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What's New in SAP Integrated Business Planning

(SAP IBP) 2505
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1 What's New in SAP Integrated Business Planning 2505. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.1 What's New History for 2505. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Identity and Access Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.1 Deprecation of Business Catalog: Information Lifecycle Management - Archiving
(SAP_CORE_BC_ILM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3 Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.1 Enhancements to Content Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2 Reference Template Allowed in Job Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3 Skipped Status for Application Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.4 Attributes Displayed by Attribute Names in the Manage Navigation to Other Systems App. . . . . . . . . 15
3.5 Value Descriptions in the Global Configuration App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
3.6 Planned Deletion of the Application Jobs - Legacy (Deprecated) Business Catalog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
3.7 Deprecation of the Maintain Email Templates App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.8 New App: Maintain Email Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4 Data Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1 OData API: Sales Order Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

5 Model Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

5.1  Creation and Copy of Multiversion Scenarios No Longer Supported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

5.2 Planned Changes to Suppressible Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

5.3  Removal of Deprecated Business Catalog SAP_IBP_BC_PLANMODEL_PC (Planning Model)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5.4  Minimum Length of Modeling Object IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

5.5 Enhancements for Downloading and Uploading a Configuration as a Binary File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

5.6  Shorter Default Retention Period for Historical States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6 Unified Planning Area (SAPIBP1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.1 Calculation Enhancement for IOFCSTBIASUSEDINT and IOFCSTBIASCALCULATEDINT Key
Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.2 Display of Key Figure Values as Percentages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6.3 Introduction of the FCSTALGORITHM Attribute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

7 SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

7.1  New Version of the SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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7.2  New Minimum Version for the SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
7.3 AI-Assisted Generation of SAP IBP Formulas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
7.4 Change History Summaries in the SAP IBP, Add-in for Microsoft Excel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
7.5 Displaying Filters in the SAP IBP Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
7.6 Write Access for Shared Attribute-Based Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
7.7 Enhancements for SAP IBP Formulas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7.8 Changed System Behavior After Creating Scenarios in the SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.9 Changed Log On Behavior After Disconnecting from SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel. . . . . . . . . . 42

7.10  Changed Microsoft Setting for ActiveX Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

7.11 Deprecation of Member Sorting and Grouping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
7.12 Required Update of Templates and Favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

8 Planner Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
8.1 Enhancements for Planning Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
8.2 Enhancements to Planner Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
8.3 Changes to Value Help for Sharing Scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
8.4 Restricting Analytics Charts Without Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
8.5 Changes and Enhancements for Custom Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
8.6 Changes and Enhancements for Workbooks and Variants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

9 Process Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9.1 Check for Missing Task Assignees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9.2 Assign Planning Filters to Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9.3 Edit Process Templates for Recurring Processes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
9.4 Improved Usability in the Manage Processes App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
9.5 Improved Usability in the Manage Tasks App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

10 Demand Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
10.1 New App: Manage Curves for Product Lifecycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
10.2 Showing Statistical Forecast Details in Planning UIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
10.3 Improved Handling of Categorical Variables in Forecasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

11 Inventory Optimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

11.1 Using Time-Varying Service Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
11.2 Defining Invalid Sources of Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
11.3 Analytics for Inventory Budgeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

11.4  Removal of Loop Handling Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

11.5 Removal of the Ability to Assign Inventory Optimization Operators to Planning Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . 78

12 Driver-Based Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
12.1 Improved Automatic Insertion of Attribute Values in Driver-Based Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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12.2 Improved Performance in the Driver-Based Planning App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

13 Time-Series-Based Supply Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

13.1 Alignment of Calculation Period for Substitution Quantity Key Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

14 Maintenance, Repair and Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

14.1 Distance Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
14.2 Inventory Balancing Calculation Generally Available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

15 Order-Based Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

15.1 Improved Performance in OBP Planning Areas That Include Version-Specific Key Figures. . . . . . . . . 93
15.2 Deprecation of Filtering Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

15.3  Removal of the Deprecated Legacy Technical Users for SDI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

15.4 Limiting the Number of Planned Distribution Orders Displayed in Transportation Load Building
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
15.5 Additional Navigation Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
15.6 OData API: Forecast Extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
15.7 Extract Pegging to Gating Orders Using the Detailed Pegging Extraction OData API. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
15.8 Enhancements to Characteristics-Based Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
15.9 Sunset of Smart Data Integration (SDI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
15.10 Deprecation of OpenAPI Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
15.11 Consideration of Stock Types in Available-to-Deploy Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
15.12 New App: Manage Reconciliation Automation Profiles of Real-Time Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
15.13 Support of Extension Attributes in Transportation Load Building in the Planner Workspaces App
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
15.14 Enhancements to the Orders App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
15.15 Deprecation of the Business Meanings for Order-Based Planning App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
15.16 Enhancement to the Order-Based Planning: Flexible Copy of Version Data Application Job
Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
15.17 Comparison and Reconciliation of Confirmed Quantities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
15.18 Message Filtering by Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
15.19 Enabling Seamless Transport of Application Job Templates for OBP Master Data Maintenance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
15.20 Locking Behavior for Subnetworks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
15.21 Updated Calculation for the Production Receipt for Consumption (PDS) Key Figure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
15.22 Real-Time Integration: Automation of Steps for the Setup of SAP IBP Communication Scenarios in
the Cloud Integration Automation Service (CIAS) Guided Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
15.23 Real-Time Integration: Display of Multiple Error Messages in the Message Monitoring App. . . . . . . . .117
15.24 Real-Time Integration: Defining a Waiting Time for the Reconciliation Application Job. . . . . . . . . . . . 117
15.25 Reminder: Real-Time Integration: Deprecation of the Global Configuration Change Application Job
Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
15.26 Reminder: Key-Figure-Based Allocation Reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
15.27 New Key Figure Quantities in the STD_MALAMOT_ASU_ADU Data Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

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15.28 No Negative Values for Key Figures for Unfulfilled Demand and Expired Key Figures for Shelf Life
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
15.29 Outdated Key Figure Quantities in the STD_MALO_ASU_V2 Data Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
15.30 New Data Source for Gating Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
15.31 New Key Figure Quantities for Non-Planning Relevant Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
15.32 New Key Figure Quantities for Detailed Pegging of Inbound Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

16 Cross Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

16.1 Changed Product Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
16.2 Enhancements to Custom Master Data Validations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
16.3 Usability Improvements in the Manage Master Data App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
16.4 Empty Spaces and Pages Hidden in SAP Fiori Launchpad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
16.5 Usability Enhancements for the User Actions Menu for SAP Fiori Launchpad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
16.6 Usability Enhancements for Spaces in SAP Fiori Launchpad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
16.7 Deprecated: Group Layout in SAP Fiori Launchpad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
16.8 No Leading or Trailing Spaces Allowed in Names for Rollup Profiles in Network Aggregation. . . . . . . 137
16.9 Transport of Rollup Profiles for Network Aggregation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
16.10 Deprecation and Replacement of the Planning Filters App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
16.11 New System Language: Czech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
16.12 Changed Default Behavior for Generation of Missing Planning Object Records in Excel Add-In and
Planner Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

17 Analytics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
17.1 Enhancements to the Manage Analytics Stories App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
17.2 Support of MRP Areas in the Supply Chain Network App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

18 Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
18.1 New Options for Customer-Initiated Penetration Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

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Detailed information for all new and changed features in the SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP)
solution in release 2505.

 Note

For a compact overview, we recommend that you use the What's New Viewer (WNV). In the WNV, you
can filter the content according to your needs, in particular, to find the tasks that you need to perform
immediately after the upgrade and that are classified with Mandatory task after upgrade and Must know.

About This Version

Product Version SAP Integrated Business Planning 2505 including Hotfix Collection (HFC) 3

Document Information 1.1 - May 16, 2025

Please also check the last-minute information that we have received after the edito-
rial deadline.

In the What's New History [page 7], you can find the following information:

• Changes since the publication of the preliminary What's New (sneak preview)
• Software corrections, new software features, and major documentation en-
hancements in Hotfix Collections

Important SAP Notes 3475875 (central note)

3475857 (release restriction note)

3475867 (release information note)

3475829 (patch collection information note)

3562806 (documentation corrections)

2135948 (prerequisites for the installation of SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft
Excel)

2394311 (version information for the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel)

Licensing Information Applications and Features of SAP Integrated Business Planning

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New features introduced in previous releases

If you’re interested in what has happened in previous releases, please see What's New Documents for Previous
Releases.

1.1 What's New History for 2505

Overview of changes since the publication of the sneak preview (preliminary What's New) for SAP Integrated
Business Planning (SAP IBP) 2505.

This section covers the following changes:

• Feature round-offs provided with the Hotfix Collections for 2505

• Major enhancements and corrections to the documentation

For software fixes for 2505, see SAP Note 3466238 (patch collection information note).

What's New History

Document Version Software Version Publication Date Changes

1.1 SAP IBP 2505 HFC 3 May 16, 2025 New Software Features

No new feature

Documentation Enhancements and

Corrections

Miscellaneous enhancements and cor-

rections, including the following:

• In the new Planning Filters app, the

None attribute value that you can
select when adding filter criteria has
been replaced by Is empty. The Not
specified attribute value is no lon-
ger available. In the list report view,
you can now use the Edit action to
change the group of a planning filter.
• We've enhanced the description of
the changed Microsoft setting for
ActiveX controls. For more informa-
tion, see Changed Microsoft Setting
for ActiveX Controls [page 43].

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Document Version Software Version Publication Date Changes

1.0 SAP IBP May 2, 2025 Changes and enhancements in the

What's New since the publication of the
preliminary What's New on April 3, 2025:

Documentation Enhancements and

Corrections

• We've added information about

changing data in only one combina-
tion of version and scenario before
creating a new scenario. For more
information, see Creation and Copy
of Multiversion Scenarios No Longer
Supported [page 22].
• We've removed information about
changing data in multiple versions
and scenarios before creating a
new scenario. For more information,
see Changed System Behavior Af-
ter Creating Scenarios in the SAP
IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel [page
41].
• We've added the information that
the deprecation of the old filter-
ing behavior only applies to the
transportation load building compo-
nent, and not to the application
jobs Order-Based Planning: Delete
Planned Receipts and Order-Based
Planning: Fix or Unfix Planned Re-
ceipts. For more information, see
Deprecation of Filtering Behavior
[page 93].
• We've added information about the
planned sunset of smart data inte-
gration (SDI) in order-based plan-
ning (see Sunset of Smart Data Inte-
gration (SDI) [page 102].

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 Document Version Software Version Publication Date Changes

Preliminary What's New SAP IBP April 3, 2025 Changes and enhancements in the
(Sneak Preview) 1.1
What's New since the publication of the
preliminary What's New on March 31,
2025:

In order-based planning, the 2205.0.0

OpenAPI version for planning results ex-
traction has been deprecated and will no
longer be available as of SAP Integrated
Business Planning (SAP IBP) 2511 (see
Deprecation of OpenAPI Version [page
103]).

Documentation Enhancements and

Corrections

• We've enhanced the description of

the changed Microsoft setting for
ActiveX controls. For more informa-
tion, see Changed Microsoft Setting
for ActiveX Controls [page 43].
• The What's New entry Changed
Product Name (see Changed Prod-
uct Name [page 128]) now contains
the information that the product
name has been changed to SAP
Integrated Business Planning (SAP
IBP).

Preliminary What's New SAP IBP March 31, 2025 Not applicable
(Sneak Preview) 1.0

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2 Identity and Access Management

2.1 Deprecation of Business Catalog: Information Lifecycle

Management - Archiving (SAP_CORE_BC_ILM)

As announced in release 2502, the business catalog Information Lifecycle Management - Archiving
(SAP_CORE_BC_ILM) is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. We recommend
that you start using the successor business catalog Information Lifecycle Management - Archiving
(SAP_CORE_BC_ILM_ARC_PC) as soon as possible.

The successor business catalog contains all the ILM apps that are needed in SAP IBP.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Role/business catalog

Secure implementation and use

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Identity and access management

Security and Data Privacy

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Effects on System Administration

You need to assign the new business catalog to the relevant business roles in your system. You can use either
the Business Catalogs app or the Manage Business Role Changes After Upgrade app to do this.
If you would like to use the Business Catalogs app, do the following:

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 1. Open the Business Catalogs app and search for the SAP_CORE_BC_ILM business catalog.
2. Open the deprecated catalog.
3. On the Used in Business Roles tab, select the affected business roles and choose Adopt Changes.

If you would like to use the Manage Business Role Changes After Upgrade app, do the following:

1. Open the Manage Business Role Changes After Upgrade app and select the Deprecated Business Catalogs
tab.
2. Choose the SAP_CORE_BC_ILM business catalog.
3. Select the affected business roles and choose Adopt Changes.

When the successor catalog is added to the selected roles, the deprecated catalog is automatically removed.

 Note

If you don't adopt this change in your business roles before the SAP_CORE_BC_ILM catalog is
removed, those roles will lose access to the ILM apps. However, you will be able to add the new
SAP_CORE_BC_ILM_ARC_PC business catalog to your business roles at any time using the Maintain
Business Roles app.

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3 Administration

3.1 Enhancements to Content Administration

In the Content Administration app, filter for objects using their descriptions. In addition, we've added the
Planner Workspace workbook and the Planner Workspace variant as object types whose content you can now
manage in the app.

 Note

Both objects support sharing with write access.

In 2502 and earlier releases, the combination of a workbook and variant was previously treated as a single
object in Planner Workspaces. Starting with 2505, these are recognized as two distinct objects, each with its
own life cycle. This means that as of 2505, workbooks and variants can be shared separately.

Technical Details

Type Changed
New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Planner Workspaces

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Administration

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Related Information

Content Administration

3.2 Reference Template Allowed in Job Definitions

The Order-Based Planning: Flexible Copy of Version Data (/IBP/RM_FLEX_VERSION_COPY) reference template
can now be used in application job definitions in the Job Definitions app. In addition, you can now group
scenarios across all order-based planning templates.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Application job

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Administration

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Allowed List of Reference Job Templates

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3.3 Skipped Status for Application Jobs

In the Application Jobs app, you can now skip an instance of a recurring application job. You can restore any
skipped job until its scheduled run time has passed. After this time, the status changes to Skipped, and the job
can no longer be restored.

You can use the Status filter to search for skipped jobs that have already passed the scheduled time. To find
jobs that haven't passed their scheduled time with the status Skip, use the free-text search. In the Gantt and
list report views of the Monitor Application Jobs app, you can now view application jobs that were marked to
be skipped or have already been skipped in the Application Jobs app. In the Gantt view, an orange triangle icon
indicates occurrences of skipped jobs

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Application job

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Administration

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Application Jobs

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3.4 Attributes Displayed by Attribute Names in the Manage
Navigation to Other Systems App

As of SAP IBP 2505, attributes are displayed by attribute name rather than by attribute description in the
Manage Navigation to Other Systems app. For attributes that are assigned with names belonging to a specific
planning area, the planning-area-specific attribute name is shown. Where no planning-area-specific attribute
name is available, the attribute name is used.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Administration

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Assigning Attributes to a Planning Area

3.5 Value Descriptions in the Global Configuration App

The Global Configuration app can now display descriptions for parameter values. As of SAP IBP 2505,
descriptions are available for the values of the PM_TASK_SYNC_OPTION parameter.

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Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Administration

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

On the parameter worklist of the Global Configuration app, the following new columns are available, which are
hidden by default:

• Value Description
• Default Value Description

For parameters with available value descriptions, both the description of the currently selected value and the
default value will be shown in the new columns.

When you edit a parameter with available value descriptions, the descriptions for the values are displayed
alongside the values you can select in the Value selection field.

Related Information

Global Configuration

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3.6 Planned Deletion of the Application Jobs - Legacy
(Deprecated) Business Catalog

As announced in SAP IBP 2305, the Application Jobs - Legacy (Deprecated) (SAP_IBP_BC_JOB_LEGACY_PC)
business catalog was deprecated and will be deleted in SAP IBP 2511.

To prepare for the deletion, please replace the Application Jobs - Legacy (Deprecated) business catalog in your
existing business roles with one or more of the following business catalogs that allow scheduling of application
jobs:

• Application Jobs - Administrator (SAP_IBP_BC_JOB_ADMIN_PC)

• Application Jobs - Basic Functions (SAP_IBP_BC_JOB_BASIC_PC)
• Application Jobs - Demand-Driven Replenishment (SAP_IBP_BC_JOB_DDR_PC)
• Application Jobs - Demand (SAP_IBP_BC_JOB_DEMAND_PC)
• Application Jobs - Inventory (SAP_IBP_BC_JOB_INVENTORY_PC)
• Application Jobs - Response and Supply (SAP_IBP_BC_JOB_RM_SUP_PC)
• Application Jobs - Sales and Operations (SAP_IBP_BC_JOB_SOP_PC)

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Role/business catalog

Application job

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Identity and access management

Administration

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Job Scheduling Authorizations

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3.7 Deprecation of the Maintain Email Templates App

The Maintain Email Templates app is deprecated as of 2502 and will be deleted from the SAP Fiori launchpad in
2508. The deprecated app may no longer be available by default on the SAP Fiori launchpad. In this case, you
can find it in the app finder until it is deleted. We recommend that you switch to the successor app Maintain
Email Templates as soon as possible.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Administration

Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

3.8 New App: Maintain Email Templates

This app is the successor of the Maintain Email Templates app. The Maintain Email Templates app is deprecated
as of 2502 and will be deleted from the SAP Fiori launchpad in 2508. The deprecated app may no longer be
available by default on the SAP Fiori launchpad. In this case, you can find it in the app finder until it is deleted.
We recommend that you switch to the successor app as soon as possible.

