BPC 7.5 Performance and General Improvements since SP09
Hi everyone,
Recently, I’ve been working with a customer which was still using BPC 7.5 SP09 and wanted some reasons on why he should update to the latest version.
I then compiled a list with the most important fixes and improvements from his version to the latest, I thought it would be interesting to share the list with you:
BPC 7.5 SP10
BPC NW 7.5 client supports Internet Explorer 9.0 (32 bit) browser as of SP10
Note 1630829: Performance improvement in journal reporting.
Note 1627477: Performance improvement in EvDRE suppression.
Note 1633885: Performance improvement when refreshing input schedule with EvCOM
BPC 7.5 SP11
Note 1659196: Improve the performance of read dimension hierarchy
Note 1657665: Logon performance issue
BPC 7.5 SP12
Note 1681173: Provides a tool that checks for journal inconsistencies.
Note 1679541: Functional improvement for loading master data from a flat file and keeping the sequence of the source data.
Note 1667784: Performance improvement in copying an application set with a large volume of transaction data.
BPC 7.5 SP13
Note 1716074: Introduces ABAP program UJF_FILE_SERVICE_CLEAN_LOGS to allow end users to delete unwanted BPC NW File Service logs.
Note 1713306: Input Schedule performance improvement to avoid sending transaction data receiving no response issue.
Note 1712425: Input Schedule performance improvement in copy range to DataRange.
Note 1705733: BPC Excel Client performance improvement in opening Offline Reports or Offline Input Schedules in online mode.
Note 1682774: Performance improvement in Account Transformation function
Note 1714419: Performance improvement when reading BPC member formulas
Note 1706720: Compression of HTTP Response in EvDREs
BPC 7.5 SP14
Note 1752937: Introduces report UJA_BPC_BUFFER_SIZER_75 to provide recommendations on buffer size settings.
Note 1738455: A performance improvement in Currency Conversation.
Note 1704065: A performance improvement in Write Back function.
Note 1625011: A performance improvement in Allocation.
Note 1746588: Performance improvement when running A/T with multiple periods
BPC 7.5 SP15
Support for Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10 and Office 2010 32-bit
Note 1717192: Performance improvement in reading comment in batches
Note 1787673: Performance improvement in BPC AppSet transport by skipping BPC template validation with status D
Note 1800975: Performance improvement to read master data during query
Note 1794636: Performance improvement in switching sheets in a report
BPC 7.5 SP16
Note 1815481: Add feature for cleaning BPC inconsistent files
Note 1831812: Avoid reading dimension hierarchy from BW to increase Consolidation performance
Note 1830044: Improve performance at updating work status
Note 1827496: Improve the client performance for huge EvDRE template
Note 1826721: Improve work status performance with huge dimension members
Note 1817861: EvGET performance improvement
Note 1845423: Improve the performance for sending data in EvDRE report
BPC 7.5 SP17
Office 2013 32-bit Support
Note 1842749: Performance improvement in running BPC legal consolidation package
Note 1842824: Performance improvement in BPC File Service log clean up tool
Note 1874034: Performance improvement in UJFS program
Note 1923984: Performance improvement for BPF member items validation
Note 1933910: Performance improvement for the scenario of application parameter CONSO_DELETE_DIRTY_DATA is set to “Y”
Note 1929430: Functional improvement for UJBR tool to support multi-packages when dealing with very large files
BPC 7.5 SP18
Internet Explorer 11 Support
Note 1992640: Improve performance at checking work status
Notice that most of the updates I listed were performance related, since that was a big selling point for this specific customer.
Regards,
Rodrigo Kayser de Castro
SAP Active Global Support
Very helpful writeup. Now for the big question... Is there a good resource on SCN or an SAP support site offering rock solid test plans for the implementation of SPs? This would be most helpful as I am working on a project with a compressed timeline.
Hi Kurt,
BPC 7.5 is already a very mature product, there are very few reports about issues with upgrades. I'm not aware of such documentation, but our recommendation is to always keep up with the latest version.
Is an AppSet push required if we are going from BPC NW 7.5 SP10 to BPC NW 7.5 SP18?
Thank you,
Kurt