Differences between SAP EC-CS and BCS

ECCS is R3 based consolidation system while SEM BCS is on top of BI or BW
server. There are following differences in ECCS and BCS.

•    BCS, integrated into SAP's Business Intelligence (BI) system, is a component of Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM)
•    Integration of BCS into Business Intelligence, not SAP R3, requires data to be transferred from FI R3 to the FI cube in BI
•    Data is consolidated in Cube thus it improves performance
•    The inclusion of BCS into SAP's BI allows a tight integration between Consolidation Processing and Consolidation Reporting
•    BCS BI Reporting provide a great deal of flexibility, allowing the user to select & analyze data to meet their specific business needs!
•    Can work with two conso units in one Data Set. Cost accounting values can be stored and can be used for reporting purpose.
•    BCS includes the following new tasks that were not included in ECCS:

1. Use of one monitor, including both Data and Consolidation tasks
2. Period Initialization
3. FIGL Datastream
4. LC Trial balance
5. Allocation
6. Elimination – IC Operating Lease