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Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact New SAP Fiori app

Role/business catalog

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Administration

Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Effects on System Administration

A new app authorization variant is available for the existing Output Management - Email Templates
(SAP_CORE_BC_OM_ET) business catalog, which is still required for the new app. By default, the system
automatically activates new apps delivered with existing business catalogs for current business roles.

Related Information

Maintain Email Templates

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4 Data Integration

4.1 OData API: Sales Order Integration

In the /IBP/API_SALES OData API service, the properties IBPNetForecastQuantity and

IBPForecastConsQuantity are now available for sales order schedule lines (/IBP/I_SlsDocSchdLn).
They provide information on the expected and actual impact of sales orders on the forecast quantity.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Integration
Flexible data model only (OBP)

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Data integration

Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

The IIBPNetForecastQuantity (Net Forecast Quantity) property is used for planning-relevant sales orders.
It corresponds to the requirement quantity that is still planned after the forecast is reduced by the goods issue
quantity.

The IBPForecastConsQuantity (Forecast Consumption Quantity) property corresponds to the total goods
issue quantity whether the sales order is planning-relevant or not.

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Related Information

Integrating Sales Order Data with External Systems

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5 Model Configuration

5.1  Creation and Copy of Multiversion Scenarios No

Longer Supported

As previously announced, as of SAP IBP 2505, the Planner Workspaces app and the SAP IBP, add-in for
Microsoft Excel no longer support the creation and copy of multiversion scenarios. The newly created scenarios
must belong to one version. If you have multiple versions or scenarios in your planning view, make sure you
only change data in the combination of version and scenario on which you want to base your new scenario.
Otherwise, you won't be able to create a new scenario.

You can still use your existing multiversion scenarios after this release.

Technical Details

Type
 Must know
Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel
Planner Workspaces

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Model configuration

Time-series-based supply planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Additional Details

Versions of the SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel as of 2505.2.0

When you create a scenario in the Excel add-in and have multiple versions and scenarios in your planning view,
you must select the version and scenario that you want to base the new scenario on. To save changes to other
versions and scenarios, you must create separate scenarios for them.

When you open the Manage Scenarios dialog, all scenarios that you have access to are displayed, including
multiversion scenarios that were created in the past. You can still promote, reset, and delete these scenarios.
You can't, however, duplicate them anymore.

Versions of the SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel Before 2505.2.0
If you're using versions of the SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel older than 2505.2.0 and your SAP IBP system
has been upgraded to 2505, keep in mind the following:

• You will get an error when you try to create or duplicate multiversion scenarios, since new multiversion
scenarios are no longer supported.
• You can't create scenarios when there are multiple versions in your planning view.

Related Information

Changed System Behavior After Creating Scenarios in the SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel [page 41]

5.2 Planned Changes to Suppressible Errors

There are no changes to the status of the suppressible errors in this release. However, changes are planned for
SAP IBP 2508.

The following suppressible errors will turn into errors in the upcoming SAP IBP releases:

• *S* Calculation &2@&3: Attribute &1 is not available from any input.
• *S* Calculation &1@&2: Some input-output attribute pairs are lost.

Once these changes are implemented, you must fix the errors before you can activate the planning area.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

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Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Model configuration

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Suppressible Errors

5.3  Removal of Deprecated Business Catalog

SAP_IBP_BC_PLANMODEL_PC (Planning Model)

As announced previously, the deprecated SAP_IBP_BC_PLANMODEL_PC (Planning Model) business catalog has
now been removed. Please use the SAP_IBP_BC_PLANMODEL_CF_PC (Planning Model Configuration) business
catalog instead, which contains all the apps needed for model configuration.

Technical Details

Type
 Must know
Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Role/business catalog

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Model configuration

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 Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Business Catalogs

5.4  Minimum Length of Modeling Object IDs

As of SAP IBP 2505, the IDs of the following types of new objects must consist of a minimum of two characters:

• Attributes
• Master data types
• Planning levels
• Key figures
• Versions

As of SAP IBP 2505, you can still edit or activate existing objects with single-character IDs but you can’t save
any new objects with a single-character ID. You also can’t upload planning areas containing such IDs as binary
files to your system.

Technical Details

Type
 Must know
Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Model configuration

Action

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Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

5.5 Enhancements for Downloading and Uploading a

Configuration as a Binary File

In the Planning Areas app, you can now include the following items when you download or upload your
configuration as a binary file::

• Planner Workspace
• Planner Workspace – Contextual Navigations
• Planner Workspace – Workbooks
• Planning Views (Web-Based)
• Transportation Load Views
• Master Data Views

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Planner Workspaces

Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Model configuration

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Related Information

Downloading a Planning Area

Uploading a Planning Area

5.6  Shorter Default Retention Period for Historical

States

To improve performance, we have reduced the default period for retaining historical states of model entities.
As of SAP IBP 2505, historical states are only retained for 2 releases by default. With the upgrade to 2505, all
states that were saved before the 2411 upgrade are deleted, with the exception of states that you have archived
using the Manage Historical States app.

Technical Details

Type
 Must know
Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Global configuration parameter

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Model configuration

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

You can control the number of releases for which historical states are retained using the
HISTORY_RETENTION_RELEASES global configuration parameter. Historical states that were saved for your
model entities in earlier releases are automatically deleted with each upgrade in accordance with the retention
period set; that is, the value of the parameter in your system.

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Configuration states of model entities are automatically saved after each upgrade. States of planning areas
are also saved before copy and transport, and after each activation. Frequent activation of your planning area
might produce high data volume and thus lead to the deterioration of system performance.

To safeguard performance, as of 2505, the default value of the parameter has been reduced from 4 to 2, which
means that historical states are by default only retained for 2 releases. If you want to keep historical states for
more than two releases, specify a custom value for the parameter in the Global Configuration app.

 Note

If you set a custom value for the parameter before the 2505 upgrade, the change of the default value does
not affect your system, even if the custom value (shown in the Value field) is the same as the old default
value (4).

To keep specific states from earlier releases (that are outside the retention period), archive them in the
Manage Historical States app. Archiving your states enables you to keep the data that you need for analysis
or other purposes while ensuring good performance.

Related Information

Archiving a Historical State of a Planning Area

Global Configuration Parameters

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6 Unified Planning Area (SAPIBP1)

6.1 Calculation Enhancement for IOFCSTBIASUSEDINT and

IOFCSTBIASCALCULATEDINT Key Figures

To support additional reporting capabilities, the IBP_ADD_TIME_DIMENSION function has been added to the
forecast bias key figures that are calculated using forecast error over lead time interval.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Inventory optimization

Unified planning area (SAPIBP1)

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Effects on Configuration

You can either copy the 2505 version of the SAPIBP1 sample planning area or make these changes manually.
For a detailed description of the changes, see the IBP 2505 for Cross Topics: SAPIBP1 Planning Model Template
document.

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6.2 Display of Key Figure Values as Percentages

To improve the usability in Planner Workspaces, the values of various service level key figures are now displayed
as percentages.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Inventory optimization

Unified planning area (SAPIBP1)

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Effects on Configuration

You can either copy the 2505 version of the SAPIBP1 sample planning area or make these changes manually.
For a detailed description of the changes, see the IBP 2505 for Cross Topics: SAPIBP1 Planning Model Template
document.

6.3 Introduction of the FCSTALGORITHM Attribute

In the Statistical Forecasting application job template, you can now specify which master data attribute should
capture the algorithm information that was used for the most recent forecast calculation of a planning object.
This enhancement provides greater transparency and traceability in forecasting processes, and ensures that
the most effective algorithms are consistently applied thus enabling more accurate and reliable forecast
outcomes.

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For more information, see Storing Information on Forecasting Algorithm

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Application job

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Demand planning

Unified planning area (SAPIBP1)

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Effects on Configuration

You can either copy the 2505 version of the SAPIBP1 sample planning area or make these changes manually.
For a detailed description of the changes, see the IBP 2505 for Cross Topics: SAPIBP1 Planning Model Template
document.

Related Information

Utilize Multiple Forecasts

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7 SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel

7.1  New Version of the SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft

Excel

With SAP IBP 2505, the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel 2505.2.0 is available. For more information about
the versions of the Excel add-in, see SAP Note 2394311 .

 Note

The upgrade to SAP IBP 2505 does not require you to install the new version of the Excel add-in. You can
decide to install it whenever you wish to start using its new features.

The new features that are available with the Excel add-in 2505.2.0 are described in the 2505
documentation. Please always make sure that you use the version of the SAP IBP application help that
corresponds to the Excel add-in version you have installed. For more information, see Planning with
Microsoft Excel.

Technical Details

Type
 Must know
New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Additional Details

Prerequisites for Installation: .NET 8 Desktop Runtime and Microsoft Edge WebView2
Runtime
It is mandatory to install version .NET 8 Desktop Runtime (version 8.0.3 or higher) on users' PCs before they
can install and work with the Excel add-in. You can find the installation files at the following location: https://
dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0 . You can find the corresponding installer in the .NET
Desktop Runtime section. Before you install .NET 9 Desktop Runtime, check Required Update of Templates and
Favorites [page 45].

Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime is a prerequisite for installation. Users need to install Microsoft Edge
WebView2 Runtime on their computers before they can work with the 2505.2.0 version of the Excel add-in. You
can find the installation files at the following location: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/
webview2/#download-section . Please choose Evergreen Standalone Installer or Evergreen Bootstrapper.

Prerequisite for Installation: Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual
Studio 2017
Users must have at least Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2017
installed on their computers to be able to use the Excel add-in. You can find the installation
files at the following location: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?
view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2015-2017-2019-and-2022 .

Using the New Version of the Excel Add-In with a Lower Version SAP IBP System
We recommend using the newest Excel add-in version 2505.2.0 only after your SAP IBP system has been
upgraded to version 2505.

Once your SAP IBP test system is upgraded, you can install the newest Excel add-in and run your upgrade
tests. Please note that if an SAP IBP system is still on version n-1, for example, 2502, and the newest Excel
add-in version n, for example, 2505.2.0 is used to log on to the system, some functions might not work as they
did before. For this reason, make sure that your SAP IBP productive system is upgraded before you start using
the newest Excel add-in version productively.

Related Information

Version Information for the SAP Integrated Business Planning, Add-In for Microsoft Excel

7.2  New Minimum Version for the SAP IBP, Add-In for
Microsoft Excel

The new required minimum version of the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel is 2311.2.0. Business users must
make sure they upgrade their Excel add-in version to at least 2311.2.0 before the upgrade to SAP IBP 2505.
As of SAP IBP 2505, users working with versions of the Excel add-in older than 2311.2.0 will experience the
following:

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• After the upgrade of the back-end systems to SAP IBP 2505, they will get a warning message every time
they log on to SAP IBP.
• After the upgrade of the back-end systems to SAP IBP 2508, they will get an error message, and will not be
able to log on to SAP IBP.

Technical Details

Type
 Mandatory task after upgrade
New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Effects on System Administration

Make sure that your company's upgrade schedule for the Excel add-in follows the new upgrade policy.

We recommend that you take the following mitigation steps:

• Download and roll out a newer version of the Excel add-in to your user base.
• Check the Login Statistics for Excel Add-In app to identify the users who are affected, and have them
upgrade the Excel add-in.
• You can also set a warning for your users some time before the SAP IBP 2505 upgrade using the
global configuration parameter MINIMUM_ADDIN_VERSION. You can enter a minimum add-in version, for
example 2311.2.0. Users who are using versions of the Excel add-in older than the one set in the parameter
get a warning when they log on to SAP IBP using the Excel add-in. For more information, see Global
Configuration Parameters.

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Related Information

Upgrade Policy for the SAP Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel

7.3 AI-Assisted Generation of SAP IBP Formulas

As of version 2505.2.0 of the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel, you can generate SAP IBP formulas with
the help of SAP Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel, AI-assisted planning (planning
assistance). With SAP IBP formulas, you can add your own calculations to your planning view on top of SAP IBP
data. Now, with planning assistance, you can describe the SAP IBP formulas that you want to add using natural
language. Planning assistance then generates the SAP IBP formulas for you based on your description. This
way, you don't need to consider the technical details, such as functions and parameters, that are required for
setting up SAP IBP formulas.

 Note

This feature is currently only available for early adopters. If you want to use it, contact SAP and request the
activation of the feature in your system. To contact SAP, use the SCM-IBP-XLS-UI component.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

To generate an SAP IBP formula with the help of planning assistance, open the planning view to which you want
to add the SAP IBP formula. Then, select a cell in the header area. From the context menu, choose Planning

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Assistance Generate Formula... and describe the SAP IBP formula that you want to add to your planning
view using natural language. Based on your description, planning assistance generates an SAP IBP formula and
adds it to your planning view. Currently, planning assistance can generate SAP IBP formulas for the values of
specific members (IBPMEMBER function), all members for one specific dimension (IBPDIMENSIONMEMBERS
function), and the header label (IBPHEADER function).

Effects on System Administration

If you want your users to be able to use the planning assistance function for generating SAP IBP formulas, you
need to give them permission to work with SAP IBP formulas by enabling access to the Formulas for Planning
View restriction type of the Basic Planning Tasks business catalog.

Related Information

Generating SAP IBP Formulas Using Planning Assistance

Business Catalogs
Available Restrictions

7.4 Change History Summaries in the SAP IBP, Add-in for

Microsoft Excel

You can now see more detailed change history summaries for individual key figure values in the SAP Integrated
Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel if the key figures are change history-enabled. In an open planning
view, right-click the required key figure value and choose Open Change History from the context menu
to open the SAP IBP panel. There, you can specify the time range in which you want to see the changes. The
change history is displayed as a waterfall chart and you can click the relevant parts to display more information
about the change, such as why the changes were made, by whom, and when.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

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Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Effects on System Administration

Administrators need to assign the business catalog Change History Component

(SAP_IBP_BC_CHG_COMP_PC) to users to enable them to view the change history.

Related Information

Change History in the SAP Integrated Business Planning, Add-In for Microsoft Excel
Where Can I View the Change History?
Business Catalogs
SAP IBP App Authorization Variants
SAP IBP Panel

7.5 Displaying Filters in the SAP IBP Panel

As of version 2505.2.0 of the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel, you can display the filters that are used when
you open contextual information in the SAP IBP panel, such as active product assignments for a given attribute
combination.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

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Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

To check the filters, choose Show Applied Filters in the SAP IBP panel. On the Applied tab, you can find all filters
that have been applied from the selection you made and those that were passed from the worksheet filter.
The worksheet filter includes all attribute-based filters on worksheet and workbook level. On the Not Applied
tab, you can find additional filters that weren't considered in the display of data. For product assignments, this
could be, for example, an attribute-based filter that's applied to the worksheet and doesn't match any of the
product assignment levels of the selected product.

Related Information

SAP IBP Panel

7.6 Write Access for Shared Attribute-Based Filters

As of version 2505.2.0 of the Excel add-in, you can provide users and user groups with write access for shared
attribute-based filters. This feature helps to simplify the process of managing filters that are shared and used
by several users of a team and enhances flexibility, for example, if the owner of the filter is unavailable. Users
with write access for a shared attribute-based filter can change the name of the filter (if the filter is not
transportable) and the filter conditions.

You can now also provide write access for users or user groups when sharing filters in the Planning Filters app.
The changes made in this app are reflected in the Excel add-in accordingly.

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Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

You can grant access to a shared filter by selecting the Write Access checkbox in the sharing dialog for
attribute-based filters.

Related Information

Sharing Attribute-Based Filters with Other Users

Deprecation and Replacement of the Planning Filters App [page 139]

7.7 Enhancements for SAP IBP Formulas

As of version 2505.2.0 of the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel, we've made the following enhancements for
creating and editing SAP IBP formulas:

• A type-ahead value help is now available in the Formula field of the Create Formula and Edit Formula
dialogs. Once you start typing in the field, the Excel add-in suggests SAP IBP-specific and native Microsoft
Excel functions that match your input.
• When you use the Insert Function option, you can now also select from native Microsoft Excel functions.

In addition, we've improved the validation of SAP IBP formulas.

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Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

Type-Ahead Value-Help
When you type into the Formula field in the Create Formula or Edit Formula dialogs, SAP IBP-specific functions
along with the required parameters, as well as native Microsoft Excel functions are proposed. From these
proposals, you can select the function that you need. Once the function is inserted, you can add the required
parameters, if applicable. To use the type-ahead value help for the parameters, start typing in between the
parentheses that are inserted along with the function.

