Expert Mode 

Use

You can execute reports from two different menus that have different functions. The standard mode contains all the basic functions that you require to execute a report. Special functions that are generally only used by a few users, or that require special knowledge of the Report Writer, are only available in expert mode.

You can call the expert mode from the selection screen or activate/deactivate it from the report output screen at any time. Expert mode does not require authorization to use.

Prerequisites

You can activate expert mode on the selection screen when executing a report, or in the report output:

Features

Expert mode offers the user more functions than are available in the standard mode.

The following functions are available in expert mode:

On the selection screen:

You can display the report in different levels of detail and different variation ranges.

If you have defined variation levels in your report (Vary Frm/To/S fields on the Create Report: General Data Selection screen), the variation function is activated automatically. You can change the variation settings with the button Variation.

The default settings in the Additional Entries: Variation dialog box are taken from the report definition. You can change these settings as required.

The Explode option creates a summarized report for all characteristic values, plus a report for each node and single value in the interval of the group.

The SngleVal function creates a report for every single value in the interval or group.

The Do not explode function creates one report containing summarized data for all characteristic values.

To enter detailed variation levels in your report, choose (Detail). In the subsequent dialog box, you can enter a variation range and activate the variation of the single values if desired.

If you want to navigate between variation levels in the report output, you must enter a range of variation levels (such as 1 to 99 ) in the from and to fields. The SngleVal indicator determines whether different reports are output for the single values contained in the group (set).

The following table shows the correlation between the variation indicators and the variation range/single value combination.

Variation vs. Variation Range/Single Value

Variation indicator

Variation range

Single values

Explode

1 to 99

Active

Single values

1-

Active

Do not explode

1 to 1

Inactive

If you have set the variation indicator to Single values in the report definition, you cannot change this default setting in the variation dialog boxes. Reports are always output for the single values contained in the selected group (set).

For more information, see Variation and General Data Selection.

You can use the currency translation function to translate currency key figures into a joint target calculation. For currency translation, choose . Enter the information required for currency translation in the dialog box.

In expert mode, you can also establish default settings that apply when you exit the report:

For more information on extracts, Extracts.

Choose Extract parameters... to define the extract parameters. From the Entry: Extract Parameters screen, you can make the following settings:

To save your report selection data as an extract, set the Create extract indicator and enter the extract parameters.

If you want the extract to be deleted after a specific period of time, select Expires in and enter the number of days for which the extract is valid or select Expires on and enter an expiry date for the extract.

Once an extract has been deleted, it cannot be retrieved.

If you do not want the extract to be deleted after a specific period of time, select No expiration date.

You should select this indicator if you want to keep the extract for a longer period of time.

The expiration date is only effective within a given release version. If you upgrade to a later release, all report extracts are deleted. However, extracts are not deleted when you upgrade the maintenance level of your SAP R/3 System.

To save the extract parameters, choose .

When you exit a report that has not been saved in an extract file, a dialog box appears asking whether you want to save the report as an extract. If you choose Yes, the system calls up the extract dialog box in which you enter the above information.

For more information, see Extracts, Creating an Extract, and Managing Extracts.

By choosing Reports you can select particular reports in your report group.

This functionality is available should your report group contain more than one report.

In the report output:

The symbol exports a report to a presentation server or application server. For more information, see Exporting a Report to an External File.

The symbol calls up a business graphic. For more information, see Calling Up Report Graphics.

For more information, see Layout and Saving Changed Report Layout Parameters.

For more information, see Entering Threshold Value Conditions.