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 Switching to Indirect Calculation of DPO

 

By default, Working Capital Analytics - DPO Analysis uses the direct calculation method for DPO. The direct calculation method is based on original documents and is performed for each relevant document on line item level. You can change the configuration in a way that the calculation is performed using an indirect calculation method, which calculates on an aggregated level. For more information about the two methods, see Methods of Calculating DPO.

Procedure

Working Capital Analytics – DPO Analysis is based on Analysis Path Framework (APF) and is shipped with an analytical content configuration file. To switch to the indirect calculation method, you need to modify this file.

Note Note

If you want to change the analytical content configuration file, you must first copy it and save it to a new location. This new location must then be specified in the application configuration file.

If you have already imported your application into the APF Configuration Modeler and enhanced it there, you must export it again to create an up-to-date configuration file.

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  1. Open the analytical content configuration file.

  2. Find all request objects with the entity type WCADaysPayablesOutstandingQuery or WCADPOExpenseQuery.

    In all other cases, replace the entity type with WCAIndirectDPOQuery.

  3. If the request is defined for an analysis over time, that is, if the selectProperties section of the request object contains the property YearMonth, replace the entity type with WCAIndirectDPOHistoryQuery.

    In all other cases, replace the entity type with WCAIndirectDPOQuery.

If you want to further enhance your application, you can import the modified configuration file into the APF Configuration Modeler and do your changes there.

Note Note

If you use a Smart Business KPI tile to launch your application, you may have to adapt your Smart Business KPI configuration accordingly.

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More Information

For more information about APF and the APF Configuration modeler, see http://help.sap.com/nw-uiaddonInformation published on SAP site. Under Application Help, open SAP Library and choose Start of the navigation path SAPUI5 Application Frameworks Next navigation step Analysis Path Framework End of the navigation path.