Calling Up the Information System Menus

You can reach the information system menus in a variety of ways:

From the R/3 system menu, select:

 Logistics Logistics Controlling, following by the required information system,

or

 Logistics Logistics Controlling Logistics Information System Standard Analyses,

followed by the required information system and analysis,

such as  Sales and Distribution Customer.

The latter path also allows you to access application 41 (General Logistics) and to self-defined applications.

Purchasing Information System:

From the SAP system menu, select:  Logistics Materials Management Purchasing Outline Agreement Reporting Purchasing Information System

Sales Information System :

From the SAP system menu, select:  Logistics Sales and Distribution Sales Information System

Inventory Controlling (INVCO)

From the SAP system menu, select:  Logistics Materials Management Inventory Management Environment Inventory Controlling

Shop Floor Information System

From the SAP system menu, select:  Logistics Production Production Control Control Information Systems Shop Floor Information System

Plant Maintenance Information System

From the SAP system menu, select:  Logistics Plant Maintenance Information System

Quality Management Information System

From the SAP system menu, select:  Logistics Quality Management Information System

The menu for the information systems is divided up as follows:

Standard Analyses

You select the option Standard analyses to perform and display standard analyses and to store user-specific settings. You can also display standard analyses for user-defined information structures here.

You will find further information on the functions in standard analyses in Standard Analysis

Flexible Analyses

You select the option Flexible analyses to create and process evaluation structures, and to perform and define evaluations.

You will find further information on the functions in flexible analyses in Flexible Analysis

Planning

You can maintain planning data under this menu entry.

As of Release 3.0, the planning functionality of the information systems and the component Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) were combined and enhanced to make one central planning and forecasting tool.

Early Warning System

The Early Warning System enables you to make decision-oriented selections and to check weak areas within Logistics. It is possible to search for exceptional situations, thus putting you in a position to detect and rectify potential problems in good time.

You will find more information under Early Warning System .

Information Library

The Logistics Information Library helps you to create, classify, and find key figures in the area of Logistics.

You will find information on how to use the library under: What is the Logistics Information Library (LIL)? .

Environment

You can use Environment to branch from the respective application to important transactions that have already been documented in the remaining documents for the application.

Under the menu path Current settings, you will find important Customizing transactions that are carried out regularly, as opposed to those that are performed in the implementation phase or only very rarely. You can find the documentation for these transactions in the Implementation Guide for the Logistics Information System.

All the information systems in LIS contain an easy-to-use tool that allows you to create general hierarchies. You can use this tool to create and change hierarchies for the LIS evaluations quickly and easily, and to tailor them to suit your individual organizational criteria. You can find the transactions for the hierarchy tool under the General hierarchy menu option . You will find information on the general hierarchies in General Hierarchies .