Analyzing business data for planning applications

Abstract

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.