SAP BPC Advice

Dear Gurus,
Recently I was going through one of the SAP Certification (SAP Business Planing and Consolidation). I
am working as a SAP B1 Techno Functional Consultant and would like to take my skills to one step further.
Is the BI Package integrative with SAP B-One and what is the market value of the product.
Your advice will be invaluable.
Faisal

You could modify your custom package to perform all the steps thru BPC import and have the user initiate the Package from the BPC Data Manager. You would just need to add a MODIFYSCRIPT variable (see the standard IMPORT package as an example) and add the BPC tasks required to Convert/Load that data your package already prepares.
I have had prior success having a custom package initiated from within the BPC Data Manager extract data from an external data source (ie: Oracle), use user provided runtime input to customize data extraction parameters, manipulate the extracted data, and import it into BPC.
Unfortunately I've never attempted to initiate a BPC task without the package being initiated from within BPC. But I would surmise that if you provide the proper values for the individual BPC Tasks (ie: Convert and Load) required properties (ie: AppSet, App, User,...), I cannot think why it would not work.

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I am an experienced Microsoft BI User, but am new to SAP BPC.
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Hi Expert,
We are using SAP BPC 7.5 NW SP 15, we use admin and client in spanish language see image attached
All users see through BPC CLIENT for Excel in spanish mode both ID and descriptions but when we added new user it can´t, just it can see ID member. We refresh Dim Cache member from client side but nothing happens.
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Hi Roberto,
thanks for your anwser
We checked though BW and saw it that long descriptions were set in Spanish language key which is the same language as BPC for Excel was openend.
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Hello, Masters in BPC
I have just create mention and want to input data, I used maintain dimension members CUSTOMER in SAP BPC but It seem not effect although I press Process dimension already and I open excel and paste data also saved them already. When I open other dimension and reopen CUSTOMER but nothing is shown.
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Dear Raju,
Yes, I did it some times but nothing is happen,
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Does anybody have experience running SAP BPC 5.1 on a virtual server?
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Dear all,
I am seeking documents or step by step guide on SAP BPC overview and SECURITY authorisation?
can someone advice where I can locate this information from?
thanks all,

http://service.sap.com/instguidescpm-bpc
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/wiki?path=/x/zb4
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Reports from SAP BPC NW 7.5

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I installed the SAP Business Object Extended Analytic Analyzer hoping to integrate the Xcelsius in SAP BPC MS 7.5
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FIM was designed especially for exchange data betweeen different SAP product.
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I hope this will help you.
Kind Regards
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I have some basic questions as below, could you please answer?
1) Can we create Excel Reports from Excel interface (EPM Add-in)?
2) Once we create the Unified model, can we see this unified model in BW? as a cube?
3) How to make Unified model in to Auditable status? Currently my unified model is showing RED dot under Auditable status. Will it show GREEN if its Auditable ?
4) I am trying to create Input Template. I have navigated through "LIBRARY"-->"Input Forms" and then I have given input form name and Model name. But the "next" button is disabled because..its shows empty "No Data" for Name: and InforProvide. Its has "Search", "History", "All" options.
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For information on how to create a unified model please follow below link
SAP BPC 10.1 'unified' live demo: Chapter 03 - BPC model
Auditable Feature
SAP BPC 10.1 'unified' live demo: Chapter 06 - Auditing
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SAP BPC 10.1 'unified' live demo: Chapter 07 - Input form

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Posted: Mar 18, 2009 12:46 PM in response to: David Fletcher Reply
OK then, now v7sp03 for microsoft has hit the shelves, you can change the logo !!!
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