Comparing Planning Areas

If the planning area that was created for the project was a copy (or partial copy) of the sample planning area, it is useful to compare the target planing area with the sample planning area over time. With each release, SAP delivers enhancements to the sample planning areas. Using the Compare option in the Planning Areas app it is easy to judge which of these enhancements should be merged or replicated in the custom planning area.

Comparing custom planning area to another custom planning area is also possible. The differences (that are grouped into categories such as General, Key Figures, Planning Levels and so on), can be exported to .CSV files.

The Merge option is available from the same screen. As you review the results of the compare, you can, for example, choose to merge key figures that are present only in one planning area to another planning area.

The app Manage Historical States is used to view your planning area's historical states and perform various actions on states.

Historical states of your planning area are earlier configuration states saved and retained by the system. The number of releases for which historical states saved for your model entities should be retained is controlled by the HISTORY_RETENTION_RELEASES global configuration parameter. Historical states are automatically deleted upon each upgrade per the retention period set.

Among the things that can be done in the app are:

• View the list of all states available for each planning area and the number of deltas saved between a state and the following state.
• Navigate to the details of any selected state.

The details of the state will open in the Planning Areas app.

When comparing the planning areas, you can choose the state to be used in the comparison.