Title: SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning for Finance
Description: Table of Contents
Part I: Planning and the Evolution of SAP Planning Software 
1. An Overview of Business Planning ... 27 
... 1.1 Concepts in Business Planning ... 28 
... 1.2 Evolution of Planning Software in SAP systems ... 37 
... 1.3 The Role of IT in Developing a Planning Application ... 47 
... 1.4 Summary ... 49 

Part II: Developing Planning Applications Using SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning 
2. Introduction to SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning .... 53 
... 2.1 Objects Used in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 54 
... 2.2 Extracting, Transforming, and Loading Data in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 57 
... 2.3 Reporting in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 62 
... 2.4 SAP Business Content ... 63 
... 2.5 Planning Framework in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 64 
... 2.6 High-level Overview for Creating a Planning Application ... 66 
... 2.7 Modeling Considerations in Planning ... 71 
... 2.8 Case Study for Financial Planning ... 75 
... 2.9 Building the Data Model in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 80 
... 2.10 Summary ... 130 

3. SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning - Configuring a Financial Application ... 131 
... 3.1 SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning Prerequisites ... 132 
... 3.2 SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning and the Planning Modeler ... 133 
... 3.3 Creating and Configuring a Planning Application ... 135 
... 3.4 Characteristic Relationships ... 191 
... 3.5 Data Slices ... 195 
... 3.6 Settings ... 198 
... 3.7 Summary ... 199 

4. SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning - User Interface ... 201 
... 4.1 Reporting Tools in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 201 
... 4.2 Creating an Input-Enabled Query for Planning ... 206 
... 4.3 Creating a Planning Application User Interface Using the BEx Analyzer ... 212 
... 4.4 Creating a Planning Application User Interface Using the BEx Web Application Designer ... 226 
... 4.5 Analysis of Gross Profit Margin ... 238 
... 4.6 Summary ... 241 

Part III: Developing Planning Applications 
5. Essential Tools for Developing SAP NetWeaver BI Planning Applications ... 245 
... 5.1 Locking ... 246 
... 5.2 Status and Tracking System (STS) Application ... 253 
... 5.3 Authorization ... 272 
... 5.4 Transporting Planning Objects ... 286 
... 5.5 Retraction ... 290 
... 5.6 Performance Monitoring and Analysis ... 294 
... 5.7 Summary ... 296 

6. SAP NetWeaver BI Integrated Planning 
... 6.1 SAP ASAP Methodology ... 297 
... 6.2 Best Practices for Project Implementation ... 299 
... 6.3 Summary ... 301 

A. Author Biography ... 305 
B. Sources and Further Reading ... 307 
... B.1 Sources ... 307 
... B.2 Further Reading ... 307 
C. Glossary ... 309
Subjects: Business intelligence, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence, Finanzmanagement, SAP Netweaver (Computer file), Computer software