ANALYZING BUSINESS DATA FOR PLANNING APPLICATIONS
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing efficient planning through analyzing data. One process includes operations for generating a business object containing parameters and plan data of a business plan, the plan data represented by a plurality of aggregation levels. A change to a particular item in the plan data is identified, the change associated with a particular aggregation level. The change to the particular item is automatically propagated to a lowest level of granularity of the plan data, and the change to the particular item is available to each of the plurality of aggregation levels.
1 . A computer implemented method for analyzing business data for planning applications, comprising:
generating, by operation of at least one computer, a business object containing parameters and plan data of a business plan, wherein the plan data is represented by a hierarchical plurality of aggregation levels and logically grouped at different levels of granularity at each aggregation level,
identifying-identify a change to a particular item in the plan data, the change associated with a particular aggregation level; and
distributing the change to the particular item to a lowest level of granularity of the plan data at each aggregation level different from the particular aggregation level.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the lowest level of granularity of the plan data is a storage layer of the business plan.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the change is automatically propagated to each aggregation level in the plurality of aggregation levels.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the change is identified by accessing transactional data associated with the particular item.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the transactional data is accessed from an in-memory database.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the in-memory database contains transactional data and analytical data.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the change is identified by receiving a user input indicating modification of the particular item.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each aggregation level is associated with a particular view of data in the aggregation level.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein each view associated with the particular item is updated in response to the change.
10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein a view associated with the storage layer of the business plan comprises a view of the plan data at the lowest level of granularity of the plan data.
11 . A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory, tangible storage medium, the product comprising computer readable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
generating a business object containing parameters and plan data of a business plan, wherein the plan data is represented by a hierarchical plurality of aggregation levels and logically grouped at different levels of granularity at each aggregation level,
identifying a change to a particular item in the plan data, the change associated with a particular aggregation level; and
distributing the change to the particular item to a lowest level of granularity of the plan data at each aggregation level different from the particular aggregation level.
12 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the lowest level of granularity of the plan data is a storage layer of the business plan.
13 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the change is automatically propagated to each aggregation level in the plurality of aggregation levels.
14 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the change is identified by accessing transactional data associated with the particular item.
15 . The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the transactional data is accessed from an in-memory database.
16 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the in-memory database contains transactional data and analytical data.
17 . A system, comprising:
memory operable to store at least one business object containing parameters and plan data of a business plan, wherein the plan data is represented by a hierarchical plurality of aggregation levels and logically grouped at different levels of granularity at each aggregation level; and
one or more processors operable to:
identify a change to a particular item in the plan data, the change associated with a particular aggregation level; and
distribute the change to the particular item to a lowest level of granularity of the plan data at each aggregation level different from the particular aggregation level.
18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the change is identified by receiving a user input indicating modification of the particular item.
19 . The system of claim 17 , wherein each aggregation level is associated with a particular view of data in the aggregation level.
20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein each view associated with the particular item is updated in response to the change.