From the course: SAP BPC Embedded Fundamentals for Planning Applications

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Using multiproviders

Using multiproviders

- [Instructor] Let's review the simple end-to-end planning application we created. We started in SAP BW with the real-time InfoCube. Then we created the aggregation level and the copy planning function. In the Query Designer, we built a planning-enabled query on the aggregation level. In the web client, we created an embedded environment and model. Finally, in the EPM Excel add-in, we created an EPM work. In our scenario, we only used one real-time InfoCube but in many cases, you'll need to use multiple InfoProviders. For example, you might want to store granular actual data in one InfoProvider and less granular planned data in another. Or you might want to plan on product prices in one InfoProvider and at the same time plan quantities and revenue in another. You can do this with a MultiProvider. As a refresher, MultiProviders can be used to union data. Although there is no data in a MultiProvider, it is a…

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