Creating a Standard Layout

Use

When you first define a report, the default standard layout assigned to the report is always SAP . SAP appears in the Standard layout field at the top of each report parameters screen. This standard layout is shipped with your SAP system.

When you define a standard layout, you can assign parameters to format groups for certain fields. For parameters that are assigned format groups, you can define up to six different versions of the parameter. Each row and column in a report can use a unique format group. For more information, see Setting Format Groups in Sets .

Procedure

  1. Choose Start of the navigation path Accounting Next navigation step Financial Accounting Next navigation step Special Purpose Ledger Next navigation step Tools Next navigation step Report Painter Next navigation step Report Writer Next navigation step Standard layout Next navigation step Create End of the navigation path . The Create Standard Layout: Initial Screen appears.

  2. Enter the following information:

    – The name of the standard layout you want to create

    – The name of the existing standard layout you want to copy

  3. Choose Continue .

    The Create Standard Layout screen appears.

  4. Enter the following information:

    – Description of the standard layout

    – Authorization group for the standard layout. This authorization group is defined in the user's profile.

    Example Example

    Suppose you define an authorization group called AUTH . If you assign this authorization group to a standard layout, only users with this authorization group can change, display, and/or delete this standard layout for their reports.

    End of the example.

    Using the tab pages you can make the changes to the layout that you require. The following table gives you an overview of the different possibilities that you have for defining the standard layout parameters. Each function is assigned to the respective tab page index.

    Defining the Standard Layout Parameters

    Function

    Tab page index

    Setting the column headings

    Column headings

    Defining area for the totals output

    Rows

    Setting width and position of lead column

    Lead column

    Defining detail level for row totals

    Rows

    Setting number of decimal places

    Representation

    Defining unit

    Representation

    Setting colors

    Graphics

    Using form printout

    Rows

    Setting graphic type

    Graphics

    Defining content of lead column

    Lead column

    Defining content of column headings

    Column headings

    Allowing changes to layout parameters during execution of the report

    Page/control

    Output of zero values

    Representation

    Suppressing zero columns

    Columns

    Printing or hiding zero rows

    Rows

    Indenting lead column

    Lead column

    Repeating lead column

    Lead column

    Setting page format

    Page/control

    Printing selection log at end of report

    Page/control

    Setting scaling

    Representation

    Setting column break character underline

    Column headings

    Defining column layout

    Columns

    Setting column break character

    Columns

    Assigning a language

    Language dependent

    Using standard colors

    Page/control

    Suppressing duplicated totals

    Rows

    Marking totals

    Rows

    Defining position of totals items

    Columns

    Defining text type for the row text description in the lead column

    Lead column

    Displaying undeterminable values

    Representation

    Setting +/- sign

    Representation

    Defining +/- sign editing

    Rows

For more information on the layout parameters, see Parameters for the Standard Layout .

You can use the following additional functions from the Create Standard Layout screen:

Additional Functions

Function

Choose

Display directory of existing standard layouts

Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step Catalog... End of the navigation path

Export standard layout to an external file (see Exporting Report Writer Objects )

Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step Transport Next navigation step Export End of the navigation path

Import standard layout from an external file (see Importing Report Writer Objects )

Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step Transport Next navigation step Import End of the navigation path

To save the standard layout header, choose Start of the navigation path Standard layout Next navigation step Save End of the navigation path .