 Note

Keep in mind the following:

• Don't remove the = sign in the input field, otherwise the type-ahead value help for functions won't
appear.
• If you want to add an additional function, you must add one of the following operators or symbols
after the previous function: + - / * : , ; (, as applicable, otherwise the type-ahead value help for
functions won't appear.
• If you want to add parameters to a function, you must start typing inside the parentheses, otherwise
the type-ahead value help for parameters won't appear.
• The type-ahead value help for parameters is available for all parameters that belong to SAP
IBP-specific functions, except for numerical parameters, such as the position parameter of the
IBPPOSITION() function.

Insert Function Option

When you use the Insert Function option in the Create Formula and Edit Formula dialogs, you can now select
from a list of native Microsoft Excel functions. These are the same functions that come up when you choose

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Insert Function in Microsoft Excel. Previously, only SAP IBP-specific functions were available for the Insert
Function option.

Related Information

Creating SAP IBP Formulas in the Create Planning View and Edit Planning View Dialogs
Type-Ahead Value Help for SAP IBP Formulas

7.8 Changed System Behavior After Creating Scenarios in

the SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel

Previously, when you created a new scenario in the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel, all other scenarios were
removed from the planning view. Only the newly created scenario was added and displayed in the planning
view. As of version 2505.2.0 of the Excel add-in, all scenarios that you have in your planning view are kept
when you create a new scenario. This way, you can compare the new scenario to the baseline scenario or other
scenarios.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Related Information

Creation and Copy of Multiversion Scenarios No Longer Supported [page 22]

7.9 Changed Log On Behavior After Disconnecting from

SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel

The system behavior for logging back into the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel after having used the
Disconnect function has changed. As of Excel add-in version 2502.2.0, the system behavior depends on
whether a "Remember Me" option in your company’s identity provider is available and used. If the "Remember
Me" option is not used, you have to authenticate yourself again when reconnecting to the Excel add-in.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

In the Excel add-in the following ways are available to log off from the system:

• Log Off
Log off from the SAP IBP system completely. If you choose this option, you log off from the entire
system environment, including your identity provider. You'll have to provide your credentials for the identity
provider used by your company the next time you log on.

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 • Disconnect
Disconnect from the SAP IBP system. If you choose this option, you are logged off from the SAP IBP
system but not from your identity provider. When using a Remember Me option you do not need to enter
the credentials again the next time you log on.
The following are considered as disconnecting from the system:
• You log on again after disconnecting using the Disconnect option.
• You close MS Excel while you're logged on and afterward open the Excel add-in again.
• You get logged out due to a system time-out and have to log on again.
• You're logged on and open a new instance of the Excel add-in to connect to a different system or
planning area that is connected to the same identity provider.

Related Information

Logging off from the SAP Integrated Business Planning, add-in for Microsoft Excel

7.10  Changed Microsoft Setting for ActiveX Controls

Microsoft announced that in Microsoft 365 and Office 2024, the settings for ActiveX controls have changed to
be disabled by default. For more information, see the Microsoft support pages .

If ActiveX controls are disabled, users can’t work with existing planning views or create new ones. Your system
administrator needs to activate ActiveX controls for your users so that they can continue working in the Excel
add-in.

Our sample VBA planning view templates (1790530 ) also contain ActiveX controls. This means that any
VBA chart in templates and favorites created based on our sample VBA planning view templates can only be
used if ActiveX controls are enabled.

Technical Details

Type
 Must know
Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

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Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert
Business user

Business Topics SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

7.11 Deprecation of Member Sorting and Grouping

With an upcoming version of the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel, we plan to deprecate the member sorting
and grouping function that is available in the Report Editor on the Layout tab. If you're using member sorting
and grouping, we recommend that you consider the available alternatives for these functions, and adjust your
planning view templates and favorites to prepare for the deprecation. Planning views will keep working after the
deprecation, but functions relying on the deprecated member sorting and grouping will no longer work. You can
use the following alternatives:

• For member sorting, use the sorting options available in the Excel add-in, such as attribute-based sorting
and value-based sorting, as well as the sorting provided by Microsoft Excel.
• For creating SAP IBP formulas before or after a group, set up SAP IBP formulas on the Formulas tab of the
Create Planning View and Edit Planning View dialogs. Or, if you're working with versions older than version
2411.2.0 of the Excel add-in, set up SAP IBP formulas (local members) on the Local Members tab of the
Report Editor.

Please note that we don't recommend grouping and sorting based on properties, as this function is planned to
be deprecated completely.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

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Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Member Sorting
Attribute-Based Sorting
Value-Based Sorting
SAP IBP Formulas

7.12 Required Update of Templates and Favorites

Planning view templates and favorites that were last updated with a version of the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft
Excel older than 2111.2.0 can’t be opened if you have a version of .NET Desktop Runtime installed on your
computer that is newer than .NET Desktop Runtime 8. Therefore, we recommend that you update your
planning view templates and favorites as soon as possible. The support of .NET Desktop Runtime 8 ends in
November 2026. .NET Desktop Runtime 9 was released in November 2024, and is planned to be supported for
18 months (until the end of May, 2026). We don't plan to raise the minimum version to .NET 9. However, we
recommend that you plan the update of your planning view templates and favorites to be prepared for when
you switch to a future version of .NET Desktop Runtime that is newer than 8.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

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Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

It is good practice to update your planning view templates or favorites from time to time to be able to do the
following:

• Include new features that are only available with newer Excel add-in versions.
• Improve system performance when you open templates and favorites.

In some cases, migration steps are performed in the background when you open old templates with newer
versions of the Excel add-in (for example, the migration of old formatting settings to newer formatting settings)
. In addition, as of version 2405.2.0 of the Excel add-in, the size of the workbook is reduced when you update
templates or favorites, which can improve performance.

Effects on Business Users

As of version 2411.2.0 of the Excel add-in, if you have the required permission, a warning message is displayed
when you log on, showing the number of templates and favorites in your system and planning area that were
last updated with a version of the Excel add-in older than 2111.2.0 and therefore need updating. You can decide
whether you want to start the update process straight away or start it the next time you log on. Please keep in
mind that the Excel add-in checks and offers to update all templates and favorites in the system and planning
area, not only the templates and favorites that you created. It is possible to cancel the update process at any
time. If you stop the process, any templates and favorites that have already finished updating will not need to
be updated again. You can update the remaining templates and favorites the next time you log on.

Effects on System Administration

To use the update function, users must have write permissions for the new restriction type Migration
Planning View Templates and Favorites (IBP_WBMIGR), which belongs to the Basic Planning Tasks
(SAP_IBP_BC_EXCEL_ADDIN_PC) business catalog. In the restriction type, you can define the planning area
and the workbook type (templates or favorites) for which the user should be able to run the update process.

If a user only has permission to update templates but not favorites, the message that is displayed states that
0 favorites need to be updated, even if there actually are favorites that need to be updated in the system and
planning area.

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For administrators whose write access is set to Unrestricted, the update function is available without having to
change the restrictions in the related business role.

Before updating the templates and favorites, please check if the new handling to reduce the workbook size
works for all of your templates and favorites. If it doesn’t, select the Prevent automatic deletion of planning view
cells checkbox for all relevant worksheets, and update the templates and favorites manually.

Related Information

Handling of Changing Planning View Size

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8 Planner Workspaces

8.1 Enhancements for Planning Views

You can now perform the following tasks in planning views of the Planner Workspaces app:

• Create planning views based on templates and favorites from the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel.
• Update key figure data more efficiently during your planning. You can select one or more key figure
values across different combinations and change all the values that are allowed, for example, by a specific
percentage.
• Hide key figures from your planning view while still using them in formulas, value-based sorting, conditional
formatting, or key figure totals.
• Show the time-based totals first and then the data for each individual period when you define time levels
for your planning view.
• Create advanced conditional formatting rules for the key figures and formulas in your planning view.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Planner Workspaces

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Additional Details

Templates and Favorites from the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

In Design mode, if you have access to templates and favorites from the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel, you
can now create a planning view by importing a template or favorite.

The following planning view settings from the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel aren't imported in the Planner
Workspaces app and you must verify them after the import:

• Formulas from the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel can't be converted to formulas in the Planner
Workspaces app.
• In the Planner Workspaces app, named value-based filters can't be created. Therefore, value-based filters
from the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel are converted to ad hoc filters.
• The option to scroll to the current period isn't passed.
• The versions at workbook level are converted to versions in the planning view (component level).
• Not all layouts are supported and the default layout is applied instead.
• Formatting can't be imported.
• Attribute-based sorting doesn't exist in the Planner Workspaces app and can't be imported.

If the planning view is updated in the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel, it's not updated automatically in the
Planner Workspaces app.

Changes to Multiple Key Figure Values

In Plan mode, you can select one or more key figure cells in a planning view, right-click, and from the context
menu, choose Change Key Figure Values. You have the following options:

• Increase or decrease key figure values by a specific value.

• Increase or decrease key figure values by a percentage value.
• Change key figure values to a specific value.
• Distribute a value equally or proportionally across the selected cells to replace the key figure values.

Your selections are remembered within the same session so that you can apply the changes over and over
again.

Hidden Key Figures

You can now use a key figure in a formula or a key figure total but not show the key figure in your planning view.
If you define a total for a hidden key figure, the key figure appears at the total level but not at the detailed level.
You must add at least one key figure that isn’t hidden to your planning view or you must ensure that a hidden
key figure is used in one of the following cases:

• Formula
• Value-based sorting
• Conditional formatting
• Key figure total

The option to hide key figures is available in the side panel for a planning view, in the  (Additional Options)
menu for the key figure.

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Total and Period
When you define time levels for your planning view, you can now choose to show time-based totals first and
then the data for each individual period. For example, you can set up a planning view that always shows the
sum of the last 6 periods followed by the data for each of the last 6 periods.

Formulas for Conditional Formatting

You can now create advanced conditional formatting rules for key figures or formulas in your planning view by
defining formulas using a set of functions and operators.

We've also changed the options for creating conditional formatting rules for the values of a single key figure or
formula and the conditional formatting rules to compare the values of a key figure or formula with another key
figure or formula in the planning view.

In the side panel for your planning view, from the  (Additional Options)menu for the key figure or formula,
choose Create Conditional Formatting and then choose Create. To specify conditions for the values of a single
key figure or formula, choose Value. To specify conditions to compare the values of a key figure or formula
with another key figure or formula in the planning view, choose Comparison. To create a formula for conditional
formatting, choose Formula and then choose Create. You can use the key figures that are added to the planning
view, including hidden ones, numbers, functions, and operators in your formulas.

Related Information

Creating and Personalizing Your Planner Workspace

Creating a Planning View from a Template
Planning View Favorites
Changing Data and Simulating
Using Conditional Formatting

8.2 Enhancements to Planner Workspaces

You can now perform the following tasks in the Planner Workspaces app:

• Choose where to place the target components when a contextual navigation is opened and decide if you
want to use the attribute filters of target components in a contextual navigation.
• Create contextual navigation using master data views as a starting point.
• Check the status of all jobs, including application jobs and operator runs from the SAP IBP, add-in for
Microsoft Excel, run or scheduled by you and by other users on two separate tabs.

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Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Planner Workspaces

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

Contextual Navigations
In the Navigation Details step of the contextual navigation wizard, for navigations to any component, you can
now select the placement of the target component. You can choose to display the target component below
or next to the source component when the contextual navigation is opened. When the source component
is displayed in tab view, you can choose to display the target component in a new tab when the contextual
navigation is opened.

In the Filter Behavior step of the contextual navigation wizard, you can now choose if you want the attribute
filters of a target component to be used and merged with all other filters you've selected to be used in the
contextual navigation.

Using Master Data Views as Source for Contextual Navigations

You can now create contextual navigations from any master data views that you've created or to which you
have write access. These navigations can later be maintained or removed if necessary.

Job Status
In the Job Status dialog, there are now two tabs. On the Jobs Scheduled by Me tab, you can check the status of
all jobs that you've run or scheduled. On the All Jobs tab, you can check the status of all jobs, that you've run or
scheduled or that have been run or scheduled by other users. The following conditions apply for both tabs:

• You can view the status of a job only if you're allowed to schedule it. For job definitions, the job must also be
assigned to you.
• You can view the status of all jobs, including application jobs and operator runs from the SAP IBP, add-in for
Microsoft Excel.

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• You can view the status of jobs that have been run in the last 7 days and jobs that have been scheduled for
the future.

Related Information

Managing Contextual Navigations

Working with Jobs and Application Jobs

8.3 Changes to Value Help for Sharing Scenarios

When you create scenarios and share them with other users in Planner Workspaces, the user ID is no longer
available in the value help since the full name and email address of each user is displayed in the value help.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Planner Workspaces

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

8.4 Restricting Analytics Charts Without Filters

You as an administrator can now help to improve performance in the Planner Workspaces app by restricting the
use of analytics charts that don't have any attribute-based filters.

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Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Global configuration parameter

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Planner Workspaces

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

There are several ways to set up attribute-based filters for your analytics charts in the Planner Workspaces app.

Effects on Configuration

The default value for the FORCE_ANALYTICS_FILTER global configuration parameter is NONE, but you can
choose from three different values, depending on your specific needs. Refer to the following table for more
information about the different values that are available.

Value Effect

NONE The current behavior is retained: Users can work with an-
alytics charts without adding attribute-based filters. We
nonetheless recommend that users add filters for shorter
response times.

WARNING When users try to open an analytics chart without attribute-

based filters, the chart data isn't loaded and users receive a
warning. They can either define an attribute-based filter or
load the chart data manually.

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Value Effect

MANDATORY When users try to open an analytics chart without attribute-

based filters, the chart data isn't loaded and users receive an
error. They can only load the chart data after they've defined
an attribute-based filter.

Related Information

Global Configuration Parameters

Filtering in a Planner Workspace

8.5 Changes and Enhancements for Custom Alerts

We've made the following changes and enhancements to custom alerts in the Planner Workspaces app:

• Previously, you could choose to display the version and scenario information in the list of custom alert
subscriptions. Now, the version and scenario information is dynamically displayed or hidden depending on
whether you're working only with the base version.
• You can now group the alerts for your custom alert subscriptions by attribute. This alert grouping feature
was previously only available for early adopters, but is now generally available.
The settings for Column and Sort have been combined into a single dialog with the new grouping settings.
• When you click the name of a custom alert subscription in the list of subscriptions, you can access
additional information, such as the description and the alert definition details.
• Previously, you could add extra columns to the list of alerts to display additional information about the
alerts. Now, you can access this information by choosing the Additional Information icon.
• To multiselect alerts for mass snoozing, simply select the rows of the respective alerts in the list of alerts.
The checkboxes to select alerts have been removed.
• You can now unsnooze alerts or alert groups by choosing the Unsnooze icon in the row of the alert or alert
group.
• The option to filter alerts by simulation status was moved.
• The alert simulation statuses are highlighted in different colors.
• Now, when you change data and simulate, the sort order in the list of alerts doesn't change.

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Type Changed
New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Planner Workspaces

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Planner Workspaces

Exception management

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

Version / Scenario Information

The version and scenario information is now dynamically displayed depending on which version you are
working with. If you're working with a version other than the base version or if you're working with multiple
versions or scenarios, the version and scenario information is displayed as a column in the list of custom alerts
subscriptions. If the Version / Scenario column isn't displayed, this means you're working in the base version.

Grouping Custom Alerts

You can now group the alerts for your custom alert subscriptions by attribute to structure the alerts display and
make it easier to analyze the list of alerts. The grouping settings are valid for the combination of Workspace and
subscription.

You can group your alerts by up to three levels. The first level is defined by the grouping attribute. Here,
you can select from attributes that are part of the alert calculation level, including time attributes. If the
attributes that are part of the alert calculation are the primary key attributes for any master data types, you
can additionally select from all attributes that belong to those master data types. The second level is made
up of all remaining attributes that are part of the underlying alert definition. If the calculation level of the alert
subscription includes a time attribute, the Group Alerts by Time Attribute checkbox is visible in the grouping
settings, and you can create a third level.

To group the alerts for a custom alert subscription, select a subscription on the Alerts tab. Then, choose
 (Additional Options) Settings and navigate to the Group tab. There, select the attributes by which you
want to group your alerts. Optionally, you can switch to the Columns or Sort tabs to further adjust how the

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alerts are displayed. Once you confirm your settings, all alerts for the respective subscription are displayed in a
grouped list view. From this list view, you can select, snooze, or simulate not only individual alerts but also alert
groups. You can adjust or reset your grouping settings, if needed.

Displaying Additional Information About Custom Alerts

Additional information about alerts, such as version and scenario information, refresh time, or alert buffering
status, is now combined in a separate dialog. To access it, choose the Additional Information icon in the list of
alerts.

Filtering by Simulation Status

When you change data and simulate for individual alerts or alert groups, you can filter the list of alerts by
simulation status. To do so, choose  (Additional Options) Filter Simulation Status and select the
simulation statuses that you want to filter by. This way, you can display only the unchanged alerts, for example.

