Key Figure Reports

Definition

Report that calculates key figures based on defined financial statement items. The financial statement items are selected from the financial statement version.

In contrast to financial statement analyses, key figure reports only draw on those financial statement items that are needed for calculating certain key figures rather than the entire financial statement version.

Use

You can calculate the following key figures:

  • Individual key figures , such as:

    Liquidity (such as current assets less short and mid-term payables)

    Profit (for example, year-end profit)

    Cash flow

  • Structure key figures, such as:

    Owner's equity ratio (owner's equity/total assets)

    Debt/equity ratio (Calculation: Liabilities/Owner's equity)

    Capitalization ratio (fixed assets/total assets)

  • Key figures with the help of constants

    To determine certain key figures, such as revenue per employee, you have to first define constants in Customizing. Constants are values that are not calculated from the financial statement version (such as number of employees, sales area in square meters).

The SAP System includes sample key figure reports. You can use these reports as templates for your own reports.

Caution Caution

The SAP standard reports have the namespace 0SAPRATIO-01to 0SAPRATIO-NN. For your own reports, use a technical name that does not lie within this namespace.

End of the caution.

Integration

In addition to the financial statement key figure report type, SAP provides the following report types:

  • Financial statement key figure for the cost of sales accounting ledger

    For cost of sales accounting key figures, SAP provides the Financial statement key figure for the cost of sales accounting ledger report type This report type corresponds to the financial statement key figure report type. It is, however, based on the data in the cost of sales accounting ledger.

  • Balance Display

    You can evaluate transaction figures by using the Balance Display report type. As the basis for reports for balance display, you can use one-axis forms with key figure as well as two-axis forms with key figure.