SAP BPC Embedded Sales Price Planning Application

Name: SAP BPC Embedded Sales Price Planning Application
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Create an Integrated Sales Price Planning Application fast.

Created byMarc Schindler

Last updated 9/2019

English

What you'll learn

Gain an understanding of how SD pricing conditions are planned in BPC
Perform all the tasks required to extract and stage data for Price Planning
Create planning functions and sequences necessary to perform price planning in BPC

Course content

3 sections • 12 lectures • 1h 25m total length

Introduction5:21
Hi, I am Marc Schindler and in this lecture, I will introduce myself and take you on a tour of the Price Planning Application we will create in this course.
SD Pricing Conditions4:49
In this lecture we will take a quick tour of the Pricing Conditions we are interested in. We will also look at the tables and structures involved.

Creating Views and DataSources7:53
In this lecture we cover the creation of views and the creation of Generic DataSources to extract the data to BW. The layout of all the views created is in the downloadable materials to this lecture.
Extraction and Data Staging11:50
In this lecture we are going to cover the

Extraction of the data records from the pricing condition tables in ERP,
the DSO we are going to use as the staging objects and
the transformations from the DataSources to the DSO.
We are also going to view the Process Chain required and add the infopackage and DTP to the chain

be sure to check the downloadable material to this lecture for the code and more information.
InfoProviders6:19
In this lecture we will create the final two objects before we dive into BPC itself. We will create a real-time InfoCube and a MultiProvider.
Characteristic Relationships10:54
In this lecture we are going to create two Characteristic Relationships, one as an attribute lookup and one as a class. The code for the CR is included in the downloadable materials.
Repost based on Characteristic Relationships7:43
In this lecture we will use the two Characteristic Relationships we created in the previous lecture and add them to a planning sequence. This lecture will cover the following topics:
Creation of an Aggregation Level,
Creation of a filter
Creation of two planning functions, one for each CR
Creation of a planning sequence and
Compression to remove the re-posted record.

Application Overview2:57
This lecture gives a brief overview of the Input Schedules and Planning Sequences we will create in this section.
Input Schedules5:47
In this lecture we will build an input schedule, the Detailed Price Planning Input Schedule, step by step. We will perform the following steps:
Create an Aggregation Level
Create a Filter
Create an Input Ready Query
Insert the Query into a BoA workbook and
Plan some values
All the other input schedules and their settings can be found in the downloadable materials to this lecture.
Planning Functions and Sequences Pt 110:26
In this lecture we will start creating the planning functions and sequences.
Planning Functions and Sequences Pt 210:34
In this lecture we complete the planning functions and sequences.
Thank You0:33
Thank you for participating in this course.

Requirements

Basic understanding of SAP BPC Embedded.
Basic Understanding of SAP BW.
Understanding of SAP SD would be beneficial, but is not required.
Basic knowledge of ABAP would be beneficial.

Description

This course is for BPC, BW and SD consultants who want to create an integrated Sales Price Planning solution in SAP BPC Embedded. This lecture is the first of a series of lectures on how to create a fully integrated planning solution in SAP BPC Embedded.

Prior experience with SAP BPC is assumed. If you do not the required level of knowledge, please look at completing this course first: SAP BPC Embedded Fundamentals for Planning Applications. This course is also suited for those who have completed the Fundamentals course and want to expand their knowledge of BPC Embedded.

This course will cover the end-to-end configuration required in SAP ERP, SAP BW and BPC to create a Sales Price Planning Application, and in particular, will cover the following topics:

A quick overview of SAP SD pricing conditions we are interested in,
Building the required views and extractors in SAP ERP,
Creating the DataSources in SAP BW,
Creating the staging objects in SAP BW,
Creating the Planning Objects in SAP BPC, such as
- InfoCubes,
- Aggregation Levels,
- Filters,
- Queries,
- Planning Functions and
- Planning Sequences

This course is specifically aimed at the core functions in SAP BPC Embedded to create a Sales Price Planning Application. It is ideal for students who have completed the Fundamentals course to further their study into creating a real-world planning application.

What this course is not:

Topics covered in the introduction course mentioned above, such as security, reporting options and the basics of planning are not covered. We will focus on the core functions only. This course is also not an SD course. We will only look at those components of SD required for enabling planning in SAP BPC.

Who this course is for:

SAP SD consultants who would like to understand the planning options available in SAP BPC.
SAP BPC Consultants who needs to create integrated SD Price Planning applications in SAP BPC.
SAP BW consultants who needs to create SD planning applications.

SAP BPC Embedded Sales Price Planning Application

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Course content

Introduction to Price Planning in SAP2 lectures • 10min

Data preparation5 lectures • 45min

Price Planning Execution5 lectures • 30min

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