Custom Alert Highlighting

The simulation statuses for alerts are highlighted the following way:

• New: red
• Changed: orange
• Unchanged: gray
• Solved: green

Related Information

Working with Custom Alerts

8.6 Changes and Enhancements for Workbooks and

Variants

To simplify workbook management and improve collaboration, we've made the following changes and
enhancements to workbooks and variants in the Planner Workspaces app:

• You can now create standalone workbooks without variants and add components directly to the
workbooks. Note that components on workbook level are only loaded once you've confirmed the applied
filters to make sure you display only the data that you need.
• When you create or edit Workspaces, you can now add workbooks without variants to them.
• You can now share workbooks directly. Previously, you could only share workbook variants.
• You can now select a workbook to be the default workbook that's displayed when you open a Planner
Workspace. Previously, this was only possible for variants.
• Now, you can only save a copy of a variant as a new variant or save a copy of a workbook as a new
workbook. You can decide whether you want to copy the associated variants that are part of the same
Planner Workspace along with the workbook.

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New

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Impact Web UI

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Planner Workspaces

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

Adding Workbooks to Workspaces

Because you can now add standalone workbooks to Workspaces, when you add an existing workbook to a
Workspace, the variants that belong to this workbook aren't auto-selected to be added to the Workspace as
well. You can, however, manually select any variants that you want to include.

Filtering Workbooks
When you add workbook filters and choose Go, the filters are permanently saved for that workbook in that
specific Workspace only. If you choose  (Additional Options) Create Variant next to the name of the
workbook and create a variant, the workbook filters are taken over.

Sharing Workbooks and Variants

To share a workbook and all variants that belong to it with other users or user groups, choose  (Additional
Options) Share Workbook from the list of workbooks, enter the users or user groups and, if applicable,
select write access. Then, choose Apply.

When you share a workbook with others, the workbook filter for that specific combination of workbook and
Workspace is shared along with the workbook. If you share the workbook with others with write access, they
can change the workbook filter and save it as the new default. This does not apply, however, if you share the
workbook implicitly, by sharing a direct link to it. If you share the workbook with others without write access,
they can change the workbook filter and save that filter for themselves. When they choose Reset, they can set
the workbook filter back to the one that was last saved by someone with write access.

When you share a variant with other users, the workbook that it belongs to is now automatically shared along
with the variant.

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Setting a Default Workbook
To set a default workbook that's automatically displayed when you open a Planner Workspace, open the
Workspace settings and under Navigation Menu select the desired workbook.

Saving a Copy of a Workbook or Variant

Previously, you could save a copy of a variant as both a new variant or a new workbook. It was not possible to
save a copy of a workbook. Now, you can save workbooks as new workbooks, and variants as new variants.

To save a copy of a workbook or variant, from the list of workbooks and variants, choose  (Additional
Options) and then Save Workbook As or Save Variant As, as applicable. If you want to copy a workbook with its
variants, select Copy all visible variants in the Save as New Workbook dialog.

Related Information

Creating and Personalizing Your Planner Workspace

Managing Workbooks and Workbook Variants
Filtering in a Planner Workspace

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9 Process Management

9.1 Check for Missing Task Assignees

If you are using a collaboration tool and you create a task in the Manage Process Templates or the Manage Tasks
app, there’s a new check that determines whether task assignees are part of the selected collaboration group
if automatic invitations aren't enabled. You can also choose to manually remove the task assignees from the
task if they are missing in the collaboration group before you save the task, or you can leave them in and create
the task anyway. Previously, missing task assignees were invited to the collaboration group only if automatic
invitations were enabled. This behavior potentially limited collaboration in cases where automatic invitations
couldn't be enabled because, for example, of missing permissions or arrangements such as for Microsoft
Teams.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Process management

Social collaboration

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

9.2 Assign Planning Filters to Tasks

It's now possible to assign planning filters to tasks when workbooks from Planner Workspaces are assigned
without a workbook variant. Administrators can do this in the Manage Process Templates app when they create

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or edit a template, and users can do this in the Manage Tasks app when they update workbook assignments to
tasks, or when they create an ad hoc process-related task.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Process management

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Creating a Process Template

Tasks in Process Management

9.3 Edit Process Templates for Recurring Processes

You can now edit process templates that are used in recurring processes. Previously, this wasn't possible if the
process template was already being used in a recurring process. Now you can edit the process template even if
the recurring process has started. Your changes then apply only to any remaining occurrences of the recurring
process that haven't been created yet.

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Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Process management

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Creating a Recurring Process from the Template

Manage Process Templates

9.4 Improved Usability in the Manage Processes App

We’ve made it easier for you to manage your process steps and tasks in the Manage Processes app as follows:

• If you click a task in the step details, additional information is now displayed, for example, the task
description, owner, start date, due date, and any assigned workbook and variant from the Planner
Workspaces app.
• When you navigate from the step details to the Manage Tasks app, the app now displays a filtered view that
is relevant to your step. Before, the navigation simply opened the app and you had to filter manually.

Technical Details

Type New

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Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Process management

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

9.5 Improved Usability in the Manage Tasks App

We've improved the task display and task notifications in the Manage Tasks app as follows:

• You can now filter tasks by process step if you’re also filtering by process on both the Tasks Assigned to Me
and the Tasks Assigned by Me tabs.
• You can now filter the task display to show either new tasks or tasks that were completed in the last 7 days
on the Tasks Assigned to Me tab by using the new buttons Open and Completed.
• Notifications are now sent to task owners and assignees when the status of standalone tasks changes.
The Notify Assignees of Task Assignment checkbox in the creation dialog has been renamed to Send
Notifications and is marked by default to enable this notification. The information is displayed in the
notifications area of SAP Fiori launchpad and sent as an email.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Process management

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Line of Business Supply Chain

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10 Demand Planning

10.1 New App: Manage Curves for Product Lifecycle

You can use this app as a main entry point for displaying, creating, editing, or deleting custom curves for
product lifecycle management, such as phase-in, phase-out, or seasonality curves. You can either access this
app directly from the SAP Fiori launchpad of your SAP IBP system or you can navigate to it from the Manage
Product Lifecycle app using the Open Manage Curves for Product Lifecycle option.

 Note

To access this app, you need to have the Manage Curves for Product Lifecycle business catalog assigned to
your business role.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact New SAP Fiori app

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Demand planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Effects on System Administration

If you want your users to have access to the Manage Curves for Product Lifecycle app, you need to add the
Manage Curves for Product Lifecycle (SAP_IBP_BC_CRVS_PLFCYC_PC) business catalog to their business role
and set the Curves for Product Lifecycle Permissions (IBP_PLMCUR) restriction type to read access or both read
and write access, as applicable.

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  Note

• The Manage Curves for Product Lifecycle business catalog has no effect on users' access to curves in
the Manage Product Lifecycle app.
• The settings that you make in the Settings for Product Lifecycle app have no effect on the Manage
Curves for Product Lifecycle app.

Related Information

Manage Curves for Product Lifecycle

Business Catalogs

10.2 Showing Statistical Forecast Details in Planning UIs

You can now display calculation details for the main forecast key figure (that is, the target key figure for forecast
defined in the forecast model) directly in the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel and the Planner Workspaces
app. You no longer need to switch to the Application Logs app or analyze the business logs in the Excel add-in
for this information. If the selected planning level does not match the calculation level on which forecasting was
run, the system suggests other combinations for which forecast details can be displayed.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Planner Workspaces

SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Demand planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Additional Details

The following information is displayed:

• The date when the last Statistical Forecasting application job was run on the selected key figure

 Note

Interactive (simulated) forecast runs and manual adjustments are not considered.

• The forecast model applied

• The forecast algorithm applied
If the forecast model contains multiple algorithms, the information displayed depends on the method
selected in the Utilize Multiple Forecasts section of the forecast model.
This means the following:
• If the selected method is Choose Best Forecast, the system shows the name of the algorithm that
calculated the forecast with the smallest error measure value and was, therefore, chosen to provide
data for the planning view.
• If the selected method is Calculate Weighted Average Forecast, the system shows “Weighted
Composite” instead of the name of a specific algorithm.
• All forecast algorithms that are included in the forecast model

 Note

If manual forecasting was used, this information is displayed instead of the algorithm list.

• For each included algorithm, the value of the error measure selected in the forecast model for comparing
the forecasts

 Note

No error values are available for algorithms that were skipped due to the forecast model being set to
consider time series properties.

• Details of product lifecycle management, outlier correction, missing value substitution, and other aspects
that influenced the calculations
• Application log messages related to the winning algorithm or any other algorithm in the forecast model

 Note

When test phase periods are used, the log of the winning algorithm shows details from the final
forecast run. For all other algorithms, the details of the test phase run are displayed.

Showing Statistical Forecast Details in the SAP IBP, Add-In for Microsoft Excel
In the Excel add-in, you can open the SAP IBP panel to show statistical forecast details for data in your planning
views. To do so, right-click any cell in the row of the main forecast key figure, whether it contains a value or the
name of the key figure. Once the context menu opens, choose Open Statistical Forecast Details from it.

The SAP IBP panel opens on the right side of the worksheet by default, but you can move it anywhere on the
screen if you like. When you close the panel and open it again, it opens at the place where it was last moved. You
can resize or close the panel when you don't need it anymore. When you change the planning view settings or
switch to another worksheet, the available attribute combinations might change. As a result, the panel is closed
automatically and needs to be reopened if needed.

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Showing Statistical Forecast Details in the Planner Workspaces App
When you're in Plan mode, you can show statistical forecast details for data in your charts and planning views.
To do so, right-click a value or key figure name for which you want to show the details, and from the context
menu choose Open Statistical Forecast Details.

Effects on System Administration

To enable this feature for users, you need to add the Forecast Log Component
(SAP_IBP_BC_FCST_LOG_COMP_PC) business catalog to their business role. For more information, see
Business Catalogs.

Related Information

Check Statistical Forecast Details in Planning UIs

10.3 Improved Handling of Categorical Variables in

Forecasting

We've improved the handling of categorical variables when used in independent variables or external signals,
specifically when categorical variables are set to null, in the following forecast algorithms:

• Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGB)

• Demand Sensing with Gradient Boosting
• Demand Sensing with Multiple Linear Regression

This may cause different (more accurate) results in forecasting.

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Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert
Business user

Business Topics Demand planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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11.1 Using Time-Varying Service Levels

You can now use time-varying customer service level targets in inventory optimization. This capability enables
you to adapt service levels to shifting demand patterns, seasons, and business priorities for more precise
control over inventory levels and positioning across time. To support this update, the unified planning area
(SAPIBP1) has been enhanced with a new input key figure, and a setting has been added to the Inventory
Profiles app.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Model configuration
Planning algorithm

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Inventory optimization

Unified planning area (SAPIBP1)

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

Service level is the probability that customer demand is met from the available stock during a given
planning period. In inventory optimization, the customer service level target directly impacts safety stock
recommendations (that is, a higher customer service level requires a higher quantity of safety stock to cover
uncertainty, while a lower service level reduces safety stock but may increase the risk of shortages).

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Previously, inventory optimization operators could only consider a static input for target service level, which
can be set using the Target Service Level - Static (TARGETSERVICELEVEL) attribute as key figure. With this
static input, the service level target set for a stocking location in the current period is used across all periods of
the planning horizon.

As of SAP IBP 2505, you now have the option to set different time-varying service level targets for a stocking
location in each period of the planning horizon. You can do this using the following input key figure that has
been added to SAPIBP1:

ID Name Base Planning Level More Information

TARGETTIMEVARYSERVICEL Target Service Level - Time- WKPRODLOCCUSTGROUP The time-varying customer

EVEL Varying
service level target set for a
stocking location in each pe-
riod of the planning horizon.
It can be used to override the
static service level target.

You can either copy the 2505 version of the SAPIBP1 sample planning area or make these changes manually.
For a detailed description of the changes, see the IBP 2505 for Cross Topics: SAPIBP1 Planning Model Template
document.

Effects on Business Users

You can use time-varying service levels for the following inventory optimization operators:

• Global (Multi-Stage) Inventory Optimization

• Multi-Stage Optimization and Target Inventory Components

To choose whether operators consider time-varying service levels, you can set the new Use Time-Varying
Service Level dropdown in the Inventory Profiles app to either Yes or No.

For profiles created before SAP IBP 2505, the dropdown is automatically set to No. By default, operators set up
with these profiles use static service level targets unless changed.

For profiles created after SAP IBP 2505, the dropdown is set to Yes. As a result, operators configured with these
profiles automatically consider time-varying service level targets.

 Note

When Use Time-Varying Service Level is set to Yes, inventory operators scan each period in your planning
horizon for a configured Target Service Level - Time-Varying input and use it when found. If a time-varying
input isn't found for a given period, the operators default to using the Target Service Level - Static input.

Consider the following example where the Use Time-Varying Service Level parameter is set to Yes and
inputs are configured for both static and time-varying service levels:

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 Example
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3

Target Service Level - 90 90 90

Static

Target Service Level - Null 60 50

Time-Varying

Input Used by Operator 90 60 50

In this example, without a time-varying service level defined for Period 1, the operator defaults to the static
input. For Periods 2 and 3, the operator applies the user-defined time-varying inputs.

Related Information

Time-Varying Service Levels

Creating Inventory Profiles

11.2 Defining Invalid Sources of Supply

You can now use attributes in inventory optimization to specify that a source of supply is invalid for the entire
planning horizon. Using these attributes can be helpful in scenarios where you want to exclude a supply source
(either transportation or production) from your inventory plans for the foreseeable future. To support this
capability, a new setting has been added to the Inventory Profiles app.

Technical Details

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Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Model configuration
Planning algorithm

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

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Business Topics Inventory optimization

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

Previously, in inventory optimization, you could only set a source of supply as invalid for specific periods by
maintaining attributes for validity dates in the Location Source Validity (IBPSOURCELOCATIONVALIDITY) and
Production Source Validity (IBPSOURCEPRODUCTIONVALIDITY) master data types. These attributes allow you
to set valid-from and valid-to dates that define the time periods during which a source is valid. By default, a
source is invalid in any period outside these dates.

Now, you also have the option to specify that a source of supply is invalid for the entire planning horizon using
the following attributes that are already available in the unified planning area (SAPIBP1):

Master Data Type ID Name More Information

IBPSOURCELOCATION TINVALID Location Source Invalid

Set this attribute to X to
specify that a transportation
source of supply is invalid for
the entire planning horizon.

IBPSOURCEPRODUCTION PINVALID Production Source Invalid Set this attribute to X to

specify that a production
source of supply is invalid for
the entire planning horizon.

 Caution

These attributes are also supported by time-series-based supply planning. Using these attributes in time-
series and inventory optimization without alignment can lead to unintended disruptions in data. Before
using these attributes, we highly recommend reviewing your configuration to ensure synchronization
between supply and inventory planning.

You can use these attributes for the following inventory optimization operators:

• Global (Multi-Stage) Inventory Optimization

• Calculate Target Inventory Components
• Multi-Stage Optimization and Target Inventory Components
• Decomposed (Single-Stage) Inventory Optimization
• Service Level Prediction

By default, these operators ignore invalid sourcing attributes. To consider them, create or edit a profile in the
Inventory Profiles app and choose Consider for the Invalid Sourcing Indicator dropdown.

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Related Information

Invalid Sourcing Indicator

Creating Inventory Profiles

11.3 Analytics for Inventory Budgeting

You can now use budgeting analytics to strategically allocate your inventory investment across dissaggregated
levels of your supply chain (for example, product families and regions), while gaining visibility into the trade-offs
of balancing safety stock quantities, customer service levels, and budgetary constraints. To support this
capability, the unified planning area (SAPIBP1) has been enhanced with new sample model entities.

You can implement inventory budgeting analytics using templates available for the Planner Workspaces and
Manage Analytics Stories apps. For more information, see the latest test script of the IBP for inventory –
inventory budget entitlement (7UL) solution process that is available through SAP Best Practices for SAP
Integrated Business Planning .

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Model configuration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Inventory optimization

Analytics
Unified planning area (SAPIBP1)

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Additional Details

You can use inventory budgeting analytics to do the following tasks:

• Validate your company’s total inventory budget over a specific period of time.
• Review the inventory budget per period for each product location.
• Identify maximum inventory levels based on budgetary constraints.
• Determine recommended safety stock quantities (with or without pipeline stock) adjusted for budgetary
constraints.
• Adopt budgeted safety stock recommendations as inputs for predicting customer service levels.
• Compare predicted service levels (based on budget-adjusted safety stock quantities) to target service
levels.

Effects on Configuration

To support this feature, SAPIBP1 has been enhanced with new sample model entities, including a master data
type attribute, planning levels, key figures, and copy operators.

The following attribute is now available to support inventory budgeting processes:

Master Data Type ID Name More Information

IBPLOCATIONPRODUCT INCLUDEPSINBUDGETSS Include PS in Budgeted SS Set to include pipeline stock

in the budgeted safety stock
recommendation

Additionally, the following planning levels are now available in SAPIBP1:

• CALWKPRODLOCCURR
• QTRPRODLOC
• WKPRODFMLLOCRGN
• WKPRODFMLLOCRGNCURR
• WKPRODFMLLOCRGNCURRCURRTO
• WKPRODFMLLOCRGNNOCURRCURRTO

 Note

The provided sample planning levels support the disaggregation of inventory budget across product
families and regions. However, you may need to create and configure your own planning levels to meet
your specific business requirements.

