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Using the Python RFA function in PaPM to calculate the difference between two dates

2023-12-28T12:19:40+01:00

Introduction :

SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) Remote Function Adapter offers you the capability to use powerful coding language like Python and JavaScript.

This blog will help you understand and configure how to make use of the Python function and code a simple logic to calculate the difference between two dates using a Python library in PaPM

Challenge :

I am sure that you must have faced this nagging question of how to calculate difference between two dates irrespective of the technology that you must be working on. To solve this, you have to first convert the date fields into date formats and then write logics to calculate the difference between the two dates.

In SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM), i too faced this challenge, specially when my source data was in STRING format as compared to DATE format.

Solution :

As usual, I tried to overcome this challenge by using a CALCULATE function but for this, I had to first convert the STRING data type to DATE by using TO_DATE function. Now this is a tried and tested methodology but I thought to myself why not try something different and that is when i was encouraged to look at the Python function type from the Remote Function Adapter family in SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM).

Create two date type fields 'Start Date' (STR_DATE) and 'End Date' (END_DATE' in your environment and create a Model Table called as 'Dates Data' with these fields and populate it with some date entries as shown below: -

Created a field called as NUM_DAYS (Number of Days) in the environment.

Created a Remote Function Adapter - Python - 'Date Difference' and linked it with the Model Table 'Dates Data' as shown below

Now comes the interesting part :).
1. In the Python function 'Date Difference' , select the Input and assign the source model table, in this case 'Dates Data' to link the model table with the python function as shown below
2. In the 'Signature', select the
  1. 'Start Date' and 'End Date' fields (which are from your model table 'Dates Data' as part of 'Selection'
  2. 'Number of Days' field (which you created earlier in the environment (step 2)) as part of 'Actions
3. Here is the PYTHON code that calculates the difference between the Start Date and the End Date and populates in the Number of Days field
4. Save and Activate the Python Function 'Date Difference'
5. Execute the Python function and see the results

As shown, the Python Code has executed and has populated the difference between the End Date and the Start Date in the 'Number of Days' field.

Conclusion :

We can use a simple PYTHON logic to calculate the difference between two dates using the Python - Remote Function Adapter.

References :

I would like to give credit for following references that helped in writing this blog

https://answers.sap.com/questions/13589848/ppm-cloud-remote-function-adapter.html

Summary :

To wrap up, I have shown how we can use ‘SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) Python – Remote Function Adapter’ function type to calculate differences between two dates

I thank you for reading through my second blog in SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM).

Kindly requesting you to leave your feedback and comments.

I would encourage you to follow the topics in for more enlightenment on SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM).

https://community.sap.com/topics/profitability-and-performance-management

Thanks

Amogh Kulkarni

SAP PaPM Cloud: Introducing the New Content Management Screen

2024-01-03T15:13:49+01:00

Hello fellow SAP Community members!

As we welcome the start of the new year, SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud (SAP PaPM Cloud) wishes to continuously release new features and enhancements for its users. To always be in the loop for more exciting news, you can check the tag PaPMCloudWhatsNew.

One of the most used application currently offered by SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud (SAP PaPM Cloud) is the Content Network. As an overview, the Content Network application is focused on exporting and importing environments from one tenant to another.

In this blogpost, I am thrilled to discuss with you the enhancements for the new application which is called Content Management. Please note that the functionality of export, download, upload, and import of content remains the same in the new Content Management screen.

Note: This blog post contains images. In case the images are too small, kindly click on the image to view with a better resolution.

Content Management Screen

Upon accessing the Content Management Screen, users will see the fresh new user interface that displays the list of the contents that are currently uploaded and exported to the application with the following information:

Name

Content Description

Source Environment

Source Version

Size (MB)

Source Event

Creation Date

The user also has the option to know more information about the listed contents by enabling the following columns in the Columns panel:

Created By

Exported Date

Globally Unique ID

Last Modified Date

Last Modified By

Last Scanned Date

Exporting Content

In the Content Management Screen, the user can export an environment in the form of a ZIP file which can be used later for download. Users can export the environment by choosing the Export button in the header and upon doing so, the Export dialog would then be displayed wherein an environment can be selected for export.

After successful export, the content will be listed on top of the list in the Content Management Screen.

Downloading Content

Existing content listed in the Content Management Screen can also be downloaded. User should select first the content to be downloaded which will enable the Download button in the header. Once the button is chosen, the download will be triggered, and content will be downloaded in the form of a ZIP file.

Uploading Content

Users can upload content in the form of a ZIP file (with a maximum limit of up to 400mb) in the Content Management screen by choosing the Upload button in the header. Then, locate the desired ZIP file to be uploaded. After successful upload, the content will be listed on top of the list in the Content Management Screen.

In case a ZIP file chosen for upload already exists in the Content Management screen, the user would be prompted with a message in the message logs.

The same information will also be logged in the Application Monitor that the chosen content package for upload already exists.

Importing Content

To import content from the Content Management Screen to the tenant, users can select desired content listed in the application and choose the Import button.

The Import dialog would then be displayed for user to specify the following information necessary for the import process:

a. Environment – text field to define Environment ID
b. Environment (Version) – text field to define Environment Version.
c. Activate Environment – dropdown which allows user to choose an option with regards to activation during the import process:

- - No – if this option is chosen, only the Model Tables will be activated within the environment during import. This option is chosen by default.
  - Yes – if this option is chosen, all functions within the environment will be activated during import.

d. Overwrite Environment – dropdown which allows user to choose the option to overwrite an existing environment in the tenant. This will be enabled if there is an already existing environment with the defined combination of Environment ID and Version. Otherwise, this option will be disabled.

- - No – this option is chosen by default. If this option is chosen and the defined combination of Environment ID and Version already exists, user would be prompted to either: (1) change the defined Environment ID and Version to be imported, or (2) choose to overwrite the existing environment to proceed.
  - Yes – if this option is chosen, the existing environment in the tenant with the same defined combination of Environment ID and Version will be overwritten.

Edit Description of Content

Users can edit the description of content listed in the Content Management Screen by selecting the content that needs its description to be updated which will enable the Edit button in the header. Once button is chosen, the Edit dialog will appear which will allow user to edit the description of the selected content.

Incremental searching for Content

Users can search for contents listed in the new Content Management Screen in the Search box in the header. When user inputs text in the Search box, matching results would be displayed immediately.

That's it! This concludes my blogpost about the new Content Management screen.

If you have SAP Profitability and Performance Management related questions, you can ask them through https://answers.sap.com/questions/ask.html using the primary tag: SAP Profitability and Performance Management. You can also check other information about SAP Profitability and Performance Management in: https://community.sap.com/topics/profitability-and-performance-management

See you again on the next one and happy new year!

SAP PaPM Cloud: What’s New as of 2024-01-03?

2024-01-03T15:14:56+01:00

Hello SAP Community!

With the design and logic of the new features and enhancements for this round now made available in SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud is certain to bring yet another enriched experience - but still made simple and intuitive as always.

Let's take a closer look as we explore the highlights of this release.

Modeling Screen:

In the modeling screen, a new feature is now available for users when creating or using an existing Model Table with Transport Data set to check (Yes) and/or unchecked (No) a new ‘Manage Data’ button can now be used. This button will direct the users to the Show Screen where the data can be maintained. This button will replace the Data Editor section specially when a Model Table is set with Transport Data set to checked (Yes).

OLD

NEW

Process Management Screen:

Action Button: Initialize

Previously, regardless of what the Process State of the process instance is, if the main process instance node is selected in the Gantt Diagram, the Initialize button is enabled.

In this product delivery release, the Initialize button will only be enabled for Process Instance which is in Deployed Process State as Dual Control mechanism will only work:

Process Instance with Simulation process type and Open, Suspended, Abort and Completed process state.

Process Instance with Simulation process type and Deployed process state

Process Instance with Run process type and Open, Suspended, Abort and Completed process state.

Process Instance with Run process type and Deployed process state

Dual Control Mechanism: Email Notification

In Process Management, an email notification will be sent to the users who are part of the assigned Performer and/or Reviewer Team when an action is made (Submit, Approve, Reject, Complete, and Initialize). The email notification contains the action taken for the Process Instance Activity, the email address of the user who made the action, and the Process Instance Activity and its URL.

Note: This email notification will only be received if the Notification Settings are enabled on the User Preferences. For more information, you may refer to this link.

In this product delivery release, once you access the provided link of the Process Instance Activity,
You will be redirected to the Process Management screen where the Process Instance is displayed in the Gantt diagram and the Activity is highlighted.

Content Management Screen

SAP PaPM Cloud is introducing a new application called Content Management with its fresh user interface. Now, all contents which are currently uploaded and exported to the application are displayed in a tabular format.

This new application will retain the same functionality of export, download, upload, and import of content that is mostly used in the Content Network screen. More details about the Content Management can be found in the SAP PaPM Cloud Application Help and the blogpost SAP PaPM Cloud: Introducing the New Content Management Screen.

Note: User should be granted the appropriate Administrator role to access the Content Management Screen. For more information about roles, visit the Admin Guide of SAP PaPM Cloud.

Granular Roles

A new collection of roles is now available when accessing particular screens within SAP PaPM Cloud. Indeed, the term "new" means that the previously used roles remain unaffected. We nevertheless added 35 additional roles.

The scope of these new roles will only cover specific screen in SAP PaPM Cloud. Here’s an example of the new roles that will be implemented on your tenants.

Role: MODELING, this role can performed Create, Read, Update and Delete of any sections in Modeling screen of an Environment.

While role MODELING_READ, will just let the users read the configuration as seconds that are editable are disabled. But with the capability of accessing Show, Analyze and Visualize screen.

Granular Roles doesn’t have the capability of accessing the home screen(Environment Screen) as it is only specified single screen. If the users would like to have an access the home screen, then the user must the ENVIRONMENT related roles. All details of the Granular roles can be check on our Admin Guide

Process API of PaPM Cloud

Allow to pass process description and start date in CreateDeployRunActivityAsync body
Previously, the CreateDeployRunActivityAsync service operations of Process API of PaPM Cloud doesn’t have the capability to pass a value to Description and StartDate. Old Sample API Body:
{
"envId": "SXP",
"version": "0007",
"procId": "SXP_P7",
"postRunAction": "UPDATE_ACTIVITY_STATE",
"shouldValidateOnly": true,
"parameters": "",
"selections": "",
"procTemplateId": "PRTEST_",
"activity": "ALPCU"
}
This old API body will let the users Create Deploy the Process Instance with the default description of the Process template from the modeling screen.
With the new update, users will now be able to pass values to the Description and Start date with the sample API body below:
{
"envId": "SXP",
"version": "0007",
"procId": "SXP_P7",
"postRunAction": "UPDATE_ACTIVITY_STATE",
"shouldValidateOnly": true,
"parameters": "",
"selections": "",
"procTemplateId": "PRTEST_",
"activity": "ALPCU",
"description" "SAMPLE DESCRIPTION",
"startDate": "YYYY-MM-DD"
}

All of these features should now be available in your SAP PaPM Cloud tenant. if you’re looking for the previous SAP PaPM Cloud What’s New blog posts, you can check this tag for easier reference: PaPMCloudWhatsNew

As we kick off the new year with What's New, I want to express my gratitude for your continued support since last year, 2023. Your unwavering support throughout the year is much appreciated!

