BPC Questions

Just couple of questions on BPC:
1) Does anynone know, or heard of when BPC classess will be held in version 7.0NW?
2) I'm assuming most if not all implementations right now are using version 5.1M (not including the ramp-up projects ofcourse). Is that an accurate assumption?
3) After reading the great Blog by Ryan, it didn't say much about the planned delivered planning functions (e.g distributions, Currency conversion, Revaluation). Does anyone know which planning functions will be delivered in the standard BPC 7.0NW system?
In BPS was over twenty planning functions, then in IP it was reduced to less than a dozen, so just curious what if any will be delivered with BPC. Or will we be forced to program them ourselves with the logic script (something similar to FOX)?
4) Besides BPC being a more user friendly development tool where you don't have to rely on the technical staff to do all of the development, what from a functional point of view are the biggest selling points of BPC over IP, that I can express to my current client?
Thanks all.

Hi Ehab,
Here are some answers.
1. Only Ramp-Up training sessions were offered on the 7.0 NW release so far, the standard trainings for 7.0 NW have not yet taken place.
2. Correct, only Ramp-Up customers can use the 7.0 releases. The other customers are still using 5.1 for their implementations
3. No planning functions are delivered in the first 7.0. You will however have all the Business Rules functionality (Currency Conversion, Consolidation, Allocations engine, ...). Specific planning functions can be created in the BPC Script Language or in ABAP (possibility to call ABAP program from the BPC Scirpt Logic)
4. Here are some selling points:
- BPC front-end is fully embedded in Excel (+ Word and Powertpoint integration)
- Consolidation functions available within the same tool
- Flexibility of the tool (user interface, data model)
Regards,
Marcel

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Hi Grant and Nilanjan,
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Every BPC Consultant must contribute for this question.

Dear Experts,
I am new to SAP BPC.
I have gained basic knowledge on BPC.
I have given a basic presentation on BPC in our company by presenting a demo application with consists of Application have dimensions, Security settings, data uploading, BPFs (Business Process Flows) and Reports & Input schedules & Currency Translation scripts.
Actually, Our Company leads said, u201DWe can also do these features like Reporting & Currency Translationu201D in MS-Excel then what is the use of BPC?u201D.
I did not able to answer this question.
Need a Complete picture on BPC. And what exactly the BPC tool is & how it is different from other tools.
Please explain me what is the Uniqueness & beauty of SAP BPC.
Really I need expertu2019s answers.
I request all BPC consultants to contribute this question by your valuable answers.
Thanks for your contribution.
Cheers,

Hi Kumar,
The use of BPC is to develop and maintain planning and consolidation platform for an organization to evaluate company performance. When compared with other products, It is a very good product to do planning and consolidation.It is very flexible, user friendly.
It is not just doing reporting and currency translation. You need to develop a platform. Excel is just an interface that BPC uses and currency translation is part of a task. Excel is more userfriendly tool, that way BPC uses all different functions for evaluation purposes. BPC is got ocean of tools and tsks that you can perform for the evaluations.
Using Windows MS Excel reporting and currency translation, that will not produce any data base platform neither any flexibility in evaluations.It is just produces a view of some data at some point of time and it is not a data warehouse as well.
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regards,
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Hi,
-->On the other hand, in bpc v7.5 whenever you look for a dimension member using a filter in a evcvw , the dimension presented in order to select a member has no hierarchy. Do you know if it has changed inn bpc v10 or it remains equal?
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myGMAILid: satish.mba.sap
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