Outputting and Comparing Data 

Use

This procedure describes how you output recipe, formula, and substance data with different output variants to evaluate or compare it.

Prerequisites

·        You have already assigned values to the output parameters you frequently require in the output layout of the output variant, if this is necessary (see Editing Output Variants).

·        You have called all recipe and formula tab pages from which you want to output data at least once and saved the recipe or formula afterwards.

·        If you want to output recipe data using the Recipe Comparison output variant, the system only outputs the data on the following tab pages if the recipe is consistent:

¡         Composition

¡         Ingredients

¡         Nutrients

¡         Diet Suitability: Summary

For further prerequisites, see Output and Comparison of Data.

Procedure

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       1.      Load the recipes, formulas, or substances whose data you want to output.

       2.      In the hit list, select the recipes, formulas, or substances whose data you want to output. If you want to compare recipes, formulas, or substances, select the following recipes, formulas, or substances:

¡        The reference recipe, reference formula, or reference substance, that is, the recipe, formula, or substance on whose data the comparison is based

¡        The recipes, formulas, or substances you want to compare with the reference recipe, formula, or substance

       3.      Carry out one of the following steps:

¡        If you have already activated the output variant you want, choose  with the quick info Output.

The data that you want is output.

¡        If you have not activated an output variant or have activated a different one to the one you wanted, choose  with the quick info Change Output Variant.

The group overview of the output variants appears.

       4.      Carry out one of the following steps:

¡        If you do not want to change the output parameters in the output variant you chose before the data is output, proceed as follows:

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                                                  i.       Activate the output variant you require by double-clicking it.

The hit list screen reappears.

                                                ii.       Choose  with the quick info Output.

¡        If you want to change the output parameters in the output variant you chose before the data is output, proceed as follows:

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                                                  i.       Choose  or  next to the output variant.

                                                ii.       Enter the parameters you want and choose  Output.

If you want to use the output parameters that you changed for several outputs, you have to save them as an output layout and copy the output variant if necessary Then save the changed output parameters in this copy. For more information and for information about what you have to take into account when changing the parameters, see Editing Output Variants. For examples of how you can set up the output using these output parameters, see Row Keys and Column Keys.

You can also start the data output as follows:

·         In the overview tree, select the recipes, formulas, or substances that are to be output and choose the Recipe Output, Formula Output or Substance Output function in the context menu of the recipes, formulas, or substances.

·         Choose a recipe, formula, or substance to be output by double-clicking it in the overview tree or hit list and then choose the  function with the quick info Output. This means you can also start the output for a recipe, formula, or substance that you are currently editing.

Result

The evaluation is carried out and the data is displayed according to the specifications of the output layout of the output variant. If the data is still not displayed as you wish, you can change it as follows:

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       1.      Choose  Change Parameters.

       2.      Change the parameters and choose  Output.

If you specified in the output layout that the data is output with Microsoft Excel, you can also change the display using Microsoft Excel functions. Note that Microsoft Excel is only used to display the data. If you change data here, the changes are not copied to the SAP system.