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All Time (163 blogs)

Top Contributors, All Time: Pravin Datar (15), Sheldon Edelstein (15), James Lim (15), Muthu Ranganathan (13)

2012 (11 blogs)

Top Contributors, 2012: Rob Marshall (2), Muthu Ranganathan (2)

Blog Title Author Date BPC Topic Area
BPC 10.0 NW NetWeaver sizing Jens Koerner Mar 5, 2012 BPC 10.0, Sizing
Using the API in EPM 10.0 NW BPC Devon Abraham Feb 23, 2012 BPC 10.0, Excel, Reporting, VBA
Industry best practices drive better forecast accuracy with SAP planning solutions – CP Industry Muthu Ranganathan Feb 22, 2012 Best Practices, Consumer Packaged Goods
Business Planning with SAP BO BPC10 Ad van Tulder Feb 20, 2012 BPC 10.0 Overview
Business Objects Planning and Consolidation(BPC) - Data Push from BPC Cube to BW Cube through APD Chavi Jindal Feb 15, 2012 Data Manager, APD, BEx Query
Industry best practices drive better forecast accuracy with SAP planning solutions Muthu Ranganathan Feb 14, 2012 Best Practices
BPC 10 MS/NW - Sending and retrieving comments in an EPM Add-in input form Patrick Favre Jan 16, 2012 BPC 10.0, Reporting, EPMCopyRange
EPM Add-in report with multiple Categories in SAP BPC, version for Microsoft and NetWeaver 10 Rob Marshall Jan 16, 2012 BPC 10.0, Reporting
SAP BPC workspaces make for more productive finance team Richard Barrett Jan 9, 2012 BPC 10.0, Workspaces,Web Reporting
How to manage scope changes with SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.0, Version for SAP Netweaver Starter Kit for IFRS? Part 7 Fabienne Rojo Jan 5, 2012 IFRS Starter Kit, Internal merger between two subsidiaries
Rolling 12 Custom Measure in BPC 7.x, version for MS and NW Rob Marshall Jan 4, 2012 Reporting, Custom Measure

2011 (58 blogs)

Top Six Contributors, 2011: Archit Agrawal (7), Jens Koerner (7), James Lim (7), Fabienne Rojo (6), Richard Jabbour (5), Jim Link (5)

