Analyzing business data for planning applications

A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory, tangible storage medium, the product comprising computer readable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• generating a business object containing parameters and plan data of a business plan, wherein the plan data is represented by a hierarchical plurality of aggregation levels and logically grouped at different levels of granularity at each aggregation level;
• identifying a change to a particular item in the plan data, the change associated with a particular aggregation level;
• and
• distributing the change to the particular item to a lowest level of granularity of the plan data of at least one aggregation level above and of at least one aggregation level below the particular aggregation level.

A system, comprising:

• memory operable to store at least one business object containing parameters and plan data of a business plan, wherein the plan data is represented by a hierarchical plurality of aggregation levels and logically grouped at different levels of granularity at each aggregation level;
• and
• one or more processors operable to:
• identify a change to a particular item in the plan data, the change associated with a particular aggregation level;
• and
• distribute the change to the particular item to a lowest level of granularity of the plan data of at least one aggregation level above and of at least one aggregation level below the particular aggregation level.