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Use

Those with ultimate responsibility for purchasing operations within an enterprise frequently need to obtain an overview of their vendors and purchasing organizations. Among other things, they have to know:

The reports and analyses available in the SAP System provide this overview in a fast and straightforward manner, allowing senior executives to react appropriately to given situations.

Note

Your system administrator is responsible for setting up reporting and analysis parameters. Contact this person if you need other settings.

Integration

For more comprehensive analyses, particularly the analysis of order values, you can use the SAP Business Information Warehouse or the Logistics Information System (LIS).

The SAP Business Information Warehouse facilitates the detailed analysis of the purchasing activities and procurement processes taking place within your enterprise.

Further information on this topic is available in the SAP Library.

Activities

You run reports by clicking on the purchasing document that interests you (e.g. purchase order or RFQ) in the Purchasing menu. Click on Purchase order ® List displays, for example, to obtain a choice of reports listing Pos as follows:

The selection options are based on the relevant purchasing document. That means that the list can vary to some extent from document to document.

Note

The more information the list contains, the more time it will take to be processed. In extra wide lists, scroll using the horizontal scroll bar and enlarge your window.

 

Run and print out voluminous reports and analyses only in the background.

For more information on analyses and reports in the SAP System, refer to the documentation Getting Started with the SAP System (section Structure link Reports).

There you will obtain details on:

 

 

 

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