How can i copy the Keyfigure (KF1)  data of 2014 into the Keyfigure (KF2) for 2015 ?

Also, while creating the copy operator to copy the KF1 to KF2, what other intermediate KF is needed ?

Hi Experts

How do we map Location hierarchy,Product hierarchy of ECC and Batch size in IBP (S&OP).

Regards

Roshan

Hi experts,

Could anyone please provide information regarding the control tower enhancements or additional features in IBP 6.

Regards,

Subya.

Hi Guys,

I wanted to set up / configure a rolling forecast consumption concept. For example :

                                   February      March                                    April

Forecast                       200                 20                                        50

Shipped Qty                  50                  100                                       50

Rolling Forecast                       150(200-50 From FEB)                 70 (170-100)              

New Forecast                                   170(150+20)                              120

And So on.

So as shown above its clear that 200-50 is done and the result of the difference between forecast and shipped Qty is made available in the next Month Period ID as rolling Forecast(150). Then the result of this can be Added to current month forecast to calculate the New forecast for the month. Now the Rolling Forecast for the month of March would be 70 and this should reflect in April as a carry forward.. then the logic continues...

Looking forward to customization and calculation logic ( at all levels) help.

Thanks

Br

Arjun Kumar Rao

I am aware on how to create JAM accounts. But I just want to ask how does password changes affect the usage of success factors? A periodic password change is necessary for both jamadmin and users??

How do I know if a user is locked using his/her SF id?

How exactly to map users using the alternate email i  the user management tab in the Web UI?

Hi, experts

I would like to know about performance between SAP systems: "SAP APO Optimizer" x "SAP IBP Optimizer"(IBP for Response and Supply), because it will be a key Point Decision for a particular customer to migrate the current APO optimizer system to IBP for Supply.

IBP and APO Equivalences Assumptions: Considering that in both cases we don´t have server constraints, APO and IBP Application are using the appropiated Best-Practices and in both system we are considering the same business context

How could i provide a number of performance improvement comparing these two systems?

For example: SAP IBP is "x%" faster than the same SAP APO system

Thanks!

FM

Please find below the Questions & Answers for the SAP Integrated Business Planning Partner/Sales Enablement Webinar on SAP Integrated Business Planning for sales and operations on April 1, 2016.  The slides and replay for this webinar will be posted here: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-71318.

Answered Questions (66)

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1. Dear Participants, please provide your feedback by following the link: https://surveys.sap.com/SE/?SID=SV_4I9TpZMstwkNggJ&sessiontitle=PRASGEN_15108&EventID=19802

5. Will we receive this presentation deck thru Partner portal ?

You'll find the recordings and presentations for all the IBP Partner/Sales Enablement Webinars here: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-71318.

18. Can we have Demand Sensing & Supply Planning in one Planning area ?

Yes.all can be in one single/unified plannig area. RDS is already out for that

24. Can the process under Demand Review be further customised, say I want to add one more process called Marketing review, is it possible?

Yes.. The process dashboard is defined by the user.

25. Is there any word on integrating to other corporate social portals like Yammer?

No. Only JAM is supported

27. We can do similar comparision in APO - How IBP has advantage over APO DP ?

Please ask your question during Webinar #4 - Demand (on May 3rd).

28. Can we select the planning level now which running forecasting ?

Yes. you can select the level and the results will be disaggregated to base planning level

29. Is the demoing system version IBP5?

6.1

30. Can we have Forecast model run at a particular  planning Level?

yes

31. In the demand planner view, are the changes done in quantities or values?

The changes can be done in Values or Qty. This depends on how you want to configure

32. Is it possible to do changes in the sales forecast view directly in values (i.e. USD)?

Yes. It is possible to change directly in values. It will disaggregate appropriately

33. Raghav is demoing using an IBP release 6.1 system

34. Can I execute a statistical forecast run in IBP for S&OP?

Yes. Stat fcsting for basic techniques such as moving average, single, double and triple exponential smoothing is s

upoorted

35. What tool IBP supports to enable Product Planning/review - There is no Life cycle planning like APO is available in IBP.

IBP for demand has on roadmap Life Cycle Planning

36. We can input additional quantity with forcast as part of Promotional planning like in APO, is there any plan to have tools for promotional planning in future?

There are plans for integrating IBP with Promotion planning application

38. Any roadmap on realignment functionality, similar to APO-DP?

Realignment is on roadmap.

