Line Layout Variants (SAP Library

Line Layout Variants

You can define several variants for line layout. When displaying a document, you can switch between the variants. Choose Settings ® Line layout from the document overview.

Using a variant, you can display the line item, the account number and name, and the posting amount. Using a different variant, you can display additional information such as tax information or the cost center.

The standard system then offers the following line layout variants:

Account/Name

Posting Key/Account/Business Area/Name/Tax

Account/Assignment

Company Code/Document

You can change these variants or add new ones in Customizing.

If you define your own variants, you need to carry out the following for each variant:

You set the fields in the order in which they are displayed (see the following figure, 1) and define the display format (see the following figure, 2). If a field is not to be displayed in its full length, you can determine the area to be displayed using the display format.

You specify the names of your variants and the column headings for field display (see following figure, 3).

You translate the names and column headings if you use functions where the variant is used in foreign languages.

If the names or column headings for a variant are missing, the system displays a message.

The following figure shows document information displayed using the account/name line layout. The column headings for the account name are displayed according to the definition with distance 1 and display length 19. The column heading and the corresponding display area for the amount are specified by the system. You cannot define the area.