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Accelerated Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) Reporting Using Virtual InfoProvider Jeffrey Holdeman January 2013

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Accelerated CO-PA Reporting Using Virtual InfoProvider Agenda 1 2 3 Overview Current Challenges Description and Features Benefits Implementation Setup Execution Wrap Up Further Information Q & A 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 3

Accelerated CO-PA Reporting Using Virtual InfoProvider Overview Current Challenges Description and Features Benefits

Challenges in Finance and Controlling Process performance Running reports is performance intensive and at certain times in the month impact period end closing runtimes Data volumes Challenged by large volumes of data Speed of analysis and reporting Lack of easy access to finance and controlling data results in poor cost control Poor productivity Currently many period end closes involve laborious and time consuming processes 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 6

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Accelerated CO-PA Reporting Using Virtual InfoProvider What is it? Description and Features Description InfoProvider that permits analysis and reporting of the Profitability Analysis data with the BI Suite of Tools The system automatically and dynamically creates the InfoProvider and the corresponding InfoObjects using the definition of the CO-PA Operating Concern The VIP is created in the embedded BW platform within the ERP system Acceleration through SAP HANA What is it? Features Offers a modern reporting interface using the SAP BusinessObjects reporting tools or Business Explorer (BEx) queries directly against the CO-PA data Transaction KEIP Avoid the need for modeling of the InfoProvider in the Data Warehousing Workbench (RSA1) Works for both types of Profitability Analysis: Costing-based and/or Account-based Does not require loading of data into a separate SAP Business Warehouse Using CO-PA Accelerator performance gains from HANA What it is not? The the Virtual InfoProvider does not address Enterprise Data Warehouse use cases, so CO-PA reporting in a separate SAP BW instance may still be recommended. 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 8

Virtual Info Provider Gateway to modern UIs, reporting directly on ERP data Dashboards Ad-hoc OLAP Analysis Reporting Virtual Info Provider Exploration How do I turn data into pixel-perfect formatted reports for greater insight? How do I visualize key performance indicators for better decision making? How do I answer ad hoc questions and interact with shared information? How do I uncover trends from historical data and make possible better forecasts? How do I find immediate answers to business questions? 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 10

Accelerated CO-PA Reporting Using Virtual InfoProvider Summary of Benefits Summary of Benefits Automatic VIP generation in the embedded BW within the ERP system Access to modern UI and BI reports directly on ERP data in near real time Ability to use VIP from Business Explorer (Bex) without separate BW system Report acceleration by reading data from SAP HANA in-memory database Minimal setup of authorizations in SAP HANA Studio needed Reuse master data and authorizations existing within ERP No SLT replication of master data into SAP HANA required Avoid data modeling in Information Composer or SAP HANA Studio or BW Data Workbench 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11

Accelerated CO-PA Reporting Using Virtual InfoProvider Implementation Setup Execution

SAP CO-PA Virtual InfoProvider Application Source Code Transaction KEIP is used to generate the CO-PA Virtual InfoProvider This function is delivered with the following Support Packages in the standard ERP system: SAP ERP System ERP 6.0 Enhancement Package Support Package SP21 ERP 6.0 EHP2 SP11 ERP 6.0 EHP3 SP10 ERP 6.0 EHP4 SP11 ERP 6.0 EHP5 SP08 ERP 6.0 EHP6 SP02 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 13

SAP Notes for CO-PA Virtual InfoProvider SAP Note 1627285 CO-PA Virtual InfoProvider SAP Note 1679108 Error in the case of hierarchies in Virtual InfoProvider SAP Note 1709531 KEIP Error R7 024 when generating Virtual InfoProvider 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 14

SAP HANA CO-PA Accelerator Virtual InfoProvider 1 KEIP Generate Virtual InfoProvider 2 RSA1 Data Warehouse Workbench 3 4 Business Explorer Query Designer SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Excel 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15

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Accelerated CO-PA Reporting Using Virtual InfoProvider Wrap Up Further Information Q & A

Accelerated CO-PA Reporting Using Virtual InfoProvider Further Information Product Information: SAP Note 1559994 Profitability Analysis with Accelerated CO-PA SAP Note 1632506 SAP ERP RDS for profitability analysis with SAP HANA SAP HANA CO-PA Accelerator Quick Guide SMP http://service.sap.com/rds-hana-copa http://www.saphana.com/ Resources HANA Solutions RDS COPA Accelerator SAP Help on Profitability Analysis Blogs: Further Information SCN: http://scn.sap.com/people/jeffrey.holdeman/content 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 22

SAP CO-PA Accelerator Source Code The CO-PA Accelerator source code is delivered with the following Support Packages in the standard ERP system: SAP ERP System Enhancement Package Support Package SAP ABAP Basis ERP 6.0 SP21 7.00 SP 26 ERP 6.0 EHP2 SP11 7.00 SP 26 ERP 6.0 EHP3 SP10 7.00 SP 26 ERP 6.0 EHP4 SP10 7.00 SP 10 ERP 6.0 EHP5 SP06 7.00 SP 09 ERP 6.0 EHP6 SP01 7.00 SP 01 Also required is SAP Kernel 7.20 (or 7.20 EXT) with at least patch level 90 and at least HANA DBSL patch level 92 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 23

Thank you Contact information: Jeffrey Holdeman Product Expert Database and Technology (D&T) SAP HANA SAP Financials and CO-PA Accelerator Customer Solution Adoption (CSA) Technology and Innovation Platform (TIP) SAP Labs, LLC 3010 Highland Parkway, Suite 900 Downers Grove, IL 60515 Jeffrey.Holdeman@sap.com

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Accelerated Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) Reporting Using Virtual InfoProvider. Jeffrey Holdeman January 2013