BPC as an accounting model in BI

Hi experts:
I am start hardly working on the BPC solution and I have a I huge question. BPC seems to be based on a accounting model. That means that the account is a crucial dimension. What if I would need to build a planning scenario for a analitic COPA, based on key figure model. In that case, I would have a infocube (loaded from SAP ERP - COPA) defined with no account and 100-120 key figures. Even in this way, I could have some performance problems because sometimes there are a lot of information.
What's the correct model to define in BPC?I guess that In BPC I should create the model with accounts and would have a account model where I would transform key figures into accounts. Then, we have some doubts:
1- What about performance problems?
2- What about creating quieries to compare both infocubes?
I can imagine that it is not a solid model having actual data according to a key figure model and plannig according to account model data.
I am not a BPC consultant as I am just starting to working on it. I am a SAP FICO consultant with wide experience on plannig is some knowledge in BPS and IP. Perhaps, I am not really understanding the global concept (I apologize wheather it is like that) but I would be grateful if you give your opinion about that issue.
Thanks in advance for you help.
Jose
Edited by: JosManuel Bas on Aug 30, 2010 3:14 PM

Hi Sorin, at first glance, no problem to do it with MSTSC:
with TSE 2003 on Windows 2003 SP2, publishing only iexplore.exe, everything seems to work fine and user only sees BPC applications (iexplore, bpc for excel, bpc admin...).
(programs toggle of mstsc must contain this kind of information:
- start the following program on connection: checked
- Program path and file name: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE)
mstsc release is 6.1.
Regards. R.

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