39. Are you planning to incorporate Promotional Planning also in IBP?

Promotional Planning can be modeled. SAP2 model has example. In addition, there is also plan to provide integration content for integrating with Promotional planning application

40. Forecast models do not have a provision to provide the planning level directly, So were do we provide it ?

This is different in IBP 5.x and beyond as compared to IBP 4.0 release

41. There is no Distribution Planning in IBP Supply - Like we do deployment+TLB in APO...any future plan?

Deployment is on roadmap. TLB is not part of IBP. You can find more info in Response and Supply webinar

42. what is the recommendation for existing APO customer.. will APO be sunsey by 2025

APO will not be "sunset" by 2025. SAP has committed to continue standard maintenance for APO and SAP Business Suite through at least 2025.

43. Cross Bucket calculations for cummilative sum or average of past buckets or future buckets , how is this made possible ( other than usage of attribute transformation)?

This depends on your actual requirement. some can accomplished via config some via L-code. L-code can only be developed and maintained by SAP

44. When will IBP be compatible with Office 2016?

It is compatible now, but not officially supported. It is being thoroughly tested now.

45. can profitability of make or buy decision also be simulated ?

Yes..You can create multiple scenarios to evaluate Make vs Buy decisions

46. i was asking on the lines on how we can make a default planning level run for forecast model

Can you please ask your question via audio to clarify?

48. is it possible to highlight your bottlenecks?

You can run Unconstrained Heuristic to propagate demand and load resources to see Overload situations. You can create alerts to highlight Overloads

49. management by exception?

I'm not sure what your question is, but yes, you can do management by exception.

50. Do we have Finite heuristics " method:Complete_Finite" available in 6.x?

Complete Finite was in Beta and is now Obsolete

51. Is optimization functionality available for customers, who have only S&OP module license?

Optimizer is part of IBP for response and supply only.

52. For Supply planning in S&OP what are the options available? Are they available as planning operators or is there any provision to create profiles similar to forecast profiles?

Supply Planning algorithms are available as Planning operators. You can create your own SCM Planing operators with desired paramters. Optimizer and Unconstrained Heuristics

53. How can we level overload ? Is capacity levelling similar to APO-SNP planned in future roadmap ?

Optimizer is one option to level load and create feasible plan. Capacity Leveling is on road-map

You can also do manual leveling which is always an option. In additon there is Constrained Supply Propagation algorithm which will come in 2016

54. Is there a general recomendation of 20 keyfigures for planning area as we have in SAPO APO DP aproach?

There are recommendations. You can look at the performance related SAP Notes: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-62254

Customers typically have between 200-250 key figures in the first phase of the IBP project

55. What is the Roadmap for IBP Certification

There are IBP Education courses available: https://training.sap.com/g/en/curriculum/ibp-sap-integrated-business-planning-sap-ibp--g-en

56. Can we now have authorization specific to master data ?

Its already available in IBP 4.0

57. I saw telescoping time buckets for the first time in IBP 6

Its on Roadmap..

58. What is the position from SAP about IBP on Premise Roadmap?

At this time, there are no definitive plans to provide SAP IBP for an on premise deployment. For more information, please see our Product Roadmaps at http://service.sap.com/saproadmaps .

59. How are the CVCs created or populated?

Typically through HANA Cloud Integration (HCI).

60. During the Demand Review, some adjustments to the consensus plan have been made at aggregated product family. How are these quantities disaggregated back to product/customer level?

Quantities are disaggregated based on how you have selected the disagg option for the Key figure.

61. Will telescoping time buckets be part of S&OP as well or currently it is only planned for response planning ?

This will be IBP feature..

62.: in IBP5.0, as of now, only four algorithms are allowed for forecasting, will 6.0 have more algorithms included?

IBP for demand has many more forecasting techniques. You can check the help

63. Is data integration to Ariba via HCi currently avaiable?

IBP to Ariba integration is not available.

64. Can we have this Q&A as transcript?

Hi Harshil, we cannot share the Q&A transcript with participants.

65. How is master data handled between ECC and IBP? Do we need to manually update the master data to IBP ? Does IBP support CIF interface?

HCI can be used.

66. Is IBP solution only available in the cloud? Or is is possible to set a landscape local?

Only On-demand

Open Questions

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107. Very important question on IBP S&OP, Cross Periodictiy calculations are extremely constrained and there is not flexibility in the process to define calculations. Can you please state the best practices that are currently there in IBP for advanced and/or simple calculations across different periods?

