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SummarisationlevelsinSAPCOPA#1anoverview
ByRajeshShanbhagon09/05/20125Comments
Overview
InSAPCOPA,youcanusesummarisationlevelasoneofthekeymeasuretoimproveprocessingtimeofreporting,planningandassessments.
Thiswillalsoleadtobettersystemperformance.
TransactionprocessingwithinCOPA,initially,readsdatafromsummarisationtablesandthenfromsegmenttablesandthenfromlineitem
tables.Bybuildingsummarisationlevels(inCOPA)tailoredforspecifictransactionalprocessesthatinvolvelargevolumesofdataorlarge
processingtimes,youcansignificantlyreducethoseprocessingtimesandimprovetheperformanceofthesystem.
Inthisblog,IwillprovideanoverviewofsummarisationinProfitabilityAnalysis(COPA)inSAP.Iwilldetailwhatissummarisation,the
technicalarchitectureofsummarisation,andwhytheyareimportantinimprovingandoptimisingperformanceofyourSAPsystem.
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Assumptionsforthisblog
IwillassumeyouareawareofSAPProfitabilityAnalysismoduleanditsfunctionalityandsemantics.OperatingconcernIDusedintheseblogsisV000.
TechnicalArchitectureoftablesinSAPCOPA
StandardSAPCOPAdatatablescanbegroupedinto:
Lineitemtables:holdsdetailedrecordofalldocumentspostedinSAPCOPA
SegmentLevel/Table:holdsdatainasummarisedform
Forthepurposeofthisblog,Iwillnotmentiontheothertablesrelatedtorealignments,assessments,accountassignmentsetc
Lineitemtables
DataisstoredinSAPCOPAinlineitemtables.Thesetables(alongwithotherrelatedtables)storeallinformationatthemostdetailedlevelforeachrecord
createdinSAP.InSAPCOPA,CE1V000(whereV000istheOperatingConcernID)isthelineitemtableforactuallineitems.CE2V000isthelineitem
tableforplanlineitems.
Lineitemtablesareaccessedasfollows:
ToWRITEdata:EachtimeadocumentispostedinCOPA,therecord(s)iswrittenintothelineitemtablewithatimestamp.
ToREADdata:Lineitemsarereadforvariousreasonsreports,callupdisplay,andsummarisation,forprocessingtransactionsinSAPCOPA.
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SegmentLevel/Table
Segmentlevel/tableinSAPCOPAproviderealtimesummarisationoflineitemdata.
SegmentTableCE4V000:ThistablestoresalldimensionorcharacteristicvaluesofaCOPApostingagainstauniqueprofitabilitysegment.
SegmentLevelCE3V000:ThistablestoresasummaryoranaggregateofvaluesinValueFieldsbyitsProfitabilitySegment.
Segmentlevel/tableareaccessedasfollows:
ToWRITEdata:Whenarecordiswrittenintothelineitemtable,SAPCOPAdeterminestheProfitabilitySegmentforthatcombinationof
characteristicvalues.Todoso,itreadstheSegmentTableanddeterminesanexistingProfitabilitySegment.IfitcannotfindanexistingProfitability
Segment,itINSERTsorwritesanewProfitabilitySegmentforthatcombinationofcharacteristicvalues.
READ:SegmentTableisreadforvariousreasonsreports,callupdisplay,andsummarisation,forprocessingtransactionsinSAPCOPA.
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DatavolumesinCOPA
Forcertaintransactionslikereportingandassessments,SAPfirstaccesstheSegmentLevel/Tabletoextractdata.Ifitcannotfinddatainthesegmenttable,
itwillreadthelineitemtable.ThesegmenttablehascombinationofallcharacteristicspostedinCOPAhoweveryoucouldhaveincorrectlyor
intentionallybuiltareportoranassessmentcyclethatreadsorpoststoacombinationthatdoesnotexistinSegmentTable.Insuchascenario,SAPCOPA
willreadthelineitemtabletosearchforrelevantdata.
ItisveryimportantthatSAPCOPAprocessingdoesnotreadlineitemtablebecausethesetablescanbemassiveinsizeandreadinglineitemtablescould
leadtolongruntimesandimpactperformanceofthesystem.
ThesizeofthesegmenttablewilldependonthenumberofCharacteristics(custom,technicalor.)andValueFieldscreatedinyourCOPAdesign.Asan
example,anOperatingConcernwith10characteristicsand10characteristicvalueseachcouldyield,intheory,?10?^10combinationsofProfitability
Segments.