Blog Title Author Date BPC Topic Area
Looking for BPC demos, customer references, roadmaps, performance and sizing information, training, documentation or tips & tricks? Jens Koerner Dec 12, 2011 BPC links Summary
Optimized in-memory planning leveraging SAP HANA Bryan Katis Dec 10, 2011 Planning Roadmap, SAP HANA
EVDRE Memberset Selector in Treeview Ergin Ozturk Dec 2, 2011 Excel, Reporting, EVDRE, VBA
How to manage scope changes with SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.0, Version for SAP Netweaver Starter Kit for IFRS? Part 6 Fabienne Rojo Dec 2, 2011 IFRS Starter Kit, Loss of Controlling Ownership
BPC WebFolder maintenance program Daniel Jacinto Dec 2, 2011 Performance, Web Folders, Housekeeping
Moving from BW-IP to SAP HANA optimized planning with the new Planning Applications Kit Uwe Fischer Nov 28, 2011 SAP HANA, BW-IP, PAK, BPC License
Demystifying Financial Consolidation Part VII (Final Part) Archit Agrawal Nov 27, 2011 Consolidations, Equity Method
A Smorgasbord of BPC Goodness Jim Link Nov 22, 2011 Training
How to manage scope changes with SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.0, Version for SAP Netweaver Starter Kit for IFRS? Part 5 Fabienne Rojo Nov 7, 2011 IFRS Starter Kit, Step Acquisition
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation Version 10.0 Tim Soper Nov 1, 2011 BPC 10.0 Overview, Training
Demystifying Financial Consolidation Part VI Archit Agrawal Oct 24, 2011 Consolidations, Proportional Method
BPC Script logic for Dummies? (Final) James Lim Oct 20, 2011 Script Logic
If SAP allows it, why can’t BPC? Umesh Biyani Oct 14, 2011 Administration, Dimension Members
Installation Options for Business Objects Planning and Consolidation 10.0, version for Netweaver Sheldon Edelstein Oct 12, 2011 Installation, Architecture, Hardware, Landscape
BPC Script logic for Dummies? (Part 5) James Lim Oct 3, 2011 Script Logic
BPC Elite 10 Consolidations Handson in India Muthu Ranganathan Sep 30, 2011 Training
Demystifying Financial Consolidation Part V Archit Agrawal Sep 27, 2011 Consolidations, Purchase Method
Demystifying Financial Consolidation Part IV Archit Agrawal Sep 26, 2011 Consolidations, Acquisition Method
How to manage scope changes with SAP®BusinessObjectsTM Planning and Consolidation 10.0, Version for SAP Netweaver Starter Kit for IFRS? Part 4 Fabienne Rojo Sep 15, 2011 IFRS Starter Kit, Equity Divestitures
Demystifying Financial Consolidation Part III Archit Agrawal Sep 12, 2011 Consolidations, Minority Interest
EPM @ TechEd Las Vegas Jim Link Sep 9, 2011 Training
How to manage scope changes with SAP®BusinessObjectsTM Planning and Consolidation 10.0, Version for SAP Netweaver Starter Kit for IFRS? Part 3 Fabienne Rojo Sep 5, 2011 IFRS Starter Kit, Equity Acquisitions
Demystifying Financial Consolidation Part II Archit Agrawal Sep 1, 2011 Consolidations, Valuation, Goodwill
Demystifying Financial Consolidation Part I Archit Agrawal Aug 24, 2011 Consolidations, Acquisitions
SAP Change and Transport System for SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, version for Microsoft platform Robin Haettich Aug. 19, 2011 Transports, CTS, CHaRM
Ownership Manager System Generated Proposals from SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation 10.0, version for Netweaver Sheldon Edelstein Aug. 18, 2011 Consolidations, Ownership Manager
BPC 10 for NetWeaver Authentication Scenarios Daniel Settanni Aug. 17, 2011 Authentication, Single Sign On
BPC Script logic for Dummies? (Part 4) James Lim Aug. 12, 2011 Script Logic