119. the planning level selection in excel UI is different like how raghavs showing

121. How are Versions different from Scenarios ?

122. Is is possible to use the DP-BOMs functions, like in APO, in order to obtain dependent forecast based on a fixed quotation?

123. I would like to restrict master data, for example products specific to certain location ? Currently if I give authorzation, he can see all product. Is that possible in IBP 4.0 ?

124. how can be planner ensure that the modified stat forecast quantity (firmed stat forecast), can;t be change by any stat forecast model batch run ..

125. Has IBP the same funcionatlity to create a "sales history Index average" and after that disaggregate a new "demand volume" based on this sales history Index as SAP APO DP aproach?

126. Will CTM enter on the roadmap for IBP?

127. The Ariba integration talked about is specific to S&OP or IBP in general

130. Is is possible to use the DP-BOMs functions, like in APO, in order to obtain dependent forecast based on a fixed quotation?

131. is the dashboard capability IBP 6.0 any different from 4.0?

Please find below the Questions & Answers for the SAP Integrated Business Planning Partner/Sales Enablement Webinar on SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory on April 5, 2016.  The slides and replay for this webinar will be posted here: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-71318.

Answered Questions

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1. Feedback Link : https://surveys.sap.com/SE/?SID=SV_4I9TpZMstwkNggJ&sessiontitle=PRASGEN_15109&EventID=19803

3. Can 'Drivers of Inventory' be customized, lets say if I want to see production capacity is one factor, can I set that as a factor and display the percetage?

Yes, you can.  You can add attribues or configure new Key Figures to do so.

4. Question: is 6.1 available now? it was announced to be release in Q1/2016

Yes it has been released.

IBP 6.1 has been released.

5. there is a rumour that the hardware requirements for 6.1 is double in comparison to 5.0 - this is due to the single planning area. is thsi statement correct?

IBP is a cloud-based solution and so hardware requirements other than HANA sizing are not that relevant. In any case, I am not aware of any such rumor

6. Does IBP allow safety stock calculation using Normal vs. Poisson methods? Does that have to be explicitly defined, or does it choose the best method of calculation?

IBP for inventory uses Gamma distribution to model non-normal demand. It automatically does the mapping to any distribution and so no user setting is required. Gamma distribution can model any distribution shape

7. Are there customers using this solution for non SAP backend?

Yes

8. If I already have EIS(Smartops) .at my client...and client is implementing IBP S&OP....whether IBP-Inventory should be considered as well?

Definitely. There can be benefits of consolidating the data model.

9. is this demo based on 6.1? or still an older version?

This will be 4.x. We will share the 6.1 IBP for inventory demo in a future session. Thanks!

10. Does the IBP for Inventory generate orders?

It sets the targets. Execution or supply planning systems generate the orders based on the supply needs.

11. According to a previous slide there is an interface between IBP Inventory and ERP / APO for the inventory targets. Is this interface already available or will this be included in a future release?

Already available

12. Target Inventory calculated by IBP-I is to be seen at the start of bucket or end of bucket ?

Target inventory is at the start of the bucket. We will also report average inventory in addition to target

13. Is IBP 6.1 having full-fledged NW ABAP App Server? What is the division of code in HANA DB and ABAP

IBP 6.1 is based on SAP NetWeaver. Since it is a cloud application (SaaS), it doesn't matter what the division of code is.

14. Can IBP Inventory fully replace an existing EIS(Smartops) implementation?

Yes. It has most of the capabilities used by EIS customers today.

15. Any pointer to compare EIS (on-premise) vs IBP Inventory

We can. However, it is more productive to look at the requirements vs. the capabilities.

16. Does IBP Inv allow to factor independent variables ? like revenue ? either as positive or negative factor on inventory targets?

You could model this as configuration or within forecasting. Since inventory uses the forecast, the inventory targets will adjust automatically

17. Is IBP - I is comparable to MEIO of smartops or all modules (DIm,SIM,PIM) of smartOps?

Yes, with release IBP 6.2

18. Customer has resistance to move to cloud and is interested in EIS. What should be compelling advantage to convince to move to IBP Inventory?

User Experience, HANA, flexibility, analytics, improved planner adoption. Cloud is great because it frees up IT resources from many initial and ongoing tasks. It allows companies to get started really quickly.

