When creating a new planning model in SAP Analytics Cloud, the system automatically includes two mandatory dimensions by default: Date and Version. The Date dimension is essential for time-based planning, such as forecasting or budgeting over months, quarters, or years. The Version dimension is fundamental for planning scenarios, allowing users to manage and compare different data sets like 'Actual', 'Budget', 'Forecast', or perform what-if analyses. These two dimensions form the core structure required for any planning-enabled model.

A. Organization: This is a common generic dimension used to represent business structures like company codes or departments, but it is not created by default and must be added manually by the modeler.

C. Entity: While a required dimension for models specifically enabled for financial consolidation, it is not a default dimension for a standard planning model. It is a user-defined dimension.

1. SAP Help Portal - About the Model Structure: "When you create a model with planning capabilities

a Version dimension is required. A Date dimension is also required for time-series data." This documentation confirms that Version and Date are the required

and therefore default

dimensions for planning models.

Source: SAP Help Portal

About the Model Structure.

2. SAP Help Portal - Create a New Model from a Blank Model: In the steps for creating a new planning model

the documentation states: "For a planning model

the Version dimension is added by default." It also implicitly requires the Date dimension for any time-series data

which is inherent to planning.

Source: SAP Help Portal

Create a New Model from a Blank Model.