SAP Profitability and Performance Management: What to expect in the latest Visual Modeler SP24 SAP Note 3363313

2024-01-10T09:52:17+01:00

We have released SAP Note 3363313 - LOD-PER-OP Rel. 3.0 SP24: Visual Modeler Screens Enhancements and Fixes (1) during the latter part of 2023, and with this we are excited to have introduced several Visual Modeler enhancements and fixes.

I would be happy to discuss with you the improvements and enhancements aimed at providing you with a better visualization and an improved user experience across the following applications:

Environment Screen

When dragging an environment from one place to another, a folder icon was displayed instead of an environment icon beside the environment. This issue has been fixed, and the system now displays an environment icon when you move an environment, and a folder icon when you move a node.

The behavior of the Go To buttons (Modeling and Process) by being disabled whenever you successfully copy and save an environment has been addressed, and now these buttons are available for use after a successful copy.

Previously, whenever you made changes to an environment and then chose the Refresh browser button, there were no warning messages appearing on your screen, thereby increasing the risk of losing any changes made to the configuration of the environment. Now, a pop-up warning message appears whenever you choose the Refresh button.

Modeling Environment Screen

When adding rows on the Conversion Types and File Formats tab, the bottom-most entry was usually the last entry, and upon saving, it stayed that way. Now, the system organizes the entries in an ascending order, which is also helpful when searching for a specific entry.

Previously, when you deleted rules in a Join function and then copied that Join function, the rules that were deleted appeared outside of the Join function, or even outside of the calculation unit. This behavior has been rectified and the rules are now placed where they should be.

A new “autofill” functionality for the General Entities node was introduced, so that default values are now generated when adding new rows.

Copying an Allocation function sometimes produced different configurations in the Value Adjustment section. Now, when you copy an Allocation function, the configurations are preserved as with those from the source Allocation function.

When maintaining a Model Table using the Date picker, the Date picker may have closed unexpectedly. This issue is now addressed, so that the Date picker functionality would work as intended.

Previously, warning messages appeared whenever technical fields were used in the formula editor, because the technical fields were not allowed to be declared on the signature section of a function. Now, this behavior has been enhanced so that the technical fields can be declared in the signature of a processing function, thereby addressing the appearance of the warning messages.

Previously, when you chose an environment, the environment was highlighted, but not selected (marked with a checkmark on the left side). Because of this, the Modeling and Process buttons were disabled. This behavior has been enhanced, so that when you choose an environment, now it gets selected, and the Modeling and Process buttons are enabled, allowing you to edit and maintain the selected environment.

After running a function, the Erase Data button is expected to be enabled as data is going to be generated after the run. However, this was not the case in the past, and you needed to refresh the environment to enable the Erase Data button. This issue has been addressed, and now the Erase Data button is enabled by default.

Process Management

Previously, when you created a process instance with empty dates or with future dates, it was not visible as the date in focus was the current date. This issue has been addressed so that the process instance is now visible where the date has been dropped/created.

Visualize Screen / Report Management Screen

The “SAP Standard” font is now used as the default setting in the header of the Report Management Screen.

The story filter was enhanced so that now it functions correctly on the Report Management Screen.

There you have it, the new enhancements and fixes included in SAP Note 3363313. If you haven't had the chance to read the blog post about the SP23 Visual Modeler SAP Note release, please use the link below:

https://blogs.sap.com/2023/09/13/whats-new-in-sap-profitability-and-performance-management-3.0-sp23/

Thank you for taking the time to read this blog post. We will keep you informed when a new Visual Modeler SAP Note becomes available.

For any questions or clarifications related to this topic, please use this link.

Dynamic data copy into Model table using PaPM Writer Function through Process Template

2024-01-30T12:07:27.368000+01:00

Introduction: We often get the requirement to copy dataset and make it easy for the business users to pre-populate it rather than creating the new data, one of the common examples is to copy data from one period to another or copy quarterly data, in absence of Copy function in PaPM we can use the Writer function to copy the data.

This blog will help you to understand and configure how to copy data from one quarter to another quarter dynamically using the process parameters and selection.

Configuration:

In this example we will copy ‘Equity Ownership’ data from quarter Q2 2023 to another quarter based on process selections and parameters, let’s move forward with the configuration approach.

Step 1: Model table ‘Equity Ownership Data’ with fields Company, Country, Quarter and Equity Ownership

Step 2: We need to create a parameter which will be used in Process Parameter as to which quarter we want to copy data, add the Parameter and selection in Calculation unit as shown below.

Step 3: Create Writer function ‘Copy Equity Ownership’ with Writer Type as 'Insert'

Input - Equity Ownership Data (Model table)
Signature

3.Output – Pass on the parameter value ‘TO_QUARTER’ to filed ‘Quarter’ as below

Step 4: Create a Process Template and executable Activity as per below details.

Process Steps and Activity with writer function ‘Copy Equity Ownership’

Step 5: Let’s copy Equity Ownership data from Quarter Q2 2023 (20232) to Quarter Q3 2023 (20233) by providing Process Parameter and Process Selection as below.

Output: Equity Ownership Data has been copied from quarter Q2 2023 to Q3 2023

Summary: Writer function can be utilized with Process Selections and Parameters to copy the data dynamically based on parameters value provided through process template and this facility can be rolled out to business users to copy the data as per the requirements.

If we have a requirement to copy a multiple dataset available in different Model tables , same approach can be used, instead of executing the writer function through process template, we can create join function and use the multiple writer function in union join as input and call the final join function in process template.

References:

Build Writer Function : https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_PROFITABILITY_PERFORMANCE_MANAGEMENT/56471df1959f4cfd9e3bf7a6d2d5be42/07f5f9fcde2146c298708937c3f63ab6.html

Thanks,

Dilip Shukla

SAP PaPM Cloud: What’s New as of 2024-02-05?

2024-02-05T13:49:21.299000+01:00

Hello again SAP community members!

We just finished the first month of 2024 and with that we are excited to walk you through the new features that SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud (PaPM) Standard Model have delivered to your SAP PaPM Cloud Tenants. From Content Network, Reports Management Screen, and many more.

Without further ado, let me walk you through the contents of this what's new article for SAP PaPM Cloud.

Modeling Screen

In relation to the new ‘Manage Data’ button that was recently introduced when creating or using an existing Model Table which will direct the users to the Show Screen where the data can be maintained, the tooltip text of button leading to Show Screen in header when Model Table is selected has been enhanced to display ‘Manage Data’.

OLD:

NEW:

Report Management Screen

Edit Mode for Qualitative Reporting

The Report Management Screen has introduced a new feature wherein authorized users can set a report into edit mode.

Once a user accesses a report, the report would be displayed in read-only mode wherein options under Edit and Editor in the header including add and delete report tab are disabled. The Edit button can be chosen to enable edit mode for the current report.

Upon choosing the Edit button under General section in the header, the Save and Discard Changes buttons would be visible. Options under Edit and Editor would also be enabled for user to utilize along with the possibility to add and/or delete report elements and report tabs.

If the user has made changes to the report and chooses the Save or Save All button, all changes made in the report would be saved and the report would be displayed again in read-only mode along with the successful message shown in the message logs.

If Discard Changes button is chosen and there are still unsaved changes to the report, a dialog box informing user that changes are that changes are not saved would appear with the following options:

Save and Continue – proceeds to save changes in the report
Continue – proceeds to refresh the report and no changes would be saved
Cancel – cancels the action

In case that user tries to access the same report then chooses the Edit button while it is being edited by another user, a lock icon would be visible in the header along with a notification message informing that the report is currently locked by another user and cannot be edited.

When the user working on the report has been inactive in the report for 12 minutes, a dialog would appear informing that the time for editing the content is about to expire:

Continue Editing – will allow the user to continue working on the report.
Save - will save all the changes made and will unlock the report.
Discard - will discard the changes and will unlock the report.

Show/Analyze Screen

The buttons which allow users to upload and download data from the Show and Analyze Screen have been renamed to “Upload” and “Download”.

Note: The functionality of data upload and download remains the same in the Show and Analyze Screens.

OLD:
Analyze Screen

Show Screen

NEW:
Analyze Screen

Show Screen

Content Network Screen

Uploading Content

When user uploads content to the Content Network screen, user will be redirected to the Upload Status page which shows the status of the upload along with the path where the content was uploaded.

Once upload is done, the newly uploaded content will be available in the Content Network screen after refresh.

Downloading Content

An information pop-up would now be displayed for user upon choosing the Download button of selected content informing users that the file needs to be scanned before download. The download process would be triggered once the OK button is chosen.

I hope you enjoy reading this blogpost content with the latest updates coming from SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud. Till the next what's new content.

How to trigger PaPM function from Analysis for Office

2024-02-13T09:47:40.567000+01:00

Let me share with your how to call PaPM function from Analysis for Office step-by-step.

Scenario allows user to update workbook by clicking on the button “Reconcile”. Button triggers remote call PaPM function by Function ID with parameters from workbook. In this case, variable “Planning version” value passed to PaPM function as selection fields.

To carry out into practice this scenario it is necessary proceed next steps:

Create the PaPM environment and functions for processing
Create the functional module additionally processing variables from workbook
Create the set of BW objects to realize the planning function
Create Macros to call the planning function

I describe each of them bellow in details.

1. Creating PaPM environment

My PaPM environment assumes reconciliation between two Model BW, implemented with Join and Writer function. Rules restricted by SELFLD0 and SELFLD1 fields, which are BW info-objects. SELFLD1 “Planning version” has a variable ZV_MSM_SELFLD1_01, which used in workbook. (SAP Help: SAP Profitability and Performance Management )

2. Creating the Functional Module

The functional module creating is carried out in thansaction SE37. Easy ABAP code allows implementing the necessary rules to construct the parameters string, passed to the standard functional.

FUNCTION ZNXI_RUN_BY_SELFLD1_FOX
  IMPORTING
    VALUE(I_ENV_ID) TYPE /NXI/P1_DTE_ENV_ID
    VALUE(I_VER) TYPE /NXI/P1_DTE_VER
    VALUE(I_FID) TYPE /NXI/P1_DTE_FID
    VALUE(I_PROC_ID) TYPE /NXI/P1_DTE_PROC_ID OPTIONAL
    VALUE(I_SELFLD1) TYPE /BIC/OISELFLD1 OPTIONAL
  EXPORTING
    VALUE(E_EXPTN) TYPE I. "Type’s used to easy access in FOX


  TYPES:
    BEGIN OF ls_AUXSTRC,
      /bic/SELFLD0 TYPE /bic/oiSELFLD0, "Dependent selection field
      /bic/SELFLD1 TYPE /bic/oiSELFLD1, "Selection field from Workbook
    END OF ls_AUXSTRC.

