Hi all,
Today I will discuss about three basics and very core concepts of BPC, and then will share some definition and step by step process to create all these three objects, this document is for those who are beginner in BPC.
Environment
NOTE: – It is highly recommended not to do modification and changes directly to “ENVIRONMENTSHELL”.
Steps to create Environment in BPC.
2) In Library folder, go to bottom(Right) of the page in which existing name of the Environment is displayed which is always delivered by SAP, like ENVIRONMENT: ENVIRONMET_COMPANYNAME, or in most of case termed as ENVIRONMENTSHELL
3) Single click on Environment will bring one popup screen for you, then go to manage all environment, here we can get list of Environment which is delivered by SAP along with the list of Environment which is being copied by user.
4)To create copy from standard Environment, simply click on the SAP delivered Environment, when you will click on the Environment, “COPY” icon will get enable, click on “COPY”, a popup will appear which ask you for ENIRONMENT ID: and description.
Provide check marks to copy a)Data in Models b) Web Documents c) Document to the newly created Environment as per your requirements.
NOTE: Copying Environment will take some time to copy.
MODELS
Models :- A model is built inside an Environment , It is collection of several dimensions and are designed to meet the planning and consolidation requirements of an organization, For instance in a company, we might have model for “ANALYTICS” , “TECHNICAL”, “HR” etc. It can be compared with InfoCube in BW terminology.
2) Embedded Model
STANDARD MODEL : This model is designed by SAP to provide a protected area for customers who to plan and consolidate in their own department without wanting to share or coordinate the resources with other Business Warehouse community users.
It has protected namespace starting with “/CPMB/”
EMBEDDED MODEL : This model is different from Standard model and includes data access to all community users. In short, you can say that in embedded model, any number of InfoProviders can be assigned to a single BPC model/application.
Steps to create Standard Model
1) After login into BPC application
2) Go to Administration page.
3) Click on Models and you will get list of all standard and Embedded models which is being already created, to create a new model click on new.
4) Provide name and description of the model click on next.
5) Under source model, click on blank model , since we are creating this for first time and do not want to copy from the existing models then click on next.
6)Now choose standard radio button from the list, in data entry mode we have default entry as Periodic for standard models. Click on next.
7) In this step, choose all mandatory dimensions which are A,C,E,T along with dimensions you wish to add in your model, click on next
8) Now in copy from you will find blank, since we started from blank model, click on next.
9) In the final step review and create, we can see name of the model with their dimensions, click on create, you will get a message “Model has been created. You can close the window”
10) You can see your model created in the model list.
DIMENSIONS: It is used to store master data.
In BW language it can be compared with Infoobject.
SAP has given ten dimension type (9- standard,1-user defined)
Steps to create Dimension
1) After login into BPC application
2)Go to Administration page.
3) Click on dimensions and you will get list of all dimensions which is being already created, to create a new dimension click on new.
4)Provide your Dimension ID and description
5) Once created, it will show structure of dimension which is automatically created by system with some specific properties and can’t be changed.
The system generated properties will be highlighted in light blue list of rows.
6) Here you can add new dimensions and also can create hierarchies for the existing dimensions, in this case I have created one hierarchies with dimension GL_ACCOUNT
7) You can give referential integrity if you want to give reference with the existing dimension, in my case I have chosen none.
8) Click on save to create your dimension
9) Here in dimension list, you can see your dimension created
To understand relation between Environment, models and dimensions in simple language, see below diagram.
NOTE- one dimension can be reused in multiple models but all these models belongs to same environment only.
Okumaya devam et...
Today I will discuss about three basics and very core concepts of BPC, and then will share some definition and step by step process to create all these three objects, this document is for those who are beginner in BPC.
- Environment
- Dimension
- Model
Environment
- Environment can be defined as the base components which doesn’t contain physical data. It can be considered as INFOAREA from BW perspective, which acts as a folder.
- Environment can’t be created by our own, we have to take copy from existing environment only.
- SAP provides one standard environment which is called as “ENVIRONMENTSHELL”.
- As an example, we can consider MouriTech as one environment
NOTE: – It is highly recommended not to do modification and changes directly to “ENVIRONMENTSHELL”.
Steps to create Environment in BPC.
- Logon to BPC with username and password.
2) In Library folder, go to bottom(Right) of the page in which existing name of the Environment is displayed which is always delivered by SAP, like ENVIRONMENT: ENVIRONMET_COMPANYNAME, or in most of case termed as ENVIRONMENTSHELL
3) Single click on Environment will bring one popup screen for you, then go to manage all environment, here we can get list of Environment which is delivered by SAP along with the list of Environment which is being copied by user.
4)To create copy from standard Environment, simply click on the SAP delivered Environment, when you will click on the Environment, “COPY” icon will get enable, click on “COPY”, a popup will appear which ask you for ENIRONMENT ID: and description.
Provide check marks to copy a)Data in Models b) Web Documents c) Document to the newly created Environment as per your requirements.
NOTE: Copying Environment will take some time to copy.
MODELS
Models :- A model is built inside an Environment , It is collection of several dimensions and are designed to meet the planning and consolidation requirements of an organization, For instance in a company, we might have model for “ANALYTICS” , “TECHNICAL”, “HR” etc. It can be compared with InfoCube in BW terminology.
- Model will be used to store transaction data.
- There are two types of models
- Standard Model
2) Embedded Model
STANDARD MODEL : This model is designed by SAP to provide a protected area for customers who to plan and consolidate in their own department without wanting to share or coordinate the resources with other Business Warehouse community users.
It has protected namespace starting with “/CPMB/”
EMBEDDED MODEL : This model is different from Standard model and includes data access to all community users. In short, you can say that in embedded model, any number of InfoProviders can be assigned to a single BPC model/application.
Steps to create Standard Model
1) After login into BPC application
2) Go to Administration page.
3) Click on Models and you will get list of all standard and Embedded models which is being already created, to create a new model click on new.
4) Provide name and description of the model click on next.
5) Under source model, click on blank model , since we are creating this for first time and do not want to copy from the existing models then click on next.
6)Now choose standard radio button from the list, in data entry mode we have default entry as Periodic for standard models. Click on next.
7) In this step, choose all mandatory dimensions which are A,C,E,T along with dimensions you wish to add in your model, click on next
8) Now in copy from you will find blank, since we started from blank model, click on next.
9) In the final step review and create, we can see name of the model with their dimensions, click on create, you will get a message “Model has been created. You can close the window”
10) You can see your model created in the model list.
DIMENSIONS: It is used to store master data.
In BW language it can be compared with Infoobject.
SAP has given ten dimension type (9- standard,1-user defined)
Steps to create Dimension
1) After login into BPC application
2)Go to Administration page.
3) Click on dimensions and you will get list of all dimensions which is being already created, to create a new dimension click on new.
4)Provide your Dimension ID and description
5) Once created, it will show structure of dimension which is automatically created by system with some specific properties and can’t be changed.
The system generated properties will be highlighted in light blue list of rows.
6) Here you can add new dimensions and also can create hierarchies for the existing dimensions, in this case I have created one hierarchies with dimension GL_ACCOUNT
7) You can give referential integrity if you want to give reference with the existing dimension, in my case I have chosen none.
8) Click on save to create your dimension
9) Here in dimension list, you can see your dimension created
To understand relation between Environment, models and dimensions in simple language, see below diagram.
NOTE- one dimension can be reused in multiple models but all these models belongs to same environment only.
Okumaya devam et...