Copying Report Writer Objects from Other Clients

Prerequisites

You can only use this function if you are copying Report Writer objects from/to clients that exist in the same system. If the Report Writer objects you want to copy are stored in a different system than the one to which you want to copy, you must use the Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step Transport Next navigation step Import and Export End of the navigation path functions.

When you copy Report Writer objects to the client in which you are working, the system overwrites existing objects without warning.

Procedure

  1. On any Report Writer reporting : Initial Screen , choose Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step Transport Next navigation step Copy from client End of the navigation path .

  2. The Report Writer: Copy <Object> from Source Client screen appears.

  3. Enter the source client and the selection criteria as required.

  4. The data you enter determines the data that is copied from the source client to the client in which you are working.

  5. Set the indicators in the Further details group box, as required:

  6. – If you select Copy without selection list , the objects are copied directly to the client in which you are working.

    In this case, you do not select the objects to be copied from an object list.

    – If you select Copy with dependent objects , the Report Writer objects are copied with all their dependent objects.

    For example, if you are exporting reports and select Copy with dependent objects , the system exports all reports and the objects defined for the reports (sets, variables, formulas, libraries, and standard layouts).

    This field does not appear if you are copying standard layouts to another client.

    Refer to the table in Exporting Report Writer Objects to determine dependent objects that are copied for a Report Writer object.

    Beginning with Release 3.1G, CO groups (such as cost center groups, cost element groups, profit center groups, and so on) are no longer transported as dependent objects. This prevents CO groups being overwritten unintentionally in the target client. If you want to copy CO groups to another client, you do so in a separate step using the set or hierarchy maintenance functions.

  7. Choose Start of the navigation path Program Next navigation step Execute Next navigation step . End of the navigation path

If you selected Copy without selection list , the system automatically copies the Report Writer objects from the source client to the client in which you are working, according to the criteria you entered on the Report Writer: Copy <Object> from Source Client screen.

If you did not select Copy without selection list , the system lists all objects from the source client that meet the criteria you entered on the Report Writer: Copy <Object> from Source Client screen:

  1. Select each object that you want to copy.

  2. Choose Start of the navigation path <Object> Next navigation step Copy End of the navigation path .

The system copies the Report Writer objects to the client in which you are working.