In this example the relevant objects are assigned to the parameter hierarchy ORDERLIST and the interdependencies are defined. You define the objects themselves in Customizing independent of the parameter hierarchy. The parameter hierarchy ORDERLIST is assigned to the symbol group whose determination function module determines default parameter values for the application area Order.

You have created the relevant parameter objects in the IMG activity Specify Parameter Objects:

In the report template, you can use the hierarchy tree to create the necessary parameter repeating groups, for example:

• Only the repeating group that belongs to the start object may be used as the most outer repeating group.
• The Windows Wordprocessor Integration (WWI) application specifies the parameter hierarchy-parameter object symbol explicitly for the end of the repeating group ("*ERG*") of type Parameter for the control symbols. This is an exception compared with all other types of repeating groups for which the control symbol "<11ERG00*> at the end of the repeating group suffices.

The function module for default parameter value determination is found because of the assignment between the parameter hierarchy and the report symbol group. Within the function module, a table must be created in which the values and structural interdependencies are stored.

The example below shows this using the following sample data:

Sales organization: 1000

Sold-to party: 0815

• Order: 4711
• Purchase order number: 0020201
• Item: 10
• Material number: PAINT_10
• Schedule line: 1
• Confirmed quantity: 50L
• Schedule line: 2
• Confirmed quantity: 40L
• Item: 20
• Material number: PAINT_20
• Schedule line: 1
• Confirmed quantity: 100L
• Order: 4712
• Purchase order number: 020202
• Item: 10
• Material number: PAINT_20
• Schedule line: 1
• Confirmed quantity: 30L
• Schedule line: 2
• Confirmed quantity: 30L
• Schedule line: 3
• Confirmed quantity: 30L
• Order: 4713
• Purchase order number: 0020203
• Item: 10
• Material number: PAINT_10
• Schedule line: 1
• Confirmed quantity: 80L
• Item: 20
• Material number: PAINT_30
• Schedule line: 1
• Confirmed quantity: 70L
• Item: 30
• Material number: PAINT_50
• Schedule line: 1
• Confirmed quantity: 50L

The above sample data is returned to a table that is comprised of the following export tables:

• The export table E_CVDDP_TAB contains the values for the symbols outside the repeating groups
• The export table E_CVDDP_RG_TAB contains the values for the symbols inside the repeating groups

You can use the following columns in the table to store the structural dependencies for each value:

PARHIER (Parameter hierarchy)

PAROBJ (Parameter object)

PAROBJ-KEY (Key of parameter object)

PAROBJPAR (Parent parameter object)

PAROBJ-PARKEY (Key of parent parameter object)

LENRECD (Maximum nesting depth of a repeating group)

For the above example of parameter hierarchy Order list, the table for the structural interdependencies of each value is as follows (the nesting depth in this example is zero; the table contains other fields that you can use to specify values, such as the value category):

The symbols from the above example are then expanded as follows when the report is generated:

Sales organization: 1000

Sold-to party: 0815

Purchase order number: 0020201

Item: 10

Material number: PAINT_10

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 50L

Schedule line: 2

Confirmed quantity: 40L

Item: 20

Material number: PAINT_20

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 100L

Purchase order number: 020202

Item: 10

Material number: PAINT_20

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 30L

Schedule line: 2

Confirmed quantity: 30L

Schedule line: 3

Confirmed quantity: 30L

Purchase order number: 0020203

Item: 10

Material number: PAINT_10

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 80L

Item: 20

Material number: PAINT_30

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 70L

Item: 30

Material number: PAINT_50

Schedule line: 1

Confirmed quantity: 50L