Report Groups

Use

Report groups incorporate all the reports within a librarythat access similar data but format these data differently. The report group lists the databases selected for all reports within the report groups, thus avoiding multiple selections.

All reports within a report group are executed at the same time, thus giving you the opportunity to jump between individual reports within the report display screen.

The report group name consists of four characters. Standard report group names start with the number reserved for that particular application component area (see: Standard Naming Procedure for Information System Objects ). Generally, the report group name is identical to the first four characters of the assigned reports.

Actions

To display, create, or maintain a report group, access the Cost Center Menu and choose:

Start of the navigation path Information system Next navigation step Tools Next navigation step ReportPainter Next navigation step Report Writer Next navigation step Report group Next navigation step Display End of the navigation path / Change/Create/Delete

  • Choose Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step Directory End of the navigation path to display an overview of all existing report groups.

  • You can generate a list of reports assigned to the selected report group by choosing Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Reports End of the navigation path .

    Note Note

    Before you can execute standard reports from the application component menu, you must import the reports or report groups to your client and generate the reports there. For more information on importing report groups, see Importing Standard Reports .

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    The system lets you generate report groups in the following ways.

    Executing a report group.

    Choose Start of the navigation path Report Painter Next navigation step Report Writer Next navigation step Report group Next navigation step Execute. End of the navigation path

    In the initial screen enter a report group and choose Execute .

    If the report group has not yet been generated or has been changed since it was last generated, the system displays a dialog box to ask whether you want to generate the report group as new.

    Note Note

    The system does not delete extracts that you saved for a report (defined using the report writer or report painter) if you regenerate the report.

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    Generating Some of the Reports

    In the Implementation Guide (IMG) for the relevant Controlling component, choose Start of the navigation path Information System Next navigation step Standard Reports Next navigation step Generate Standard Reports. End of the navigation path

    In the Select Processing Mode dialog box, choose Online.

    The system displays a selection list of all standard report groups delivered by SAP.

    Select the groups you wish to use and generate them.

    Generate all Reports

    If you want to generate all report groups for your client(for instance, following an SAP release change or as a client copy), then it is recommended for performance reasons that you generate these report groups simultaneously in the background. To do this, proceed as described previously. In the Select Processing Mode dialog box, choose Background.

For more information on report groups, see the SAP Library under Start of the navigation path AC - Financials Next navigation step FI - Financial Accounting Next navigation step FI - Special Purpose Ledger Next navigation step Report Groups(see: Report Groups). End of the navigation path