Variation Functions
Use
Choose Variation to create separate reports for groups and individual values online, using those reports for which you define a variation and for which you have maintained a variation area.
To see the variation functions, choose View
® Variation.
When you access the cost center report: Actual/Plan/Variance by its Cost Center Group, and you have maintained the variation area for the Cost Center, you can navigate within this cost center group. In other words, you can select a subordinate group or an individual cost center.
Features
Choose Graphic selection to display the structure of the cost center group from which you can select the desired target group.
Other functions in variation include:
You can use Left and Right to navigate within a hierarchy step.
You can use Previous/next step to navigate to a higher or lower group node in the hierarchy.
These functions allow you to access the given selection, or to work through the cost center group from a particular starting point.
See also:
Example: Functions Within VariationFor further information on variation, see:
Variation and the SAP Library under AC - Financials ® FI - Financial Accounting ® FI Special Purpose Ledger ® Report Groups ®
Report Group Execution