role of IP

[Former Member]

hello folks ,

BI has tremendous options for analysis.

how does IP play a vital role in BI ?

tJ

[Former Member]

Hi.....

What is IP

„ BI integrated planning is a part of SAP NetWeaver BI, which is SAPu2019s platform for business

analysis.

„ BI integrated planning is a generic planning tool that supports various types of strategic and

operational planning and allows planning at any level of detail.

„ User interfaces and business rules may be defined to meet the needs of any type of plan when

structuring a model in a company.

„ BI integrated planning provides convenient and easy-to-use process support.

„ BI integrated planning provides tools that close the gaps between operational processes by loading

and distributing from and to transactional systems.

„ In SAP NetWeaver, BI is the central integrated data storage area for information from distributed

and heterogeneous sources. Data can be collected from source systems and structured. Plans and

analyses can be created on the basis of this data.

„ Integrated planning is located in different areas:

y Data Warehouse: the plan data is stored in real-time InfoCubes in the Data Warehouse. Plan data

can also be extracted and stored in the Data Warehouse or transferred on to other systems via

retraction. Open Hub or XI in SAP NetWeaver provide further options for forwarding on data.

y BI Platform: the data model and planning functions are modeled for BI integrated planning in

the Planning Modeler.

y Business Explorer Suite: the Business Explorer Suite contains the majority of the surfaces

available for BI integrated planning. In addition to this, the Visual Composer is also available in

SAP NetWeaver for building BI cockpits. Furthermore, plans can be distributed throughout the

company using Information Broadcasting.

„ BI Integrated Planning allows:

a)Integrated design time tools: BEx Query Designer and BEx WAD are used to create analysis

and planning applications.

b) Integrated planning and analysis engine -> OLAP services such as drill-down, hierarchies,

calculated key figures and so on can also be used in planning. In addition, data entries are

supported in the BEx Analyzer.

c) Shared runtime and shared metadata for planning and analysis.

„ The Planning Modeler is a Web-based modeling environment for all tasks related to planning.

„ The master data and the transaction data for BI integrated planning is stored in the Enterprise Data

Warehouse.

„ The Analytical Engine (OLAP and planning-specific services) is responsible for formatting the plan

data and for executing the planning functions. The planning functions are created in the Planning

Modeler.

„ The BEx tools (BEx Query Designer, BEx Web and BEx Analyzer) are available for manual data

entry and for creating the planning applications.

„ You can use Information Broadcasting to distribute the planning applications. In addition to this,

there is also a Status and Tracking System available for process management and status monitoring.

Check this.....

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/00915d56-1e31-2a10-6785-e8b5c411...

Hope this helps.........

Regards,

Debjani....

[Former Member]

Hi Tom,

Here is a good blog with presentation on how IP as a tool helped a company in its planning.

The experience of implementation and presentation was good.

/people/community.user/blog/2007/08/20/sap-netweaver-bi-integrated-planning--overview-and-customer-experience

Regards,

Sunmit.

[Former Member]

Hi

Check thse threads...