However,theactualnumberwillbefarsmallerbecauseanygivenorganisationwouldnot(forexample)selleveryproducttoeverycustomerfromevery
plantineverycompanycode.Butitisimportanttounderstandtheconceptthemorethenumberofcharacteristicsandvaluefields,thelargerthesizeof
segmenttables,andtheslowertheperformanceofCOPA.
Balancingtherequirementsfrombusinessformorecharacteristicsandvaluefieldswiththerequirementtomaintainconsistentandgoodperformanceof
COPAisafinebalancingactandwillrequiretactanddiplomacy.
HowisdatawritteninSAPCOPA(withoutsummarisation)
WhenarecordispostedbytheuserinCOPA,thesystem:
ReadstheSegmentLevel/Tabletodeterminetheprofitabilitysegment.Thereadisasequentialread.Hence,thelargerthesizeofthetable,thelonger
itwouldtaketofindtheprofitabilitysegment.
IfitfindstheProfitabilitySegment,itupdatestherecordwithallitsdetailsintheLineItemtableandupdatessummarisedrecordintheSegment
Level
IfitdoesnotfindtheProfitabilitySegment,
itwillcreateanewProfitabilitySegment
updatetherecordwithallitsdetailsintheLineItemtableand
updatethesummarisedrecordintheSegmentLevel
HowisdatareadinSAPCOPA(withoutsummarisation)
SAPfirstaccessestheSegmentLevel/Tabletoreaddata.Ifitcannotfinddatainthesegmenttable,itreadsthelineitemtable.
ItisveryimportantthatSAPCOPAprocessingdoesnotreadlineitemtablebecausethesetablescanbemassiveinsizeandreadinglineitemtablescould
leadtolongruntimesandtherebyimpactperformanceofthesystem.
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Summarisation
SummarisationrepresentsanotherlevelofsummarytablessimilartotheSegmentTable.SummarisationiscustombuiltforSAPcustomerrequirementsand
hencecanbespecificallyusedtoimproveperformanceofdataprocessinginSAPCOPA.
Everysummarizationlevelconsistsoftwotablesthekeytableandthesummarytable:
thekeytablecorrespondstothesegmenttableandcontainsonlythosecharacteristicsthatwereselectedforthesummarizationlevel,plusthe
plan/actualindicatorandplanversion
thesummarytablecontainsthetransactionspecificcharacteristicslikePeriod,FiscalyearandRecordtype,plusthevaluefieldsandquantityunit
fields.
Summarizationlevelsthatareactiveandcontaindataareautomaticallyusedforthefunctions:
AssessmentofcostcentercoststoCOPA
Drilldownreporting
Planning
TransferdatafromSOP
SAPclientscandefinesummarisationlevelwiththecharacteristicvaluestheywantsummarised.Inourexample,theclientwantsaproductprofitability
reportbyplant.Inthisreport,customerinformationisnotrequired.Inthisscenario,createasummarisationlevelforproduct,plantasthecharacteristics.
SAPwillsummarisedataforthesetwocharacteristics.
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HowisdatareadinSAPCOPA(withsummarisation)
SAPfirstaccessestheSummarisationTablestoreaddata.IfitcannotfinddataintheSummarisationTables,itreadstheSegmentTableandthentheLine
ItemTable.
TechnicalArchitectureoftablesinSAPCOPA(withsummarisation
level)
Summarisationlevelnowrepresentsthesmallersetofsummariseddata.
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Conclusion
SummarisationprovidesimmediatebenefitofimprovedperformancebecausereportsandcertaintransactionsinSAPCOPAwillreaddatafrom
summarisationtablesinsteadofsegmenttableorlineitemtable.
However,SAPCOPAwillreadsummarisationtablesonlyifthesummarisationlevelisoptimisedforthattransaction.Ifitisnotsooptimised,itwillread
thesegmenttableoreventhelineitemtable.Itisverycriticalthatsummarisationlevelsaredefinedwithprecisionandcare.Youshouldexecute
transactionsinpilotortestmodeandoptimisethesummarisationleveltillyouaresurethatthesystemreadsonlythesummarisationlevel.
Thenextblogwillseehowsummarisationlevelsaredefinedhowsummarisationlevelsarebuiltwithdataandhowsummarisationlevelscanbeoptimised.
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