Example: Creating a Form (EC-EIS/CO-PC) (Biblioteca SAP

Example: Creating a Form (EC-EIS/CO-PC)

You are processing a form with two axes and would like to define the first column. To do so, position the cursor on the column you want to define and double-click with the left mouse button.

Next, decide whether you want to define the element from nothing (choose Characteristics or Key figures) or copy an element from a form with one axis (choose Predefined element).

If you choose Characteristics, the system displays a dialog box in which you choose the characteristics you require. As you continue defining your form, the system will ask you to specify a characteristic, an predefined element or a formula for each column you define. The key figures will go in the rows.

If you choose Key figures, the system displays a dialog box. Here, you choose a field and then define this using characteristic values. As you continue defining your form, you will need to specify a key figure, a predefined element or a formula for each column you define.

In this example we will choose Key figures.

While defining the characteristic values, you can define variables as an alternative to fixed values. You can also use variables instead of specifying individual values. To do this, position the cursor on the desired field and choose Variable on/off. The system will automatically place a selected checkbox before that field, and the field length will change. If you want to use a global variable, you can display possible entries using F4 . If you want to use a local variable, you also need to begin the variable name with $. Otherwise the system will treat the variable as a global variable and check to make sure that it exists. If you wish to enter fixed characteristic values immediately, you can enter single values or an interval of values. You can also enter a number of values or intervals by choosing the pushbutton More...

Nota

You must specify a single value for a characteristic which determines the currency of a selected value field. You are not allowed to enter intervals for characteristics of this kind.

If you change a characteristic value which you already entered, you can update the text display using Refresh.

Click on the symbol to enter texts of three different lengths which will be used as column headers for the element. If you are defining a new element, the system proposes the text of the from-value of the first characteristic as a default. You can later define which text should be displayed using the menu option Text length (Format ® All columns ® Text length...). If you defined a variable for the characteristic value, it makes sense to define one for the text here as well.

When you define the second element and later ones in the same axis, the first dialog box also lets you decide whether you want to define the element using a formula. If you choose Formula, the system takes you to the formula editor, where you can define the formula using the other elements of that axis and specially defined cells.

Nota

If you define more than one element with a key figure whose currency is determined by the value of a characteristic, you can enter a different value of that characteristic in each element. That way you can display different currencies next to each other in the same report.

You maintain the rows in the same manner as columns. Row, column and cell processing are described in detail under Defining Elements.