19. continuation to earlier questions - Means independent variables to be used in calculating factor in forecast error to be used in inventory? how independent variables it can have reverse impact? do you have any link or doc with such example?

You would use independent variables in statistical forecasting to adjust forecasts. The forecasts would be an input to inventory

20. so with IBP 6.2 is it comprable to MEIO only or all?

IBP 6.2 is comparable to EIS (all). Some things are handled differently (better) in IBP. IBP for inventory has additional functionality that EIS does not.

21. Can IBP for Inventory calculate Lead Time errors automatically or do they have to be entered manually?

Both options are available. LT error calculation can be configured

23. are lead times used to calculate safety stock in IBP fixed? or can the system determine the lead time based on history, and therefore also lead time error?

Similar question - answer is both. Lead time and lead time error calculation based on history can be configured

24. Can IBP for Inventory calculate Forecast Errors automatically?

Yes.  The forecast error operator released in IBP 6.1 will calculate forecast error CV and bias.

25. Forecast error calcualtion : is it the same approch the EDS follows to calcualte it ?

Yes it is and also same as in EIS

26. Data Integration: I assume input/output data points are quite standarized. Is there out-of-box data intergation available, e.g. via HCI ?

HCI Template is on the roadmap.

27. What is the Back end system for IBP? Is current SAP-ECC is required to get the data for IBP Planning? Is Non HANA db is allowed for IBP?

IBP is cloud based solution and so the stack is determined by SAP. SAP-ECC is not required but we have pre-built integration points. We can also connect to other systems via HCI

28. Recommended safety stock in IBP Inventory is time phased. Is there a best practice for how to transfer this information to connected transaction system - e.g. ECC?

If you the target is IBP for Supply or APO SNP, you can use time-varying safety stock. If the target system only supports a static field, we recommend that you run IBP for inventory more frequently (weekly) and update the static field (saefty stock, safety days of coverage, ROP) as an average or maximum over X weeks (easily configured) or handled in HCI

29. Can IBP - Inventory optimize the service level based on target stock and other parameter?

We can configure rules to do rules-based segmentation. We will also predict the service level given inventory levels by Q4 2016. Supporting service level optimization based on a constraint (overall target, inventory budget,e tc). can be handled via versions

30. Is there a document which cleanrly  describe (Pros/Cons, Differences, Any recommeded settings)   different algorithms  used for Inventory Optimization?

There are limited settings such as whether you want to use Fill rate or Non stockout probability, if a product location is stocking or not which are straightforward.

31. updating this static fields for safety stock is something standard in IBP? Or we would have to connect to SNP and then update the fields through a macro?

This can be configured in IBP

32. can we create own macro here ..if yes then where ?

Yes. In the Excel template. Then save the template.

33. Does IBP 6.1 consider calender weeks, or can weeks still be assigned to only one month at a time?

This is on the short term roadmap.

34. Hi, Will inventory optimization consider lead times to deliver at customers as well, just like vendor lead time or production lead time?

Yes

35. are manual changes done to safety stock proposal are recorded in system?

yes. you can enable change history in IBP and it tracks the changes and creates a report

36. Forecast error and bias compensation and demand variability analytics is available with 6.1 (released)

37. can we access the inventory optimization log? optimizer log along with input and output log

This is planned

38. What is Service-level prediction? Is it Service-level Optimizaiton?

No. This is a simulation where given current inventory levels (or any inventory level), we can predict the service level achievable

39. Intermittency in forecast error calculation is available in 6.1 We will expose some of the settings that drive it in 6.2.

40. Are the forecast error calculations in 6.1 by lag? and does SS calculation use those by lag?

In 6.1, it is for a single lag and the lag must be predetermined in the IOFORECAST key figure. That is, either via HCI, you load the right lag forecast directly into IOFORECAST. Or you could load different lags into different KFs and then copy the right lag into IOFORECASt. In 6.2, we can calculate different lags. Which lag to use can be configured

The last sentence, the correct release is 6.3

42. Are the inventory courses currently only for the 4.0 and 5.0 versions?  Was the live demo just now in 4.0 system or 6.0 system?

All training courses are based on 6.1 now. The demo shown by Alexis was 6.1.

44. any plans in the future to have similar ISL overrides as we had in EIS?

Yes, with min and max ISL constraints

45. is it possible to influence calculation algorithm?

