Is there a Data Model in BW for Financial Reporting?

Hi,
I am required to integrate a non-SAP Financial application to SAP BW. I am wondering if there exists a Data Model in SAP BW that supports out of the box canned reports. This will help me target the interface design to feed the existing Data Model. Any pointers to this Data Model and list of canned reports would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Nitin

Have you looked at the BI content:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/EN/65/7beb3cad744026e10000000a11405a/frameset.htm
This will link to an R3 backend but it will give you an idea of what can be done?

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Clarification above issue
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Edited by: msreddy08 on Sep 10, 2009 6:27 AM
Edited by: msreddy08 on Sep 10, 2009 6:39 AM

Dear Sudhakar,
salaries cost booked in administrative cost center with primary cost element salary a/c
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Please explain the activity cost against salay amount ..

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We are faced with a design question that has become somewhat difficult and we need some help. We want to be able to compare side-by-side actual measures with their corresponding objectives/targets. Sounds simple. But, our objectives are static (not able to be aggregated) with multi-dimensionality and multi-levels. We need some best practice tips on how to design our data model and repository properly so that we can see the objective/target for a measure regardless of the dimensions that are used in the criteria and regardless of the level.
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