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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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