Navigation in Graphical Reports
Use
With reports displayed using the
output type "graphical report output" you can directly manipulate objects in the report list using drag & drop and by double-clicking on them.Prerequisites
The methods described here can only be used with the graphical report type. You can use these methods if the output areas "drilldown area" and "navigation area" are available for the report.
Procedure
Drilldown switch
Drag & Drop
The report data is broken down according to the values of the chosen characteristic.
Double-Click
The report data is broken down according to the values of the chosen characteristic.
Drilldown
Drag & Drop
The system performs a drilldown for the selected characteristic value and breaks down the report data according to the target characteristic. At the same time, arrow buttons are displayed in the navigation area for the characteristic whose value you dragged from the drilldown area to the navigation area in the previous step. You can use these arrow buttons to scroll through the values of the characteristic. As you do this, the drilldown area changes accordingly.
A report is broken down according to the characteristic "country". To find out which customers have their head office in Germany, drag the characteristic value "Germany" in the drilldown area to the characteristic "customer'" in the navigation area. The report now shows the data broken down according to German customers. You can also use the arrow buttons which are now visible next to the characteristic "country" to break down the data according to customers from other countries.
Double-Click
The system performs a drilldown for the selected characteristic value and breaks down the report data according to the values of the characteristic which comes next in the sequence of characteristics in the report definition. At the same time, arrow buttons are displayed in the navigation area for the characteristic whose value you double-clicked on. You can use these arrow buttons to scroll through the values of the characteristic. As you do this, the drilldown area changes accordingly.
Reset Drilldown
Drag & Drop
The drilldown is reset for the selected characteristic value, and the report data is broken down according to the characteristic to which the selected characteristic value belongs.
Double-Click
The drilldown is reset for the selected characteristic value and the current breakdown of report data is retained.