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Xcelsius Integration with
MS-BPC 7.5
Applies to:
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation Release 7.5 for Microsoft platform with Xcelsius integration.
Summary
How to integrate SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) with Xcelsius via an EPM Connector.
This document will describes the step by step integration of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
(BPC) and Xcelsius
Author:
Shiva Kumar Chawla
Company: SAP Global Delivery - Bangalore

Created on: 8 January 2010
Author Bio
Shiva Kumar Chawla is a Consultant with an Enterprise Performance Management Team at
SAP Global Delivery Bangalore. Shiva has extensive knowledge of integration of MS- BPC
release 7.5 with Xcelsius and Voyager; also he is experienced in the areas of BW, BPS,
Integrated Planning, BPC and SSM.
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Xcelsius Integration with MS-BPC 7.5
Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Step by Step Procedure ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Final Result ....................................................................................................................................................... 28
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
Copyright........................................................................................................................................................... 29

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Introduction
SAP come up with a new technology to connect SAP Business Planning and Consolidation Release 7.5 for
Microsoft platform with Xcelsius via a EPM Connector.
Connecting the Xcelsius tool with SAP-BPC7.5 will gives the ability for a customer to read the data from BPC
Server and also write back the data to BPC server via so called Xcelsius planning dashboards.
Step by Step Procedure

Open the
Xcelsius
Tool

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Go to File
menu,
select
Manage
Add-Ons

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Click on
Install AddOn Button

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Select the
EPM
Connector
Folder

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Select
EPMConne
ctor.xlx
then click on
Close
Button

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Click on
Exit Button

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Instilling
Xcelsius
Add-On is
completed,
click on
Close
Button

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Open
Xcelsius
Tool, and
select
Connection
s from
Data menu

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Select Add
Button, then
select EMP
Connector
from
dropdown
Please note
that after
installing
EPMConnec
tor.xlx, then
only you can
see the
EMP
Connector
from the
dropdown
as shown in
this
screenshot

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Enter the
relevant
information
to Create a
new
Connection
from
Xcelsius to
BPC Server

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Enter the
name of the
Connection,
Select the
EPM
Application
as Planning
and
Consolidatio
n, version
for Microsoft
platform
from the
dropdown,
select the
Operation
type as
Retrieve
data using
Analyzer
report from
the
dropdown

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Then finally
enter the
Host name
Please note
that the
Host Name
should start
with
http://hostna
me:port

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Enter the
User
credentials
of BPC
Server
Note that if
there is no
Error
message,
then you
have
connected
to BPC
Server

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Select
Analyzer
Button on
Excel
Application

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Select New
Report
Button on
Excel
Application

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Select SAP
BusinessObj
ects
Planning
and
Consolidatio
n, then click
on
Connect
Button

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Enter the
Server
Name and
User
Credentials

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Select the
required
Application
Set and
click on
Finish
Button

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Select the
required
Application
and click on
Connect
Button

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Now you are

Connected
to selected
Application
Set and
Application,
then select
the
Connection
string and
click on
OK Button

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Analyzer
Report
Manager will
opens up
with all the
dimensions
of the
selected
Application
shown in left
side of the
Analyzer

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Drag and
drop the
required
dimensions
into the
panels as
shown in
this
screenshot

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Double click
on TIME
Dimension
and restrict
the Time

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Double click
on
ACCOUNT
Dimension
and restrict
the
Accounts

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Enter the
name of the
Report and
click on
OK button

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Final Result
The final result of the Xcelsius report with select data
Conclusion
Definitely this Document will helpful to a new Customer who will go for the integration of Xcelsius with
Business Planning and Consolidation 7.5 on Microsoft Platform

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Copyright
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