BPC 10.0 NW hands-on sessions at SAP TechEd around the world - check out the new EPM10 look and touch key features Jens Koerner Aug. 9, 2011 Training, BPC 10.0 Overview
BPC Script logic for Dummies? (Part 3) James Lim Aug 4, 2011 Script Logic
How to manage scope changes with SAP®BusinessObjectsTM Planning and Consolidation 10.0, Version for SAP Netweaver Starter Kit for IFRS? Part 2 Fabienne Rojo Jul. 23, 2011 IFRS Starter Kit, Consolidations, Ownership, Disposal
BPC 10.0 NW MEGA Elite Enablement for over 100 Customers and Partners, Nov 14-18, 2011 in Philadelphia Jens Koerner Jul. 19, 2011 Training
Impact of Maintaining Debug Users in BPC NW G.Vijaya Kumar Jul 19, 2011 Authorizations, Debug Users
Debugging BPC 10 for NetWeaver Daniel Settanni Jul 13, 2011 Debugging
How to manage scope changes with SAP®BusinessObjectsTM Planning and Consolidation 10.0, Version for SAP Netweaver Starter Kit for IFRS? Part 1 Fabienne Rojo Jul. 4, 2011 IFRS Starter Kit, Consolidations, Ownership, Acquisition
Making The Case for Investing in Financial Excellence Geoff Maxwell Jul 1, 2011 Retail, Case Studies
10 Key Value add from SAP EPM 10 Muthu Ranganathan Jun. 27, 2011 EPM 10.0 Overview
BPC Elite is coming to Europe - Aug 1-5, 2011 in Walldorf Jens Koerner Jun 26, 2011 Training
OSS Note Reply - It is By Design ? Richard Jabbour Jun 23, 2011 Business Rules, Script Logic, Currency Translation
Comparision list of BPC Script Logic command between NW version and MS version James Lim Jun 21, 2011 Script Logic
BPC Script logic for Dummies? (Part 2) James Lim  Jun 20, 2011 Script Logic
Financial Reporting Cycle Close - SAP's Product Suite Sreekanth Jun. 15, 2011 Consolidations
BPC Script logic for Dummies? (Part 1) James Lim May 24, 2011 Script Logic
We need better Interpreters not a Bunch of Translators Richard Jabbour May 23, 2011 Migration, Business Rules, Script Logic
A Taste of What’s Coming in BPC 10.0 Jim Link May 15 2011 Architecture, UI, Security, Consolidations, AVA
BPC And Code - How Many Lines Of Code Will they Force Upon Us? Richard Jabbour May 3, 2011 ABAP, BAdI, Migration, Script Logic
BPC for Net Weaver - How Many Licks to the Center of a Tootsie Roll? Richard Jabbour May 3, 2011 Business Rules, Currency Conversion, Script Logic
Business Planning and Consolidation Security Migration MS to NW Richard Jabbour Apr 25, 2011 Migration, Security
SAPinsider BPC bootcamp in Chicago, Amsterdam and Philadelphia Jens Koerner Apr. 22, 2011 Training
EPM RIG BPC NW Elite Partner Training - Encore May 2-13, Palo Alto Jens Koerner Apr. 22, 2011 Training
BPC Comments via Excel Pop Up - How to and Comparison with other modes of commenting G.Vijaya Kumar Apr. 14, 2011 Excel, Reporting, Comments, EVCOM
BPC Elite partner training comes to Singapore Muthu Ranganathan Mar 30, 201 Training
Why the new script logic keyword - *WHEN_REF_DATA? Shoba V Mar. 21, 2011 Script Logic
The Little Known Avenue of Influence: The Customer Broadcast Series Jim Link Feb. 09, 2011 Influence, Idea Place, Enhancement Requests
EPM RIG BPC 7.5 NW Elite Partner Training Jens Koerner Jan. 24, 2011 Training
Use BPC Work Status to Enhance Your Budgeting and Planning Process Jim Link Jan. 13, 2011 Work Status, EVLCK, Best Practices
Master Data Volume and its impacts on BPC for NetWeaver Daniel Settanni Jan. 12, 2011 Administration, Dimension Members, Master Data, Performance
Rolling 12 Custom Measure in BPC 7.x, version for MS and NW Robert Marshall Jan. 4, 2011 Measure formula, MDX, UJA_MAINTAIN_MEASURE_FORMULA


