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You can create and maintain reports, which help users analyze data.

The reports that you create in Mobile System Maintenance (MSY) are available in the Reports component of Mobile Sales.

A sales representative can, for example, use a report that contains sales orders related to a particular business partner. Similarly, a regional manager can use a report that contains data about sales orders created by all the sales representatives in the team.

Integration

  • The content in a report can be based on business content providers.

    For more information, see Business Content Provider.

  • BDoc types, which are created in CRM, are the basis for reports. A BDoc type is an envelope containing the business data that is necessary to run a business process (a sales transaction, for example).

    For more information, see Business Document Type.

  • Reports can be automatically downloaded from SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence. This process is triggered and managed from CRM. Such reports contain large amounts of operational and historical data; for example, a report containing details of the worldwide sales for all the products of the company in the previous year.

    For more information, see BI Content.

  • Business queries are the sources of data for reports. They are modeled in Mobile Application Studio (MAS) and retrieve data that matches specified criteria.

    For more information, see Business Query.

  • You can create reports for all components in the Mobile Sales application.

    For more information, see Reports.

  • You can create reports using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

    For more information, see Creating Reports Using Microsoft Excel.

  • You can create reports using the reporting tool, Crystal Reports.

    For more information, see Creating Reports Using Crystal Reports.

    Note Note

    The reports that you create in MSY are applicable only to mobile applications; they are uploaded only to the consolidated database.

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Features

You can do the following in the Report Maintenance component of MSY.

  • Retrieve information quickly

    You can search for a specific report. The result of the search includes information such as the report name, category, and the subcategory of the report.

  • Create and change reports

    You can create, change, and delete a report using Crystal Reports or Microsoft Excel.

    For more information, see Report Creation.

  • Create super reports

    A super report is a quick and efficient way of consolidating information that you want to view in a single report.

    You can view the sub-reports that are associated with a super report.

  • Categorize reports

    You can group reports in a category and then build either a flat or two-level hierarchy using the report categories.

    For more information, see Report Category.

  • Define parameters for reports

    Parameters are used for filtering data before generating a report. Only data that matches the values or value ranges of the parameter is included in the report.

    For more information, see Defining Filtering Criteria for Reports and Charts.

  • Update the Active Field Definition file

    When the structure of a business document (that is used by a Crystal report) changes, you can update the fields in the Active Field Definition file.

    For more information, see Updating the Active Field Definition File.

  • Assign reports to tiles

    You can assign a report to a specific tile or tile set in mobile applications.

    For more information, see User Interface Assignments to a Report.

  • Assign users to reports

    You can assign sales representatives to specific reports. This allows you to design reports for specific purposes and identify specific users who require such reports.