  DATA:
    l_selfld1 TYPE /BIC/OISELFLD1 VALUE '',
    l_pckg_sel TYPE /NXI/P1_DTE_PACKAGE_SEL VALUE '',
    l_tab_msg  TYPE BAPIRET2_TAB.

    E_EXPTN = 0. "OK execution by default

    IF I_ENV_ID IS INITIAL OR I_VER IS INITIAL OR I_FID IS INITIAL.
        E_EXPTN = 1. "Must be defined
        RETURN.
    ENDIF.

    IF I_PROC_ID IS INITIAL.
        l_selfld1 = I_SELFLD1. "If proccess wasn’t defined, selection field should be 
    ENDIF.

    IF l_selfld1 IS NOT INITIAL.
     SELECT SINGLE * FROM MYRELTBL INTO @DATA(ls_AUXSTRC)
      WHERE /BIC/SELFLD1 = @I_SELFLD1.

      CONCATENATE 'SELFLD0=( SELFLD0 = ''' ls_AUXSTRC-/bic/SELFLD0
        ''');SELFLD1=( SELFLD1 = ''' ls_AUXSTRC-/bic/SELFLD1 ''')' INTO l_pckg_sel.
    ENDIF.


    CALL FUNCTION '/NXI/P1_FW_RUN_FUNCTION_PC'
    EXPORTING
      i_env_id           = I_ENV_ID
      i_ver              = I_VER
      i_fid              = I_FID
      i_proc_id          = I_PROC_ID
      i_package_sel      = l_pckg_sel
      i_run_type         = 'RUN'
      i_rspc_synchronous = 'X'
      i_execute_post_run = 'X'
    IMPORTING
      e_tab_msg          = l_tab_msg.

IF l_tab_msg IS NOT INITIAL.
    E_EXPTN = 2. "Execution with errors
    RETURN.
ENDIF.

ENDFUNCTION.

To allow using the function ZNXI_RUN_BY_SELFLD1_FOX inside the FOX script, it should be declared in table RSPLF_FDIR via transaction SM30.

3. Creating the set of the BW objects to realize the planning function

The blog post How to Trigger BW Process Chains from Analysis for Office explains clearly and in detail how to create the set of objects for planning. As a result, set of ADSO ZNXIDZ20, Composit Provider ZNXIVZ20, Aggregation ZNXIAZ20 are created.

In my case, ADSO ZNXIDZ20 consists of combination of standard info-objects /NXI* and Info-object SELFLD1, which store the selection filed value. Using SELFLD1 gives easy access to the necessary type within the FOX script, described below.

The Planning function ZNXAZ20_F001 is a formula type function (0RSPL_FORMULA) with the next configuration:

The following FOX script inside the planning function ZNXAZ20_F001 looks like bellow.

DATA LV_ENV TYPE /NXI/ENV_ID.
DATA LV_VER TYPE /NXI/VER.
DATA LV_FID TYPE /NXI/FID.
DATA LV_PS_V TYPE SELFLD1.
DATA LV_ERR TYPE I.

LV_FID = VARV( 'ZV_MSM_NXIFID_01' ).
LV_PS_V = VARV( 'ZV_MSM_SELFLD1_01' ).
LV_ENV = VARV( 'ZV_MSM_NXIENV_01' ).
LV_VER = VARV( 'ZV_MSM_NXIVER_01' ).

CALL FUNCTION 'ZNXI_RUN_BY_SELFLD1_FOX'
EXPORTING I_ENV_ID = LV_ENV I_VER = LV_VER I_FID = LV_FID I_SELFLD1 = LV_PS_V
IMPORTING E_EXPTN = LV_ERR.
IF LV_ERR <> 0.
  MESSAGE E000( 0 ) WITH 'Error! Watch Application Monitor for details.'.
ENDIF.

4. Creating Macros to call planning function

And the last but not least, Workbook macros for Reconcile button should be defined.

Add Planning function ZNXAZ20_F001 to workbook with alias PF_1. Constant for Function ID and variable Planning version are defined on hidden Tech page:

After that, add macros code like bellow:

Public Sub ReconcileButtonAction()
    Call Application.Run("SAPExecutePlanningFunction", "PF_1")
    Call Application.Run(“SAPExecuteCommand”, "Refresh", "DS_1")
End Sub

Вesides the Planning function execution, the related data store with alias DS_1 might be refreshed.

How to add the planning function described in blog post Using Planning Objects in Analysis For Microsoft Excel .

Thank you for reading through and I hope you now get a knowledge to apply in your practice.

Irina.

Role Overview in SAP PaPM Cloud Standard Model (Part 1/2)

2024-03-04T10:06:47.199000+01:00

Hello everyone, are you looking for an additional information on the roles in SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud Standard Model (SAP PaPM Cloud SM)? If yes, then this blog post is for you.

As a heads-up, this topic will be divided in to two (2) parts, Part 1 will focus on Environments, Modeling, Process Management, Report Management, Business Event Management, Show, Analyze and Visualize screens. Part 2 will be focused on Systems and Administrations screens.

Early January this year, we introduced the new Granular Roles to fulfill the security requirements in a granular level. Previously, we only had 7 major roles which are highlighted in black on the image below. With the new addition, 34 granular roles were introduced in SAP PaPM Cloud SM and these are the ones that are indicated in various colors:

Orange – For Environments and Modeling related screens.
Blue – For Process, Reports and Business Event Management screens.
Yellow – For System screens.
Green – For Administration screens.

For more information about these Roles, please refer to SAP Help Portal Roles Templates for SAP PaPM Cloud SM.

Inside the screenshots of the available screens below, I have highlighted the buttons and indicated the roles in a tabular format for you to see the ability for each role.

If a button (column e.g., Save, Undo) has a check mark next to a role (row e.g., ENVIRONMENTS_READ), it indicates that the role is capable of carrying out this particular action.

If a button doesn’t have the check mark next to the role, then it means that the button is not visible, disabled or the user is not authorized (will return an unauthorized message).

Let’s start with the Environment Screen!

Environment Screen:

On the screenshot above, Environment screen roles such as ENVIRONMENTS and MODELING_USER_ALL have the powerful authorization that allows them to utilize almost all the available buttons.

While for other Environment screen roles such as ENVIRONMENTS_READ and MODELING_USER_DISP, users will have limited authorizations which is most likely for read-only mode.

Combination of roles can be assigned to one user. For example, the user needs an access with all privileges in Environment screen acting as the Environment manager and Modeling screen access/view, then roles ENVIRONMENTS and MODELING_READ should be assigned.

Note: If the user combined two (2) roles in one screen, example, MODELING and MODELING_READ, it will take the authorization of the more powerful user. In this case, MODELING. This also applies in other screens.

As you already have the idea on how it is presented, we can proceed to the other screens.

Modeling Screen:

Other roles included in the screenshot above like roles for Report Management (Report Templates), Process Management and Application Monitor are added, as those screens can be accessed through Modeling Screen.

Process Management Screen:

Process Management Screen’s Properties Panel:

Process Management Screen’s Comment Panel:

Business Event Management Screen:

Report Management:

Report Management Properties Panel, and Message Logs:

Report Management Expanded Report Elements:

Show, Analyze and Visualize screens are accessible from the screens mentioned above. As long as the user have the roles indicated on the next screenshots, they will have the privileges on the following screens.

Show Screen:

For the Comment’s Panel in Show screen, you may refer to this blog post: SAP PaPM Cloud: What’s New as of 2022-11-28?

Analyze Screen:

Visualize Screen:

Alright! We are all set for the first part of this Roles Overview in SAP PaPM Cloud SM blog post. Hope this blog post provides an information that might help you in setting up the roles in SAP PaPM Cloud SM.

See you again in Part 2!

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Role Overview in SAP PaPM Cloud Standard Model (Part 2/2)

2024-03-04T11:11:54.457000+01:00

Hi colleagues, welcome to the 2nd part of the blog post for the role overview in SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud Standard Model (SAP PaPM Cloud SM)!

On the previous blog post Role Overview in SAP PaPM Cloud Standard Model (Part 1/2), it discusses the role authorizations in the Environment, Modeling, Process Management, Report Management, Business Event Management, Show, Analyze and Visualize screens. I hope you already have an idea how it works.

With that, you might be curious about the remaining roles related to System and Administration screens. Let me invite you to read this blog post and see how the roles work on the mentioned screens.

To give you a little review, here are the major roles together with the new granular roles for System and Administration screens:

Yellow – For System screens.
Green – For Administration screens.

For more information about these Roles, please refer to SAP Help Portal Roles Templates for SAP PaPM Cloud SM.

On this blog post, I will be focusing on the Menu, System screens and Administration screens.

Without further ado, let’s proceed!

On the SAP PaPM Cloud SM, Menu button is always visible to the users that allows them to access the different System and Administration screens based on their assigned roles.

Let me provide you with a quick glimpse of it.

Based on the screenshot above, there are seven (7) options available in the Menu. Four (4) of which are the general options available for all users namely Help, User Preferences, About and Logout. While the remaining three (3) namely Home, System and Administration will be available based on the roles assigned to the users, which I will be discussing on the next sections.

Here’s the overview of the roles and its authorizations for Menu options:

An additional information, the Home option in the menu is equivalent to Environment screen.
For the Home/Environment screen role authorizations, it was discussed on the previous blogpost Role Overview in SAP PaPM Cloud Standard Model (Part 1/2).

Note:
To reiterate on how you can check the functionality of each role for the screens, inside the screenshots below, I have highlighted the buttons and indicated the roles in a tabular format for you to see the ability for each role.
If a button (column e.g., Home) has a check mark next to a role (row e.g., ENVIRONMENTS_READ), it indicates that the role is capable of carrying out this particular action.
If a button doesn’t have the check mark next to the role, then it means that the button is not visible, disabled or the user is not authorized (will return an unauthorized message).

Environments and Modeling screen related roles:

Process, Reports and Business Event Management screen related roles:

System screens related roles:

Administration screens related roles:

To deep dive the roles per screen, let’s start first with the System Screens.

Application Monitor:

Process Monitor:

Comment Monitor:

Process Scheduler:

Modeling History:

Let’s continue with the Administration screens.

Teams:

Users:

Content Management:

Connections:

Settings:

Provisioning:

I hope you learned something new from this blog and shed some light when it comes to Roles in SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud.

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Thank you for your time reading my blogpost and hope to see you on my next one!

SAP PaPM Cloud: What’s New as of 2024-03-04?

2024-03-04T18:35:22.051000+01:00

Hello SAP Community members!

I’m thrilled to share another round of What’s New in SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud Standard Model (SAP PaPM Cloud SM). This blog post brings in the latest additions to the Menu, Environments and History Monitor screen.

