Creating an Evaluation
In order for an evaluation to give the expected results, you need to know the origin of the data and the criteria of the selection.
If the evaluation is created on the basis of an evaluation structure, which only refers to one DDIC table (directly or via another evaluation structure), then this DDIC table is the source of the data. If the evaluation structure is based on several DDIC tables, then each DDIC table provides the data for the key figures that were selected in the definition of the underlying evaluation structure. There is therefore a one-to-one relationship between the key figure and the DDIC table.
The sequence of the characteristics in the evaluation has a decisive influence on the selection of data. Here, the first characteristic corresponds to the highest summation level.
If the evaluation structure, to which the evaluation refers, contains characteristics which are not in all of the DDIC tables, then only those characteristics that are available uninterrupted in the corresponding DDIC table, beginning with the highest summation level, can be taken into account for each key figure (also see Combining Information from Several Structures ).
Note
When you create an evaluation for an automatically generated evaluation structure, the system automatically executes the following processes:
If the information structure on which the evaluation structure is based has changed, then the system generates the evaluation structure again.
If the information structure on which the evaluation structure is based no longer exists, then the system deletes the evaluation structure.
If there is no evaluation structure, but there is an information structure with the same name, then the evaluation structure is generated again for the information structure.
To define an evaluation, proceed as follows:
From the information system menu, select:
Flexible analyses
Evaluation
Create.
The initial screen appears.
In the
Evaluation structure
field,
specify the name of the evaluation structure that you want to use as your source.You can find out how to create an evaluation structure in Creating Evaluation Structures with Reference to an Evaluation Structure or
Creating Evaluation Structures with Reference to a Data Dictionary Table ).
In the
Evaluation
field, enter the name of the evaluation you want to define. This name can consist of up to four alphanumeric characters.Also enter an explanatory description.
You can use an existing evaluation definition as a template to copy from. To do this, enter the name of the reference evaluation in the
Evaluation
field.
For every automatically generated evaluation structure there is a sample evaluation with the same name that can be used as a template to copy from.
PressENTER .
The definition screen appears. You can now choose and combine the characteristics and key figures you want to include in your evaluation.
Choosing Characteristics and Key Figures
Displaying Technical Information on an Evaluation
Saving an Evaluation Without Generating