2010 (45 blogs)

Top Six Contributors, 2010: Pravin Datar (7), James Lim (7), Sheldon Edelstein (4), Jeffrey Holdeman (4), Badrish Shriniwas (3), G.Vijaya Kumar (3)

Blog Title Author Date BPC Topic Area
Dependent Tasks in Business Planning and Consolidation 7.0 NW (BPC) G.Vijaya Kumar Dec. 31, 2010 Security
Tip on Using Data Manager Package IMPORT_USING_FTP in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for NetWeaver Jeffrey Holdeman Dec. 5, 2010 Data Manager, IMPORT_USING_FTP
A Checklist for BPC Projects Who Are Preparing for Using SAP Safeguarding Services Jeffrey Holdeman Dec. 3, 2010 Safeguarding, Debugging, Tracing
The SBOP PC Migration Situation Daniel Settanni Nov. 22, 2010 Migration, Training
Installation Options for SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation, version for Netweaver Sheldon Edelstein Nov. 15, 2010 Installation, Architecture, Hardware, Landscape
When the performance of BPC data manager package is not consisent. (EPM BPC Microsoft platform) James Lim Nov. 12, 2010 Data Manager, CXPACKET, Performance
Enhanced selections to load transactional data from any infoprovider Pravin Datar Nov. 5, 2010 Data Manager, Load InfoProvider
The Key Benefits of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation – BPC7.5 Curriculum and Certification Kenneth Schieffer Nov. 2, 2010 Education, Certification
While the Geeks Are Away, The Suits Can Still Play Jim Link Oct. 20, 2010 Excel, Reporting, Administration, Data Manager
Introducing – a Content Marketplace for SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation Pravin Datar Oct. 15, 2010 Installation, Best Practices, Content
Which EPM application is right for your planning and cost allocation needs? Jeffrey Holdeman Oct. 4, 2010 Script Logic, Allocation
Improve performance of your BPC NW scripts Gersh Voldman Sep. 29, 2010 Script Logic, Performance
Idea Place for BPC Enhancement Requests Lisa Strizzi Sep. 28, 2010 Idea Place, Enhancement Requests
How to create custom SSIS package for unlocking workstatus of selected base member without unlocking other workstatus of memebrs in SAP BPC (Microsoft Platform) James Lim Sep. 22, 2010 Data Manager, SSIS, Work Status
Discovering the hidden tables of SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation, version for Netweaver Sheldon Edelstein Sep. 20, 2010 Program UJ0_GET_GEN_TABNAME, DDIC, tables
Know your BPC - Attend TechEd 2010 Session BI164 Daniel Settanni Sep. 10, 2010 Education
Selection Screen in Tranformation file Anurodh Jindal Aug. 31, 2010 Data Manager, Transformation File
When to use the Write-back badi in BPC7.x NW Pravin Datar Aug. 27, 2010 Script Logic, BAdI, Disaggregation, Matrix Security
What makes a successful Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Solution? Tristan Colgate Jul. 31, 2010 Best Practices
How to restart BPC service automatically using scheduler (Microsoft platform) James Lim Jul. 30, 2010 Component Services, IIS, Restart, Troubleshooting
Do you want to become better BPC consultant ! Muthu Ranganathan Jul. 29, 2010 Education, SAP Press
Understanding how to Preserve Manually maintained Alternate Hierarchies with the new BPC Data Manager Package to Load from BW Hierarchies Scott Cairncross Jul. 26, 2010 Data Manager, IMPORT_IOBJ_HIER, BW Integration
What, when and how of Drill Through functionality in 7.5NW Pravin Datar Jun. 25, 2010 Excel, Reporting, Drill Through
How to debug 'Business Rule(Table Based Logic)' in BPC for Microsoft platform James Lim Jul. 22, 2010 Business Rules, Debugging
How to Setup Business Process Flow E-mail Notifications in SAP BPC 7.5 NW Jeffrey Holdeman Jun. 18, 2010 Business Process Flows, e-mail
HyperLink - Use of EVMNU function Anurodh Jindal Jun. 10, 2010 Excel, EvMNU
Optimization with Zero Elimination G.Vijaya Kumar Jun. 10, 2010 Data Manager, Optimize, BW Integration
Using Validation Rules for Conditional Execution Shoba V Jun. 2, 2010 Script Logic, Business Rules, Validation
How to create Dimension Formula in BPC 7M with SQL2008 James Lim Jun. 2, 2010 Dimension Formula, SQL2008
BPC Allocation Logic – Analyze results in Cube G.Vijaya Kumar May 8, 2010 Script Logic, Allocation, BW Integration
Reporting Plan and Actual values in BPC NW Pravin Datar May 4, 2010 Excel, Reporting, BW Integration
Why Run from Excel? Sonni Jacobsen Apr. 27, 2010 Excel, Reporting
BW Objects technical name changeability for SAP BO Planning and Consolidation, version for Netweaver Sheldon Edelstein Mar. 30, 2010 Data Model, Transport
What to expect in the business process flow functionality in 7.5NW Pravin Datar Mar. 29, 2010 Business Process Flows
SAP Education (North America)..."What Can Knowledge Accelerator Do for Me?" Kenneth Schieffer Mar. 19, 2010 Knowledge Accelerator, Education
We cannot cannot work without Excel ! Muthu Ranganathan Mar. 18, 2010 Excel, Reporting
Troubleshooting BPC NetWeaver Data Manager Packages Scott Cairncross Mar. 14, 2010 Data Manager, BAdI, Debugging
Why should user use Business Rule (Table Based Logic) instead of Script Logic in the SAP BPC? James Lim Mar. 8, 2010 Business Rules, Script Logic, Performance
Configuring validation business rules in BPC MS Badrish Shriniwas Feb. 26, 2010 Business Rules, Validation
What you should know about transports in BPC7.xNW Pravin Datar Feb. 17, 2010 Transports
Configuring Work Status Feature in BPC (Part 2) Badrish Shriniwas Feb. 17, 2010 Work Status
Configuring Work Status Feature in BPC (Part 1) Badrish Shriniwas Feb. 16, 2010 Work Status
How to do Drill-Through BW data from BPC MS 7 and BPC NW 7 James Lim Feb. 5, 2010 Excel, Reporting, Drill Through, BW Integration
BI and EPM come together in the 7.5 release of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation David Williams Jan. 28, 2010 BusinessObjects, BI Tools
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation version for Netweaver - Deleting an Appset Sheldon Edelstein Jan. 20, 2010 AppSet, Delete, UJS_ACTVIVATE_CONTENT,Transport