If you haven't had the chance to catch up on the previous blog posts from my colleagues, you can easily access them via this link: https://community.sap.com/t5/tag/PaPMCloudSMWhatsNew/tg-p

Without further ado, allow me to walk you through the most recent updates that are now available and ready for use in your SAP PaPM Cloud SM:

Menu Option

A new "About" section has been added to the Menu, providing users with information regarding the Application Version they are currently using. This includes details such as the 'Version ID' and 'Updated at' timestamps.

To learn more of the ‘About’ section, please visit the Application Help Portal through this link.

Environments Screen

The Environments screen implements a new feature wherein when a user creates a Node or Environment, choosing the Confirm button automatically saves the Node and/or Environment without the need to click the Save button located in the header.

Node:

Environment:

The Go To -> Modeling, Process buttons will be enabled once the Environment has been created, allowing users to access Modeling and/or Process Management screens right away.

Note:

The Save and Undo/Redo buttons are disabled during creation of the node/environment.

Access to Modeling and Process Management relies on the Roles assigned to users.

To gain further understanding about the Environments, please access the Application Help Portal through this link.

History Monitor

Changing the name from ‘Modeling History Monitor’ to ‘History Monitor’

In the previous version of SAP PaPM Cloud SM, there was a screen called ‘Modeling History Monitor’ located within System, enabling users to trace the changes of a model performed within an environment. With the new enhancement, it is now renamed ‘History Monitor’.

New Column for Entry ID

A new column called “Entry ID”, has been incorporated in the History Monitor screen. This column displays the GUID whenever an entry is generated within the screen.

New History Type

Another inclusion to the History Monitor screen is the new History Type: EXPORT. Upon successful export of an Environment through the Content Management screen, a history entry will be logged in the History Monitor screen with History Type: EXPORT.

To acquire more information about the History Monitor, please access the Application Help Portal through this link.

I hope these newly implemented features will be valuable to you as user. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to post them here.

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Thank you and stay tuned for the next What's New series!

Unveiling the new functionality in 2024 of SAP PAPM Cloud: Welcome to Universal Model!

2024-03-06T05:31:21.612000+01:00

As we strive for excellence in serving our customers, we are excited to introduce the latest SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud (SAP PaPM Cloud) functionality. Discover the exciting enhancements with us in this blog post.

Memory Lane

Since May 31st, 2021, SAP PaPM Cloud has been dedicated to supporting our customers’ business, integration and Analytical calculations and processes through its robust suite of applications and integration capabilities.

Responding to evolving process and business requirements, SAP PaPM Cloud functionalities have been extended to support transactional activities and processing alongside analytical processing.

Analytical vs. Transactional Processing: What’s the Difference?

Before I talk about various topics related to SAP PaPM Cloud, I would first like to take a closer look at the following question: What exactly is the difference between analytical and transactional processing in relation to SAP PaPM Cloud?

ANALYTICAL PROCESSING – Standard Model (SM)

SAP PaPM Cloud will continue to be useful as it leverages its integration flexibility to consume analytical and transactional data from various sources such as Business Warehouse or S4HANA, enabling granular analysis and insightful calculations such as profitability. This empowers management with fact-based decision-making by providing key insights into business performance.

TRANSACTIONAL PROCESSING - Universal Model (UM)

Our current customers already experienced the SAP PaPM Cloud’s processing capabilities in meeting their business requirements; some of the customers decided to use SAP PaPM Cloud not just for their analytical processing, but even for their day-to-day business operations (transactional processing) like processing customer orders, invoicing, and inventory management.

This shift emphasizes the need for robust data lifecycle management within SAP PaPM Cloud. Below is a summarized version of the data lifecycle expected for a solution that performs standalone transactional processing:

To address this demand for transactional processing, SAP PaPM Cloud has been enhanced with an important new feature set called Universal Model, tailored to the needs of data lifecycle and transactional processing.

Before diving into the details of Universal Model, let me provide a high-level decision tree to guide you when to use well known Standard Model (SM) and when the Universal Model (UM).

Simple Decision Tree: When to use What?

With this decision tree in mind and assuming familiarity with SAP PaPM Cloud Standard Model, let's delve into the features of SAP PaPM Cloud Universal Model so that you have a better comparison between these two important modeling applications in SAP PaPM Cloud.

Universal Model (UM) Functionality Highlights

Spoiler

This section of the document should not be perceived as a substitute of help application. It is still highly encouraged that you visit the application help to understand all functionalities available in Universal Model via this link.

Outlined below are several examples of functionalities exclusive to UM that will address various customer demands across diverse business requirements.

This section of the document should not be perceived as a substitute of help application. It is still highly encouraged that you visit the application help to understand all functionalities available in Universal Model via this link.Outlined below are several examples of functionalities exclusive to UM that will address various customer demands across diverse business requirements.

(1) Granular Role Templates

UM offers granular role templates which allows customers to control who can access certain application tiles. To know more about the role granularity in SAP PAPM Cloud – Universal Model check the Administration guide.

Another thing that is worth learning in UM is the so-called user attribute. There is a certain situation in Standard Model that customers would like to link SAP PaPM Cloud Teams with an identity provider or assign to certain BTP users. This has been reconsidered in UM, so now all teams created in Manage Teams can then be linked to a BTP Role collection via user attribute.

To know more about user attribute, visit this link.

(2) User Interface

UM is built using SAP Fiori and SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP), ensuring compatibility but also a remarkable degree of flexibility. This empowers users to customize user interfaces and extensions effortlessly using no-code or low-code tools such as SAP Build.

The following general applications are available for business users to help them streamline their work processes.

(3) Environment

When we are to speak about Environment in UM, it is essential to recognize two fundamental types: Design-Time environment and Runtime Environment. This mechanism, exclusive to UM, empowers modelers to refine configurations during design time without interference on runtime environment (activated and being used by end-users).

It is worth noting that individual function activation is not supported within UM. Instead, initiating a test run requires the activation of the entire environment.

Let us shift our focus from technical nuances to security. UM offers the ability to protect environments by assigning Reader and Writer teams.
Reader Team can display the environment, its functions, and fields.
Writer Team can update or maintain configuration in the environment, its functions, and fields.

(4) Field Types

Fields are mandatory for creating models and calculations. UM introduces various field types that are very useful in data modeling. Some of these field types are: Association and In-Data comment

(5) Modeling Functions

With UM, powerful data modeling functions for transactional data models were introduced, supporting tight relations between them, feature-rich input forms and on-the-fly calculations.

To help you a little, here are some “What’s new in UM” with respect to Manage Functions. You can also see the full list of functions in Universal Model via this site.

Model Entity represents a database table with relations to other model functions in UM. It supports data lifecycle management like archiving and full traceability.
Consuming data from model entities across different environments within the same tenant is achievable using Model Reference, which is dependent on the connection type “Environment”.
Combining two tables is allowed in Model Join or Join. They are typically used to union data because left joins, full joins, etc. are usually represented more elegantly via model entity relations.
Projection and Aggregation are possible in Model View or View. Row or column pruning (filter records or remove unused fields) is possible as well.
Sophisticated calculations can be performed in Model Calculation or Calculation.
Model Allocation and Allocation offer important types such as Direct and Indirect Allocation, Offset and Detailed Offset Allocation.
Data enrichment of data set with calculated attributes can be executed in Model Derivation and Derivation .
As noticed above, these information function were introduced such as Model View, Model Calculation, Model Join, Model Reference, Model Allocation, Model Derivation. These functions create HANA Views, which means no data replication takes place when using such functions. They are typically used for on-the-fly calculations and feature-rich data input forms.
In contrast processing functions like View, Join, Derivation, Calculation, and Allocation create HANA Procedures, which means a Writer should be used to store the results in a Model Entity. Apart from that, they also support dynamic rules, which do not require model changes not activations.
There is Currency Conversion and Unit Conversion. These functions rely on TCUR* and T006* tables.
Reader function helps in populating models based on the connection established such as SAC and ODATA connection.

(6) Data Creation

Ensuring data integrity and data consistency is crucial for transactional applications. One of the key features provided by UM in this regard is robust input validation. Various functionalities help to achieve data integrity and consistency across an environment.

(7) Relations in Model functions

This is a new functionality, which is available in Model Entity. It is used to reference and define dependencies to other model functions via association-to or composition-of and allows to structure data models into feature rich business objects composed of potentially many entities like orders with order items, products referring to product groups, etc.

Association-to-one are foreign key references to other business objects.
Association-to-many can refer to multiple other business objects.
Composition-of-many can refer to multiple dependent entities, which belong to a main entity.

Beside modeling business objects, relations are as well a key feature to provide complex validations including fulfilled and not fulfilled checks.

(8) Field Assert Range and Formats

This is a new functionality for environment fields, which offers a convenient way to define simple validations on field level, e.g.

A key figure “Fulfillment %” should allow only values between 0 – 100.
A characteristic “Company Code” should only allow values consisting of 3 capital letters, like assert ^([A-Z]{3})$ .

Note: In case you need assistance on regular expression visit this site.

(9) CSV-file Upload and import

Sometimes users need to get data manually into the system via uploading and importing. This is done via upload from local computer to server as draft file, storing the file as a saved-version and finally importing the file-content. Below are the results of an exemplary simple performance benchmarking, you can use it as an inspiration.

To know more on how to upload via Show screen, visit this site.

(10) Single record edit locking Mechanism

Transactional processing requires business object edit locking, which ensures that when one user is editing a business object, it becomes read-only for all other users. If UserA is editing a business object, it becomes read-only for other users. If UserA remains inactive for 15 minutes, other users have the option to unlock the business object by confirming a warning indicating that any draft changes from UserA will be lost.

(11) Data Storing

Data storage in the Universal Model can be facilitated through various modeling functions with the writer component.

Model Entity with Writer You can store data in a Model Entity. However, it's important to be aware that data stored in a model entity may be erased if not properly archived before Environment deactivation.

Model HANA with Writer You can store data in the underlying HANA Tables.

Exposing Data to external systems Utilizing Universal Model's APIs, external systems can retrieve data from UM via ODATA.

(12) Process, Activity and Workflow

Process managers can define processes that encompass various activities spanning across different environments. The fact that activities within a process are no longer confined to a single environment simplifies the configuration of complex processes.

If a process is marked for transportation, it will be included during export and import of environments.

Process managers can design their activities depending on the actions needed, validation criteria and workflow statuses.

Finally, let’s shift our attention to workflow capabilities. The Universal Model workflow functionality is designed to handle complex transactional requirements. Below is a straightforward example demonstrating that a particular activity, like Activity2, no longer requires a single successor step. Instead, Activity2 follows an If-Then-Else conditioning which depends on the action that will be performed by the activity executors. Also in the below workflow, a possibility of re-execution of completed activity is possible such as Activity3 Activity1.

