You do not always need to specify which key figures you want to see when you define a report. If you are defining a report that uses a form that already contains key figures, it is not possible to choose key figures in the report definition.

When you create any other type of report, you must choose key figures here. On the Key Figures tab page, the system displays a list of all the available key figures. The symbol appears next to each key figure. If you click on this symbol, the system displays the formulas for calculated key figures. You can tell from this formula which basic key figures the key figure is calculated from.

Which key figures you can choose from depends on the field catalog (in Customizing). There you can define for each key figure whether that key figure should appear on this screen. You can also specify there that a key figure must be chosen on this screen. Key figures of this kind are automatically displayed here for informational purposes, and cannot be changed.

The definition of each key figure also determines how that key figure is aggregated. Aggregation types include summation, average, and last value. For example, the definition of a non-cumulative value might be "average".

Some key figures require you to choose a certain characteristic to determine the currency in which the values for those key figures are displayed. When you select such a key figure, the system requires that a unique value for that characteristic always be specified either in the form or in the report itself. It may happen that such a key figure is not offered on this screen (for example, if you have specified an interval instead of a unique value for the characteristic). If you choose such a key figure and have not yet chosen the relevant characteristic, the system automatically does so, and you are required to enter a value for that characteristic on the Characteristic Values tab page.

You can select key figures by key figure group. These key figure groups are defined in Customizing. If no field for the key figure group appears on this tab page, this is because no key figure groups have been defined for your application in Customizing.

You can use this function to sort the key figures into the desired order. This order determines the order in which they will appear in the rows or columns of your report list.

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