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Define Form

In this activity you can create, change, and display the forms used for drilldown reporting.

Forms are row and/or column structures that you can use in any report definition.

A form describes the content and format of a list or report.

The following forms should be used for the reports available in Financial Accounting:

• Forms with one axis with key figure

• Forms with two axes with key figure

Requirements

If you want to include variables in the form, they must be defined in advance. For more information on this subject, see the Define Global Variables documentation. The SAP standard software package contains variables for the fiscal year, half-year, quarter and period characteristics, among others.

Standard Settings

The standard SAP system contains forms which you can use as a template to make your own reports. The name range for technical descriptions of theses standard forms runs from 0SAPBLNCE-01 to 0SAPBLNCE-nn for balance sheet analyses, and from 0SAPRATIO-01 up to 0SAPRATIO-nn for key figure reports. These names cannot be used for your own forms.

Activities

Create the forms you require.

Further Notes

For more detailed information on creating and editing forms, see FI - General Ledger Accounting in the SAP Library. For more information on drilldown reporting, see CA - Drilldown Reporting in the SAP Library.

Notes on transporting

You transport forms into the productive system by executing the Transport Forms activity.