Planning in SAP S/4 HANA and Optimised BPC 10.1

# Purpose of This Blog

There is drastic change on various planning front in S/4 HANA; many SAP Consultant are not able to conclude this change and not able to understand the holistic view of the SAP S/4 HANA Planning.

# Overview of the Planning in SAP

Planning in SAP has been majorly moved SAP BPC Optimised for S/4 HANA. SAP BPC Optimized for SAP S/4HANA is part of the SAP S/4HANA business suite. It is delivered with BW content and planning structures, along with analysis office planning workbooks.

# Planning in S/4 HANA

Cost Center Data, Internal Order Data, and Project Data planning is possible in SAP ERP (S/4 HANA). Profit Center planning is no more supported in the SAP S/4HANA (SAP ERP). Below table illustrate the planning possibilities in S/4 HANA and Optimised BPC.

Planning For
BPC
CO
FI
CO-PA

Balance Sheet
Yes

Yes*

Profit & Loss
Yes

Yes*

Profit Center (and GL)
Yes

Yes*

Cost Center
Yes#
Yes#

Internal Order
Yes#
Yes#

Project
Yes#
Yes#

Functional Areas
Yes

Market Segment (Account Based)
Yes

Yes

Market Segment (Cost Based)
Customised

Yes

Free Dimensions
Customised

Yes

Plan Data Processing
Yes

Yes*
Yes

Y* = It is deactivated by default, but can be re-activated in S/4 HANA System

Y# = Communication between S/4 HANA and BPC possible

Pictorial View of the above data

Note: Plan data recorded prior to the S/4 HANA migrate in GL (BS/P&L/PrCtr/BusArea) cannot be accessed after the migrate, as the planning transactions are deactivated during the upgrade. So, please pay special attention to this during S/4 HANA migration.

# key Capabilities of SAP BPC Optimized for SAP S/4HANA

* Single planning solution with the strengths of current solutions.
* Real-time access to master and transactional data, for modeling and variance analysis.
* Flexible drill-down on drivers of profitability, including customer, product, geography, and channel.
* Identification of trends and forecasts, using predictive analysis.
* Seamless integration of planning screens into SAP S/4HANA workflows.
* End-to-end simulation capabilities.
* Pre-built planning models for accelerated adoption.
* Elimination of Data Replication
* It provides end to end simulation capabilities

# BPC Content Analysis Workbooks are SAP FIORI Compliant

# Other Understanding

* BPC required a separate license
* BPC 10.1 version for SAP NetWeaver is compatible with SAP S/4 HANA

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