Defining Report Headers (SAP Library - Report Painter / Report Writer)

Defining Report Headers

In the Report Writer, you choose the Header button from one of the Create Report screens.

The Create Report: Header screen appears.

Enter the following information:

A short description of the report
If you want user authorization to be required for creating, displaying, changing, and deleting this report, enter an authorization group. If you do not want to require user authorization, leave this field blank.
The standard layout that you want to assign to your report
The language in which you want to maintain the report, and the original language. The default language is the logon language.

Note

You can specify your characteristics to be unique or non-unique (multiple usage allowed) as required.

To enter default parameters for exporting the report to an application or presentation server when executing the report’s report group, choose Extras ® Export parameters.

A dialog box appears in which you enter export data as required. The default values you enter appear when you call up the Report ® Export function in the report output. You can change these default parameters as required.

For more information about the data you enter in the export dialog box, see Exporting a Report to an External File.

This screen includes the following additional processing functions.

Additional Processing Functions (Create Report: Header Screen)

Function	Choose
Check report for errors before you execute it	Report ® Check
Define report layout, or reset layout parameters to default values of standard layout	Goto ® Report layout
Display list of characteristics used in the report	Extras ® List of characteristics
Switch to a new report language (for example, to enter language-specific text)	Extras ® Maintenance language...
Assign new standard layout to the report	Extras ® Other std layout...
Define default export parameters for exporting the report	Extras ® Export parameters...