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9 months ago ::
Sep 15, 2011 - 11:24AM
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Planning for EPM:
What does Release 10.0 mean for your current SAP business analytics?
An exclusive Q&A with EPM & BPC expert Scott Cairncross How will BPC and the other applications in the EPM suite - Strategy Management, Profitability and Cost Management, Consolidation, and Spend & Supply Chain – affect your SAP system landscape and current business analytics? Ask your EPM 10.0 questions in a one-hour Q&A with expert Scott Cairncross TODAY, September 27 from 1:00-2:00pm EDT here in the Financials Forum. To post your question for Scott, first log in to Insider Learning Network, and select the “Post Reply” button below. Then join the discussion today from 1:00-2:00pm EDT. Scott will post his answers in the Forum thread. If you have not yet registered for today's Q&A, register today and you'll also receive access to a Checklist for Migrating or Re-Implementing BPC from Scott’s presentation at BPC Bootcamp, “Key Considerations for BPC Adoption and Data Migration.” If you are not yet an Insider Learning Network member, join today! Sponsored by 
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Kristine Erickson
on Oct 17, 2011 - 10:19AM
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9 months ago ::
Sep 20, 2011 - 2:57PM
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Is there any "SWAG matrix/factor" for planning the level of effort for "moving" from SAP BPC MS 7.5 to 10.0 given X number of Applications, associated dimensions, Reports, Input templates, etc. etc.
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8 months ago ::
Sep 27, 2011 - 12:53PM
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Hi Larry, There is not a matrix as of yet that gives you an exact level of difficulty in your migration to BPC 10.0 Microsoft. Moving from BPC 7.5 Microsoft to BPC 10.0 Microsoft is considered an upgrade as the 10 version is on the same platform and does not have major architectural changes as the BPC BPC NW 10 release does. Currently EVDRE functionality is added to the new EPM 10.0 Add-In and should run all existing reports in a similar fashion to how reports work in the BPC 7.x for Excel Client. There is a migration tool to update EVDRE reports to the new EPM Report Definition's as well. The level of difficulty in performing these migrations is dependent on the amount of customization in reports. This set of migration tools and EVDRE support is included with the Add-In, the latest patch was released on 9/21/2011. I hope this is helpful. Cheers, Scott
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8 months ago ::
Sep 27, 2011 - 12:57PM
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Welcome to today's Q&A on EPM and BPC. In this one-hour forum, we invite you to ask EPM expert Scott Cairncross your questions on BPC and the next steps for preparing your systems for implementation and integration with SAP Enterprise Performance Management. To post a question, please be sure to first log in to Insider Learning Network. (If you are not yet a member, sign in here.) Then click the "Post Reply" button below to enter your questions. Questions have already come in to the forum, and Scott will be responding to these shortly and will post his answers directly in the forum thread. Be sure to refresh your browser to see the latest posts. Thanks for joining us today, Scott!
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8 months ago ::
Sep 27, 2011 - 1:08PM
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is SAP EPM suite has good intergration with Ms. Excel similar with Hyperion Essbase's function?
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8 months ago ::
Sep 27, 2011 - 1:09PM
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Scott, Can you comment on the usage of custom measures in BPC 10.0? I seem to remember reading that custom measures will no longer be supported in BPC 10.0. Is this correct? We make extensive use of custom measures for reporting. Also, will there be any change on the principle of storing one key figure field per application and relying on measures to interpret the value in the field (YTD vs. Periodic vs. custom..) Thanks, Kristy & Peter - PetSmart.
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8 months ago ::
Sep 27, 2011 - 1:10PM
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How can I obtain a copy of the "BPC Bootcamp" document that was referred to when registering for this session?
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8 months ago ::
Sep 27, 2011 - 1:13PM
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How can I obtain a copy of the "BPC Bootcamp" document that was referred to when registering for this session?
Hi Sandee, Thanks for joining us today. You'll receive a link to the download in the confirmation email that is sent to you upon registering. If you have any problems, please don't hesitate to contact me directly here. Cheers,
Kristine Erickson
Insider Learning Network editor
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8 months ago ::
Sep 27, 2011 - 1:13PM
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Just a reminder to please refresh your browser to see the latest posts!
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8 months ago ::
Sep 27, 2011 - 1:14PM
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Marcos, Hi, yes there is good integration with MS Excel however the method of integration in the BPC 10 EPM add-in is different from how the prior BPC for Excel client integrated. It has a great deal more drag and drop capabilities than the previous client. Reports are not range driven as they were before they are configured using drag and drop as you would see inside of the Extended Analytics Analyzer. Cheers, Scott
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