Layout 

Purpose

In Report Painter and Report Writer reports, you can modify the layout of your report at different levels.

Report Writer Reports

Each report has one of the following:

·        An individual report layout

·        A reference (for all layout parameters) to the assigned standard layout.

For each section, you can define one of the following:

·        An individual section layout

·        A reference to the report layout (the individual report layout or the standard layout)

Report Painter Reports

You can define the section layout and the report layout directly in the Report Painter maintenance transaction.

With the Report Painter, making a reference always means copying the current values.

Features

The layout parameters for the report output are determined by the standard layout assigned to the report. This includes the page format of the report and the numerical format of the report data.

A section layout can be defined separately for each section. To define a layout for a certain section, double-click on the section and you can then make the settings for the column attributes.

You assign an individual report layout to each report. Initially, each report receives the standard layout SAP. You can assign an individual section layout to each section in the report. The standard layout then only applies to the sections to which no section layout was assigned.

The section layout and the report layout allow you to define layout settings such as form printout or the width and position of the lead columns separately for each section.

Specify whether it should be possible to change and save the layout parameters in the report output:

·        If you do not select the Change Allowed During Execution indicator, the layout parameters are locked and cannot be changed when you execute the report.

·        If you select the Change Allowed During Execution indicator, the layout parameters can be changed when you execute the report.

For more information, see Parameters for the Standard Layout.

You can change the report’s layout parameters under Settings ® Report layout.

If you change the layout parameters, but then decide that you want to reuse the default values from the standard layout, you can do so by choosing Settings ® Report layout ® Use standard layout.