Basics (SAP Library - Logistics Information System (LO-LIS))

Basics

The data basis for the standard analyses is provided by special statistics files, known as the information structures.
The most important data is updated from the operative application to the information structures.

This is illustrated in the following diagram.

An information structure defines a group containing information that is used for the aggregation and subsequent evaluation of data from the operative application.

You can find information about which standard analyses are available in the individual information systems in Standard Analyses of the Information Systems.

List Types: Initial Lists and Drilldown Lists

You can view the following types of lists in a standard analysis:

Initial list

The initial list provides an overview of the characteristic values for the key figures, in accordance with the selection criteria you make beforehand.

Drilldown list

A drilldown list shows a particular characteristic value, for instance, in detail. There are several drilldown options, depending upon the analysis selected.

Drilldown Function

The drilldown function allows you view the data that is shown in the list in more detail, and thus vary the level of detail. A drilldown can be based on two criteria:

With regard to a characteristic (for example, material, material group, vendor, period) (refer to Characteristic Drilldown)

Examples: Characteristic Drilldown

with regard to an existing hierarchy (refer to Hierarchy Drilldown )

The functionality of the hierarchy drilldown is not yet available in Inventory Controlling and the Plant Maintenance Information System. Further information can be found in the Release Infos.

The following hierarchies are available in the individual information systems:

Purchasing Information System: Vendor class, material class, product group
Sales Information System: Customer class, material class, customer hierarchy, product group
Shop Floor Information System: Work center hierarchy, material class, product group
Quality Management Information System: Vendor class, customer class, customer hierarchy, material class

Examples: Hierarchy Drilldown

You also have General Hierarchies as drilldown criteria.

Both types of drilldown can be used in combination with one another.

Additional Functions for Editing Lists

A variety of additional functions are available for all list levels that are created by a drilldown:

Cumulative frequency curve

Correlation

ABC analysis

Dual classification

Classification

Ranking list

Sorting Lists

Planned/actual comparison (not in the Shop Floor Information System)

Previous year comparison

Comparison of two key figures

Currency conversion

Data transfer to XXL

Saving data in a PC file

You can illustrate all of these results graphically.

In the standard analyses ‘event’ and ‘production order’ in the Shop Floor Information System, you can call up a Gantt diagram and an input/output diagram.

You can also access master data and document information from the respective operative application.

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