To know more on how to configure Processes and Activities, visit these sites: Manage Processes and Manage Activities

(13) Reporting

In the Universal Model, Report management offers a more streamlined approach compared to the Standard Model, which emphasizes on traceability between granular data, aggregated data, and visualizations. Reports are bound to a Runtime Environment – this is particularly vital for transactional use cases, where reports are typically set up once and utilized over an extended period. The Report section provides access to a variety of reporting tools, enabling you to create, view, update, delete, and duplicate reports within the available runtime environments. You can also transfer a report to another tenant by utilizing the Transport Report feature, which bundles the report content into a container for import into a new tenant.

For further details on configuring Reports, please refer to the following resources: Manage Reports and Manage Pages.

(14) Data Privacy

With the help of Data Locking, Data Privileges in combination with Teams, Data privacy has been more secured in UM.

(15) Audit and Change Logs

With the help of Manage Event Logs, Manage Comments, and show screen’s commenting feature tracking of actions, changes and documented comments are now transparent in UM.

(16) Data Archiving and Restore

With the help of Manage Archives, archiving and restoring of historical data records is now possible in order to complete the data lifecycle management (DLM) that is being offered by UM.

(17) Environment Export, Import

With the Environment transport function UM not only offers the full environment import to another tenant but also the so-called Delta Import. Delta import is a very helpful mechanism to avoid unnecessary lengthy environment transport from one tenant to another. It is important to note that the environment exported from the Universal Model is not compatible with Standard Model and On-Premise.

How to access and enable Universal Model

(1) Subscription

Universal Model is included in SAP PaPM Cloud as additional functionality upon subscription. As of this moment this feature is disabled by default unless you open an incident request to LOD-PER-ACE.

Here is an example request to LOD-PER-ACE component.

Spoiler

Hi Support team,
please activate SAP PaPM Cloud Universal Model for below tenants:
Subdomain: <your subdomain in BTP>
Tenant ID: <your tenant ID in BTP>
Subaccount ID: <your subaccount ID in BTP>
Provider: <your provider in BTP>
Region: <your region in BTP>
Environment: Multi-Environment

Hi Support team,please activate SAP PaPM Cloud Universal Model for below tenants:Subdomain: <your subdomain in BTP>Tenant ID: <your tenant ID in BTP>Subaccount ID: <your subaccount ID in BTP>Provider: <your provider in BTP>Region: <your region in BTP>Environment: Multi-Environment

(2) Available Regions

It is advisable that you check the fully released regions in the administration guide whenever you need to offer SAP PaPM Cloud to various customers. Geographically speaking it would always be better to offer customers the region nearest to their business

(3) Logging into SAP PaPM Cloud Universal Model

Upon having proper role collection, logging into SAP PaPM Cloud will direct you to the Standard Model (SM). In the navigation menu, choose Universal Model (UM) to be redirected to the Universal Model applications.

Please note that

provisioning (increasing of capacity unit)
logging into the underlying runtime database

are administrative activities that can only be performed via Standard Model ¦ Navigation Menu. By design, there is no equivalent application in Universal Model that offers provisioning and database access.

If you have made it this far in the blog post, it shows your eagerness to explore further and gain insights into our new functionality SAP PaPM Cloud - Universal Model. For more in-depth exploration, don't miss our blog post on Navigate Your Way to SAP PaPM Cloud Universal Model.

Stay tuned for more exciting and detailed blogpost related to each section discussed above!
Until next time, enjoy exploring SAP PaPM Cloud Universal Model!

Navigate Your Way to SAP PaPM Cloud Universal Model

2024-03-11T20:40:06.041000+01:00

Hello! How was your first encounter with SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud - Universal Model (SAP PaPM Cloud UM) via this blogpost Unveiling the new functionality in 2024 of SAP PAPM Cloud: Welcome to Universal Model! Is It interesting?

To make you even more comfortable in using the newest functionality of SAP PaPM Cloud, keep reading this blogpost as this will serve as your initial guide to navigate through the user-friendly features of Universal Model. Before we begin the tour, I would like to prepare you of what to expect from this blogpost, such as:

(A) Overview of Your Home Screen
(B) How to Customize Your Home Screen
(C) How to Access Applications in Universal Model
(D) Short Introduction to SAP Companion

Are you ready? If yes, then let’s start our tour! 😊

Note
This document is not a substitute of the SAP Help Portal Documentation. To learn more about the detailed functionalities of Universal Model, see SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud: Universal Model SAP Help Portal Documentation.

(A) Overview of Your Home Screen

The Home screen of Universal Model is designed to provide swift and effortless access to your most frequently used tools and applications.

Here is a quick overview of the different sections featured on your Home screen:

Shell bar: Helps you navigate across different applications of Universal Model. To know more about these attributes, see image and table below:
Application Group: Displays the list of applications for business users in Universal Model.
Application Tiles: Displays the preset application tiles available and categorized into different groups.

(B) How to Customize Your Home Screen

Now that we are bit familiar with what we see on our Home screen, let’s now go into how we can customize it for a more personalized, tailored fitting look for you.

By choosing your initials on the top right side of the shell bar, the system will lead you to your profile.

The user profile displays various options to personalize your Universal Model application, allowing you to customize how you view and organize your workspace.

To learn more about each attribute, see the table below for reference:

(C) How to Access Applications in Universal Model

Now that we have customized our application, let’s find out how we can access the applications that are most useful for us.

There are three ways on how to access an application in Universal Model.
You may choose one from the following options:

Via Home screen:

Go to the Home screen.
Locate the application icon or name of the application.
Choose the appropriate tile to open the application.

Via Search bar:

Choose the Search bar.
Type the name of the application.
Select the relevant result from the dropdown menu.

Via All Apps menu:

Go to the Home screen.
Expand the Navigation Menu.
Choose the relevant catalog, then choose the application.

(D) Short Introduction to SAP Companion

Needing some assistance in the system? We have exciting news for you! Not only that Universal Model was created with a user-friendly interface, we have also embedded a companion just for you. 😊

Introducing…
SAP Companion – a feature within the Universal Model application. It consists of (i) Static Help and (ii) Guided Tour that will help you work in the system.

To access these features, choose Open Help on your shell bar on any page. The system opens it in a side panel, and will automatically set the static help active on your screen.

Note
SAP Companion is available only in English language.

(i) Static Help
By choosing a specific help topic on the right panel of your screen, the system will pop up the long description of the topic chosen.

For example:

(ii) Guided Tour
This is a help embedded in some of Universal Model’s application that will serve as your “friend” within the system. It will provide a step-by-step guide that will help you configure your way through an application.

To access this feature, choose Guided Tour on the right side panel of your SAP Companion. The system lists all guided tours available within that specific application.

Note
Guided tours are available only on selected applications and will continue to grow.

For example:
How to create an environment.

Choose Guided Tour on the right side panel of your SAP Companion.
Choose TOUR_2 Create Environment from the list.
In this case, we will create our first environment. First, choose Create.
Then, select “Environment” from the dropdown list. Then choose Next in the Guided Tour popup.
Choose “Continue”.
You will be redirected to the main configuration screen where you will be asked to fill in the mandatory fields such as “Environment” and “Description”, and non-mandatory fields such as “Parent”, “Reader Team”, “Writer Team”, and so on. In this example, I only fill in these two mandatory fields. Choose Next in the Guided Tour popup.

Tip
Scroll up and down the help popup window to find the description for each field.
Choose “Create”.
The system will prompt Object created.

And that’s it… You have just created your first environment in Universal Model! 😊

Ever wonder if the environment that we created together can be deployed to a succeeding tenant? You may answer this question via my teammate's blogpost about SAP PaPM Cloud Universal Model: Deploy your environment via Manage Containers.

Thank you so much for “touring” with me!

Happy Modeling! 😊

What’s New in SAP Profitability and Performance Management 3.0 SP24

2024-03-18T15:15:09.674000+01:00

Hi Everyone.

SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) 3.0 is gearing up to unveil Support Package 24 (SP24) during the third week of March.

In this blog post, I'm thrilled to take you on an in-depth journey through the upcoming SAP PaPM SP24, highlighting features and enhancements that redefines how businesses harness the power of this innovative solution.

So, fasten your seatbelts as we explore the dynamic world of SAP PaPM, uncovering the transformative capabilities that SP24 brings to the table.

General Feature

Performance Improvements

Starting with SP24, the allocation logic has been optimized to significantly enhance the efficiency of the Allocation function’s processing.

Functions

Remote Function Adapter

We have introduced two new Remote Function Adapter (RFA) types designed for finance tasks: the “Finance Accounts Payable Items” and the “Finance Accounts Receivable Items”. Let me present you the functionalities of each RFA type.

Let’s start with “Finance Accounts Payable Items”. This new function type allows you to post an Accounts Payable entry to SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA with multiple lines per document. It uses a grouping field to determine which lines are grouped together into one document. You can have multiple GL accounts or vendor accounts within each document. If an RFC destination is defined at the environment level, the entries are posted in that system.

Let me give you an example:

Input Data

2. Configuration of the Remote Function Adapter

a. Header

i. Remote Function Adapter Type: Finance Accounts Payable Items

ii. RFC Destination: The system where you want to post the entries

iii. Field Length Extension Mode: Target Mode

b. Rules: You may use the mapping below for your reference

You will then be able to verify the successful posting through the Object Key field.

Now let’s continue with the second new RFA type, which is the “Finance Accounts Receivable Items”. This function type allows you to post an Accounts Receivable entry to SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA. Each record is mapped to one posting, with a customer account on one side and a GL account on the other. If an RFC destination is defined at the environment level, the entries are posted in that system.

Let me give you an example:

1. Input Data

2. Configuration of the Remote Function Adapter

a. Header

i. Remote Function Adapter Type: Finance Accounts Receivable Items

ii. RFC Destination: The system where you want to post the entries

iii. Field Length Extension Mode: Target Mode

b. Rules: You may use the mapping below for your reference

The successful posting is then returned in the Document Number.

For more information about the new RFA types, see SAP Note 3389306.

Enhancements

The PaPM solution undergoes continuous improvement to enhance the user experience. Below, you will find the enhancements included in the SP24 Release.

Manage and Deploy Processes

These enhancements directly impact Sorting and Filtering in Manage and Deploy Processes and My Activities application.

On the Processes screen, we introduced a new column Progress (%), which displays the progress as a rounded percentage. Please note that the rounding is always done to the nearest whole number (integer).

Within the process tree, you can now sort and filter the values for each column, as long as it is technically feasible.

Delete Temporary Data

This enhancement provides you with the capability to choose the Process ID and Package ID in the Delete Temporary Data report. When using the Delete Temporary Data report (/NXI/P1_DELETE_TEMP_DATA), you can include the Process ID and Package ID as part of the selection criteria. Additionally, you have the flexibility to apply various conditions for both Inclusion and Exclusion, such as BETWEEN, EQUAL, CONTAINS PATTERN (using *), and so on.

For Inclusion:

This is available for Exclusion as well:

Sample Content

The sample content documentation offer insights and recommended approaches for structuring the system in relation to subjects and sectors.