The following analytics key figures have also been added to the unified planning area:

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 ID Name More Information

BUDGETINVENTORYPROPFACTOR Budget Inventory Prop Factor The proportion of quarterly inventory

budget allocated to each period. It's cal-
culated based on the quarterly propa-
gated demand.

BUDGETMAXINVENTORY Budgeted Maximum Inventory in Units The maximum quantity of inventory

units without exceeding budgetary con-
straints

BUDGETRECOMMENDEDSAFETYSTOCK Budgeted Safety Stock The recommended safety stock ad-

Recommendation
justed for budgetary constraints

BUDGETRECOMMENDEDSAFETYSTOCKLP LPA: Budgeted Safety Stock The recommended safety stock ad-
A Recommendation
justed for budgetary constraints and
based on last period aggregation

DELTABUDGETMAXIOAVGPOSITION Delta: Budgeted Max. Inventory from The delta (or difference) between budg-
Avg. Inventory Position
eted maximum inventory and average
inventory position

DISAGGINVENTORYBUDGET Disaggregated Inventory Budget The inventory budget per period for a
product location

INVENTORYBUDGET Inventory Budget The average budget for inventory in-

vestment over a period of time

INVENTORYBUDGETFLAG Inventory Budget Flag Set to consider budgetary constraints

in inventory plans

IOAVGWORKINGCAPITALLPA LPA: Working Capital Inventory The average working capital for inven-
(Average)
tory based on last period aggregation

IOTARGETWORKINGCAPITALLPA LPA: Working Capital Inventory (Target) The target working capital for inventory
based on last period aggregation

QTRPROPAGATEDDEMAND Quarterly Propagated Demand The total propagated demand for a

product over a quarter. It's calculated
by summing the demand of all weeks
across the quarter.

Lastly, the following copy operators are now available in SAPIBP1:

Name More Information

Budget Disaggregation Run to calculate the inventory budget, budgeted maximum

inventory, and budgeted recommended safety stock for each
product location.

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Name More Information

Budgeted SS to SLP Run to copy the budgeted safety stock recommendation to

the inventory target input used in service level prediction.

You can either copy the 2505 version of the SAPIBP1 sample planning area or make these changes manually.
For a detailed description of the changes, see the IBP 2505 for Cross Topics: SAPIBP1 Planning Model Template
document.

Related Information

Inventory Budgeting

11.4  Removal of Loop Handling Parameter

As previously announced, inventory operators now automatically detect and solve instances of cyclical
sourcing (or "loops") to ensure the optimal outcome for your supply chain. As a result of this change, loop
handling settings no longer need to be maintained and have been removed from the Inventory Profiles and
Global Configuration apps in SAP IBP 2505. This change doesn't interrupt inventory operator runs. However,
users who hadn't previously enabled loop handling will notice that inventory operators run successfully when
loops are detected. Details about loop handling are also now automatically recorded in the application log.

Technical Details

Type
 Must know
Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Global configuration parameter
Planning algorithm

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Inventory optimization

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 Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

Loops occur in a supply chain when locations cyclically source one another (for example, when location A
supplies location B, and location B supplies location A).

Prior to 2505, the LOOP_HANDLING global configuration parameter and the Loop Handling profile parameter
could be used to set how loops are handled by inventory operators. Users could choose to enable, log, or
remove loops. The previous default was to remove loops using the following process:

• Detect loops for up to six levels of a supply chain network.

• Break the detected loops by removing the lanes that create them.
• Log the loops as warnings in the business log.
• If loops occur beyond six levels, pass them to the inventory algorithm for handling.

Now, loops are automatically detected, solved, and recorded in the application logs by inventory operators.
This new default behavior is equivalent to setting the removed parameters to Enable.

For instances of bidirectional sourcing loops, which can be used effectively for managing time-varying sourcing
between locations over multiple periods, the operators produce optimized outputs. For same-period loops,
which often occur due to input errors in a user's master data, the operators break the loops using the following
process:

• Detect loops that occur between locations within the same period.
• Break the detected loops by setting the supply ratio of the lane with the lowest supply ratio to 0. If multiple
lanes share the lowest supply ratio, the supply ratio for the lane with the lowest internally created lane ID is
set to 0.
• Log the lanes used to break the same-period loops as warnings.

When you receive warnings for same-period loops, review your input data and correct the errors that created
these loops.

Related Information

Managing Sourcing Loops

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11.5 Removal of the Ability to Assign Inventory Optimization
Operators to Planning Areas

As of SAP IBP 2508, you can no longer assign inventory optimization (IO) planning operators to planning areas.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Inventory optimization

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

The inventory optimization operator type has been deprecated since SAP IBP 2205. You can't create operators
of this type and as of SAP IBP 2508, you can no longer assign existing IO operators to planning areas in the
Planning Areas app. You can, however, still view, edit, and delete existing operators.

Inventory optimization profiles for inventory optimization algorithms, which have replaced IO planning
operators, can be defined in the Inventory Profiles app.

Related Information

Creating Inventory Profiles

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12 Driver-Based Planning

12.1 Improved Automatic Insertion of Attribute Values in

Driver-Based Planning

When you create a driver in the Driver-Based Planning app, the app generates driver entries for the specified
planning level attributes. If you don’t select any attribute values for a planning level attribute, the app now
automatically inserts only relevant values for you. In the past, all possible values of the unspecified attribute
values were generated during driver creation. This could have led to planning objects being created for new
drivers without any key figure data. Now, the new default logic is to create new drivers based on valid attribute
value combinations.

 Example

If we specify the planning level attributes Location ID and Product ID, then we specify the location ID value
EMEA but do not specify any values for the product ID, the app now inserts only the products that are
defined for location EMEA, whereas before, all possible product values were inserted even if they were not
defined for that location. The system does this by looking at the key figure data to determine the existing
planning objects.

Administrators can control the generation behavior by using the new global configuration parameters
PLOBJ_GENERATION_MODE and PLOBJ_GENERATION_REFERENCE_KF.

Technical Details

Type Changed

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Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Driver-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

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Lifecycle Phase

Effects on System Administration

 Recommendation

To prepare for this new logic, we recommend a cleanup of your planning objects at least on the base
planning level of your driver key figures. Assuming that the drivers created in the past only have key figure
values for the driver key figures for the right combinations that made sense at the time, we recommend
that you now remove any attribute value combinations that don't have key figure values. To do this, run the
Purge Key Figure operator for the base planning level of your driver key figures with the option to delete
planning objects that don't have any data.

As a best practice, we recommend that you regularly clean up the other planning levels in the same way,
since these can also be considered during driver creation.

Effects on Configuration

In the Global Configuration app, you can use the new global configuration parameters to do the following:

• PLOBJ_GENERATION_MODE enables you to decide which of the following options is used for generating the
driver entries:
• All possible combinations of attribute values
• Only combinations of attribute values for existing planning objects
• Combinations of attribute values for a reference key figure
If the app can’t generate driver entries using the reference key figure because it’s not consistent with the
planning view, then it tries to do so using the second option, or if that doesn’t work, then the first option.
• PLOBJ_GENERATION_REFERENCE_KF enables you to set up a reference key figure to be used by the global
configuration parameter PLOBJ_GENERATION_MODE. This enables combinations of attribute values for a
reference key figure to be used for generating the planning objects for the new driver.

Related Information

Global Configuration Parameters

Working with Driver-Based Planning

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12.2 Improved Performance in the Driver-Based Planning App

The performance of the driver view list and the mass deletion function has been improved.

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Impact Web UI

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Driver-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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13 Time-Series-Based Supply Planning

13.1 Alignment of Calculation Period for Substitution

Quantity Key Figures

Previously, the values of the following input key figures were stored in a specific period but only considered in
the following period for calculating the Location Product Substitution Supply and Location Product Substitution
Receipts key figures:

• Adjusted Transport Receipts

• Adjusted Transport Supply
• Adjusted Production Receipts
• Adjusted External Receipts
• Minimum Production Receipts
• Minimum External Receipts
• Minimum Transport Receipts
• Minimum Transport Supply
• Confirmed Transport Receipts
• Confirmed Production Receipts
• Confirmed External Receipts

As of SAP IBP 2505, the time-series-based supply planning heuristic considers the input key figure within
the same period. The new behavior prevents the planning of obsolete quantities. Please be aware that this
improvement may lead to different planning results after the upgrade.

Technical Details

Type Changed

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Impact Planning algorithm

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Time-series-based supply planning

Action

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14 Maintenance, Repair and Operations

14.1 Distance Calculation

You can now calculate the distance between two geographical locations. The output of this calculation can be
used as an input during the inventory balancing calculation to balance excess inventory and shortages based
on distance between locations.

There's a new operator, Distance Calculation, a new Distance Calculation profile for the Maintenance, Repair,
and Operations app, and a new master data type, MRO Location Location From, available in the SAP9 sample
planning area.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Model configuration
Planning algorithm
Application job

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Maintenance, repair and operations

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Additional Details

You use the Distance Calculation operator to determine the distance between two geographical locations. The
output of this calculation can then be used during inventory balancing to match locations with excess inventory
to the nearest locations with inventory shortages.

The operator uses the Haversine formula to determine the distance between two geographical locations on the
surface of the Earth. The formula is as follows:

Where:

• <r> is the radius of the earth

• <d> is the distance between two points
• <Ф>1 and <Ф>2 are the latitude of two points
• <λ>1 and <λ>2 are the longitude of two points

The Distance Calculation operator uses Geo longitude and latitude data maintained in the Location
(IBPLOCATION) master data type, and stores the resulting calculation in a distance attribute, as illustrated
in the following image:

Effects on Business Users

To run distance calculations, you must first define the calculation settings in a Distance Calculation profile
in the Maintenance, Repair, and Operations app. Once you have created a profile, you can use it to run
an application job in both the Application Jobs app and the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel. For more
information, see Distance Calculation and Creating Profiles for Distance Calculation Operator.

Effects on Configuration

The SAP9 sample planning area has been enhanced with new sample model entities to support distance
calculation. You can copy these entities into your MRO-based planning area.

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Planning Operator

The following planning operator was added to SAP9:

Operator Type Name Notes

Maintenance, Repair, and Operations Distance Calculation Profile Determines the distance between two
Profiles locations.

Master Data Type

The following master data type and attributes were added to SAP9:

The MRO Location Location From master data type (IBPMROLOCATIONLOCATIONFR) includes MRO distance
information.

Field Value

Name MRO Location Location From

Description MRO Location Location From

Type Simple

Attributes for Master Data Type MRO Location Location From

Attributes Attribute Description Key (X) Required (X) Notes

LOCFR Ship-From Loc. ID X X A unique identifier for

the ship-from location.

LOCID Location ID X X A unique identifier for

the location.

MRODISTANCE MRO Distance The calculated dis-

tance between two lo-
cations.

14.2 Inventory Balancing Calculation Generally Available

Previously available for early adopters, inventory balancing calculation is now generally available. Inventory
balancing calculation identifies excesses and shortages across a network and recommends transfers between
locations, based on profile settings you make in the Maintenance, Repair, and Operations Profiles app. The
SAP9 sample planning area has been updated with a new operator, Inventory Balancing Calculation, four new
master data types and associated attributes, and twelve new key figures which you can add to your MRO-based
planning area.

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Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Model configuration
Planning algorithm
Application job

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Maintenance, repair and operations

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

You use the Inventory Balancing Calculation operator to calculate what stock to transfer between locations, to
balance the excess inventory against the shortages, rather than ordering new inventory.

The following figure shows the Inventory Balancing Calculation operator, what inputs are used, and the output
that results.

Inputs of the operator consist of:

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• Planning area
• Planning filter
• Master data for Product, Location, and Location From
• Optional attribute-based master data attribute, and related master data (such as distance)
• Optional partial match evaluation
• Excess key figure at the WKPRODLOC level
• Shortage key figure at the WKPRODLOC level

The output of the calculation (key figure) is an inventory balancing supply key figure at the WKPRODLOCLOCFR
level.

 Note

If you want to use the distance between two locations for attribute-based matching when balancing
inventory, you must first run the new Distance Calculation operator. For more information, see Distance
Calculation [page 84].

Effects on Business Users

To run inventory balancing calculations, you must first define the calculation settings in a profile in the
Maintenance, Repair, and Operations app. Once you have created a profile, you can use it to run an application
job in both the Application Jobs app and the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel. For more information, see
Inventory Balancing Calculation and Creating Profiles for Inventory Balancing Calculation Operator.

Effects on Configuration

The SAP9 sample planning area has been enhanced with new sample model entities to support inventory
balancing calculation. You can copy these entities into your MRO-based planning area.

Planning Operator
The following planning operator was added to SAP9:

Operator Type Name Notes

Maintenance, Repair, and Operations MRO Inventory Balancing Determines excesses and shortages
Profiles Profile across a network and recommends
transfers between locations, based on
profile settings.

Master Data Types

The following master data types and attributes were added to SAP9:

The Location Resource master data type (IBPRESOURCELOCATION) represents identifiers for the resource
location.

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 Field Value

Name Location Resource

Description Location Resource

Type Compound, component master data types: IBPLOCATION

and IBPRESOURCE

Attributes for Master Data Type Location Resource

Attributes Attribute Description Key (X) Required (X) Notes

LOCID Location ID X X An identifier for the lo-

cation.

RESID Resource ID X X An identifier for the re-

source.

CAPASUPPLY Capacity Supply

CAPASUPPLYEXPANSI Capacity Supply

ON Expansion

CAPASUPPLYEXPANSI Capacity Supply

ONTS Expansion Time S

CAPASUPPLYTS Capacity Supply Time

Series Indi

CONSTRAINTTYPE Constraint Type

FCSTCONSMODE Forecast Consumption

Mode

RESOURCETYPE Resource Type

The Substitute Resource Location master data type (IBPSRESOURCELOCATION) represents identifiers for the
resource location.

Field Value

Name Substitute Resource Location

Description Substitute Resource Location

Type Reference

Referenced Master Data Type IBPRESOURCELOCATION

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Attributes for Master Data Type Substitute Resource Location

Attributes Attribute Descrip- Key (X) Required (X) Referenced At-

tion tribute Notes

LOCID Location ID X X LOCID An identifier for

the location.

SRESID Substitute X X RESID An identifier for

Resource ID the resource.

SCONSTRAINTTYP Substitute CONSTRAINTTYPE

E Resource Constr
Type

The Production Source Item Reference master data type (IBPPRODUCTIONSOURCEITMR) represents referenced
master data needed for other master data.

Field Value

Name Production Source Item Reference

Description Production Source Item Reference

Type Reference

Referenced Master Data Type IBPPRODUCTIONSOURCEITM

Attributes for Master Data Type Production Source Item Reference

Attributes Attribute Descrip- Key (X) Required (X) Referenced At-

tion tribute Notes

PRDFR Component X X PRDID

Product ID

SOURCEID Source ID X X SOURCEID

COMPONENTCOEFF Component COMPONENTCOEFF Static component

ICIENT Coefficient ICIENT coefficient values
in bill of materials.

COMPONENTCOEFF TS Component COMPONENTCOEFF Indicates whether

ICIENTTS Coefficient Ind ICIENTTS static or time-
varying key figure
values should be
used for compo-
nent coefficients.

COMPONENTOFFSE Component Offset COMPONENTOFFSE

T
T

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 Attributes Attribute Descrip- Key (X) Required (X) Referenced At-
tion tribute Notes

MATTRPRODUCTIO Mand Attr Prod MATTRPRODUCTIO

NSOURCEITMR Source Item Ref NSOURCEITM

The MRO Inventory Balancing Lanes master data type ( IBPMROINVENTORYBALANCINGLANES) stores
distance information for transportation lanes.

 Note

Distance information is calculated by the new Distance Calculation operator. For more information, see
Distance Calculation [page 84].

