Standard Analyses: Purchasing Information System 
The following standard analyses are available in the Purchasing Information System:
Purchasing Group
This analysis enables direct access to information via the purchasing group. You might need an answer to the question: How large is the order value of a purchasing group in relation to a particular vendor? The analysis is based on data that is updated to information structure S011.
Vendor
A vendor analysis is useful if you need direct access to vendor-related data. You might wish to know, for example, which materials have been ordered from a particular vendor and in what quantity.
The analysis is based on data that is updated to the information structure S012.
Material Group
This analysis enables direct access via the material group. It helps you to answer questions such as: How great is the number of order items for a material group?
The analysis is based on data that is updated to the formation structure S012.
Material
Use this analysis if you want to access statistical data on a material or materials. For example, you may need to know how much of a certain material was ordered. A possible question on the material analysis might be: How much was ordered from which material?
The analysis is based on data that is updated to the information structure S012.
Vendor Evaluation
The vendor evaluation standard analysis enables you to evaluate the data from the vendor evaluation in Purchasing. The analysis is based on data that is updated to the information structure S013. This standard analysis allows you to find out whether a certain vendor delivers material on time and in the correct quantity required. The key figures that can be evaluated are the scores for the criteria: quantity reliability, on-time delivery performance, deviation from shipping notification (keeping the confirmation date), shipping instructions, quality audit (is currently not updated).
You can find information on the Vendor Evaluation component in the document MM - Materials Management, under the section on vendor evaluation.
Long-Term Planning
Three standard analyses are available for long-term planning: material, vendor and material group analysis. These standard analyses are based on planning data in long-term planning that is updated to the information structure S012.
in long-term planning, various planning scenarios can be planned based on independent requirements. Preliminary planning is thus conducted in order to assess the effects, for example, on the material, capacity or services requirements of the cost center.
The planned material requirement also enables Purchasing to conduct preliminary planning (for possible negotiations with vendors about outline agreements). If a vendor was also assigned to the material, then the vendors and the assigned key figures ‘effective order value’ and ‘order price’ can also be displayed in the analyses in addition to the material requirement (order quantity).
In the standard analyses for long-term planning, you can calculate the order value in four different ways when evaluating a planning scenario:
If a vendor is assigned to the planned order, and if an info record exists, then the order value is calculated using the purchasing info record price. In the case of consignment materials, which do not have a info record price, the system takes the future consignment valuation price into account for the calculation, depending upon the final date of the planned order. If these conditions are not satisfied, no calculation is carried out.
If the standard price is specified in the material master, then the system takes the standard price or the future standard price into account when calculating the order value. If the movable average price is specified as the price control, then this price is used for calculating the order value.
Only one order value can be saved at a time in a version of the information structure S012. If you need to find out how to evaluate a planning scenario for different types of order value calculation and how to compare the results, refer to
Standard Analyses for Long-term Planning: Comparing Order Values
No continuous updating takes place for the analyses of long-term planning. In the long-term planning menu, you can update data to the planned orders of long-term planning by using the menu sequence Evaluations
Here you can assign exactly one version to a planning scenario for the Purchasing Information System. The selected version is then retained in the planning scenario and can then be displayed (in the long-term planning menu under the menu sequence Scenario ® Display).
If you only need one data selection for specific analysis criteria in a standard analysis, you can initiate this by placing a cross in the Ad-hoc evaluation field in the standard analysis selection screen. The data is then read directly from the planned orders. In addition, you need to specify the number of the required planning scenario in the selection screen. Also refer to Updating Standard Analyses for Long-Term Planning: Purchasing Information System.
You can find detailed information on long-term planning in the WinHelp document PP Long-term planning.
Subsequent Settlement
You can use the standard analysis for subsequent settlement to optimize your business processes with regard to arrangements with vendors. You will be able to detect any discrepancies between income from the current year and the previous year at an early stage. Final and intermediate settlement results can be compared with one another, thus enabling you to initiate optimization strategies before problems occur. You can gain an overview of the vendors with the highest bonus, for example, or check the distribution of income at plant level.
The data basis for the standard analysis is provided by data that is updated to the information structure S015 at the time of invoice receipt for an order (vendor business volume) or the subsequent settlement of an agreement (income) by credit memo/billing document.

You can find further information on the functionality of subsequent settlement in Purchasing in the document MM-Purchasing Guide (section "Subsequent Settlement with Respect to Conditions").
Exception Analysis
In the exception analysis, you can display
Exceptions, which you have defined using the
Early Warning System. The exception analysis acts as a filter, that is, only the exceptional situations are displayed. The exceptional situations can be highlighted in color.
See also:
Characteristics and Key Figures: Purchasing Information System