Entering Header Information for a Report Group
Use
In a report group you can collate reports from one
library that use similar data and present this in different ways. The header information of a report group contains information that is valid for the whole report group (such as setting or suppressing the indicator for the regeneration of the report group and the configuration of the report/report interface).If you define reports for the report/report interface in both the report group header and in the report group’s library, the system uses the reports that you have defined specifically for the report group.
Prerequisites
You have reached step 3 of the procedure
creating a report group. On the Create Report Group screen you have already chosen Goto ® Header and are on the screen Create Report Group: Header.Procedure
If you set the indicator, a warning is issued when you call the report group that this is not an up-to-date generated report group. Until the report group is regenerated, you can only call it with the definitions valid at the time of the last generation.
Report groups are regenerated automatically after importing Support Packages, after an upgrade or after a release upgrade, even if you have set the Not automatic indicator. The system also automatically regenerates report groups if the programs generated, or the stored definitions and sets, have been deleted.
When creating a report group you can define reports for the report/report interface in the report group’s library. The reports you enter in the library are valid for all reports that use the same library. If, once you have saved your report group, you define reports for the report/report interface in both the report group header and in the report group’s library, the system uses the reports that you have defined specifically for the report group.
You can enter report portfolio reports, drill-down reports, and transactions as receiver reports, as well as Report Writer and Report Painter reports and ABAP programs.
For more information about defining reports for the report/report interface, see
You must save your report group definition before you can enter receiver reports for the report/report interface.
You can use the following processing functions on the Create Report Group: Header screen:
Function |
Choose |
Add reports to the report group |
Goto ® Reports |
Enter text for the selection screens |
Goto ® Texts |
Define report group documentation. See defining report documentation |
Goto ® Documentation |
View the revision history of the report group |
Extras ® History... |
For utilities see Report Writer Utilities |
Utilities |
Result
You have entered header information for a report group and can now continue with step 4 of the procedure for
creating a report group.