Creating a Set Header

  1. On the Report Painter screen, choose Report Writer → Set → Create .

  2. The Create Set: Initial Screen appears.

  3. Enter the following data:

  4. – Set name

    You should not use a number as the first character of the set name.

    Beginning with Release 4.0, the set name can contain up to 24 characters for sets created in the Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL) application component.

    Sets that you created in Releases 3.0 or 3.1 are automatically converted into the new set structures for Release 4.0. You do not need to recreate or change your existing sets. The new sets are fully compatible with Release 4.0.

    – Table name that contains the dimensions the set will use.

    You can create sets using a user table that contains specific dimensions from a table. For more information, see User Tables .

  5. Select the set type.

  6. If you want to create the set by copying data from an existing set, enter the name of the set from which you want to copy data.

  7. The table of the set you are creating must contain a dimension that is compatible with the dimension used by the reference set.

  8. Choose Header .

  9. If you are creating a basic or single-dimension set:

    A dialog box appears asking for the dimension that will be used by the set.

    Enter the name of the dimension that the basic or single-dimension set will use, and choose Continue .

    The Create Set: Header screen appears.

    If you are creating a data or multi-dimension set:

    The Create Set: Header screen appears.

  10. Enter the following data:

  11. – Set description

    – Symbolic name for the set contents, if the set is used for calculating cells and key figures in the Report Writer.

    This field does not appear if you are creating a multi-dimension set.

    For more information, see Using Symbolic Names in Report Writer .

    – Representative value, if the set is used for planning, hierarchical rollups, or reporting.

    A representative value represents all values in the set. This field does not appear if you are creating a data or multi-dimension set.

    For more information, see Representative Values in Sets .

    – Print class for the set header

    This field does not appear if you are creating a data or multi-dimension set.

    For more information, see Setting Print Classes in Sets .

  12. Set the appropriate indicator for checking overlapping values in a basic or single-dimension set.

  13. To enter overlapping values in your set:

    Select No check .

    You can now enter a range of set values in one set line, which overlap with values in another set line.

    The Ambiguity check indicators do not appear if you are creating a data or multi-dimension set.

  14. Enter an authorization group, if required.

  15. You can use the following additional functions on this screen.

  16. Additional Processing Functions - Create Set: Header Screen

    Choose

    To

    Goto → Set lines

    Enter set values.

    Utilities → Set directory

    Display a directory of sets.

    Utilities → Find values in sets

    Display a list of sets that contain specific values.

    Utilities → Set usage

    Display a list of where sets are used.

    Utilities → Graphics

    Display a graphic of a set.

    Utilities → Transport → Export

    Export sets to an external file.

    Utilities → Transport → Import

    Import sets from an external file.

    Utilities → Transport → Copy from client

    Copy sets from client 000 (or another client) to the client in which you are working.

    Utilities → Transport → Transport request

    Include a set in a Customizing transport request and transport the set with or without its dependent objects. For more information, see the Transport Sets/Variables activity in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL).

    Utilities → Non-used sets

    Display a directory of sets that are not used in the system. You can then delete these sets if required.

    Utilities → Ambiguity check

    Check if values in a set are overlapping.

  17. To save the set header information, choose Set → Save .