Below, you will find the list of updated versions of standalone sample contents included in the SP24 Release

Sample Content	ID	Version
Corporate Sustainability Management	SXD	7
ESRS Disclosure Management	SXQ	2
EU Taxonomy Technical Screening	SXU	6
OECD BEPS 2.0 Tax Calculation and Reporting	SXE	7
OECD BEPS 2.0 Tax Calculation and Reporting Powered by SAP Group Reporting Data Collection	SXE	GR03
Value Chain Sustainability Management	SXC	17

I appreciate your time spent reading this blog post! Stay tuned for upcoming improvements in our future releases of SAP PaPM 3.0.

If you have any inquiries related to this topic within the SAP Community, you can find answers in the Q&A section using the provided tag Link.

SAP PaPM Cloud: What’s New as of 2024-02-05?

2024-03-19T06:19:25.734000+01:00

Hello again SAP community members!

As per usual, to make it simpler to find all the blog posts published from the past year/month, you can use this tag: PaPMCloudSMWhatsNew

Without further ado, let me walk you through the contents of this what's new article for SAP PaPM Cloud.

Modeling Screen

OLD

NEW

Report Management Screen

Edit Mode for Qualitative Reporting
The Report Management Screen has introduced a new feature wherein authorized users can set a report into edit mode. Once a user accesses a report, the report would be displayed in read-only mode wherein options under Edit and Editor in the header including add and delete report tab are disabled. The Edit button can be chosen to enable edit mode for the current report.

If Discard Changes button is chosen and there are still unsaved changes to the report, a dialog box informing user that changes are that changes are not saved would appear with the following options:

Save and Continue – proceeds to save changes in the report
Continue – proceeds to refresh the report and no changes would be saved
Cancel – cancels the action

When the user working on the report has been inactive in the report for 12 minutes, a dialog would appear informing that the time for editing the content is about to expire:

Continue Editing – will allow the user to continue working on the report.
Save - will save all the changes made and will unlock the report.
Discard - will discard the changes and will unlock the report.

The report would automatically be unlocked if the user who locked the report has been inactive for 15 minutes.

Show/Analyze Screen

The buttons which allow users to upload and download data from the Show and Analyze Screen have been renamed to “Upload” and “Download”.
Note: The functionality of data upload and download remains the same in the Show and Analyze Screens.

OLD
Analyze Screen

Show Screen

NEW
Analyze Screen

Show Screen

Content Network Screen

Uploading Content
When user uploads content to the Content Network screen, user will be redirected to the Upload Status page which shows the status of the upload along with the path where the content was uploaded.

Once upload is done, the newly uploaded content will be available in the Content Network screen after refresh.

Downloading Content
An information pop-up would now be displayed for user upon choosing the Download button of selected content informing users that the file needs to be scanned before download. The download process would be triggered once the OK button is chosen.

I hope you enjoy reading this blogpost content with the latest updates coming from SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud. Till the next what's new content

SAP PaPM Cloud: What’s New as of 2024-04-02?

2024-04-02T22:16:10.924000+02:00

Hello again SAP Community members!

Days and months are coming fast, and now we’re in the Q2 of 2024 and of course, I’m delighted to introduce you to another wave of new features and enhancements in SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud Standard Model (SAP PaPM Cloud SM)!

If you want to revisit all the blog posts released from my colleagues, you can check this tag for easier reference:  https://community.sap.com/t5/tag/PaPMCloudSMWhatsNew/tg-p

Without further ado, let me walk you through the newest additions that are now available, and you can already experience them in your SAP PaPM Cloud SM tenant:

System > History Monitor

The History Monitor view has been enhanced to have a user-friendly and transparent view so that the users will understand the context which the changes were made in.

Starting from the left side, the column sequence starts with Entry ID, Environment, Version, Function, Function type (newly introduced history details), Description, History Type, Time (previously named Local Timestamp column) and User GUID.

The Function type column is newly added that displays the function type identifier. For example, AL stands for Allocation and it means that the changes is within the Allocation Function (All Allocation Function Types). Here are the other Function Type identifier:

Calculations (All Calculation Function Types) = CA
Calculation Unit = CU
Condition = CD
Conversions (All Conversion Function Types) = CV
Derivation = DE
Description = DS
Joins (All Join Function Types) = JO
Model Join = MJ
Model Tables (All Model Table Function Types) = MT
Model Views (All Model View Function Types) = MV
Queries = QE
Remote Function Adapters (All RFA Function Types) = RF
Transfer Structure = TR
Views = VI
Writers = WR

Additionally, a new feature was introduced wherein the user can compare the two (2) chosen environment basing on their history version entries in the History Monitor screen.

A new button namely “Compare” is added in the Tools Header button. This will be enabled once a history log version is selected in the History Monitor list (multiple selection is also applicable).

Upon clicking the Compare header tools button, the “Selected history versions:” pop-up dialog box will be prompted that will show the history log versions selected on the list that will be compared.

In order to compare History Log versions, two (2) log entries should be selected in the “Selected history versions:” pop-up dialog box.
If only one (1) history log version is selected in the History Monitor list, in the “Selected history versions:” pop-up dialog box, the message “Select next version to compare” is prompted and the COMPARE button is disabled.

If more than two (2) log entries are selected in the History Monitor list, in the “Selected history versions:” pop-up dialog box, the multiple history logs selected will be displayed that allows the user to choose which history log version will be compared. However, the user is only allowed to select only two (2) history logs to be compared.

Note:
If the user wanted to select the 3rd history log version in the screenshot, the user needs to unselect first the one of the selected and then select the desired history log to be compared.

Once the selected History Log versions are finalized, COMPARE button is now enabled and upon choosing the button, the user will be able to open a new screen namely “Comparison”.

In the Comparison screen, it will display two (2) panes which are for the two (2) history version logs highlighting the code line sections with differences.

User Preferences > System Language

The new language Korean ‘KO’ has been added to the User Preferences > Language section that allows the users to change the language to Korean.

To learn more about the available languages in the User Preferences > System Language section, please visit the Application Help Portal through this link.

Business Events Management

During modeling there are various ways for the user to make a mistake which will be reflected into execution of function. All business events, erroneous data or any kind of error that occur during execution of activities can be seen using a Business Event Management Screen (BEM).

Previously, only users with most powerful role EXECUTION_MAN_ALL were able to see business events indicator in the Process Management screen, since they are the only one authorized to access Business Events Management Screen. Now, since users with role EXECUTION_USER_ALL can also access Process Management screen, which is prerequisite for business events management screen, business events indicator will also be available for them if user is part of performer or reviewer group (at least of one activity) as well as accessibility to Business Events Management Screen.

The user will be able to see business indicators beside the execution activity if there are errors or unassigned items. Business Events Indicators are displayed as clickable red circles:

In the Business Event Management screen, there are still some authorizations that are limited for users with EXECUTION_USER_ALL role depending on if the user is part and not part of the Team assigned to an Input/Output Activity and Execution Activity.

Scenario 1: User is assigned as Performer and/or Reviewer Team in the Input/Output Activity only

If the user with EXECUTION_USER_ALL role is only part of the Performer and/or Reviewer Team of the Input/Output Activity only, the Actions > Go to buttons Show, Analyze and Initialize are enabled and the user can access the mentioned screens.

However, the Run and Restart buttons are disabled as the user is not part of the of the Performer and/or Reviewer Team of the Execution Activity.

Scenario 2: User is assigned as Performer and/or Reviewer Team in the Execution Activity only

If the user with EXECUTION_USER_ALL role is only part of the Performer and/or Reviewer Team of the Execution Activity only, the Header Tools button for Run and Restart and Actions > Restart button are enabled, and the user can run and restart the activity.

However, the Actions > Go to buttons Show, Analyze and Initialize are disabled as the user is not part of the of the Performer and/or Reviewer Team of the Input/Output Activity.

Scenario 3: User is assigned as Performer and/or Reviewer Team in the Input/Output Activity and Execution Activity

If the user with EXECUTION_USER_ALL role is part of the Performer and/or Reviewer Team of the Input/Output Activity and Execution Activity, the Actions > Go to buttons Show, Analyze and Initialize are enabled and the user can access the mentioned screens. And also, the Header Tools buttons for Run and Restart are enabled and the user can run the activity.

Scenario 4: User is not assigned as Performer and/or Reviewer Team in the Input/Output Activity and Execution Activity

If the User with EXECUTION_USER_ALL role is not part of the Performer and/or Reviewer Team of the Input/Output Activity and Execution Activity, the Actions > Go to buttons Show, Analyze and Initialize are enabled and the Header Tools buttons for Run and Restart and Actions > restart are disabled.

I sincerely hope that these latest additions will be helpful and give you better SAP PaPM Cloud SM experience.

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Thank you and see you on the next What’s new series! 😊

SAP PaPM Cloud Universal Model: Deploy your environment via Manage Containers

2024-04-18T14:09:07.112000+02:00

Hello dear reader! In the previous blogposts:

you became acquainted with SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud Universal Model (SAP PaPM Cloud UM). Since you are here with us, reading this, I expect that you are either modeling in the system or exploring the applications available in SAP PaPM Cloud UM.

During your investigation, have you already checked and explored Manage Containers? Do you already know the power of this application? For those who are still puzzled, let me try to give you some information.

Picture that you are modeling in your development tenant and the environment is ready to be tested in test tenant. Do you wonder how you can transport or deploy this environment to the next tenant? -- Will you need to start modeling all over again in the next tenant? Luckily, no.

In the SAP PaPM Cloud UM, under the Administration section which contains applications for technical administration, you can find the Manage Containers tile that will help you with this.

This is a feature-rich component that enables you to effortlessly manage your environments across diverse tenants where you can skip the manual modeling (per tenant) and say hello to a smoother, more efficient process of transferring environment. This requirement can be fulfilled by performing:

Export
Download
Upload
Import

of your environment via Manage Containers tile.

Spoiler

IMPORTANT:
Manage Container only supports import of environment from one SAP PaPM Cloud UM tenant to another.

Automatic migration of environment from SAP PaPM On-Premise or SAP PaPM Cloud SM to a SAP PaPM Cloud UM tenant is not possible.

To move an environment from SAP PaPM On-Premise or SAP PaPM Cloud SM to SAP PaPM Cloud UM, a manual implementation (recreation activity) is necessary.

IMPORTANT:Manage Container only supports import of environment from one SAP PaPM Cloud UM tenant to another.Automatic migration of environment from SAP PaPM On-Premise or SAP PaPM Cloud SM to a SAP PaPM Cloud UM tenant is not possible.To move an environment from SAP PaPM On-Premise or SAP PaPM Cloud SM to SAP PaPM Cloud UM, a manual implementation (recreation activity) is necessary.

In the continuation of the blogpost, let us discuss bit by bit the processes and information you could know about it.

(1) Export

You may be wondering what is it that connects the environment and container, is that the same thing or not?

