Retrieving Key Figures Using Classification (SAP Library

Retrieving Key Figures Using Classification

You use this option to search for a key figure using a classification schema.

The schema consists of classifying attributes, that is, key words from the area of logistics. You select one or more of these attributes. The resulting list shows all key figures that are assigned to the selected attributes.

What To Do

This is how you retrieve key figures via the classification schema:

Select Info Library ® Key figure retrieval ® Using classification.

A list of classifying attributes appears.

The classification schema in the standard R/3 System comprises four groups containing a total of 36 classifying attributes.

· Group 1: Information object

- Equipment

- Customer

- Vendor

- Material

- Material type

- Product group

- Material group

· Group 2: Information category

- Deviation

- Proportion

- Number

- Rating figure

- Capacity

- Quantity

- Master data

- Date

- Value

- Time

· Group 3: Functional area

- Purchasing

- Production

- Plant Maintenance

- Stocks

- Quality Management

- Sales

· Group 4: Organizational unit

- Work scheduler

- Work center

- MRP controller

- Purchasing group

- Purchasing organization

- Business area

- Storage location

- Division

- Sales office

- Sales organization

- Shipping point

- Sales employee

- Plant

Select the desired classifying attributes.

You can select as many attributes as you like.

Start the search with Edit ® Find.

The resulting list shows all the key figures that are assigned to the selected attributes.

Example

You have selected the following classifying attributes:

Information object:	Material
Information category:	Quantity
Functional area	Stores

The system finds the following key figures: "mean consignment stock quantity from material analysis", "sales plan according to plant", "stocks per material"

Limiting the Scope of the Key Figures List

You can limit the scope of your list in two ways, either of which can be repeated as often as you like:

Select Back to return to the previous step in the processing logic and carry out a renewed search using the classification schema:

The attributes you selected originally remain as they are. You can select further classifying attributes and, in this way, shorten your list.

To start searching again, select Edit ® Find.

You can further define the scope of the list by specifying a search term.

Select Edit ® Text retrieval. from the list of key figures. A dialog box appears in which you can enter a search term.

Select Find to start the search.

The resulting list contains only those key figures that were included in the initial list and whose descriptions include the specified search term.

You can read about how to call up key figures in Retrieving Key Figures.