You can use the Report Painter to summarize line items, in the form of totals records, according to your own criteria.

Report Painter reports are initially available in the delivery client only. You must first transport the cost element reports to the target client and generate them there.

For more information, see the step on the information system in the Project System IMG.

The system automatically summarizes each individual transaction in a totals record. The summarized figures are then stored in the CO totals records files. You can use Report Painter reports to analyze the totals records files.

You can branch from the report to the line items and to the original documents.

Using extracts and selection parameter defaults you define yourself makes accessing Report Painter reports a lot easier. When you create extracts, the data selected is stored in a special table. This means that accessing reports using extracts saves the time spent reading data from the database.

With the Report Painter, you can define a report quickly and easily. (The Report Painter includes most of the Report Writer functions, but is much easier to use.) You define the report on screen, using rows and columns. As you do this, the system displays the report as it will appear when you run it. You do not need to create sets. You can enter characteristic values directly. You can divide your reports into sections and column blocks.