Integrated Planning Best Practices

Folks -
Does anyone have or know if there is a SAP BEst Practices White Paper, addressing Modelling, Planning Objects, and other design considerations, etc..for Integrated Planning
I am not looking to install SAP Best Practices buidling blocks etc.
All I am looking for is a white paper.
Will reward of course.

Hi Abhi,
BI Integrated Planning is still too new. However, you can take the lessons learned and best practices for BW (data modeling) and for BPS (planning models) which also apply for BI-IP in a very similar way.
Regards,
Marc
SAP NetWeaver RIG

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