Bi-kipedia SAP BPC Concurrent Lock A setting that can be applied to an application to prevent users from sending data to the same data intersection at the same time. Thursday, 7 August 2014
Bi-kipedia SAP BPC Connection wizard The connection wizard provides a way to set defaults in your BPC connection settings. You need to go through the connection wizard to make it possible to connect to BPC (first time) or to refresh the list of appsets you have access to. Thursday, 7 August 2014
Bi-kipedia SAP BPC Validation Rules By using business rules, specific validation accounts can be created to assure data quality checks. For instance, asset equals liabilities + equity by creating a validation account: asset-(liabilities+equity) Thursday, 7 August 2014
Bi-kipedia SAP BPC Conversion file Conversion files are used when importing data from an external source. They define the mapping (by dimensions) from external member names to internal member names. They also provide the ability to perform arithmetic and rounding on data as it is converted. You create one conversion file per dimension in a transformation. Thursday, 7 August 2014
Bi-kipedia SAP BPC Current view The current view represents the dimensions that are included in the application and also the members used in the current display of a live report. In V10 we refer to Context. Thursday, 7 August 2014
Bi-kipedia SAP BPC Custom Menu A custom menu is a portal-like page that summarizes a business process and links to important information used in that process. A custom menu facilitates the use of the planning/consolidation tool by providing links to input schedules, packages and reports Thursday, 7 August 2014
Bi-kipedia SAP BPC Data download The download function allows you to move files from the Data Files folder on the server to your local hard drive Thursday, 7 August 2014
Bi-kipedia SAP BPC Data Manager Data Manager is a Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) module that helps you move data in to BPC, as well as copy or move data within and across applications. In addition to allowing you to move and copy data, Data Manager supports mapping and complex transformations of data. Thursday, 7 August 2014
Bi-kipedia SAP BPC Default formulas Whenever you send data or launch a package, the default formulas will run as well. It is important to not put too many in default, otherwise the system will become slower. Thursday, 7 August 2014
Bi-kipedia SAP BPC Dimension A dimension consists of members. If the members of a dimension are arranged in a hierarchical order, the relationship between members is described with terms such as Parent, Child, and Sibling.Dimensions are the building blocks or your application or model and consists out of dimension members. Some are mandatory such as category, entity, time, account. This also depends the application type. Thursday, 7 August 2014