Difference of IBP Version and Scenario

 

Difference of IBP Version and Scenario

Source: SAP IBP Online help

Object Type	Version	Scenario
Purpose	Alternate plans maintained over time.	On-the-fly “what if” scenarios
Created By	Administration user at time of configuration. (The number of versions is defined during configuration.)	Planner or end user (dynamically when using the system)
Created From	Planning Areas app, by choosing Versions, and then New.	IBP Excel add-in by choosing Create in the Scenarios group.
Change Method	Copy Customers copy data between versions. As a result, a version is based on a copy (or an overlay of multiple copies) and not on a collection of deltas. Changes to the base version (or to another version that you copied from) do not automatically “shine through” in the target version of the copy.	Delta The system keeps track of all changes to key-figure values as delta records inside the scenario. If, at the same time, changes are made in the base version, these are visible in the scenarios, unless there are conflicting scenario deltas, in which case those take precedence. This change method could be thought of as “shine-through” logic.