Number Format (SAP Library - Information System)

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The number format refers to the number of decimal places and the factor in which a figure is displayed.

Example

The figure one million, displayed with one decimal place and a factor of 1000, reads: 1,000.0.

You can define the number format separately for individual rows, columns and cells of a report. Settings are possible at the following levels:

You can make rough settings to use in all reports in the report line structure or the field catalog. There, for example, you can specify that sales should always be displayed in 1,000,000s.
You can make settings which apply to all the reports which use a specific form by defining the number format in the form itself. For example, you can specify that the third column of the form should always be displayed with no decimal places.
You can make settings which only apply to a specific report in the report definition itself.

Note

When you make settings at different levels, you define the number format separately for the detail list and the drilldown list. When you make these settings, observe the relationship between the column groups and the individual columns of the drilldown list and the rows, columns and cells of the form. For a form with two axes, this relationship is as follows:

Single column (drilldown list) <--> Cell (detail list)

Column group (drilldown list) <--> Row or column (detail list)

In case of conflicting number format settings, the system uses the setting which was last made.