Delta documentation for SEM BCS/CPM 6.0

Hi Team,
Please let me know the link or document for SEM 6.0 delta changes compared to SEM 4.0 In BCS componet and CPM component.
Regards
Naveen.KV

In the SAP Support Portal click on Release and Upgrade Info, then choose Release Notes > SAP Solutions > SAP ERP > ECC 6.0. Chapter 10 refers to BCS changes.

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thanks for your callback. Here an example:
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2. No, AFAIK, it's a custom cube.
3. If you use the flex GL why you are going to use non-leading ledger.
More info you may find using search.
Particularly, here:
Re: 0SEM_BCS_10 or 0FI_GL_10
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Rumors say you should keep SEM out of your central BI and give it its own BI, to avoid painful patch/release dependencies.
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thanks for your callback. Here an example:
Say, you need a BI-Patch (urgent bug-fix) or may be a BI-Upgrade to be able to use new functionalities for your Enterprise wide central reporting, query and analysis (since you don't use the BI only for BCS).
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http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_02/helpdata/en/44/584041b02e4c0de10000000a1550b0/content.htm
Since more and more SAP-Applications need a BI, i am desperately missing a comprehensive overview, which of them should not be placed in the same BI for technical reasons (e.g. one sap-note says Bank-Analyzer and SEM-BCS should not be on the same BI).
Regards
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General Questions about SEM-BCS Data Transfer

Please help me guys ! I need a clearer picture as to how exactly the loading of data should be done to SAP SEM-Busines Consolidation
Q1) Can I specify the Basic Cubes in my Data Basis Streams that I use for FI & CO in BCS-Workbench ? Or do I need to switch these cubes to Transactional, so it can be used in SEM-BCS ?
Q2) or Do I have to export the data out of my FI & CO cubes in BW to a FLAT FILE, and then load the Flat File into custom Transactional Cubes ?
Q3) Usually, for SEM-BCS would there be any direct connection to SAP R/3 or it`s via BW ?
Please help me with these initial issues guys ! Very much appreciated!

Hi Eugene,
 Great man! You`re back!...Nice to hear from yourself
 Anyways, I still am struggling to understand the Intergration from SEM-BCS with BW and/or R/3. If you have any material that can help me understand the intergration would be helpful.
 So, I had a look into the SAP Note 689229
 It says, all changes of master data nad hierarchies have to be made via the application layer by means of application SEM-BCS :-
a) By Flexible Upload
b) Manually in Consolidation Workbench
c) In Subordinate systems from transports
Hence, am I correct to assume that the only 2 options are permitted: Option (a) Flat File (b) Manually define the master data in BCS-Workbench ?
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Because there's too many, I would go with option (b) Flat File.
So, I create a Flat File containing the Consolidation Items. Next, how do I get this loaded into BCS-Console ?
Do I have to create a Transactional Info Cube and then load this Consolidation Items Flat File into it? Then following from there, I specify this Transactional Info Cube in my Data Stream ? or
Is there a way, I can directly read the Flat File from SEM-BCS ?
I use the following Info Cubes as source to my Data Basis:-
 Data Target | Virtual InfoProvider
TOTAL RECORDS = 0BCS_C50 | 0ECCS_C05
DOCUMENTS = 0BCS_DS12 | 0BCS_VC12
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Message was edited by: John Mcluskey

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