Preparations for Executing Consolidation Tasks

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation leverages Business Warehouse planning functions to execute consolidation tasks.

Before implementing a scenario for consolidation, you first need to install all necessary InfoObjects including /CPMB/RULE and /CPMB/RENT and required planning functions including /CPMB/LAUNCH_LOGIC and /CPMB/WRITE_BACK. For detailed steps, refer to the section “Install InfoObjects and Planning Function Types Necessary for Consolidation (Embedded only)” in the Installation Guide available on the SAP Help Portal.

After you enable these InfoObjects and planning function types, you can trigger consolidation tasks either through the planning function in the Business Warehouse backend or in Consolidation Monitor in the Business Planning and Consolidation web client.

Consolidation tasks, such as currency translation as well as matching and elimination of inter-unit balances, are predefined functions in Business Planning and Consolidation to calculate and post amounts required to support common accounting activities.

For each predefined function, there are one or more business rule tables that provide the flexibility for you to customize the functions to meet your specific business needs without having to understand scripting or programming. For more information about the business rules delivered with SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, see Business Rules Management.