Purpose
See
Report GenerationPrerequisites
Process Flow
The SAP Product Safety component enables you to print multilingual reports. See also
For reports, the generation variant links the document template to the usage. In this way you can ensure that when a
If no specification symbols are included in the layout of a document template, the report exists immediately after the generation variant was assigned to the document template.
Result
For Reports with Reference to a Specification
You can use the generation variant to create a report request for a specification and to start generating the report from the report request. The generated report then passes through the report management status network and is available for report shipping once it has been released in the report information system.
For Reports Without Reference to a Specification
After assigning the generation variant, the report is handled as a released report and is therefore available for report shipping in the report information system. The report does not appear in report management.
See also:
Report Editing (report management) Search and Data Output in the Report Information System Report Shipping: Process Report Shipping with and without Specification References Report Creation Procedure