Graphics for Measurement Documents (SAP Library

Graphics for Measurement Documents

Use

There is a graphic display for measurement documents in the measurement document list.

From SAP R/3 Enterprise Core 4.70 (SAP_APPL 470) the measurement document graphics are linked to the SAP Graphical Framework (GFW) graphics tool, which can be used to control various external graphics tools.

Features

The measurement document graphics include the following functions:

The value ranges of several measuring points can be displayed simultaneously.
The GFW graphic also works in the WebGUI.

It is easier than ever to recognize the individual values.
The time axis is automatically scaled and optimally labelled.
You can manually scale the value axis. The context-sensitive mouse menu offers you additional configuration options.
You can use the Windows^®-Clipboard to copy a complete graphic into other Windows^®applications (for example, Word^®, Outlook^®, PowerPoint^®) using "Copy&Paste as an ActiveX Control.
You can use the local PC printer to print out the graphic directly.

Further functions:

Ease of selection from the list: If no measurement document is selected, then all the measurement documents are considered to be selected. If only one measurement document is selected, then all the measurement documents for the same measuring point are considered to be selected.

If all the measuring points have the same planned value or the same measurement range limit, then the system displays this. You can use F7 to hide to measurement range limits. For example, in the event that the fluctuation margin of the measurement value is small compared the margin of the measurement range.

If the measuring points have different units of measurement, but all have the same dimensions (for example, volume), then they are all converted to the first unit of measurement (for example, cubic meters). You can use F6 to convert all the other units of measurement of the same dimensions.

If the measurement points have different dimensions, then the individual value ranges are all standardized to an [0-1] interval, corresponding to 0 – 100%. You can also switch to this display manually by pressing F5. This is useful if the measuring points have the same unit of measurement, but their value ranges are very far apart from each other. For example, if the values of the single consumption counters only fluctuate between 0 and 10 cubic meters, and those of the corresponding total counters between 100 and 200 cubic meters.

When displaying counter readings, you can use F8 to choose between different display variants for counter readings:

Total counter reading
Counter reading
Counter readings, difference
Accumulated differences

It is advisable to analyze the counter reading differences, if, for example, consumptions in constant periods (for example, weeks or years) are concerned. Analyzing these, however, always leads to discrepancies if the period length fluctuates (for example, for the month of February or if the number of production days is distributed unevenly through assets being temporarily withdrawn from service.
In this case, it makes more sense to analyze the accumulated differences: For consumptions, this is the consumption development in the analysis time frame. (For example, the annual consumption, at the beginning of the year beginning with zero).

Activities

Function	Activity
Call up graphic for measurement document	Graphic Measurement Documents
Manually scale value axis	Call up the context-sensitive mouse menu with the secondary mouse button (usually, this is the right mouse). The menu offers you various configuration options.
Dispay measurement documents in the graphic	Call up the graphic for measurement values and click twice on a measurement value (no double-click). The corresponding measurement document is displayed in an amodal window. It is also possible to display several measurement documents simultaneously.
Display individual value ranges for different dimensions standardized to a [0-1] interval.	F5 For further information, see above.
Switch to other units of measurement of the same dimension	F6 For further information, see above.
Hide measurement range limits	F7 For further information, see above.