Defining the Print Setting (SAP Library - Administrator Workbench)

Defining the Print Setting

Use

You can not only evaluate a query online, but also print it in the background.

The Reporting Agent gives you the option to display the query data as a Reporting Agent setting for printing in the background You can set as many Report Agent settings as you want for a query.

Prerequisites

You have defined a query in the Business Explorer Analyzer that you now want to print in the background.

To print, key figures related to the query must be in the structures. Change the Query definition appropriately if you want to print a query that uses a key figure as a filter.

You can only schedule queries with entered variables for background printing if the required variable entry/entries have been saved as query variants

Procedure

You are in the Reporting Agent function area of the Administrator Workbench. Choose

Print in Background in the navigation window of the Administrator Workbench.

Navigate to the required query in the left-hand Reporting Agent Scheduler tree.

You have the following options to create a new setting:

Using the context menu, choose New Package.
Select Create New Setting.

The "New Reporting Agent Setting" screen then appears.

Enter a technical name and a description.

The following information can be found in the General tab page:

The functional area for the setting is Print.
Under the Query group header, query information is shown for which you can make a setting (description, technical name, InfoProvider).
Under the group header Last Change, the system shows- the first time after saving for the first time- the last person to have changed the setting and the time it was changed.
Under the group header Setting Used in Packages, the system displays information for packages where the setting is used, and their scheduling. However, this display is only possible if you have defined the setting and make assignments to one or more scheduling packages.

Choose the Print Settings tabstrip. Define the print settings that you want to make. You can find additional information under Tab Page: Print Settings.

Choose the Print Layout tab strip. Decide how you want to set the following print areas:

Cover sheet
Page header
Table header
Table
Page footer
Last page

You can find additional information under Defining the Print Layout.

Choose Activate.

Result

Once you have defined the Reporting Agent settings, you have to assign them to a scheduling package for the background run.

For more information see Processing a Scheduling Package.