Field Value

Name MRO Inventory Balancing Lanes

Description MRO Inventory Balancing Lanes

Type Virtual

Referenced Master Data Types IBPMROLOCATIONLOCATIONFR

IBPMROLOCATIONPARTS

Join Conditions for Master Data Type MRO Inventory Balancing Lanes

Master Data Type Attribute Master Data Type Attribute

IBPMROLOCATIONLOC LOCID Equals IBPMROLOCATIONPAR LOCID

ATIONFR TS

Attributes for Master Data Type MRO Inventory Balancing Lanes

Attributes Attribute Description Referenced Attribute Referenced Master Data

Type

LOCFR Ship-From Loc. ID LOCFR IBPMROLOCATIONLOCATION

FR

LOCID Location ID LOCID IBPMROLOCATIONLOCATION

FR

MRODISTANCE MRO Distance MRODISTANCE IBPMROLOCATIONLOCATION

FR

PRDID Product ID PRDID IBPMROLOCATIONPARTS

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Key Figures
The following key figures were added to SAP9:

Key Figure ID Name Base Planning Level

MROADDITIONALEXCESSHORIZON MRO Additional Excess Horizon WKPRODLOC

MRODAYSOFCOVERAGE MRO Days of Coverage WKPRODLOC

MRODEMANDOVERFINALEXCESSHORIZO MRO Demand Over Final Excess Horizon WKPRODLOC

N

MRODEMANDOVERMINWEEKSCOVERAGE MRO Demand Over Min. Weeks WKPRODLOC

Coverage

MROEXCESSHORIZON MRO Excess Horizon WKPRODLOC

MROEXCESSHORIZONFINAL MRO Final Excess Horizon (Weeks) WKPRODLOC

MROEXCESSINVENTORYBALANCING MRO Excess Inventory for Balancing WKPRODLOC

MROINVENTORYBALANCINGSUPPLY MRO Inventory Balancing Transfer WKPRODLOCLOCFRMRO

Proposals

MROMAXDAYSCOVERAGE MRO Maximum Days of Coverage WKPRODLOC

MROMINDAYSCOVERAGE MRO Minimum Days of Coverage WKPRODLOC

MROMINWEEKSCOVERAGE MRO Minimum Weeks of Coverage WKPRODLOC

MROSHORTAGEINVENTORYBALANCING MRO Shortage for Inventory Balancing WKPRODLOC

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15 Order-Based Planning

15.1 Improved Performance in OBP Planning Areas That

Include Version-Specific Key Figures

In order-based planning (OBP) planning areas, if you work with versions that include both version-specific
and baseline key figures, you can experience enhanced performance when displaying these key figures or
performing calculations with them. To benefit from this enhancement, you need to reactivate your planning
area.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Planner Workspaces

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

15.2 Deprecation of Filtering Behavior

In SAP IBP 2408, new settings were introduced in the Settings for Order-Based Planning app to define the
planning levels that are used to filter planning objects in the transportation load building (TLB) component of
the Planner Workspaces app. Up to and including 2505, if these planning levels are not defined, the previous
filtering behavior is applied. As of 2508, the old filtering behavior will no longer work. If you have not defined

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the relevant planning levels for filtering by this time, the TLB component will not show any loads or orders. We
recommend that you prepare for the change by defining the required planning levels.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Flexible data model only (OBP)

Planner Workspaces

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

The deprecation of the old filtering behavior only applies to the transportation load building component. If you
have not defined the planning levels that are used to filter planning objects in the application jobs Order-Based
Planning: Delete Planned Receipts and Order-Based Planning: Fix or Unfix Planned Receipts, these jobs will
continue to filter based on the key figures mapped for interactive planning in the Application Mappings app.

Related Information

Assigning a Planning Area to Order-Based Planning Processes

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15.3  Removal of the Deprecated Legacy Technical Users
for SDI

As announced in SAP IBP 2411, the SDI (smart data integration) legacy technical users such as
SDIINTEG_<SYS> and SDICONFIG_<SYS> will be automatically deleted from the systems after upgrade to
SAP IBP 2505. If you have not migrated to the new users before the upgrade, please follow the instructions in
the Additional Details section.

The switch to the new technical users has been done to facilitate migration to the SAP_COM_0036 integration
scenario that uses new standardized technical users SDIINTEG and SDICONFIG for SDI integration.

Technical Details

Type
 Mandatory task after upgrade
Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Integration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

To migrate to the new SDI users, you must follow the instructions provided in SAP Note 3430401 .

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15.4 Limiting the Number of Planned Distribution Orders
Displayed in Transportation Load Building

You can now limit the number of planned distribution orders that can be displayed in a transportation
load building component in the Planner Workspaces app by using the new global configuration parameter
MAX_NUM_DISTRIBUTION_ORDERS.

The default value is 2000 but you can adjust this value to meet your requirements. If the number of planned
distribution orders exceeds the limit, no data is displayed and you will have to filter to reduce the number of
orders.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Global configuration parameter

Planner Workspaces
Flexible data model only (OBP)

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Global Configuration Parameters

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15.5 Additional Navigation Options

Additional navigation options are now available in the following apps, enabling you to access a wide range of
order information to give you a better insight into factors affecting your planning results:

• Planner Workspaces
• Analyze Supply Usage
• View Confirmations

Technical Details

Type Changed
New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Planner Workspaces

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

In the apps listed below, you now have the following options to navigate to more detailed order information:

• Planner Workspaces
If you're working in a planning view, you can show order information (if available) for selected key figure
values in a separate table. The entries in the Order / Item column of this table are displayed as links, which
previously took you to the Analyze Supply Usage or View Confirmations app (depending on the order type).
These links now take you to the Orders app, irrespective of the order type.
If you're working in a transportation load building component, you have the following options to navigate to
the Orders app:
• In the Planned Distribution Orders table, choose an order number in the Order / Item column.

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 • On the Information tab of a load, choose the order number in the Load field.
• Analyze Supply Usage
Choose a link in the Order Number - Receipt or Order Number - Demand column of a supply usage item to
show the navigation options. You can go to either the Orders app for more detailed order information, or to
the order network, for example, to display any gating factors that are blocking the supply chain.

 Note

Navigation to the Orders app is not supported for forecasts, negative stock, or adjusted quantities.

• View Confirmations
Previously, choosing a link in the Order / Item Number column took you directly to the order network. Now,
you can choose whether to go to the Orders app or to the order network.

Related Information

Showing and Changing Orders

Working with Transportation Loads
Analyze Supply Usage
View Confirmations

15.6 OData API: Forecast Extraction

You can now use the new Forecast Extraction OData service (/IBP/API_FORECAST) to extract forecast
documents from order-based planning (OBP) to external systems. The service uses communication scenario
SAP_COM_0A77.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Integration
Flexible data model only (OBP)

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

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 Business Topics Data integration
Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

This OData API service is only available if you're using a planning area based on flexible master data.

For planning areas based on external master data, use the planning results extraction for table
IBP_FORECAST_OUT using the SAP HANA Smart Data Integration. For more information, see Integrating with
External Systems.

Related Information

Extracting Forecast Data for External Systems

15.7 Extract Pegging to Gating Orders Using the Detailed

Pegging Extraction OData API

You can now use the Detailed Pegging Extraction OData service (/IBP/API_DETAILEDPEGGING) to extract
pegging information to gating orders from order-based planning (OBP) to external systems.

If you want to include pegging to gating orders, you set the new filter parameter
IBPDetPggngGOsAreIncFltr to true when creating a snapshot.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

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Impact Integration
Flexible data model only (OBP)

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Data integration

Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

This OData API service is only available if you're using a planning area based on flexible master data.

For planning areas based on external master data, use the planning results extraction for table
IBP_DETAILED_PEGGING using the SAP HANA Smart Data Integration. For more information, see Integrating
with External Systems.

Related Information

Extracting Detailed Pegging Data for External Systems

15.8 Enhancements to Characteristics-Based Planning

We've enhanced characteristics-based planning (CBP) as follows:

• You can now customize the sequence in which the attributes of a CBP attribute set are displayed.
• You can now view CBP attribute values in the order network.
• You can use CBP attributes in the/IBP/API_PRODUCTION OData API service.
• For production and planned orders, you can now integrate CBP attributes from SAP ERP Central
Component (SAP ECC) or SAP S/4HANA to SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) not only on
the header or product level as in previous releases, but also on the component level.

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Type Changed
New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Flexible data model only (OBP)
Integration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Data integration

Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

Display Sequence of CBP Attributes

In the Attribute Sets app, the new Display Sequence column shows the positions of the attributes in the
sequence in which they are displayed in the following apps:

• Analyze Supply Usage

• View Confirmations
• Planner Workspaces (when displaying order information from a planning view)

By default, the attributes are sorted alphabetically by their attribute ID. To change the position of an attribute
in the sequence, select the radio button on the left and then choose Move Up or Move Down. Once you've
activated the attribute set, its attributes are displayed in the new sequence in the named apps.

Attributes that are not in an attribute set are displayed after the other attributes in the sequence, sorted
alphabetically by ID.

CBP Attributes in Order Network

In the order network, you can now show the CBP demand or supply attribute values that are relevant to a
requirement or receipt. The new columns that show this information are CBP Attribute Values - Requirement
and CBP Attribute Values - Receipt.

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CBP Attributes in the Production Document Integration OData API Service

With the new entity type of OData API service /IBP/API_PRODUCTION called
IBPProductionDocCBPlgAttribType, you can request a list of CBP attributes that are assigned to specific
production documents. You can use this entity type in the $filter and $expand parameters. You can also
use the IBPProdnDocCBPlgAttrAsyncWriteType entity type if you wish to import CBP attribute data of
production documents to SAP IBP from external systems.

Related Information

Characteristics-Based Planning
Integrating Production Document Data with External Systems

15.9 Sunset of Smart Data Integration (SDI)

As of December 31, 2027, smart data integration (SDI) will no longer be supported in order-based planning.
Please plan your migration to the planning area model that is based on flexible master data and use real-time
integration (RTI) instead.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

Integration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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The 2205.0.0 OpenAPI version for planning results extraction ( OUTBOUND ANALYTICAL DATA MODEL) has
been deprecated and will no longer be available as of SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) 2511. We
strongly recommend that you already cancel or delete any scheduled jobs that use this OpenAPI version, and
replace them with jobs using newer OpenAPI versions.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Integration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

If you are using the 2205.0.0 OpenAPI version for planning results extraction, you will get a warning about the
deprecation, but you can continue to use them in the 2505 and 2508 releases of SAP IBP. Note that these
OpenAPI versions will cease to function as of the 2511 release and any jobs that use these OpenAPI versions
will fail after the upgrade to the 2511 release of SAP IBP. We therefore strongly recommend that you cancel or
delete any scheduled jobs that use these OpenAPI versions, and replace them with jobs using newer OpenAPI
versions.

If you haven't already used the 2205.0.0 OpenAPI version for planning results extraction, you cannot schedule
a job using them as of the 2505 release of SAP IBP.

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15.11 Consideration of Stock Types in Available-to-Deploy
Profiles

As of SAP IBP 2505, you can decide which individual stock types you want to be considered as available to
deploy and mark them as such in an available-to-deploy profile. This enables you, for instance, to exclude stock
that you can't be sure will be available to deploy because it is in quality inspection. You can now assign an
available-to-deploy profile to a location product using the new Available-to-Deploy Profile master data attribute,
whereas previously, the only place where you could select an available-to-deploy profile was when scheduling
a deployment run. This enables you to differentiate by stock type in deployment runs. The Available-to-Deploy
Profile attribute has been added to the SAP7F sample planning area. Please update your active planning area
configuration accordingly if you would like to use this attribute.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Application job

Flexible data model only (OBP)
Web UI
Model configuration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

In the Available-to-Deploy Profiles app, we've introduced a new Stock section. Stock is no longer listed as an
order type in the Order Type section. Instead, you now use the following settings in the Stock section to specify
how you want stock to be considered by a deployment run:

• Planning-relevant stock considered available to deploy

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 Define whether or not you want planning-relevant stock to be considered as available to deploy in a
deployment run. If you set this switch to Yes, then the parameter Consider Stock Types is also displayed.
• Consider Stock Types
If you set this switch to No, all planning-relevant stock types are considered as available to deploy. If you
set the switch to Yes, a list of stock types is displayed, and you can unmark those that you do not want to
be considered as available to deploy. At least one stock type in the list must be set to Yes.

An available-to-deploy profile can now be assigned to a location product, in which case its settings partly
overrule the settings of the available-to-deploy profile that is assigned in the deployment run. If an available-to-
deploy profile is assigned to a location product and this is different from the available-to-deploy profile that is
assigned in a deployment run, the following applies:

• The General Parameters section in the available-to-deploy profile that is assigned to the location product is
ignored.
• The Order Type and Stock settings in the available-to-deploy profile that is assigned to the location product
take precedence.

 Example

Experience has shown you that a particular stock type Stock in Transfer (Location to Location) is safe to
consider as available to deploy for location products A to W, but more risky for location products X, Y, and
Z, You use an available-to-deploy profile in your deployment run that considers all stock types as available
to deploy, but in addition assign a more restrictive available-to-deploy profile to location products X, Y, and
Z with Stock in Transfer (Location to Location) not marked as available to deploy.

Also note that the Consider Stock Types setting is ignored if the available-to-deploy profile is assigned to the
deployment run. This means that if no available-to-deploy profile is assigned to the location product and the
Consider Stock Types setting in the available-to-deploy profile that is assigned to the deployment run is set to
Yes, the deployment run applies this setting as if it were set to No.

Effects on Business Users

Information on the available-to-deploy profile and the stock type can now be displayed in the following places:

• In the Analyze Supply Usage app, Stock Type and Available-to-Deploy Profile are now available as additional
filters and columns.
• In the Projected Stock app, Available-to-Deploy Profile is available as an additional column and filter.
• In the View Location Products app, Available-to-Deploy Profile is available as an additional column and filter.
• In the order network, Stock Type can be displayed as an additional column.

If you've assigned an available-to-deploy profile to a location product, the individual stock types are displayed
as separate items in the planning run results in the Analyze Supply Usage app and in the order network.

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Effects on Configuration

You can now enhance your location products with the non-mandatory Available-to-Deploy Profile attribute,
which can be used to differentiate stocks by stock type in deployment runs. To support this enhancement,
we've made the following changes in the OBP master data model and the SAP7F sample planning area:

• The Available-to-Deploy Profile attribute business meaning is now part of the Location Product master data
type business meaning in the Application Mappings app. To make use of this upgrade in supply planning,
you must configure and map an attribute to the new business meaning, considering OBP business model
requirements for master data. For more information, see Location Product.
• The Available-to-Deploy Profile attribute is now part of the SF7LOCATIONPRODUCT master data type in the
SAP7F sample planning area.

Please note that the Available-to-Deploy Profile attribute is added with the Uppercase Values Only checkbox
selected because you can only create IDs with uppercase values in the Available-to-Deploy Profiles application.

Related Information

Available-to-Deploy Profiles
Marking Stock and Order Types as Available to Deploy

15.12 New App: Manage Reconciliation Automation Profiles of

Real-Time Integration

You can use this app to create and maintain automation profiles to resolve data inconsistencies during real-
time integration with your SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA system. With the app, you can define automation profile
rules and conditions. You can set the cases in which data correction is automatic, as well as exceptional cases
when it must not be automatic. You can use the reconciliation automation profile created in the app either in
the Real-Time Integration: Automated Data Corrections or Real-Time Integration: Reconciliation application job.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

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Role/business catalog
Application job
Integration
Flexible data model only (OBP)

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Data integration

Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

From now on, you can select an option that automatic data correction is done before, after, or both before and
after data iteration. It is also possible to set a time period for execution delay of data iteration in a pop-up field
called Iteration Delay. This delay can be necessary since the end time of the data correction process is not
determined, and the delay makes it possible for the iteration process to run only after the data correction.

This app is only for managing reconciliation automation profiles. If you wish to resolve data inconsistencies
automatically after setting the profiles, choose from the following:

• Real-Time Integration: Automated Data Corrections

This is a new application job template that you can use for automated data reconciliation.
• Real-Time Integration: Reconciliation
This is an already existing application job template that you can use to handle data comparison. Data
correction can be done automatically as well after data comparison in this application job. To do this,
you need to specify your reconciliation automation profile in the new Reconciliation Automation Profile
Name field. You can check the data correction results of the automated data reconciliations in the Data
Comparison and Reconciliation for RTI app.

Effects on System Administration

To work with the app, the Real-Time Integration - Data Reconciliation Automation
(SAP_IBP_BC_RTIREC_AUTOMN_PC) business catalog must be assigned to your business role. You can use
the restriction type Real-Time Integration - Reconciliation (RTIREC) to grant users access to the app. The
business catalog is also required to run the Real-Time Integration: Reconciliation or the Real-Time Integration:
Automated Data Corrections application jobs.

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Related Information

Business Catalogs
Available Restrictions
Predefined Application Job Templates
Comparison and Reconciliation of Transactional Data
Data Comparison and Reconciliation for RTI

15.13 Support of Extension Attributes in Transportation Load

Building in the Planner Workspaces App

If you work with a planning area based on flexible master data, you can now use extension master data
attributes for order-based planning (OBP) in the transportation load building component in the Planner
Workspaces app. In the table settings of the load items and planned distribution orders, you can choose
extension attributes that have been added to the master data types for location, product, location product,
transportation lane, and transportation group.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Planner Workspaces
Model configuration
Flexible data model only (OBP)

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Related Information

Using Extensible Apps in Order-Based Planning

Extensibility of Master Data

15.14 Enhancements to the Orders App

The Orders app adds new filters and a new navigation option. For example, you can use the Open Quantity filter
to filter orders by open quantity, with the option to include or exclude zero quantity orders. You can also apply
the new Resource filter to view orders that consume a specific resource. Additionally, contextual navigation to
the View Production Data Structures app is now possible.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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15.15 Deprecation of the Business Meanings for Order-Based
Planning App

Following the migration of OBP master data business meaning mappings to the Application Mappings app, the
Business Meanings for Order-Based Planning app has now been deprecated. The app will be removed from the
SAP Fiori Launchpad in SAP IBP 2508.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Flexible data model only (OBP)

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

15.16 Enhancement to the Order-Based Planning: Flexible Copy

of Version Data Application Job Template

In the Order-Based Planning: Flexible Copy of Version Data application job template, the Subcontracting Orders
checkbox has been renamed to Subcontract. Ord. & Deliveries. This change clarifies that deliveries are included
in the copy when you select this order type.