A container is considered as an encapsulation of the environment with its dependencies and artifacts. When you export the environment that means you create a container or a package in the form of a ZIP file that can be as large as 30MB. The container's size depends on the number of functions, fields, and data in Model Entities that you want to import with the environment. Below you can find a list of exportable artifacts that are possible to transfer together with your environment

Fields
Functions
Connections
Teams
Processes (optional)
Activities (optional)
Reports (optional)
Data (optional)

Spoiler

IMPORTANT:
You need to mark the transport checkbox from the Model Entity (for data import), Process and Report screens before doing the export of the environment. For more information, please refer to our Application Help documentation: Transport Data, Transport Process and Transport Reports.

IMPORTANT:You need to mark the transport checkbox from the Model Entity (for data import), Process and Report screens before doing the export of the environment. For more information, please refer to our Application Help documentation: Transport Data, Transport Process and Transport Reports.

Since we are still speaking of Export, you might already have seen that there are two buttons for export, I will tell you the difference between a) Export Environment and b) Export Delta below.

a) Export Environment

When you want to transfer your environment to another tenant, the first thing that you need to do is to Export Environment. You should choose the Export Environment button and maintain the Environment ID of the environment you want to have in some other tenant. After exporting, you will see a new zip file in the list (called container) which will contain basic information about the export such as who did it and when.

b) Export Delta

If you for some reason continued to work on the already exported environment and you need those changes in the second tenant you can take advantage of Export Delta action. In the Manage Containers screen, choose first the export of the environment which is a prerequisite container before you can export the dependent and that will enable the Export Delta button. After choosing this option, you will see a new ZIP file in the list of containers which will be ready for download.

The sole purpose of this is to efficiently be able to import just changes from the environment to the next tenant than perform a full environment import all the time.

(2) Download

After exporting the environment, downloading the container(s) locally allows you to upload it to your desired tenant. You can download the container by clicking the compressed zip file which includes the created JSON files.

(3) Upload

Now moving to the next tenant with a desire to import the environment exported and downloaded as per steps 1 and 2 – we will start with Upload!

After downloading the exported zip file, upload allows you to create a container where you can upload the zip file by choosing Create button and selecting upload file under General Information - File section. In short, this will make the downloaded file from the original tenant available in the target tenant and will be ready afterward for importing.

(4) Import

Last step, let us import!

Upon successful creation of the container via upload, you are ready to import the environment. For this, you have two options on how to do it: a) Import Environment and b) Import as New.

It is important to know that by default environment activation is not considered in the import process (Activation set to No). And for such situation all artifacts depending on the runtime environment such as processes, activities, teams and reports will not be imported together with the environment. To ensure that such artifacts are included, ensure to press Activation Yes upon import. Once the import completes, your newly imported environment will be seen in Manage Environments.

Just like Export, Import also has two flavors such as a) Import Environment and b) Import as New which I will explain further below.

a) Import Environment

Import Environment allows you to import the environment to another tenant while preserving the Environment ID just like in the original tenant. If the same Environment ID is already present in the tenant, it will be overwritten by the import UNLESS it is a Delta Import.

Remember a while ago I informed you about Export Delta? Of course, to upload that to the next tenant a functionality called import Delta is available. And just like normal transport or import, to be able to import Delta of environment, it is mandatory that the prerequisite container (such as the first environment version) is present in the tenant before you can import the succeeding changes.

b) Import as New

Shall you have the need to change the Environment ID upon import, you can use the second option called Import as New. With this approach you will be asked to provide a new Environment ID prior importing. Once again, optionally you may choose Activation Yes in case you have artifacts that are dependent on runtime environment such as process, activity, report, teams.

Now we are done with explaining the Export > Download > Upload > Import process of a container and since you are still here let me give you more information related to Manage Containers such as I) Delete Button and II) Roles.

I) Delete Button

In the Manage Containers screen, you may notice one more button called Delete.

When you know that you won’t need some exported/imported environment, you can Delete the container by choosing the container and choosing Delete button.

Spoiler

IMPORTANT:
If you have Delta version for that specific container, please keep in mind that first you need to delete the container where Is Delta is marked as “Yes” and then the one where Is Delta is marked as “No”. If you try to do it another way around the pop-up window with the message “Foreign key constraint violation” will appear on the screen.

IMPORTANT:If you have Delta version for that specific container, please keep in mind that first you need to delete the container where Is Delta is marked as “Yes” and then the one where Is Delta is marked as “No”. If you try to do it another way around the pop-up window with the message “Foreign key constraint violation” will appear on the screen.

II) Roles

As you may see, the Manage Containers tile can be found under the Administration section which can indicate that not everyone can have access to it. This tile and managing containers with the above-explained actions are available only for users that have MODEL or MODEL_ALL role together with the CONTAINER role.

To find out more about roles see Admin Guide > Role Templates for Universal Model.

I hope the information I have shared can help you with your SAP PaPM Cloud UM journey. Thank you for your interest in the SAP PaPM Cloud - Universal Model, wish you a wonderful day my dear reader!

Climate Change Risk Scenario Analysis in SAP PaPM - 1/3: Climate Risk Management Introduction

2024-05-03T07:52:51.710000+02:00

Welcome to our blog series where we delve into the intricate process of executing a climate risk scenario analysis within SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) efficiently and robustly. Leveraging the What-if scenario analysis feature of PaPM's report section, we empower users to assess financial risk Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), such as Climate Value at Risk, across diverse climate scenarios and portfolio assets in a single model run.

Meet Ankit Pal, a developer for SAP PaPM, leading the development of Climate Risk Scenario Analysis models within the Content and Add-on teams. Ankit holds two Master of Science degrees, one in Mathematics and another in Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, from the esteemed Tata Institute in Mumbai. With over four years of experience in Climate Change and Financial services, particularly in Reinsurance, Ankit is committed to driving sustainable solutions and fostering resilience through mathematical innovation.

Joining Ankit is Seyedsaeed Hosseinioun, a sustainability data analyst for SAP PaPM. Educated at the Technical University of Berlin, Saeed holds dual M.Sc degrees in Industrial Economics (with focus on Climate Economics), as well as Financial Engineering. With more than four years of expertise in Climate Risk, Decarbonization, and Sustainable Finance, Saeed brings a wealth of knowledge to the table.

Our blog series will unfold in three parts:

Part 1: Climate Risk Management Introduction.
Part 2: Methodology and assumptions for the implemented scenario analysis.
Part 3: Financial KPIs and calculation steps.

Introduction

Climate risks, categorized as physical and transitional, impact economies through various channels. The Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) identifies four key impact channels: Macro Environment, Supply Chain, Operations, and Markets.

Figure 1 - Climate Risk impact channels (Source: Vivid Economics based on I4CE, 2018)

Climate risks arise from changes in weather patterns, affecting sectors like energy, agriculture, and manufacturing. Climate change adversely impacts human life, causing extreme weather events, health risks, and food insecurity. Rising temperatures lead to heat-related illnesses, altered precipitation agriculture disruptions, and water scarcity. Economic disruptions exacerbate poverty, and climate-induced conflicts add to challenges. Beyond physical impacts, climate change affects mental health. A mere one-degree Celsius increase can lead to economic disruptions ranging from 1 to 1.7% (Carletion and Hsiang, 2016). Addressing these impacts requires global cooperation, emphasizing emission reduction, adaptive measures, and community resilience. Equity perspective on climate change calls for tailored approaches across economies, with developed nations committing to emission reductions and supporting adaptation, while developing nations seek technology transfer and capacity building. The Global North-South divide emphasizes differentiated strategies, especially for vulnerable regions like Small Island Developing States.

Understanding the complex relationship between climate and the economy is crucial for informed financial decision-making. Climate risk, a threat multiplier, affects macro-financial risks. Power and insurance companies rely on advanced methodologies for risk management. In the power sector, climate modeling assesses impacts, while insurance firms use actuarial models for underwriting. Real estate companies use valuation models, and the reinsurance industry relies on risk models for catastrophic events. Technology evolution enables innovative approaches for risk mitigation.

Figure 2 Climate Risk Analysis (Source: Digital Journal)

Integrated Assessment Models and Scenario Analysis

Advances in data processing methods enable empirical investigations into the economic effects of climate change. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) play a crucial role in quantifying potential economic costs and damages. IAMs are expected to focus on scenario analysis, exploring diverse climate scenarios, considering emissions, adaptation, and global policy responses. Integration with artificial intelligence and machine learning enhances predictive capabilities. IAMs are anticipated to become more interdisciplinary, providing a comprehensive understanding of climate change and socio-economic systems, guiding sustainable development.

Scenarios are useful tools to understand the path from one point in time to another in the future. They are not predictions but highlight central elements of possible futures. TCFD defines scenarios as paths leading to a particular outcome. Socio-economic scenarios address economic and societal impacts, emissions scenarios display GHG concentrations, climate change scenarios demonstrate alterations in weather patterns, and climate impact scenarios show changes in climatic events. Mitigation and adaptation scenarios illustrate pathways for emission reduction initiatives and adaptation measures. Integrated scenarios capture a combination of these variables.

Climate-related scenarios include parameters like carbon price, energy demand, weather patterns, demographic variables, technological development, and policy. Analytical choices involve quantitative vs qualitative analysis, timeframe, assumptions, and scope of application. Outcomes and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) encompass profitability, costs, and supply chain interruptions.

Conclusion

In conclusion, impact economies through physical and transitional channels. It affects human life, leading to extreme events, health risks, and food insecurity. Understanding the relationship between climate and the economy is crucial for financial decision-making. Advanced methodologies and IAMs play pivotal roles in managing climate risks. Scenarios are valuable tools for understanding potential future outcomes, and their elements encompass parameters, analytical choices, and outcomes. The future of IAMs involves enhanced scenario analysis, interdisciplinary integration, and collaboration for sustainable development.

Stay tuned for the next 2 parts in which the methodology and calculation steps of the physical climate risk analysis will be elaborated in more details.

References:

TCFD Technical Supplement 2017. The Use of Scenario Analysis in Disclosure of Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities https://assets.bbhub.io/company/sites/60/2020/10/FINAL-TCFD-Technical-Supplement-062917.pdf
IPCC Special Report 2000. Emissions Scenarios https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/sres-en.pdf
Carleton, T.A. and Hsiang, S.M., 2016. Social and economic impacts of climate. Science, 353(6304), p. aad9837.

SAP PaPM Cloud: What’s New as of 2024-05-06?

2024-05-07T08:32:16.710000+02:00

Hello again SAP Community Members!

We're back this month to present you updates and new features for the SAP PaPM Cloud Standard Model (SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud SM).

If you’d like to revisit all previous published blogposts about What’s New with SAP PaPM Cloud SM, you can use this tag for reference: https://community.sap.com/t5/tag/PaPMCloudSMWhatsNew/tg-p

Modeling Screen

The latest update has removed the Recycle Bin from the Modeling screen. This adjustment aims to avoid confusion, as the Recycle Bin wasn’t designed to restore, but initially meant for storing deleted entities and functions.

