capability to consume
S/4HANA data without
Balance Carry Forward Balance Carry Forward
data replication
IC Data & IC Matching IC Data & IC Matching
(both transaction data and
Account Transformation Account Transformation
master data)
US Elimination Us Elimination
Equity Pick Up Equity Pick Up
In-memory calculation logic
Incremental Consolidation Incremental Consolidation within HANA
Parallelization Consolidation Parallelization Consolidation

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Consolidation Central

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

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Ownership Manager

Ownership calculation is missing for the first release

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Business Rules

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Enhanced Consolidation Monitor

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

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Enhanced Consolidation Monitor

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YTD vs Periodic storage

Following the embedded model concept, the consolidation on embedded

model will also use the periodic storage type, which is different with
standard model.

In business rule, it will still support both periodic calculation and YTD
calculation. But the data storage is different.

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Reporting for YTD value

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

Calculation Key Figure

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Account type conversion

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

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Account type conversion

Step 2: decide which members need reverse sign

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Account type conversion

Step 3: define a variable of reverse sign

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Account type conversion

Step 4: define a new calculation key figure by using the related

variable

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Create local hierarchy for global dimension

New option to create local hierarchy

when click Add or Copy button in
global dimension
When copy local hierarchy from
global hierarchy which is time
dependent, user must specify a key
date if its time dependent hierarchy
structure or specify a time range if
entire hierarchy time dependent.
When copy local hierarchy from
global hierarchy which is version
dependent, user must specify a
version as well.
External dimension node will be
copied as text node

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Create local hierarchy for Local Dimension

Creation of local hierarchy on local dimension is same as on global dimension.

Local master data can used when maintain local hierarchy structure.
Both global hierarchy and local hierarchy created on global dimension( from which
local dimension is created) are visible in local dimension.

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Use local hierarchy

Local hierarchy can be as same as global hierarchy as below

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

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