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Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Application job
Flexible data model only (OBP)

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

15.17 Comparison and Reconciliation of Confirmed Quantities

Confirmed quantities in SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) and SAP ERP Central Component (SAP
ECC) or SAP S/4HANA are now automatically compared when real-time integration is run. If inconsistencies
are found, they are displayed and can be resolved in the Data Comparison and Reconciliation for RTI app.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Application job

Integration
Flexible data model only (OBP)

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Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert
Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Data Comparison and Reconciliation for RTI

15.18 Message Filtering by Attributes

In the Message Monitoring – SAP Application Interface Framework app, you can now filter messages related to
real-time integration between SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) and SAP ERP Central Component
(SAP ECC) or SAP S/4HANA by attributes. This means you no longer need to open individual messages to
check the attributes that they are relevant for. The new filtering options are available for interfaces such as
stock, orders and master data types.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Integration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Administration

Order-based planning

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 Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

You can filter messages by the following attributes:

• For order interfaces: attributes for order, location and product

• For stock interface: attributes for location and location product
• For master data types: attributes for location, location product, product, transportation lane and resource
• For all interfaces relevant for real-time integration: source and target logical systems

The attribute values that you can search for are displayed in new columns in the table of messages.

Related Information

Message Monitoring

15.19 Enabling Seamless Transport of Application Job

Templates for OBP Master Data Maintenance

We're introducing the new Planning Area and Version parameters to replace the old Planning Area Version
parameter in order-based planning application job templates. This enhancement allows seamless transport of
application job templates to different systems, ensuring continuity and flexibility in planning operations.

The new parameters are introduced in the following application job templates:

• Order-Based Planning: Delete Master Data

• Order-Based Planning: Generate Master Data for Sales Order Field Catalog
• Order-Based Planning: Master Data Synchronization

Jobs scheduled before the SAP IBP 2505 upgrade continue to operate as before with no action needed from
you. In jobs created after the upgrade, the new parameters are there by default. If you wish to transport
jobs created before the 2505 upgrade, simply open the job template in edit mode and save it. This process
populates the new parameters, making the job transportable.

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Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Application job

Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Predefined Application Job Templates

15.20 Locking Behavior for Subnetworks

We've improved the locking behavior that is applied when running an order-based planning run for a
subnetwork. This enables you to plan other location products in your network at the same time. Previously,
if you ran an order-based planning run for a subnetwork, all location products in your network were locked for
the duration of the planning run, meaning that location products outside the subnetwork could not be planned
in parallel. Now, only the location products within the subnetwork and certain connected location products
outside the subnetwork are locked during the planning run.

Technical Details

Type Changed

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Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Application job

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Locking for Planning Runs

15.21 Updated Calculation for the Production Receipt for

Consumption (PDS) Key Figure

We have updated the calculation of the Production Receipt for Consumption (PDS) key figure to replace the
Production Receipt (PDS) key figure with the Production Planned (PDS) key figure in SAP7F and SAP7 sample
planning areas. This update prevents double counting of confirmed production orders. Remember to update
the configuration of your active planning area accordingly if you would like to align it with the sample planning
area.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

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Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert
Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

15.22 Real-Time Integration: Automation of Steps for the

Setup of SAP IBP Communication Scenarios in the
Cloud Integration Automation Service (CIAS) Guided
Workflow

The steps for creation of communication scenarios in the CIAS guided workflow for real-time integration
connectivity setup have been automated. To enable the automation, the new SAP_COM_0A31 communication
scenario must be implemented.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Integration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Integrating Cloud Integration Automation Service

15.23 Real-Time Integration: Display of Multiple Error

Messages in the Message Monitoring App

You can now see all error messages for a queue in the Message Monitoring app by drilling down the details of
the queue. Previously, if a queue had multiple error messages, only a number ofthe errors was displayed with a
redirect to the Application Log app.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Integration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

15.24 Real-Time Integration: Defining a Waiting Time for the

Reconciliation Application Job

Using the new RTI_REC_JOB_START_TIMEOUT global configuration parameter, you can now define the
amount of time that the Real-Time Integration: Reconciliation application job waits for its counterpart in your
SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA system if it has not been initiated right away. This could happen, for example, due
to a lack of resources or because of errors. Previously, the waiting time was 60 minutes without notification in
theSAP IBP about possible issues in the external system.

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The default value of the new RTI_REC_JOB_START_TIMEOUT configuration parameter is 10 minutes.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Global configuration parameter

Application job
Integration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

15.25 Reminder: Real-Time Integration: Deprecation of the

Global Configuration Change Application Job Template

As announced in 2502, the Global Configuration Change application job template has been deprecated and
will be deleted in 2508. Previously, this job was required to disable and re-enable the Real-Time Integration
(Outbound) application job to prevent possible integration issues if you used a job chain to plan with the
same location product. Now, the outbound integration is managed automatically and the Global Configuration
Change application job template is no longer needed. You'll see a warning message if this application job is still
a part of yourjob chain. In 2508, this warning will become an error. Please remove any application jobs based
on this deprecated application job template from job chains before the upgrade to SAP IBP 2508..

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

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Impact Application job

Integration
Flexible data model only (OBP)

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

15.26 Reminder: Key-Figure-Based Allocation Reduction

As announced in 2502, we have introduced a new mode of allocation reduction where the reduction happens
only at the key figure level. In 2505, you have the option to use either this new key-figure-based mode or the
old built-in mode, when the quantity of input allocation key figure has been reduced by planning run based
on already processed sales order quantities. In 2508, the key-figure-based allocation reduction will become
the default behavior for all users, but you can still keep the old mode in selected planning areas of your
SAP IBP system using the exception list. In 2511, the old logic will be removed completely. Please update the
configuration of your active planning areas or add them to the exception list before the upgrade to 2508,
otherwise allocation will not be reduced after the upgrade to 2508. Please note the following:

• Using the new KF_BASED_ALLOC_REDUCTION global configuration parameter, you can enable or disable
the key-figure-based allocation reduction. By default, the global configuration parameter is disabled for
existing SAP IBP customers, and enabled for new customers.
• If you wish, you can enable the key-figure-based allocation in your SAP IBP system using the global
configuration parameter mentioned above, but exclude some planning areas from using the new mode
with the additional new EXCEPTION_PA_FOR_KF_BASED_ALLOC global configuration parameter to keep
using the old logic in these planning areas only.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

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Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Global configuration parameter

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

For the new mode, you have to use the Allocation Final Reduced key figure instead of the Allocation Final key
figure that used to be the input key figure for allocation quantity during planning runs.

15.27 New Key Figure Quantities in the

STD_MALAMOT_ASU_ADU Data Source

We have added new key figure quantities that you can use to display values on the requested time for the
demand. Note that these new key figure quantities have not been added as key figures to the SAP7 and SAP7F
sample planning areas, but you can add them as order key figure quantities when you configure your planning
area.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

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Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

The following key figure quantities have been added to the STD_MALAMOT_ASU_ADU data source:

• DISTRIBUTION_RECEIPT_REQ
• DISTR_RECEIPT_PLANNED_REQ
• DISTR_RECEIPT_CONFIRMED_REQ
• DISTR_RECEIPT_DEPLOY_REQ
• DISTR_RECEIPT_DEPLOY_FIXED_REQ
• DISTR_RECEIPT_PLANNED_LOAD_REQ
• DISTR_RECEIPT_PLAN_FIXED_REQ
• DISTRIBUTION_DEMAND_REQ
• DISTR_DEMAND_PLANNED_REQ
• DISTR_DEMAND_CONFIRMED_REQ
• DISTRIBUTION_DEMAND_DEPLOY_REQ
• DISTR_DEMAND_DEPLOY_FIXED_REQ
• DISTR_DEMAND_PLANNED_LOAD_REQ
• DISTR_DEMAND_PLAN_FIXED_REQ

Related Information

STD_MALAMOT_ASU_ADU

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15.28 No Negative Values for Key Figures for Unfulfilled
Demand and Expired Key Figures for Shelf Life

The key figures for unfulfilled demand and the expired key figures for shelf life can no longer have negative
values. Previously, changes in the orders resulted in outdated pegging information and displayed negative value
for these key figure quantities.

Please note that for cached data sources, the changes take effect after the first reactivation of your planning
area.

For non-cached data sources, the changes are live right away within the key figure quantities.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

The following key figure quantities for expired key figures for shelf life are affected by this change:

STD Data Source STD Key Figure Quantity ID

STD_MALAMOT DISTRIBUTION_RECEIPT_EXP

STD_MALAMOT DISTR_RECEIPT_CONFIRMED_EXP

STD_MALAMOT DISTR_RECEIPT_DEPLOY_EXP

STD_MALAMOT DISTR_RECEIPT_DEPLOY_FIXED_EXP

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 STD Data Source STD Key Figure Quantity ID

STD_MALAMOT DISTR_RECEIPT_PLANNED_EXP

STD_MALAMOT DISTR_RECEIPT_PLANNED_LOAD_EXP

STD_MALAMOT DISTR_RECEIPT_PLAN_FIXED_EXP

STD_MALAMOT INBOUND_DELIVERY_EXP

STD_MALO DISTR_RECEIPT_CONFIRMED_EXP

STD_MALO DISTR_RECEIPT_DEPLOY_EXP

STD_MALO DISTR_RECEIPT_DEPLOY_FIXED_EXP

STD_MALO DISTR_RECEIPT_PLANNED_EXP

STD_MALO DISTR_RECEIPT_PLANNED_LOAD_EXP

STD_MALO DISTR_RECEIPT_PLAN_FIXED_EXP

STD_MALO INBOUND_DELIVERY_EXP

STD_MALO PRODUCTION_CONFIRMED_EXP

STD_MALO PRODUCTION_PLANNED_DPS_EXP

STD_MALO PRODUCTION_PLANNED_EXP

STD_MALO PRODUCTION_PLAN_FIXED_EXP

STD_MALO STOCK_EXP

STD_MALO SUBSTITUTION_RECEIPT_EXP

STD_PDS_V2 PLANNED_ORDER_QTY_FIXED_EXP

STD_PDS_V2 PLANNED_ORDER_QUANTITY_DPS_EXP

STD_PDS_V2 PLANNED_ORDER_QUANTITY_EXP

STD_PDS_V2 PRODUCTION_ORDER_QUANTITY_EXP

Key figure quantities for expired key figures for shelf life are available both in the Location Product and Source of
Supply level data sources.

The following key figure quantities for unfulfilled demand are affected by this change:

STD Data Source STD Key Figure Quantity ID

STD_MALO CONFIRMED_DEPENDENT_DEMAND_UF

STD_MALO CONFIRMED_DISTR_DEMAND_UF

STD_MALO DEPENDENT_DEMAND_DPS_UF

STD_MALO DEPENDENT_DEMAND_FIXED_UF

STD_MALO DEPENDENT_DEMAND_UF

STD_MALO DISTRIBUTION_DEMAND_DEPLOY_UF

STD_MALO DISTRIBUTION_DEMAND_FIXED_UF

STD_MALO DISTRIBUTION_DEMAND_UF

STD_MALO DISTR_DEMAND_DEPLOY_FIXED_UF

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STD Data Source STD Key Figure Quantity ID

STD_MALO DISTR_DEMAND_PLANNED_LOAD_UF

STD_MALO OUTBOUND_DELIVERY_SO_UF

STD_MALO OUTBOUND_DELIVERY_ST_UF

STD_MALO SUBSTITUTION_DEMAND_UF

STD_MALO SUB_COMP_DEMAND_CONFIRMED_UF

STD_MALO SUB_COMP_DEMAND_FIXED_UF

STD_MALO SUB_COMP_DEMAND_UF

Key figure quantities for unfulfilled demand are only part of the Location Product data source.

15.29 Outdated Key Figure Quantities in the

STD_MALO_ASU_V2 Data Source

We have marked some key figure quantities as outdated because they are no longer used by any order-based
planning (OBP) processes. The expected value of these key figure quantities is 0 in all supported scenarios. If
you are already using these key figure quantities, you will see a warning as of SAP IBP 2505. Please note that
you can remove these key figures from the planning area without losing any functionality.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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The following key figure quantities that belonged to the STD_MALO_ASU_V2 data source are now marked as
outdated:

• OUTBOUND_DELIVERY_ST
• OUTBOUND_DELIVERY_ST_REQ

15.30 New Data Source for Gating Orders

We have introduced the new SGO_MALAMOT_ASU_ADU data source that allows you to view pegging information
related to the distribution elements of gating orders for transportation lanes. The new data source contains the
DISTRIBUTION_RECEIPT and DISTRIBUTION_DEMAND key figure quantities.

Please note that these key figure quantities are not used by the key figures in the SAP7 and SAP7F sample
planning areas, but you can add them as order key figure quantities when you configure your active planning
area.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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15.31 New Key Figure Quantities for Non-Planning Relevant
Orders

We have added new key figure quantities for inbound and outbound deliveries to display values that are specific
for documents marked as non-planning relevant.

Please note that these key figure quantities are not used by the key figures in the SAP7 and SAP7F sample
planning areas, but you can add them as order key figure quantities when you configure your active planning
area.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

The following key figure quantities have been added to the STD_MALO data source:

• OUTBOUND_DELIVERY_SO_NPR
• INBOUND_DELIVERY_NPR
• OUTBOUND_DELIVERY_ST_NPR

The OUTBOUND_DELIVERY_SO_NPR key figure quantity has been added to the STD_SFC_V2 data source. The
INBOUND_DELIVERY_NPR key figure quantity has been added to the STD_MALAMOT data source.

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15.32 New Key Figure Quantities for Detailed Pegging of
Inbound Delivery

We have added new key figure quantities for inbound delivery in detailed pegging data sources.

Please note that these key figure quantities are not used by the key figures in the SAP7 and SAP7F sample
planning areas, but you can add them as order key figure quantities when you configure your active planning
area.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Model configuration

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

The following key figure quantities have been added to the STD_MALO_ASU_V2 and STD_MALAMOT_ASU_ADU
data sources:

• INBOUND_DELIVERY
• INBOUND_DELIVERY_GR
• INBOUND_DELIVERY_REQ

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16.1 Changed Product Name

The product name has been changed to SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) from the previous SAP
Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain (SAP IBP).

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

16.2 Enhancements to Custom Master Data Validations

You can now enhance your check criteria using the newly added Missing Entries section in the Manage Master
Data Checks app. The new feature allows you to extend a custom check from a target master data type to
a dependent master data type, identifying where missing entries disrupt the supply chain. This capability
maintains master data integrity by accounting for dependencies between all checked entities in the master
data hierarchy. We've also included the Use in Health Checks Only checkbox in the check template header, so
you can ensure that custom checks don't interfere with your master data maintenance activities. Having this
option can be very convenient, for example, when you're extending your supply chain model and need to adapt
your master data by adding entries at various levels of the master data hierarchy.

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Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

With its latest enhancement, the Manage Master Data Checks app expands your ability to validate master data
by considering multiple levels of your master data hierarchy. It enables you to create checks that inspect the
intricate dependencies between your target master data type and other related entities.

Just as previuosly, the target master data type specified in the header of your check template remains at the
center of the check. However, in 2505, the validation procedure is extended to a dependent master data type,
also called a child entity, in a hierarchy in which the target master data type is the parent.

With this update, you can identify master data entries in the target master data type of a check, which lack
corresponding entries in a dependent master data type. The criteria for the lacking entries must be specified in
the Missing Entries section. Depending on how critical missing entries are to ensuring the integrity of your data,
your check must either be defined as a warning or an error.

The relationship between the target master data type (parent) and the dependent master data type (child) can
be configured in the following ways:

• Compound master data type as dependent entity: The dependent master data type is a compound
entity of which one component is the target master data type. An example of this configuration is
SF7LOCATIONPRODUCT being dependent on SF7LOCATION.
• Simple or compound master data type as dependent entity – the relationship with the target master
data type is defined using attribute checks: The dependent master data type includes specific attributes
that are validated against the complete key of the target master data type using attribute checks. For

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 instance, SF7PDS contains an attribute check on SF7LOCATIONPRODUCT's full key, thereby making simple
master data types, such as S7FPDS or SF7PDSCOMP, dependent on S7FLOCATIONPRODUCT.

Using the above principles, you can set up a multi-level chain of dependencies between your master data
entities.

Effects on Business Users

Missing Entry Checks

If you want to find missing master data in a dependent master data type of your target entity, enter the
dependent object in the Missing Entries section of the app, complete the Matching Criteria subsection to
determine what entries are missing from it, and set the Use in Health Checks Only checkbox to 'Yes'. If the
check doesn't find matching entries in the dependent object that comply with the matching criteria, the
process triggers an error or a warning that invalidates the target master data type. The custom validation
message defined for the check is displayed in the Application Logs app.