Aside from the UI changes in the Modeling screen, a new enhancement is implemented. Previously, upon loading the environment data for the frontend, the system also included runtime artifacts. The runtime information for large environments is significant, as it includes the entire generated SQL code for procedures, annotation statements, and so on.

With the new enhancement implemented, the Modeling screen improves the initial loading time of the environment by not loading runtime artifacts especially for larger environments with a higher number of functions or fields. This allows us to reduce the generated SQL code for procedures, annotation statements, and so on.

System > History Monitor

The History Monitor screen released a new enhancement where you can retrieve an environment version overwritten by one of the historical versions (Snapshot version) chosen from the History Monitor.

When restoring a history version in the History Monitor by overwriting an existing environment, two (2) entries will be created and added in the History Monitor.

First, the system creates a history log with history type “DELETE” for the deletion of the overwritten. This history version captures the current state of the environment before the overwriting occurs.

In addition, it is also possible to restore the created history log.

This new feature also allows you to filter the History Monitor logs by time range. This way, you can easily extract the ones coming from a particular period.

(Example: Enter the time in the filter below, and the sample result based on the filtered ranged,)

Administration > Content Network

The Content Network screen has now been totally replaced by Content Management screen in SAP PaPM Cloud SM. This means that the previous Content Network screen can no longer be accessed from the hamburger menu or direct URL.

For more information, see SAP PaPM Cloud: Introducing the New Content Management Screen.

That concludes this month's What's New Blogpost! I am hoping to see you again in the next content! See you there!

Introducing SAP Performance and Profitability Management on Alibaba

2024-05-07T09:23:15.419000+02:00

Our newest hyper-scaler for SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud (SAP PaPM Cloud) ALIBABA, is here to further our commitment to provide exceptional service to our customers.

Yes, you have read it right! In this post, I'll walk you through how to subscribe SAP PaPM solutions via Alibaba Cloud so that you can optimize and transform your businesses.

Global Account & Sub-account on Alibaba
Subscribe PaPM Cloud from Sub-account
Create a role collection and add users
Start using PaPM Cloud

Global Account & Sub-account on Alibaba

To use SAP PaPM Cloud on Alibaba you need to have a Global Account & Sub-account on Alibaba.

Prerequisites : If you already have a Sub-account in Alibaba then add SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud | papm-service entitlement and select plan as default.

If you do not have a Global Account in Alibaba, you can start creating one by raising a SAP ticket. Then proceed with Sub-account creation from Alibaba BTP Cockpit.
Below is the list of inputs needed for the SAP ticket
a. Description : Request on-boarding of CN40 Data Workbench Saa
b. Component : XX-HST-CDC
c. Priority : Medium
d. System : SCP
e. Main impact : Globalization
f. Please fill out this Excel sheet , in the entitlement section add “SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud | papm-service” and select plan as default.
g. Attach the excel sheet to the ticket.

While selecting the region for the sub-account please select cf-cn40 to select Alibaba hyper-scaler.

Subscribe PaPM Cloud from Subaccount

Follow the steps below to subscribe to PaPM Cloud. For more detailed instructions, refer to the corresponding blog post SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud: Subscription & Decommission.

In the Alibaba sub-account you can find a “Create” button on your upper right corner.

After clicking on “Create” button you would get a pop up. Search for SAP PaPM in the Service section and select Plan as default, then click on “Create”.

It will take few moments to complete the subscription process.

Create a role collection and add users

For creation of role collection and addition of users please go through this blog post SAP PaPM Cloud: Basic Administration.

Start using PaPM Cloud

Go the the subscription page and click on SAP PaPM.

Authenticate yourself and now you are good to use SAP PaPM cloud.

SAP PaPM Cloud UM: Introduction to Important Action Buttons

2024-05-10T16:14:41.295000+02:00

Oh, hi there! I see you keep coming back for more blogposts related to SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud - Universal Model (SAP PaPM Cloud UM). Well, you’re in luck today because this blogpost will introduce some modeling features which you will find useful in your Universal Model journey.

Action Buttons like Activate, which you might be familiar of also exist in Universal Model. In Universal Model though, we do have some more buttons like Remove and Undeploy All. In continuation to this blogpost entitled SAP PaPM Cloud Universal Model: Deploy your environment via Manage Containers, I will be discussing more about the how to’s of the Action Buttons in Manage Environments and other screens.

Spoiler

IMPORTANT
Some of the action buttons can be seen on different screens. They are acting the same however, they differ on the type of entity they are dealing with.

IMPORTANTSome of the action buttons can be seen on different screens. They are acting the same however, they differ on the type of entity they are dealing with.

CREATE

Before you can start modeling, ofcourse, you need to have an environment which will contain the entities you will be using for your configuration. The first button Create is solely used to make an environment. The newly created environment is set to “Inactive” by default until it gets activated.

For creation of environment, which I believe has already been tackled on the previous blogpost, you just need to click on Create button and choose the Environment type, add a name, description and optionally a parent folder then save it.

COPY

What if I want to try out some configuration without ruining my original environment? Copy button is here to save the day! 😊 Once you perform copy, all the functions, fields, and connections from the Original environment will be cloned to the new environment.

Just search the environment you want to copy, then click on copy button. The system will prompt you to specify the number of copies, with a maximum limit of 10 copies. By default, the status of the copied environment is set to Inactive.

ACTIVATE

Now for the activate button, as mentioned in the recent blogpost Unveiling the new functionality in 2024 of SAP PAPM Cloud: Welcome to Universal Model!, it is very important to consider the Design-Time environment and Runtime Environment. As this is exclusive to SAP PaPM UM, it allows you to refine your configurations during design time without interference on runtime environment.

Activation is only possible on the environment level. Why full activation and not on a function level? The rationale is that, in the end, each of the functions will be API based. Without you being able to activate the whole environment, you cannot package the functions via API.

An activated environment contains the following Runtime status:

Status	Inactive	Current	Not Current
Runtime Status	There are no changes in the whole environment yet	Changes in the whole environment is saved and activated	Changes in the whole environment is saved but the environment is not yet activated
Runtime Field Status	There are no changes in the Fields within the selected environment yet	Changes in the Fields within the selected environment is saved and activated	Changes in the Fields within the selected environment is saved but the environment is not yet activated
Runtime Functions Status	There are no changes in the Functions within the selected environment yet	Changes in the Functions within the selected environment is saved and activated	Changes in the Functions within the selected environment is saved but the environment is not yet activated
Runtime Artifact Status	There are no stored procedures yet	All stored procedures are currently activated	All stored procedures are not activated yet

There are two ways on how to activate an Environment:

Activate in Background: Yes
Activate in Background: No

Activate in Background = Yes, this helps you perform activation in a non-interactive way or process. This means that you are free to leave or perform a parallel activity while the activation is happening in background.

Activate in Background = No, sometimes called dialog activation is then needing user intervention. Meaning the session or request for activation ends or terminates as soon as you leave the session such as logoff the system or visits another application.

Regardless how you activate an environment, there will be a notification message regarding the activation action.

Spoiler

IMPORTANT

It is advisable though to use background activation on environments that are huge and needing more time to complete.
If you have environments with huge data models, then it is recommended to activate less than 30 of them in one tenant - mainly because the first time UI access after logon to the application by end users might become slower, as a lot of metadata needs to be cached by the browser. There will be also a message to warn you during activation.

IMPORTANTIt is advisable though to use background activation on environments that are huge and needing more time to complete.If you have environments with huge data models, then it is recommended to activate less than 30 of them in one tenant - mainly because the first time UI access after logon to the application by end users might become slower, as a lot of metadata needs to be cached by the browser. There will be also a message to warn you during activation.

DEACTIVATE

Ofcourse, if activation is possible to be done in an environment, deactivation is also possible. By selecting the environment and choosing Deactivate button, you have the capability to delete all dependent processes, activities, comments and data associated with the runtime environment. Once the environment is already deactivated, Runtime status will be reverted to Inactive.

While deactivate button is used for one environment deactivation at a time, the Undeploy All button, which can be found in Manage Tenant Settings, can do it for all active environments.

Spoiler

IMPORTANT

When you deactivate an environment, all runtime artifacts including processes, reports, activities, comments, and data associated with the runtime environment will be gone.

IMPORTANTWhen you deactivate an environment, all runtime artifacts including processes, reports, activities, comments, and data associated with the runtime environment will be gone.

RUN

Now, we have come to another action button which can be found in Manage Functions screen, the Run button.

When an environment is activated, the functions inside it can already be executed. Run button gets enabled when a function is selected in Manage Functions screen.

Run also has In Background = YES and In Background = NO option with the same logic as with activation.

We are now done with Activation and done with Run, but I still have some related facts for you.

Model functions like Model Entity can be activated but they don’t need to be executed for them to provide results.

These Model Functions are treated as information functions, and they can do the functionality of their counterpart Enrichment or Processing functions. Like for example, Allocation for Model Allocation. As stated in our Application Help documentation, they can both be used to distribute key figures from one entity to another, using a distribution base. But from a technical aspect, the Model Allocation and Allocation functions behave in different ways. For example, upon successful activation of a Model Allocation function, the system generates an SQL view in the underlying database schema of the tenant, acting more like an information function where no procedure is created. The Allocation as an enrichment function, on the other hand, generates SAP HANA procedures that are run to populate temporary data records.

This difference applies to all Model Functions and their counterpart.

Model Functions	Counterpart Functions
Model View	View
Model Join	Join
Model Calculation	Calculation
Model Derivation	Derivation
Model Allocation	Allocation

Though they can already produce results without being executed, the Run button is still enabled for a specific reason which is when you trigger the run of model function, a special _model stored procedure will be triggered in the HANA Database Library, which will test the access to the data print helpful statistical information into the event log.

DELETE and REMOVE

An environment can also be subject for deletion or removal if it is no longer needed. Delete and Remove buttons are the ones to do the trick. How do they differ from each other then?

When there are fields or functions inside an environment, you cannot delete it using the Delete button. Hence, before deleting the environment, delete such entities in line with that.

With regard to the Remove button, you can utilize it even in the event that fields or functions are still present in it after the environment has been deactivated.

On a security point of view, Delete button is available for users with role MODEL or MODEL_ALL. If there are dependencies, an error will occur. Remove button is only available for users with role MODEL_ALL. This will resolve all dependencies and removes everything related to the environment.

Now I have mentioned about roles, these information will be discussed in the next blogposts.

As we conclude this journey through the action buttons in SAP PaPM Cloud – Universal Model, it's evident that these very simple buttons have a big impact on how we can start with our modeling. Thank you for joining me on this exploration, and remember, the greatest adventures often begin with the smallest steps.

Before I end this blogpost, I’d like to leave you with a question to entice your curiosity.
Can I somehow lock my created environment so others can’t be able to makes changes to it? Are there some kind of restrictions that can be implemented in SAP PaPM Cloud – Universal Model? That’s what we will be discussing on the next blogposts so stay tuned! 😊