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Procedure documentationCreating Analytical Key Figure Instances

 

An analytical key figure can be seen as a program for BPO dashboards to retrieve data from a specific data source type (connector) and a specific kind of data (key figure). Hence, an analytical key figure consists of a connector name and a key figure name in the following format: <technical name of connector>.<Technical name of key figure>

Example Example

“BPM_ACube.KPLE000110”

  • “BPM_ACube”: Connector for BW InfoCube of the Business Process Analytics application

  • “KPLE000110”: Technical name of SAP standard key figure Outbound Deliveries (overdue)

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The typical use case for BPO dashboards is to display the results for business-oriented key figures. In addition, various rather technical key figures are possible, for example, for interface monitoring or system monitoring.

If you are already running SAP Business Process Monitoring or SAP Business Process Analytics on your SAP Solution Manager, and you want to display the results of their data collectors (meanwhile over 800 delivered by SAP), you can use, for example, the following data collector types:

  • Backlog key figures: For example, number of overdue outbound deliveries

  • Throughput key figures: For example, number of outbound deliveries created.

  • Lead time key figures: For example, Lead Time: From Outbound Delivery creation -> Post Goods Issue (prev.day) [in days]

These key figures can provide data with several collector-specific characteristics (for example, plant, shipping point, delivery type, sales organization) and time-related characteristics (for example, calendar day, calendar week, calendar month, calendar year).

To define which data is retrieved and how the data is displayed, you create an analytical key figure instance (AKFI). To do this, specify the following:

  • What kind of data is displayed, for example number of overdue outbound deliveries: Assign the analytical key figure.

  • From which data source the data is retrieved, for example a table or BW InfoCube located on a certain system and client: Assign the connector instance that is associated to the data source.

  • How the data is displayed, for example, which parameters are on the x-axis and the y-axis: Select the characteristics for category and drilldown.

  • What kind of data is considered, for example, for which sales organizations the overdue outbound deliveries are displayed: Restrict the displayed data by setting filters on characteristics values.

Note Note

How an analytical key figure instance (AKFI) is displayed in the BPO dashboards also depends on the chart type you selected when you configured the panel.

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Note Note

An analytical key figure instance can be reused in several panels.

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Prerequisites

The required connector instances are created.

Procedure

To create an analytical key figure instance, proceed as follows:

  1. In the Business Process Operations work center, under Common Tasks, choose Manage BPO Dashboards.

    The Setup BPO Dashboard Web Dynpro application screen appears.

  2. Choose the Setup Analytical Key Figure Instance tab.

  3. Choose Add.

    The Analytical Key Figure Details screen is active.

  4. Enter a name.

  5. Enter a description. You use the description in the panel configuration.

  6. In the Analytical Key Figure Repository Name field, select the analytical key figure from the repository.

    Note Note

    If the key figure exists in different data sources that are connected via different connector instances, there is more than one entry for the analytical key figure. To find the key figure associated with the correct data source, see the prefix of the technical name.

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  7. To select the connector instance, use the value help.

  8. Choose a characteristic for category, and optionally, a characteristic for drilldown.

    Which options are available depends on the chart type of the panel.

You can set filters for the AKFI. For more information, see Setting a Filter.

You can set a rating for the AKFI. For more information, set Setting a Rating.

For more information about how to create analytical key figure instances, see SAP Note 1819313Information published on SAP site: Additional Information for BPO Dashboards.