2009 (28 blogs)

Top Five Contributors, 2009: Pravin Datar (6), Sheldon Edelstein (5), Arpan Chowdhury (5), Jeffrey Holdeman (3), Seongbae Kim (3)

Blog Title Author Date BPC Topic Area
Why do some users complain BPC 5.X ? James Lim Dec. 16, 2009 Performance, SQL2005, SQL2008
RUNALLOCATION - a worked example to accompany SAP Note 1413180 Jeffrey Holdeman Dec. 14, 2009 Script Logic, Allocation
Using JavaScript in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for Netweaver Sheldon Edelstein Dec. 7, 2009 Data Manager, Conversion File,JavaScript
How to achieve zebra formatting in a BPC for Excel report Jeffrey Holdeman Nov. 10, 2009 Excel, Reporting, EvDRE
More ways to manage security in BPC7NW Pravin Datar Oct. 16, 2009 Security
Scale BPC Report Data using EvDRE Formatting Jeffrey Holdeman Oct. 15, 2009 Excel, EvDRE, Reporting
BPC: NW - Reporting Strategy in exisiting SAP BW customers Arpan Chowdhury Sep. 30, 2009 Reporting, BW Integration
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidations, version for Netweaver: DESTINATION_APP "How To" Guide Sheldon Edelstein Sep. 9, 2009 Script Logic, BAdI
SAP BPC 5.1 and 7.0 for MS platform in MS SQL Reporting Service part 1 – common troubles Seongbae Kim Sep. 2, 2009 Reporting Services, Troubleshooting
Automate execution of any Data Manager package Pravin Datar Aug. 28, 2009 Data Manager, Program UJD_TEST_PACKAGE, Answer Prompt
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidations (SAP BPC NW) Tips -6 Allocations Sheldon Edelstein Aug. 21, 2009 Script Logic, Allocation
New measure formula for BPC 5.1 and 7 for MS platform under Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Seongbae Kim Jul. 9, 2009 Measure Formula, SQL2005
Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC) Tips -5 Hidden Park-n-Go Cache Sheldon Edelstein Jul. 1, 2009 Excel, Reporting, Park-n-Go
Make use of the new gatekeeper - BPC Validations Pravin Datar Jun. 17, 2009 Validations
BPC 7M, Migrations and Upgrades Petar Daniel Jun. 12, 2009 Migration, Upgrade
Monitor BPC 5.1 and 7.0 MS data sending status via Windows Performance Monitor Seongbae Kim Jun. 3, 2009 Monitor, Performance
Loading transactional data from any infocube to BPC Application in BPC7NW Pravin Datar Apr. 16, 2009 Data Manager, Transformation Files, Conversion Files, BW Integration
SAP – BPC: Implementation Lesson Learnt Part – 5. Arpan Chowdhury Apr. 8, 2009 Best Practices
SAP – BPC: Implementation Lesson Learnt Part – 4. Arpan Chowdhury Apr. 7, 2009 Best Practices
SAP – BPC: Implementation Lesson Learnt Part – 3. Arpan Chowdhury Mar. 14, 2009 Best Practices
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation - evDRE formatting Laura DiTomasso Mar. 9, 2009 Excel, Reporting, EvDRE
BOBJ Planning and Consolidations, Netweaver Sheldon Edelstein Mar. 5, 2009 Script Logic
SAP – BPC: Implementation Lesson Learnt Part – 2. Arpan Chowdhury Mar. 2, 2009 Best Practices
Debugging with BPC7NW Pravin Datar Feb. 27, 2009 Architecture, Debugging, Server Manager
Blogging for BPC 7, for Microsoft frontier Petar Daniel Feb. 17, 2009 Migration
SAP – BPC: Implementation Lesson Learnt Part – 1. Arpan Chowdhury Feb. 12, 2009 Best Practices
Running BPC process chains within non-BPC process chains Pravin Datar Jan. 26, 2009 Data Manager, Program UJD_TEST_PACKAGE, BW Integration
SAP BPC 5.1 : Heuristic Installation Rasim MANAVOGLU Jan. 26, 2009 Installation


