What can be used to persistently enhance the layout of your planning view template?

The choice that allows for the persistent enhancement of the layout of a planning view template is Microsoft Excel with EPM (Enterprise Performance Management). EPM tools enable users to create and manage planning templates effectively within Excel, which is a widely used platform for financial and operational planning tasks.

EPM integrates seamlessly with SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP), allowing users to manipulate data, customize layouts, and apply various formatting options. This integration ensures that changes made to the planning view template in Excel can be saved and persisted, thereby maintaining a consistent and tailored planning experience for users.

In a collaborative environment where planning data is frequently accessed and analyzed, leveraging EPM capabilities in Excel is vital for enhancing the usability and functionality of planning views. This enables planners to better visualize data and make informed decisions efficiently.

Other options, such as Power Pivot, while powerful for data modeling and analysis, do not provide the specific functionalities tied to planning view template enhancements in the context of SAP IBP. Similarly, ABAP and SQL are programming and query languages suited for system development and data manipulation rather than layout customization within Excel-based planning templates.