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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary...3 Business Scenario .4 Data Load Scenarios ...5 Building Blocks....6 Dimensions........9 Model .....10 EPM Ad-In Excel...12 Data File Upload...15 Create Conversion File .......17 Create Transformation File .....20 Add Package(s) ....27 Run Package(s) .30 Report ....40 Disclaimer....45
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Executive Summary:
This how-to-guide is to illustrate the detailed steps to load Transactional Data from Flat Files to BPC NW 10.0 We will use the front end web user interface and the Data Manager in EPM Office Add-in for Excel.
Assumptions:
We assume the user is familiar with user interface of BPC and BW. All required Dimensions and Model is in place.
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Business Scenario:
We often deal with data from multiple sources. Most common source of data we process is from ASCII flat files. The files could be delimited by COMMA, TAB etc In our case we will be working with COMMA separated file. We will be working with Financial Model.
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Note: We will be covering scenario 5 in this exercise. You may repeat this for each scenario.
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Building Blocks:
Dimensions Model Properties Data File (csv) Data Manager Packages Report
Data Model for Sales Revenue Planning {by Region, Customer, Product, Product Parts, Product Group, Product Family}:
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Initial/Home Screen:
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Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Verify required DIMs: From the Home screen, click on Planning and Consolidation Administration, click on Dimensions
From the Home screen, click on Planning and Consolidation Administration, click on Models
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Note: Since we are creating the model from a Blank Model, we must add required packages.
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Navigate to the Data File and Save it in EXAMPLS folder (be consistent with naming):
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Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Data Preview after Uploading the file. Select Source file Type to Delimited and Select a delimiter to COMMA:
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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From Conversion Menu, Choose Validate Conversion File Option, this prompts you for the name (do not add the file extension):
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Transformation File (with 1 Conversion File with Multiple Conversion Sheets Highlighted):
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Note: Before Validating Transformation, system will prompt for a Data File. Even it is an Optional step, please choose the file and you do not need to worry about errors later while running package.
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Output Screen, Save results within Transformation File (OUTPUT1 Sheet) or as a TEXT file:
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Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Add required Package(s): Since our Model was created from a Blank Model, we must add necessary Packages (BR & LS) as needed.
PACKAGE List Under Organize Organize Package List: Add Package Group
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Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Select the Package you want to Run from Run Package Menu:
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Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Run Package From Data Manager Menu/Ribbon Choose the PKG and Click Run button (previous slide):
Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Validate the load Select EPM menu and Click on New Report:
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Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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For each DIM, choose the proper value for the report:
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Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Report Layout (no data), re-run this report after Data PKG completes successfully:
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Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell
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Data File:
Conversion File:
Transformation File:
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Author: Satya Vipperla SAP BPC Consultant SAP EPM Community Member Satya17@gMail.com
Chief Architect: A SAP EPM Community Service Jothi Periasamy SAP HANA/EPM/BI/EIM Community Leader 01/01/2012 SAP BPC/BOBJ/BI/MDM Community Domain Champion Joesaran@gmail.com , (916)-296-0228 - Cell