Editing Variation Ranges in Report Painter (SAP Library

Editing Variation Ranges in Report Painter

Use

You can edit variations of Report Painter reports in two ways:

In the report definition
On the selection screen of the executed report

Procedure

Once you have defined the general data selections for the characteristics, you can define the variation range in the report definition with This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

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On the selection screen of the executed Report Painter report, you can define the level of details for the row explosion as follows:

On the selection screen, choose Variation.
In the dialog box Additional Entries: Variation, choose the radio button for the required degree of explosion.

You can restrict the characteristic values further by assigning them from and to levels (variation range) using This graphic is explained in the accompanying text .

Entries possible for the from level of the variation range and the resulting restrictions for the to level

From level	To level
Positive [>0]	Greater/Less From level
Negative [-1; -2]	No entry

Example

The following example illustrates the variation range levels possible within a cost center hierarchy:

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For more information, see Working with Variation Ranges in Report Painter.