2008 (14 blogs)

Top Three Contributors, 2008: Sheldon Edelstein (4), Laura DiTomasso (3), Pravin Datar (2)

Blog Title Author Date BPC Topic Area
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation - why you need it now more than ever. Laura DiTomasso Dec. 31, 2008 Best Practices
Conversations regarding the importance of dynamic reportin (Part III) Laura DiTomasso Nov. 20, 2008 Excel, Reporting, EvDRE
Conversation regarding the importance of Dynamic Reporting (Part II) Laura DiTomasso Nov. 20, 2008 Excel, Reporting, EvDRE
SAP’s Consolidation Application Strategy: Clearing the Air James Fisher Nov. 13, 2008 Consolidations, Roadmap
The Conundrum of Time Dimension Pravin Datar Oct. 28, 2008 Data Model, Dimension, Time
A reservation of a different kind – why, what and how of BPC namespace Pravin Datar Oct. 06, 2008 Architecture, Installation, BW Integration
Beyond BPC Roadmap-Part I S Ganesan Sep. 15, 2008 Terminology, Data Model, Roadmap
SAP's definitive strategy for planning technologies moving forward: What's the word on BPC, BI-IP and SRC? Ryan Leask Jun. 24, 2008 Architecture, BW Integration
Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC) Tips -4 Sheldon Edelstein Apr. 23, 2008 Excel, Macros
Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC) Tips -3 Sheldon Edelstein Apr. 21, 2008 Script Logic, *REC
Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC) Tips -2 Sheldon Edelstein Apr. 18, 2008 Excel, EvLST, EvSet
Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC) Tips -1 Sheldon Edelstein Apr. 17, 2008 Excel, Forms
Optimize Capex Planning with SAP Business Planning Muthu Ranganathan Jan. 31, 2008 CAPEX
Linking to EVDRE data in SAP BPC Excel Glenn Chamuel Jan. 11, 2008 Excel, Reporting, EvDRE, =INDIRECT


2007 (7 blogs)

Top Three Contributors, 2007: Muthu Ranganathan (5), Laura DiTomasso (1), Scott Cairncross (1)

Blog Title Author Date BPC Topic Area
Understanding BPC Terminology in a NetWeaver World Scott Cairncross Nov. 19, 207 Data Model, BW Integration, Education
Conversation regarding the importance of Dynamic Reporting (Part I) Laura DiTomasso Oct. 4, 2007 Excel, Reporting, EvDRE
Finance owned and managed SAP CPM – Part V Muthu Ranganathan Oct. 24, 2007 Excel, Reporting
Finance owned and managed SAP CPM – Part IV Muthu Ranganathan Sep. 26, 2007 Administration, Security, Data Manager
Finance owned and managed SAP CPM – Part III Muthu Ranganathan Sep. 12, 2007 Administration, Business Process Flows
Finance owned and managed SAP CPM – Part II Muthu Ranganathan Aug. 31, 2007 Administration
Finance owned and managed SAP CPM – Part I Muthu Ranganathan Aug. 25, 2007 Administration


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