Show TOC

Define Variables for Reports

In this activity, you can define variables for your information system.

Variables allow you more flexibility in defining your forms and reports. Variables are the parameters in a report which you do not specify until you create or execute the report. The user specifies these parameters by filling the appropriate fields.

If you do not wish to define variables globally, you can define them directly as local variables in the form or in the report.

Activities

To define new variables, enter the variable type and a name. The variable type determines whether you can use the variable as a

• Variable for a characteristic value

• Variable for a node of a hierarchy

• Variable for a text

• Variable for a formula

• Variable for a hierarchy

The system displays the fields you need to fill when you press enter.

The where-used list function tells you which are the forms and reports where a global variable is used.

Further Notes

For more detailed information on how to work with variables, see the online documentation "Drilldown Reporting", which you can access from the SAP-Library.