Simulating With Value Driver Trees

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Simulating with Value

Driver Trees
Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
Simulate and forecast with value driver trees
Value Driver Trees

You can use a value driver tree (VDT) to visualize the entire value chain of
your business, instead of looking at isolated KPIs.
Why Use Value Driver Trees?

Value driver trees use story calculations and dimensions formulas to help
visualize:
Graphical planning simulations

Entire value chains
KPI relationships
Driver-based planning
Planning in Stories
Anytime granularity
You use value driver trees to take a driver-based approach to planning,

where you identify key driver values and models their impact on top-level
metrics.
Configuring Data Actions
Allocating Planning Data

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Forecasting and Simulating Planning

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Configuring Rolling Forecast Layouts

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Drivers
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drivers are usually Analytics
figures that you can influence directly, like product
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prices, headcount, or travel expenses. They could also be external factors
such as tax rates or raw material costs. Say you’ve modeled how these
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In this case, you’ll need to see how value flows through your model. Like a
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table, a value driver tree shows numeric values, and supports data entry so
that you can adjust the plan.
Value driver trees

Coordinating also show hierarchical links between different values,
and Controlling
and how the values are interconnected. For example, if you increase
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marketing expenses, you’ll expect your overhead costs and your sales
volume to increase. In turn, you’ll see an increase in your sales revenue,
and the cost of goods sold. A value driver tree lets you visualize these
different links and see how your changes affect the bottom line.
Key Points
VDTs are available for planning models and analytic models only. They
aren't available for live models.
Value driver trees can be built based on formulas in the account

dimension.
Value driver trees can be based on account dimension hierarchies or

member formulas.
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Value Driver Tree Features

You can use a value driver tree (VDT) to visualize how values flow through
your model and to help you make strategic planning decisions and
simulate different scenarios.
When you're finished building your value driver tree in your story, you can
save and view it, share it with other users, or add it to a Digital Boardroom
presentation.
Create a Value Driver Tree Based on an Account

Hierarchy
Follow these steps to create a value driver tree based on an account
hierarchy:
1. Add the value driver tree to a story.

2. Select the source planning model.
3. Auto-create the value driver tree.
4. Pick a hierarchy node.
5. Choose OK.
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Just remember that value drivers trees can't be used in other value drivers
trees.
Note
Both planning and BI customers can create value driver trees and
enter data in them, however, only customers with planning licenses
can publish changes to a version.
Value Driver Tree Time Granularity
Date filters: The value driver tree uses a presentation date dimension to
set the periods that display in each node. By default, it's the planning date
dimension. You can only change its filter for the entire value driver tree, not
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for individual nodes.
The filter is optional, but you'll usually want to include it. It filters the values
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and which periods
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Default Node
The Default Node is used to provide calculations and filters to all nodes in
the Value Driver Tree. You can add your own calculated and restricted
measures.
Settings are available for individual nodes, as well as the default node
configuration that applies to all nodes. If you're adding nodes manually,
start with the default node configuration, and then add nodes and change
their settings as needed.
Note
Calculated and restricted measures are maintained in the Cross

Calculation area.
The date dimension can't be filtered in individual nodes.
Node-Specific Formula
You can also create node-specific calculations in your Value Driver Tree.
You can display the same cross calculations in all nodes, or change
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individual nodes. For example, all nodes show measure values, but the
top-level node that shows both measure values and delta values.
Linking Nodes
Nodes in value driver trees maintain their relationships based on the
underlying account formulas. Based on the underlying formulas, you can
display parent and child nodes for any specific node.
There are two ways to add and set up nodes: manually or automatically
based on the account hierarchy and calculation structure in the model.
Use Driver Value Trees to Simulate Scenarios

To quickly simulate different scenarios and see how individual value
changes affect the overall scenario, you can enter data directly in a value
driver tree based on a planning model.

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A keypad lets you enter a new value, or change the existing value using a
slider or a mathematical function. The new value is entered to the model,
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of your change.
Values can be typed in as well, without using the number pad.
At any point, you can undo or redo data changes by opening the Version
Management panel from the task bar at the top of the screen.
Multiple Versions
Nodes in value driver trees can display multiple versions. Also, the nodes
can display versions based on input controls.
If needed, you can display the same KPI in multiple nodes but with a
different data region such as version.
Display Multiple Currencies

In the example below, you can see the underlying model has currency
translation enabled with USD set as the model currency. The entity
dimension determines the local currency in the node filter.
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Create and Configure a Value Driver

Tree
Task 1: Create a Value Driver Tree

Business Scenario
You are working on a four-year projection of the income statement.
You need a way to visualize the impact on net sales when drivers such as
growth rates change.
What skills will you develop in this practice exercise?

In this practice exercise, you will:
Add a value driver tree to a story

Use the auto-create functionality to create the value driver tree from the
selected model
Configure the default node time granularity and filter
Input and publish new planning data
EXERCISE
Start Exercise
Task 2: Add Cross Calculations to the Default

Node
Business Scenario
You have added a value driver tree to your story and now you want to
create a cross calculation to restrict account values by version.

Use the Calculation Editor to configure a restricted account

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Add an input control to the story to dynamically select version for the
restricted account
EXERCISE
Start Exercise
Task 3: Add Nodes to a Value Driver Tree

Business Scenario
You want to add additional nodes to the value driver tree that was
previously created in order to evaluate Net Sales, Discounts, and Discount
percentage.

Add nodes to the value driver tree

simulate the effect of various discounts on the projection
Publish the data for the Scenario and Forecast versions
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Simulating with Value

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Simulate and forecast with value driver trees

Value Driver Trees

Why Use Value Driver Trees?

Graphical planning simulations

You use value driver trees to take a driver-based approach to planning,

Allocating Planning Data

Forecasting and Simulating Planning

Configuring Rolling Forecast Layouts

Value driver trees

Value driver trees can be built based on formulas in the account

Value driver trees can be based on account dimension hierarchies or

Value Driver Tree Features

Create a Value Driver Tree Based on an Account

1. Add the value driver tree to a story.

Value Driver Tree Time Granularity

Calculated and restricted measures are maintained in the Cross

Use Driver Value Trees to Simulate Scenarios

driver tree based on a planning model.

Display Multiple Currencies

Create and Configure a Value Driver

Task 1: Create a Value Driver Tree

What skills will you develop in this practice exercise?

Add a value driver tree to a story

Task 2: Add Cross Calculations to the Default

What skills will you develop in this practice exercise?

Use the Calculation Editor to configure a restricted account

Task 3: Add Nodes to a Value Driver Tree

What skills will you develop in this practice exercise?

Add nodes to the value driver tree

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