Planning Environment 

Definition

The planning environment is the central working environment for planning with BW-BPS. In this transaction you will find all the Customizing functions to model the planning architecture. You can also carry out planning from this screen.

The planning services represent one enhancement to the planning environment in BW-BPS.  They form the technical infrastructure of the planning applications that are combined as CRM Analytics. CRM Analytics have been developed as application-specific in the interests of sales planning.  Therefore, the following restrictions have to be noted:

·         You cannot include CRM Analytics in Web interfaces.

·         CRM Analytics is not included in the Status and Tracking System.

For more information see the Business Content documentation under BI Content  → Planning Content  → CRM Analytics  → Planning Services.

Structure

BW-BPS planning environment objects are discussed in the following topics:

·        Planning Area

·        Planning Level

·        Planning Package

Integration

The central buffer concept in BW-BPS is discussed in the following topic:

·        Buffer Concept (BW-BPS)