Searching for Documentation on Reports (SAP Library

Searching for Documentation on Reports

Use

The retrieval system assists you in searching for particular reports (see Searching for Documents Using the Retrieval System).

Prerequisites

You have prepared the Group of Texts, the subject of the search. To do so, generate a lexicon in Customizing under Basis Components ® Frontend Services ® Generate a lexicon for report search.

You are on the Area Menu Maintenance screen (transaction se43n).

Procedure

Enter the key for your area menu.

Choose Display area menu.

The system displays the <title> area menu.

Select the highest node, for example Cost Center Accounting.

Choose Goto ® Find reports.

The Search in report documentation dialog box appears.

Enter a text in the editor area.

Choose Start search.

The retrieval system searches through the prepared group of texts for the corresponding report documentation. The reports that belong to these texts are displayed in a results list.

Select a report from the result list.

To obtain the documentation on the report, choose Display documentation.

To execute the report, choose Execute.

Result

The system displays a list consisting of four columns. The information is listed in descending order according to the relevance of the report documentation found with regard to the search term.

Column 1: Description of report contents

Column 2: Technical name of report

Column 3: Selection variant,

if the same report was defined for different selection variants.

Column 4: Report type

The following report types are possible:

ABAP reports (_)
Report writer reports (RW)

Transactions (TR)

Example

You search for reports belonging to Cost Center Accounting.

Search request:

I am searching for a report that displays differences between actual values and plan values.

Search results:

Description	Report name	Variant	Type
Cost centers: Drilldown by transaction	1SVG		RW
Area: Cost Elements	1AIP		RW
Area: Cost centers	1SKL		RW
Activity types: Receiver, plan	1LLV		RW
Area: Internal business volume	1SBU		RW