Creating/Changing Key Figures 

  1. Choose Information Systems ® Ad Hoc Reports ® Report Painter ® Report Writer ® Key figures ® Maintain.

    2. The Maintain Key Figures: Initial Screen appears.

  2. Make the following entries:

    3. – Name of the table for which you want to create/change a key figure

    – Language for which you want to create/change the key figure. Key figure texts are language-specific.

  3. Choose Change.

    4. The Report Writer: Maintain Key Figures for Table <Name of Table> screen appears. Here you see a list of all the key figures and basic key figures available in the table you specified.

  4. When you create a key figure, you:

a) Move the cursor to an existing key figure that you want to copy and choose Edit ® Copy.

The Copy key figure dialog box appears, where you enter the name for your new key figure and then choose Enter. The Create Key Figure dialog box appears.

b) Make the following entries:

User-defined key figures must begin with Y or Z.

– Row text for the key figure

When the key figure is used in a row block of a report definition, this text is displayed in the appropriate report row.

– Column text for the key figure

When the key figure is used in a column block of a report definition, this text is displayed in the appropriate report column.

– Basic key figure for the key figure (for example, TSL for transaction currency)

– Additional set that is to be used for the key figure.

You can use basic, single-dimension, and multi-dimension sets as additional sets.

You can use value and set variables in the sets you assign to a key figure.

– Type of key figure for use in the Report Painter

You can classify the key figure as a base or extended entry.

c) Choose Save.
  1. To change an existing key figure:

a) Move the cursor to the key figure that you want to change and choose Change/display.

The Change Key Figure dialog box appears, displaying the existing definition for the key figure.

b) Type over existing values with your changes.

c) Choose Save, or to save and exit the dialog box, choose Continue.
  1. You can use the following additional functions in this screen:

Additional Functions (Report Writer: Maintain Key Figures for Table <Name of Table> Screen)

Function

Choose

Sort the key figures in alphabetical order by description

Edit ® Sort ® Description

Sort the key figures in alphabetical order by name

Edit ® Sort ® Key figure

Sort the key figures in alphabetical order by basic key figure

Edit ® Sort ® Basic key figure

Sort the key figures in alphabetical order by additional set

Edit ® Sort ® Additional set

Sort the key figures so that key figures that are not used in a set are displayed inversely

Edit ® Sort ® Usage

Delete key figures

Edit ® Delete

Change detailed information for a key figure, such as the data set currency. You can also display set graphics and set values for the additional set with this option

Edit ® Change/display

Copy key figures

Edit ® Copy

View where the key figure is used in the Report Writer

Utilities ® Usage

Export key figure to an external file

Utilities ® Transport ® Export

Import key figure from an external file

Utilities ® Transport ® Import

Copy key figure from a source client into the client in which you are working

Utilities ® Transport ® Copy from client

  1. To exit the screen, choose Back.

Once you have defined a key figure and you want to use it in a report definition, you must call the report's library and add the key figure to the library. For more information about changing libraries, see changing a library.