Broadly speaking yes through inputs. This question is a bit too vague. If you are more specific we can better address.

46. Is there a plan to include enhanced segmentation capabilities in IBP (for inventory)?

yes

47. how this time depending safety stock works with ERP (ECC) alone (so without APO)?

ECC can only accept a static value. Typically we send an average safety stock value when only a static value can be received.

Open Questions

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50. For Raw materials and Semi finished materials, is IBP will drive the vendors to supply for their external procurement to manage manufacture of Finished products requirements as per IBP Planning?

51. min/max overrides in 6.2 or 6.3?

52. how is the calculated SS transferred to IBPSupply / IBPSOP?

53. Can IBP for inventory be used to calculate SS based on consumption variability only (without forecast error) for consumption based planning?

54. There is mention of 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 versions? What is the timeline for making these versions available - quarterly?

Hi

We faced an issue while installing HCI Agent. The installation failed and later, un-install or re-install or re-configure option are not available.. here is error log which we received after the installation failed..

My query is on how to re-install agent after this error? appreciate your response

START of LOG

[Apr 04, 2016 13:25:06] INFO : ========== Enviroment Prerequisite Check ==========

[Apr 04, 2016 13:25:06] INFO : OS Name: Windows 7

[Apr 04, 2016 13:25:06] INFO : OS Version: 6.1

[Apr 04, 2016 13:25:06] INFO : OS Architecture: 64

[Apr 04, 2016 13:25:06] INFO : DSConfig file path: null\conf\DSConfig.txt

[Apr 04, 2016 13:25:06] INFO : Package Agent Version:      1.0.10.2165

[Apr 04, 2016 13:25:06] INFO : Package Repository Version: 14.2.5.0000

[Apr 04, 2016 13:25:06] INFO : No DataServices and DataServices Agent installed. Fresh install mode

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:38] INFO : ========== Validation ==========

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:38] INFO : Installation path: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:38] INFO : Installation path (Canonical): C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:38] INFO : Current Working Directory: C:\Users\xxxxxxx021\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS14DD.tmp

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:38] INFO : Execute Command:  SETX DS_USER_DIR "C:\Users\xxxxxxx021\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS14DD.tmp\DS_USER_DIR"

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:43] INFO : Working directory: C:\Users\xxxxxxx021\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS14DD.tmp

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:43] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:43] INFO : Execute Command:  AWServerConfig.exe -k -n

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:44] INFO : Working directory: C:\Users\xxxxxxx021\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS14DD.tmp\DataServicesAgent\bin

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:44] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:46] INFO : Execute Command:  al_jobservice.exe -validate -ek -Dnam -Uxxxxxxx021 -P******

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:47] INFO : Working directory: C:\Users\xxxxxxx021\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS14DD.tmp\DataServicesAgent\bin

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:47] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:47] INFO : Execute Command:  SETX DS_USER_DIR ""

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : Working directory: C:\Users\xxxxxxx021\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS14DD.tmp

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : Drive letter is C

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : Free Disk Space (GB):112.0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : ========== Install Action ==========

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : Dump install properties:

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : AGENT_VERSION = 1.0.10.2165

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : SQLA_PORT = 2638

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : OS = Windows 7

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : ADAPTER_PORT = 4001

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : DBA_PWD = ********

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : AGENT_REPO_VERSION = 14.2.5.0000

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : INSTALLMODE = install

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : INSTALL_DIR = C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : LINK_DIR = C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : SANDBOX_PWD = ********

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : JSERVICE_PWD = ********

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : JSERVICE_UID = nam\xxxxxxx021

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : PACKAGE_DIR = C:\Users\MMISHR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS14DD.tmp\DataServicesAgent

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : SERVICE_NAME = SAP Data Services Agent

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : PROD_PWD = ********

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : DS_COMMON_DIR = C:\ProgramData\SAP\DataServicesAgent

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : SQLA_SERVER_NAME = dsod_agent_repo

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : JOBSERVER_PORT = 3500

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : DBA_DEFAULT_PWD = ********

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : DS_USER_DIR = C:\Users\xxxxxxx021\AppData\Local\SAP\DataServicesAgent

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : MDS_PORT = 4010

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:48] INFO : === Installing files

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:51] INFO : Execute Command:  icacls "C:\ProgramData\SAP\DataServicesAgent" /grant *S-1-5-32-545:(OI)(CI)F /C

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:52] INFO : Working directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:52] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:52] INFO : Creating Add Remove Programs shortcut.

