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First of all, the new release is
generally available in mid-December, 2011 for both the Microsoft and NetWeaver platforms. All of the administration and user interfaces are new and improved and there are also significant feature enhancements as we will outline below. Note: the comments below only pertain to the SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for the
NetWeaver platform.
Administration is now performed more efficiently in a modern web client using Adobe Flex screens which feature easier, quicker, and more intuitive navigation steps.
The web client’s
Start Page is an attractive launchpad for users to access their
Activities, Library of reports and input forms as well as personalized
Workspaces.
The
Start Page also includes the
Consolidation Central’s all in one components such as the
Consolidation Monitor, data validation
Controls Monitor, the
Ownership Manager which replaces the dynamic hierarchy editor and the
Journal Landing area. Executing consolidation now takes less time with
Incremental Consolidation which only processes the changed data records
. Journals are administered from the web client exclusively and can now handle multiple period postings for example.
Consolidation Business Rules can be configured much faster via automatic drop down lists and copy and paste.
The
Excel Interface of the EPM add-in features a dynamic excel interface that can access data from both Planning and Consolidation platforms as well as BW and SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise. The
EPM Report Editor replaces the EVDRE builder, and features drag and drop report creation as well as
automatic member recognition that allows users to start a report by merely typing members into a cell. The
EPM Report Editor also features a robust style sheet, and easy to use sorting and filtering options.
EVDRE templates can still be used in the new release and they can also be migrated.
Precalculated
Books are now available for both printing as well as pdf output and can be viewed as single pdf’s or the easy to use
Book Viewer to do flash reporting on static data.
Transports are now be performed via the BW Transport Collector and support
granular transports by Model (Application) or Dimension for example rather than for the entire Environment (Appset).
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