Displaying a Report with the Characteristics Hierarchy 

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
  2. Menu Path

    Accounting ® Controlling ® Profitability Analysis ® Information System ® Execute Report

    Transaction Code

    KE30

  3. Select the report IDES-080.
  4. Choose .
  5. Enter the following data:
  6. Field

    Data

    Sales org.

    1000

    From fiscal year

    Current

  7. Choose .
  8. You now see a profitability report with different characteristics that you can branch to (see the header Navigation). The first characteristic in the display is an overview of the sales employees.

    The different levels of the hierarchy are fully expanded.

  9. To view just the first and second levels of the characteristics hierarchy, choose .
  10. In the dialog box, choose Set level.
  11. In the dialog box, select Level 2.
  12. Choose .
  13. To view the complete list again, choose and then Remove level. You now see the single values for the nonassigned sales employee(s).
  14. Position your cursor on Group II, then choose .
  15. In the dialog box, choose Set Focus.
  16. You now see just that part of the report that you selected.

  17. To return to the complete overview, choose and then Undo focus.
  18. Choose the minus sign in front of Sales employees.
  19. In this way, you collapse the entire overview.

  20. To expand the hierarchy tree further, choose the plus sign. The hierarchy tree is expanded down to the second level. By choosing Group I, the branch for this group is expanded.
  21. Remain on this screen.