Interactive Information System (SAP Library - Activity-Based Costing (CO-OM-ABC))

Interactive Information System

Use

In the interactive information system you can evaluate all business transactions directly on the screen. The R/3 System offers a wide variety of standard reports that you can change or adjust to include other analysis functions. The advantages of the interactive information system include the real-time access to posted data and the corresponding analysis with the aid of totals, summarization, and creation of key figures.

Features

The ABC reports are made up of eight sections.

Plan/Actual Comparison

Target/Actual Comparison

Planning Overview, also see Planning Overview for Processes

Price Report; also see: Price Report for Business Processes

Line Item Report; also see Business Processes: Plan Line Items or Business Processes: Actual Line Items or CO Documents: Plan Costs or CO Documents: Actual Costs.

Master Data Index

Business Process Attributes

More Reports

Activities

For more information on how to use reports on Planning, Prices, Line Item Postings and Master Data, go to:

Execute Online Planning Overview

Display the Price Reports

Execute Online Line Item Reports

Calling Up Master Data Indexes

For information on how to use Report-Painter Reports (Plan/Actual and Target/Actual Comparisons, Reports on Business Process, and other reports) see Report-Painter-Reports.

Caution

Report-Writer and Report-Painter Reports are available only in the delivery clients. You must transport reports to the target client and generate them there. To do so from the Implementation Guide (IMG) for the Activity-Based Costing component (CO-OM-ABC), choose Information System ® Standard Reports ® Import standard reports , or Generate standard reports.

You require custom report definitions only if the standard report structures do not satisfy your individual requirements.