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:52] INFO : Execute Command:  REG /? > C:\Users\MMISHR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\dsagentregtemp.txt

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:52] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\bin

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:52] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:52] INFO : Execute Command:  DSAgentARPShortcut-Create.bat 1.0.10.2165

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:53] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\bin

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:53] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:53] INFO : Execute Command:  CSCRIPT DSAgentShortcut-Create.vbs

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:53] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\bin

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:53] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:53] INFO : === Done

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:53] INFO : === Configuring environment

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:53] INFO : Execute Command:  C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent/ext/jre/bin/java -classpath DSConfigMerge.jar;commons-beanutils.jar;commons-codec-1.3.jar;commons-collections-3.1.jar;commons-configuration-1.6.jar;commons-digester-1.6.jar;commons-jxpath-1.2.jar;commons-lang-2.6.jar;commons-logging.jar com.sap.ds.configmerge.DSConfigMerge

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\lib

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Generate DSConfig.txt file success

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Copy DSConfig.txt to DS_COMMON_DIR success

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Generated DSConfig.txt file successfully

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Initializing the LINK_DIR place holder in XML file

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Setting the environment variables

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Execute Command:  SETX LINK_DIR "C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent" /M

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\bin

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:56] INFO : Execute Command:  SETX DS_COMMON_DIR "C:\ProgramData\SAP\DataServicesAgent" /M

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:57] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\bin

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:57] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:57] INFO : Execute Command:  SETX DS_USER_DIR "C:\Users\xxxxxxx021\AppData\Local\SAP\DataServicesAgent"

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:57] ERROR: java.io.IOException: WaitForMultipleObjects error=6, The handle is invalid

    java.lang.ProcessImpl.waitForInterruptibly(Native Method)

    java.lang.ProcessImpl.waitFor(ProcessImpl.java:445)

    com.sap.im.dsod.util.CallExtProgram.executeImpl(CallExtProgram.java:97)

    com.sap.im.dsod.util.CallExtProgram.execute(CallExtProgram.java:41)

    com.sap.im.dsod.util.CallExtProgram.execute(CallExtProgram.java:23)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.ActionInitialEnv.actionWin(ActionInitialEnv.java:129)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.ActionInitialEnv.execute(ActionInitialEnv.java:67)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.InstallHandler.execute(InstallHandler.java:156)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.InstallHandler.run(InstallHandler.java:212)

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:57] ERROR: Failed with errors.

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:57] INFO : === Done

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:57] INFO : === Generating certificates

[Apr 04, 2016 13:26:57] INFO : Execute Command:  CreateDemoCerts.bat

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:21] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\bin

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:21] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:21] INFO : Execute Command:  SetupJavaKeystore.bat

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:27] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\bin

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:27] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:27] INFO : Execute Command:  MDSSetupJavaKeystore.bat

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:36] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\bin

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:36] INFO : Return Code: 1

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:36] ERROR: Failed to setup the keystore for Metadata Browsing Server.

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:36] ERROR: Failed to setup the keystore for Metadata Browsing Server.

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:36] INFO : === Done

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:36] INFO : === Configuring internal database

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:36] INFO : Execute Command:  dbinit -o "%DS_COMMON_DIR%\sqla\dsod_agent_repo_out.txt" -t "%DS_COMMON_DIR%\sqla\dsod_agent_repo.log" -z UTF8 "%DS_COMMON_DIR%\sqla\dsod_agent_repo.db"

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:41] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\sqla

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:41] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:41] INFO : Execute Command:  regsvr32 /s dbodbc12DSAgent.dll

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:41] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\sqla

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:41] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:41] INFO : Execute Command:  dbdsn -y -pe -ws "dsod_agent_repo" -c "Server=dsod_agent_repo;Driver=SQL Anywhere 12 - DSAgent;DBF=%DS_COMMON_DIR%\sqla\dsod_agent_repo.db;START=%LINK_DIR%\sqla\dbsrv12 -gk all -n dsod_agent_repo -qi -x tcpip(localonly=yes;port=2638);autostop=no"

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:41] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\sqla

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:41] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:42] INFO : === Done

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:42] INFO : === Create an event to purge SQLA log files

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:42] INFO : Execute Command:  dbisqlc -nogui -q -c dsn=dsod_agent_repo;uid=dba;pwd=*****; "C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\bin\dsodpurge.sql"

