SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) architecture

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) architecture 

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) architecture includes:

Client tier: where users access the application through a web browser or Microsoft Excel

Application tier: where the BPC server runs and handles all application processes

Database tier: where the BPC database stores all application data

Data Warehousing tier: where the data is stored and transformed for reporting purposes

These tiers interact with each other to provide a comprehensive planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation solution. The architecture is designed to support both standalone and integrated scenarios with SAP ERP or other systems. 

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) is a component of the SAP Business Intelligence (BI) layer in the SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) landscape. The SAP BI layer sits on top of the SAP ERP layer and serves as a platform for reporting and analysis of the data stored in the SAP ERP layer.

The SAP BI layer also includes other components such as SAP BusinessObjects, SAP Lumira, and SAP Predictive Analytics. BPC integrates with these other components to provide a complete solution for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation.