SEM BPS Layout Performance trace

Hi guys,
our users are reporting following issues from Sales Planning Budget planning layout. User needs to restrict on a start page 1) Sales responsibility 2) Value Segment 3) Sales Employee 4) VAT code
They experience problems when selecting the variable values above, it can take many minutes before you can change the next variable value - sometimes it is not working at all. Sometimes, when users are able to choose all the values and press start planning function button - they don't get anything but blank layout.
So is there a way to trace somehow the performance of BPS planning layout and enhance it?
Thanks in advance, appreciated!
Riku
Edited by: Riku Uski on Feb 1, 2008 12:54 PM

Thanks for this, it was related to overall performance tuning etc.
We're currently running in BW 3.5 but in some time IP and BI7 should be alive - then there's a place from tuning.
Now I am still trying to find the bottle neck for the current issue so if someone has got information on solving this, cheers
Riku
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Hi,
I guess the problem lies in the way the Excel macros transmit the data from the BPS sheet to your sheet. The best way to handle the problem is to insert a delete operation in you VBA coding before the new data is transferred to the second sheet. What I mean is in the macro SAPAfterDataPut you first delete all data in the second sheet (including the icons) and then transfer everything to the second sheet.
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Input Area in BPS Layout is too small

Dear experts,
I'm really desperated due to BPS. We definded a BPS layout of type "Key Figs in Data columns" and like to add data via manual planning. The layout is displayed in Excel format.
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Performance concerns in upload flat file into SEM-BPS.

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we are using HOW-TO document to upload flatfile into SEM-BPS.
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upload is taking around 10 minutes in test systems. our concern is, if taking so long for test systems with less data , what about production time with more data?
from what all I can see is, most of the time is being consumed at reading reference data.
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Hello Hari,
it is touch to say what exactly causes this performance problem. Since you are dealing with custom coding (the how-to + your derivation logic), I suggest to do an ABAP trace (SE30) to see where the time is really spent.
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I've tested this in excel (outside of BPS) and it works fine.
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Appreciate any ideas/thoughts on this.

Hi,
Usually you work with a second sheet in the following way: write a macro that copies the data from the SEM-BPS 1 sheet to the new sheet. In order to run that macro include it into the macro "SAPAfterDataPut" and set the flag in the check box of in the popup of the third screen of the layout builder. The system will call the macro after the data has been written to the sheet SEM-BPS 1.
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Best regards,
Gerd Schoeffl
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Hi Raman,
Sorry but your tip doesn't work
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Hi,
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8th icon from left hand side: a smiling face in front of a table.
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Hi Lee,
you wrote:
If you select and delete, that line will disappear.
Does this happens even after characteristic values are protected?
Afte a line has been entered in BPS layout,
I can delete the entire line provided I've not executed any planning funciton / saved into cube. (at this point, characteristics are not protected)
If I do execute any planning funciton / saved into planning cube, at this point I doubt if one should be able to delete the entire line (both characteristics & key figures) (at this point, characteristics are protected & doesn't allow to delete the same manually)
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Analysis Authorization with SEM-BPS

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We have performed technical upgrade from BW 3.5 to BI 7.0. We want to migrate to BI 7.0 functionality phase wise.
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Once we have igrated to Analysis Authorization, will there be any impact on SEM-BPS? Can we still use SEM-BPS with New Analysis Authorizations? We do not want to move to BI-IP in near future?.
Please advise.
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Dear UR,
Iu2019m going to try helping you,
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70ehp1/helpdata/en/b1/0c9441b8972e7be10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
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Thanks for answers.

Hello Svetlana,
When you meant "to add new (or change existing) data in a planning layout, you have to make use of the function module
API_SEMBPS_SETDATA.
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