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:42] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\sqla

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:42] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:42] INFO : detect dbsrv12.exe process

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:42] INFO : Execute Command:  tasklist

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] INFO : Working directory: C:\Users\xxxxxxx021

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] ERROR: process dbsrv12.exe still running

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] INFO : Execute Command:  dbstop.exe –y dsod_agent_repo

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\sqla

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] INFO : Return Code: 255

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] INFO : Execute Command:  taskkill /F /IM dbsrv12.exe

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent\sqla

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] INFO : process dbsrv12.exe already stop

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:43] INFO : sleep 5s

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:48] INFO : === Done

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:48] INFO : === Creating repositories

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:48] INFO : Creating repository

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:48] ERROR: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\ProgramData\SAP\DataServicesAgent\conf\DSConfig.key (The system cannot find the file specified)

    java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)

    java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138)

    java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:97)

    com.sap.im.dsod.util.FileReplaceAll.readFile(FileReplaceAll.java:51)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.ActionCreateRepo.actionWin(ActionCreateRepo.java:52)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.ActionCreateRepo.execute(ActionCreateRepo.java:44)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.InstallHandler.execute(InstallHandler.java:156)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.InstallHandler.run(InstallHandler.java:212)

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:48] ERROR: Failed with errors.

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:48] INFO : === Done

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:48] INFO : === Configuring job server

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:48] ERROR: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\ProgramData\SAP\DataServicesAgent\conf\DSConfig.key (The system cannot find the file specified)

    java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)

    java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138)

    java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:97)

    com.sap.im.dsod.util.FileReplaceAll.readFile(FileReplaceAll.java:51)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.ActionConfigureJobserver.actionWin(ActionConfigureJobserver.java:55)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.ActionConfigureJobserver.execute(ActionConfigureJobserver.java:43)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.InstallHandler.execute(InstallHandler.java:156)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.InstallHandler.run(InstallHandler.java:212)

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:49] ERROR: Failed with errors.

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:49] INFO : === Done

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:49] INFO : === Upgrading adapters

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:49] INFO : Updating the adapters configuration files

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:49] INFO : Execute Command:  "C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent/ext/jre/bin/java" -classpath "lib/acta_adapter_sdk.jar;lib/acta_tool.jar;lib/log4j-1.2.16.jar;ext/lib/xalan.jar;ext/lib/jaxp.jar;ext/lib/xercesImpl.jar" com.acta.adapter.sdkutil.UpdateAdapterVersion "C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent" "C:\ProgramData\SAP\DataServicesAgent" "SuccessFactors Adapter"

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:50] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:50] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:50] INFO : Execute Command:  "C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent/ext/jre/bin/java" -classpath "lib/acta_adapter_sdk.jar;lib/acta_tool.jar;lib/log4j-1.2.16.jar;ext/lib/xalan.jar;ext/lib/jaxp.jar;ext/lib/xercesImpl.jar" com.acta.adapter.sdkutil.UpdateStartupScript "C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent" "C:\ProgramData\SAP\DataServicesAgent"

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:52] INFO : Working directory: C:\Program Files\SAP\DataServicesAgent

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:52] INFO : Return Code: 0

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:52] INFO : === Done

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:52] INFO : === Starting agent service

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:52] ERROR: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\ProgramData\SAP\DataServicesAgent\conf\DSConfig.key (The system cannot find the file specified)

    java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)

    java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138)

    java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:97)

    com.sap.im.dsod.util.FileReplaceAll.readFile(FileReplaceAll.java:51)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.ActionStartService.getCommandLineWin(ActionStartService.java:88)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.ActionStartService.execute(ActionStartService.java:49)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.InstallHandler.execute(InstallHandler.java:156)

    com.sap.im.dsod.agentinstaller.action.InstallHandler.run(InstallHandler.java:212)

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:52] ERROR: Failed with errors.

[Apr 04, 2016 13:27:52] INFO : === Done

[Apr 04, 2016 13:28:22] INFO : [Installation Log]

C:\ProgramData\SAP\DataServicesAgent\log\Install_2016.04.04.13.25.06.log

[Summary]

Success: Installing files

Failed: Configuring environment

   Failed with errors.

Failed: Generating certificates

   Failed to setup the keystore for Metadata Browsing Server.

