Functions for Executing Cost Element Reports (SAP Library

Functions for Executing Cost Element Reports

Use

The following tables give an overview of the functions you can use to execute cost element reports. You can run cost element reports online or in background processing.

Procedure

Functions in the Program menu

Execute	The system reads the data and displays it on the screen.
Execute and print	The system reads the data, displays it on the screen, and prints it.
Execute in background	The system runs the program in background processing now.
Schedule background job	You can schedule the program for execution later - say, during the night - as a background job.

Functions in the Edit menu

Selection options	Selection options indicate whether the selected values are bigger/smaller than, or the same as, the selected values.
Delete selection criterion	If you have specified more than one project and/or project interval in the selection screen, you can delete the project/project interval just displayed from the selection.
Delete entire selection line	All the specified objects are deleted from the selection.
Dynamic selections	You can select fields from, for example, the project master data for inclusion in program processing.

Functions in the Goto menu

Variants ® Save as variant

The selection criteria entered, including the user-defined selections, status selection profile, and selection options are saved as a variant. You can use variants to, for example, schedule reports for periodic background processing.

Functions in the Environment menu

Extract directory	Choose this to access the directory of Report Writer extracts.
Extract management settings	Use this menu option to display the settings currently in place to manage your extracts.
Options	Use these to determine, for example, what the list output should be or whether office integration is active.
Tech.information	Choose this to view information on the environment and programs applying to this report.
Change database profile	You define the database profile in customizing. It controls, for example, whether the evaluation includes the project hierarchy, networks, orders for the project, and so on. Use this menu option to make temporary changes to the profile.
Other database profile	Use this menu option to choose a different database profile for your processing this time.
Status sel.profile	You can use the status selection profile to restrict selection to objects which meet the requirements for a particular combination of statuses

For more information on the functions in cost element reports (Report Painter reports), read the Interactive Information System documentation under Cost Center Accounting in CO Overhead Controlling. To find out how to create your own Report Painter reports, read Report Painter Reports.