 Example

Let's take the example of a custom error message defined to check the business use of your transportation
lanes. If you want to ensure that all your lanes have at least one resource assigned, put at the center
of the check your transportation lane as target master data type and your transportation lane-resource
assignment master data type as dependent master data type.

• If the check finds transportation lane entries for which the Transportation Lane - Resource Assignment
Marked for Deletion (TLANERESDEL) attribute is empty, it means there are valid transportation lane -
resource assignment entries in the master data type (TLANERESOURCE), so there is no error, and the
check message isn't triggered.
• If the check doesn't find entries for which the matching criterion is met, it means that either there are
no entries in TLANERESOURCE or they're all marked for deletion. Consequently, the check fails and the
validation error message is delivered.

You can define the above conditions in the Matching Criteria section as per the following:

No matching entries in dependent master data type TLANERESOURCE that meet the following criterion:
Attribute Operator Value

Transportation Lane - Resource is empty -

Assignment Marked for
Deletion(TLANERESDEL)

 Note

Check criteria for incorrect entries and for missing entries are considered together in the validation
process. In this specific case, you could, for example, filter the transportation lanes for which the check
runs by also adding error check criteria in the Incorrect Entries section.

Master Data Checks Running for Health Checks Only

We've added the Use in Health Checks Only checkbox to the header of master data check templates. By
selecting this checkbox, you can choose to only run your custom master data checks when the Master Data
Health Check application job runs or when you start a consistency check in the Manage Master Data app.

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  Note

Dependency checks enforced by the missing entry searches can block you from creating new master data.
Therefore, if you configure a check for missing entries, the Use in Health Checks Only checkbox must be
selected in the header of the check template.

Related Information

Manage Master Data Checks

16.3 Usability Improvements in the Manage Master Data App

We've improved the usability of the Manage Master Data app with the following enhancements:

• Key attributes and their descriptions are displayed by default one after the other, in separate columns. The
concatenated view of the two columns, displayed by default before SAP IBP 2505, can still be selected in
Settings.
• Columns can be frozen or unfrozen in the list report view of the app. We've added the Freeze Column
function, which you can use for any displayed attributes by selecting the dropdown icon at the right end of
their column header cell.
• Required attributes now display ahead of non-required attributes in your list report view. Instead of being
shown in alphabetical order together with other attributes, you can now find them displayed ahead of other
less prominent attributes.
• The value help now supports an increased number of areas within the app. If you use a planning area
for order-based planning with flexible master data, you can now rely on value help when dealing with
attributes that have a distinct value range determined in the order-based planning (OBP) model. The
enhancement helps you set filters, edit single entries, and use the mass edit function more efficiently.
We're also enabling checkboxes for certain attributes, for example, to mark entries for deletion faster in
master data models used for order-based planning (OBP). This enhancement is also newly available in the
Master Data component of Planner Workspaces.
• Date pickers can now be used to maintain date attributes. Instead of applying the date time picker control,
you can now use the date picker control, saving dates in the app without specifying a precise time. Date
pickers are enabled if time precision isn't required to plan with the attribute values in question. They are
currently supported for Valid From and Valid To attributes used by OBP. This enhancement is also newly
available in the Master Data component of Planner Workspaces.

Technical Details

Type New

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Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Flexible data model only (OBP)
Planner Workspaces

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Cross applications

Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Manage Master Data

16.4 Empty Spaces and Pages Hidden in SAP Fiori

Launchpad

In the spaces and pages layout of SAP Fiori launchpad, spaces and pages that are empty because of the user's
role context are now hidden by default. If required, you can change this in the Manage Launchpad Settings app
by using the SAP Fiori launchpad setting SPACES_HIDE_EMPTY_SPACES_PAGES.

 Note

We are currently planning to remove the SPACES_HIDE_EMPTY_SPACES_PAGES setting in 2508, and

empty spaces and pages will continue to be hidden by default.

Technical Details

Type Changed

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Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Hiding Empty Spaces and Pages

Manage Launchpad Settings

16.5 Usability Enhancements for the User Actions Menu for

SAP Fiori Launchpad

In the user actions menu of SAP Fiori launchpad, we’ve made the following enhancements:

• Your user ID is now shown in addition to your user name.

• The Settings option is now shown at the top of the list.
• Thumbnail previews have been added to the appearance settings to make it easier for you to choose the
one you want.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

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Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

Click the graphic to see an example of the appearance settings:

Related Information

User Actions Menu

Managing Your Settings

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16.6 Usability Enhancements for Spaces in SAP Fiori
Launchpad

We’ve made some enhancements to help you manage your spaces as follows:

• In the Manage Launchpad Spaces app on the General Data tab, you can now set the sorting priority for
spaces to determine the order in which they are displayed in the navigation bar at the top of the SAP Fiori
launchpad screen.
• In the Personalize Navigation Bar menu (burger icon), you can now use the context menu (right mouse
click) to sort your pinned spaces. This is in addition to the drag and drop function that is still available.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Sorting the Spaces

Personalizing the Navigation Bar

16.7 Deprecated: Group Layout in SAP Fiori Launchpad

As announced in SAP IBP 2402, the group layout has been deprecated and is currently planned to be removed
in SAP IBP 2508. After its removal, the spaces and pages layout will be the default setting. We recommend that

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you start using the spaces and pages layout as soon as possible. To see an example of what the layout looks like
and to find out how to switch to the spaces and pages layout, see Enabling Spaces.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

The benefits of the spaces and pages layout include the following:

• Displays only relevant and most used apps.

• Has dedicated spaces and pages for each business role based on work processes.
• Has a stable layout and predefined sequence of pages and sections.
• Provides access to the My Home space with tasks, cards, and app favorites.
• Enables users to personalize the pages, for example, by changing the sequence of apps, hiding, or adding
apps as well as entire sections.
• Contains layout maintenance apps for content administrators. Administrators can use the Manage
Launchpad Spaces app to copy, adapt, and create separate spaces.

 Note

The way certain features and functions work in your SAP IBP system depends on the data center of your
SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) system, industry, and the local law.

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Effects on System Administration

To switch over to the spaces and pages layout, you need to migrate your business roles. You can do this by
ensuring that the SPACES parameter is activated in the Manage Launchpad Settings app, creating spaces in
the Manage Launchpad Spaces app, and then assigning these spaces to your business roles in the Maintain
Business Roles app. You can either use the Mass Change Wizard in the Maintain Business Roles app to do so, or
you can use predefined spaces and pages, depending on your business needs.

Effects on Configuration

You can switch to the spaces and pages layout by making the settings described in Enabling Spaces. This topic
also shows an example of what the layout looks like before and after the switch.

Related Information

Managing Launchpad Spaces and Pages

How to Create and Assign Spaces and Pages
Working with Predefined Spaces and Pages
Assigning Spaces to Several Business Roles at Once

16.8 No Leading or Trailing Spaces Allowed in Names for

Rollup Profiles in Network Aggregation

When you create network aggregation profiles for the rollup of cost or carbon emissions, you can no longer
save the profile with a name that contains leading or trailing spaces. This helps avoid usability issues, such as
the search help cutting off leading or trailing spaces. Existing profiles will be adjusted accordingly during the
upgrade to 2505.

Technical Details

Type Changed

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

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Impact Web UI

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

16.9 Transport of Rollup Profiles for Network Aggregation

As a planner administrator, you can now transport profiles that were created for network aggregation in the
Configure Cost Rollup and Configure Carbon Emissions Rollup apps from one system to another.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Application job

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Effects on System Administration

Use the following apps to set up and complete the transport:

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 • Export Software Collection
• Import Collection

Related Information

Configuration
Export and Import of Software Collections

16.10 Deprecation and Replacement of the Planning Filters

App

The Planning Filters (Deprecated) app (Fiori ID F1832A) is deprecated as of 2505 and will be deleted from
the SAP Fiori launchpad in 2511. The deprecated app may no longer be available by default on the SAP Fiori
launchpad. In this case, you can find it in the app finder until it is deleted. We recommend that you switch to the
successor app as soon as possible. The successor Planning Filters app (Fiori ID F1832) has been redesigned to
provide a better user experience with enhanced functionality.

 Note

If you had saved variants in the Planning Filters (Deprecated) app, you must recreate them manually in the
successor Planning Filters app.

. These following key updates help streamline your planning processes in the new app:

• Write access for non-owners to allow editing filter criteria of shared planning filters
• Enabled for Software Collection checkbox deselected by default

Technical Details

Type Changed
New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Business user

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Business Topics Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

Write Access for Planning Filters

The Planning Filters app now allows users to grant write access when sharing to both users and user groups.
This simplifies the process of managing planning filters, especially when the owner is unavailable, by allowing
non-owners to rename filters and change the description and filter criteria more efficiently. Even if granted
write access, non-owners cannot manage sharing or deleting planning filters.

Filter Creation with Software Collection Enabled

When creating a planning filter, users must now select the Enabled for Software Collection checkbox as it is
deselected by default. If selected, the filter name must be unique across the system. If deselected, the name
only needs to be unique per user per planning area, which ensures consistency.

 Note

This setting cannot be changed post-creation.

Filter Criteria
When adding filter criteria, in the deprecated app you can add an attribute with the operator Equal to or Not
equal to and the None value. In the new app, these combinations are interpreted as Is empty or Is not empty. If
you have created filter criteria in the deprecated app or using the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel with the
None attribute value and another value, this attribute appears twice in the new app, with the Equal to and Is
empty operators.

In the deprecated app or using the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel, you can add an attribute with the
operator Equal to or Not equal to and the Not specified value. This value is not available for selection in the
attribute value field in the new app. However, the Not specified value may appear for planning filters created in
the deprecated app or using the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel.

Groups
In the deprecated app, you can change the group for one or multiple planning filters by selecting Change Group.
In the new app, you can use the Edit action in the list report view to change the group.

Related Information

Planning Filters

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Exporting Planning Filters
Planning Filters (Deprecated)

16.11 New System Language: Czech

Czech (cs-CZ) is now available as a system language for the SAP Fiori apps of SAP IBP and for the SAP IBP,
add-in for Microsoft Excel.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Cross applications

Planner Workspaces
SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel
User assistance

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Related Information

Language Settings

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16.12 Changed Default Behavior for Generation of Missing
Planning Object Records in Excel Add-In and Planner
Workspaces

The default behavior for the generation of missing planning object records in SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft
Excel and in the Planner Workspaces will change in SAP IBP 2508.

During interactive disaggregation in the SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel and in the Planner Workspaces
app, the system generates missing planning object records only if disaggregation is otherwise not
possible. Using the global configuration parameter ADD_ALL_PLAN_OBJECT_RECORDS, you can change
this behavior and define that missing planning object records should always be generated. Since most
users prefer to always generate planning object records, we will make the generation of missing planning
object records the default behavior by changing the default value of the global configuration parameter
ADD_ALL_PLAN_OBJECT_RECORDS from NO to YES.

Technical Details

Type Prepare next release

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel

Planner Workspaces
Global configuration parameter

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Cross applications

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Effects on Configuration

If you prefer the current system behavior of generating missing planning object records only when
disaggregation is not otherwise possible, you can manually change the value of global configuration parameter
ADD_ALL_PLAN_OBJECT_RECORDS to NO to keep it. In this case, the changed default will have no effect.

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17 Analytics

17.1 Enhancements to the Manage Analytics Stories App

You can now perform the following tasks in the Manage Analytics Stories app:

• Use the Assets and Outline panels to build your analytics story
• Use the Filter panel to add and view filters
• Cascade story and page filters
• Use the Linked Widgets Diagram to view and manage widget relationships
• Use the new Filter by Member dialog to include and exclude specific members
• Use a new responsive layout, device preview bar, and responsive page rules
• Configure preferences and themes for your analytics story
• Copy and paste pages within the same analytics story
• Export analytics stories to Microsoft PowerPoint
• Use new filtering options when creating hyperlinks to pages
• Use the Horizon themes in display mode

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI

Target Groups Business user

Business Topics Analytics

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Additional Details

 Note

Analytics story features are activated in a separate step after the upgrade to SAP IBP 2505. If the
new features aren't available immediately after the upgrade, you'll be notified once the features become
available.

Assets and Outline Panels

Build your analytics story more easily by dragging widgets from the Assets and managing them on the Outline
panel.

Filter Panel
Add filters that are applied to all pages in the story. Display your story filters in a vertical format to view long
lists of members more easily. Reorder filters and view page and local filters.

Cascading Filters
Changes you make to a story or page filter affect related filters in the same story or page. Story filter changes
cascade down to page filters but page filter changes don't cascade up to story filters.

Linked Widget Diagram

Once you've created a linked analysis and enabled cascading effects in your analytics story, you can now view
and manage the widget relationships in the Linked Widgets Diagram.

New Member Selector

The new Filter by Member dialog offers the following enhanced features:

• When searching for available members, you can use an asterisk (*) to replace zero or more characters in
the name.
• You can select Booked Members to show only members that have a measure value assigned.
• You can choose to perform a dynamic or static selection for the member selection.

New Responsive Layout and Device Preview Bar

If your analytics stories contain responsive pages that were created before SAP IBP 2505, you can convert
them to a new responsive layout by selecting Convert Responsive Pages in the Edit toolbar. Use responsive
pages and define responsive rules to design stories that can adapt to different screen sizes.

Attribute Description
You can now use attribute descriptions defined in the master data but not exposed as attributes in the planning
area. They will be shown as descriptions for the attributes in the analytics story.

Preferences and Themes

Configuring preferences is now more intuitive with widget previews, letting you see the design changes before
you commit to them.

Copy and Paste Pages

Copy and paste pages within the same story.

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Page Navigation

In display mode, you can now choose if you want to navigate between pages by using tabs or a dropdown list.

Filtering Options for Hyperlinks to Pages

You now have more options for propagating filters to other pages.

Support of Horizon Theme

In display mode, the SAP Morning Horizon, SAP Evening Horizon, SAP High Contrast White (Horizon), and SAP
High Contrast Back (Horizon) themes are now supported.

Views

If you've created views for your analytics stories in the Manage Analytics Stories app, when you open a view
after the upgrade to SAP IBP 2505, it will be updated in the background. This is a one-time update. If the
update isn't successful, you can still use the view but you won't be able to save any changes you've made to it.
You have to create a new view and delete the old one.

Related Information

Manage Story Pages

Convert Classic Responsive Pages
Configure Preferences and Use Themes
Work with the Linked Widgets Diagram
Linking to an External URL or to Another Page
About Story and Page Filters
About the Filter By Member Dialog for Story and Page Filters
Story Views

17.2 Support of MRP Areas in the Supply Chain Network App

The Supply Chain Network app can now display data for segments of material requirements planning that
are defined as MRP areas within a plant. This means that users of a planning area based on flexible master
data (SAP7F) for order-based planning (OBP) can view the following data related to MRP area locations for an
enhanced analysis of their supply chain operations:

• Location master data

• Location-dependent master data, such as location products and production data structures
• Key figures for location-dependent master data

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Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Web UI
Model configuration
Flexible data model only (OBP)

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business user

Business Topics Analytics

Order-based planning

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

Additional Details

MRP areas define separate planning segments within a plant location, such as those for stocking or processing.
MRP area locations are set up in the Location (SF7LOCATION) master data type as follows:

• The Location Type (LOCATIONTYPE) attribute is set to Plant (P).

• The Plant Type (PLANTTYPE) attribute is set to MRP Area (MR).
• The Reference Location for MRP Area (REFERENCELOCATION) attribute refers to a Plant Type attribute set
to either Distribution Center (DC) or Production Plant (PL).

In network charts, MRP area locations do not have a dedicated icon. The icons used to display MRP area
locations depend on the plant type setting of the reference location, as the following table describes:

Name Element Description

Distribution Center If the plant type of the reference loca-

tion is set to DC, the MRP area location
displays as a stocking location.

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 Name Element Description

Production Plant If the plant type of the reference loca-

tion is set to PL, the MRP area location
displays as a processing location.

If the plant type of the reference location is undefined, the MRP area is not displayed.

Effects on Data Integration

For more information about how to integrate MRP areas from SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) or SAP
S/4HANA, see Integration of Locations.

Effects on Configuration

For more information about how to configure MRP area locations for OBP, see Setting Up Planning with MRP
Area Locations.

Related Information

Supply Chain Network

Configuration Requirements for Network Charts

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18 Security

18.1 New Options for Customer-Initiated Penetration

Testing

As of SAP IBP 2505, you can request that one of the following systems is provided to you for the purpose of
penetration testing:

• A copy of your test SAP IBP system

• A fully functional, up-to-date SAP IBP system that does not contain customer data

If you choose for your system to be cloned, the resulting copy will contain your business data, but all personal
data will be anonymized.

 Note

Customer-initiated penetration testing can no longer be performed on the test instance of a customer's
SAP IBP system.

Technical Details

Type New

Valid as Of (Date) 2025-05-02

Version SAP IBP 2505

Impact Secure implementation and use

Target Groups Administrator/configuration expert

Business Topics Security and Data Privacy

Action

Line of Business Supply Chain

Lifecycle Phase

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Additional Details

For more information, see Customer-Initiated Penetration Testing.

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