§... Foreword by Ivo Bauermann ... 15§§... Foreword by Andrew Joo ... 19§§... Acknowledgments ... 23§§... Introduction ... 25§§1 ... Overview of SAP Enterprise Performance Management ... 31§§1.1 ... Enterprise Performance Management ... 31§§1.2 ... Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting ... 36§§1.3 ... Consolidation ... 47§§1.4 ... Summary ... 50§§2 ... Overview of SAP BPC ... 51§§2.1 ... SAP BPC: Features ... 52§§2.2 ... Unified Planning and Consolidation ... 60§§2.3 ... SAP BPC for NetWeaver Architecture ... 63§§2.4 ... Introducing SAP BW ... 68§§2.5 ... Terminology and Objects in SAP BPC ... 78§§2.6 ... Summary ... 83§§3 ... Designing a Model with SAP BPC for NetWeaver ... 85§§3.1 ... Rich Bloom Case Study ... 85§§3.2 ... Building the Data Model in SAP BW ... 89§§3.3 ... Building Models in SAP BPC ... 108§§3.4 ... Summary ... 138§§4 ... Loading, Scheduling, and Managing Data in SAP BPC for NetWeaver ... 139§§4.1 ... Loading Data into an InfoCube in SAP BW ... 140§§4.2 ... Loading Data into SAP BPC ... 152§§4.3 ... Copying Data Inside an SAP BPC Model ... 197§§4.4 ... Summary ... 199§§5 ... Reporting, Planning, and Analysis in SAP BPC ... 201§§5.1 ... Reporting and Analysis in SAP BPC ... 202§§5.2 ... Planning in SAP BPC Using Input Forms ... 253§§5.3 ... Other Features ... 258§§5.4 ... Summary ... 259§§6 ... Developing Business Logic in SAP BPC ... 261§§6.1 ... Dimension Logic ... 262§§6.2 ... Logic Script ... 267§§6.3 ... Business Rules Overview ... 288§§6.4 ... Currency Translation ... 290§§6.5 ... Allocations ... 301§§6.6 ... Using BAdIs to Code Logic ... 305§§6.7 ... Validation ... 308§§6.8 ... Controls ... 313§§6.9 ... Summary ... 313§§7 ... Process Management and Collaboration ... 315§§7.1 ... Work Status ... 316§§7.2 ... Comments ... 323§§7.3 ... Distribution and Collection ... 332§§7.4 ... Book Publishing ... 344§§7.5 ... Integrating SAP BPC Data into Word and PowerPoint ... 355§§7.6 ... Summary ... 356§§8 ... Essential Tools for Building Models ... 357§§8.1 ... Transporting SAP BPC Objects ... 358§§8.2 ... Concurrency Locking ... 364§§8.3 ... Administration Parameters ... 366§§8.4 ... Statistics ... 372§§8.5 ... Audit ... 375§§8.6 ... Documents ... 378§§8.7 ... Security ... 379§§8.8 ... Summary ... 382§§9 ... Consolidation with SAP BPC ... 383§§9.1 ... Steps in Consolidation ... 384§§9.2 ... Business Rules ... 384§§9.3 ... Consolidation of Investments ... 421§§9.4 ... Intercompany Elimination-Eliminations and Adjustments Business Rule ... 443§§9.5 ... Journals ... 447§§9.6 ... Summary ... 453§§10 ... Business Process Flow Interface ... 455§§10.1 ... Business Process Flow ... 455§§10.2 ... Summary ... 463§§11 ... Embedded Environment ... 465§§11.1 ... Embedded Environment in SAP BPC ... 465§§11.2 ... Case Study for Financial Planning ... 466§§11.3 ... Building a Data Model in SAP BW ... 470§§11.4 ... Summary ... 478§§12 ... Designing an Application in SAP BW-IP ... 479§§12.1 ... Designing a Planning Application ... 479§§12.2 ... Creating Input-Enabled Query for Planning ... 527§§12.3 ... Summary ... 538§§13 ... Creating an Embedded Environment ... 539§§13.1 ... Creating an Embedded Planning Application ... 540§§13.2 ... Managing an Embedded Environment ... 551§§13.3 ... Integrating Planning Functions with SAP HANA ... 569§§13.4 ... Conclusion ... 574§§... The Authors ... 575§§... Index ... 577§§