What is dynamic expansion in SAP EPM-BPC - Business Planning and Consolidation?

SAP Term: dynamic expansion

• Component: EPM-BPC

• Component Name: Business Planning and Consolidation

• Description: The concept of expanding the dimension members displayed in a report by drilling down on one or more criteria. Examples include expanding by property type such as Account type, level such as Self and Below, and by ranking such as top ten performers.

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• Key Concepts: 
  Dynamic expansion is a feature of SAP EPM-BPC Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) that allows users to quickly and easily expand their data sets. It enables users to add additional dimensions to their data sets, such as time periods, currencies, and other characteristics. This allows users to quickly and easily analyze their data in more detail. 
  
  How to use it: 
  Dynamic expansion can be used in BPC by selecting the “Expand” option from the menu. This will open a dialog box where users can select the dimensions they want to add to their data set. Once the dimensions are selected, BPC will automatically expand the data set with the new dimensions. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When using dynamic expansion, it is important to remember that the data set will be expanded with all of the selected dimensions. Therefore, it is important to only select the necessary dimensions in order to avoid unnecessary complexity. Additionally, it is important to remember that dynamic expansion can only be used with certain types of data sets. 
  
  Related Information: 
  Dynamic expansion is a powerful tool for quickly and easily expanding data sets in BPC. It can be used in conjunction with other features such as filtering and sorting in order to further analyze data sets. Additionally, dynamic expansion can be used in combination with other features such as formulas and calculations in order to create more complex analyses.