Success: Configuring internal database

Success: Create an event to purge SQLA log files

Failed: Creating repositories

   Failed with errors.

Failed: Configuring job server

   Failed with errors.

Success: Upgrading adapters

Failed: Starting agent service

   Failed with errors.

Failed with errors.

[Apr 04, 2016 13:28:26] INFO : Exit: errors occurred during install action

Hi all,

In HCI-DS, I am trying to use the template "SOP_MD_ProductMaster" to extract Product MD from ECC to IBP.

In the data flow, when I try to execute the task, it ends with the following error :

RFC CallReceive error <Function /BODS/RFC_ABAP_INSTALL_AND_RUN: RFC_ABAP_MESSAGE- Exception condition "SERVER_NOT_REGISTERED"

Extracting data from ECC using a simple table or extractor works well.

Any ideas what might be the cause of the problem?

Thanks,

Pierre

Hello community,

Could anybody please help me with my following issue?

I try to enter the "Analytics" tile of SAP IBP 5.0 and I come up with an alert window that says "Unable to retrieve chart data".

Do you have any idea about the cause of this alert?

For your own information, I have already integrated/uploaded master data successfullly and  beisdes, all the appropriate roles are already assigned to my user.

Thank you for your support

For some users, when a network visualization chart is plotted in Internet Explorer, the icons may not display, even though it displays in Chrome browser. See screenshots below:

IE                                                                                                      Chrome

First note that Chrome is the preferred browser for Analytics and IBP. To resolve this issue in Internet Explorer, please follow these steps:

1. You must have SAP-icons font installed
2. Check your security settings in Internet Explorer and verify that “Font Download” is turned on:

• Internet Explorer Settings -> Internet Options

• Under Security Tab, select Internet, and then Custom Level

• Make sure font download is enabled under Downloads

    3. Explicitly set font to SAPGUI-Icon

     a. Click on Settings -> Internet Options.

     b. Click on Fonts button under General Tab

     c. Select SAPGUI-icons under Webage font and select OK. (Any idea where this can be downloaded from?)

     d. Refresh Network visualization chart and icons should display in IE.

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IBP Experts,

We've the Resource-Location master defined as below -

Below is our Capacity Plan view that doesn't have the Available Capacity KF populated -

Note: This KF value was getting populated correctly earlier.

Any experience with anyone on this?

Cheers

Hi all,

Can we use two if is null conditions for alert definitions??

Something like:

If(isnull(price), if(isnull(fcst),0,1),1)

I have configured this logic. But somehow doesnot seem to be wrkng fine.

Can someone help me here.??

Regards,

Manaswini

Hi Experts,

We are using S&OP on-premise system and integrating data from ECC through Data Services. How can we automate data loads from SOPDD_STAG_* for master data and SOPDD_STAGING_KFTAB_* for key figure data into core tables.

Is there a stored procedure which can be run on periodic basis for the same?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Aditya G

Hello,

My customer is implementing S&OP 3.0 on premise. The Planning Area has been set up and the manual data load with CSV files for both MD and KF is working correctly.

Now we are in step to make this data integration stuff running in a much more automated way, but unfortunately the customer is not ready to use an ETL tool like BODS. So we are thinking of using an alternative way like Hana SDI (ETL Embeded within Hana) or Hana SQL scripts !

Does someone have some experience and/or recommendation of implementing such approach for automatic data integration from flat file (ex. CSV) to Hana S&OP or IBP.

Thanks for your help

Luc

Hello community,

Would anybody have the pleasure to tell me if there is any possibility to modify the sequence of the bars on a bar chart according to values and not accroding to an alphabetical order?

Cheers

Hi,

I'm suddenly getting this error today when running the multistage inventory optimization.  It was working last night and I had not made any changes to the planning area.  Any ideas on what could be causing this?

Thanks,

Will

1300:fetch returns more than requested number of rows:  [1300] "SAPABAP1"."/IBP/CL_SAP_SFND_IPO=>SOPAPI_EXEC_SCHED_IPO_JOB": line 125 col 21 (at pos 4573): [1300] (range 3) fetch returns more than requested number of rows exception: fetch returns more than requested number of rows:  [1300] "SAPABAP1"."/IBP/CL_SAP_SFND_IPO=>SOPPC_IO_PLAN_BATCH_MODE": line 51 col 5 (at pos 2343): [1300] (range 3) fetch returns more than requested number of rows exception