Defining Display Types
Use
You can influence the layout of the report by your choice of display types. You can define a display type for every characteristic you choose. In this way, you can format your report so that you can compare the key figure values of two or more characteristic values in adjacent columns, for example.
Procedure
To define a display type for a characteristic, proceed as follows:
In the definition screen, place the cursor on the characteristic you require in the list and select
Edit
Type
.A dialog box appears in which you can choose between several different display types.
The following display types are possible:
Standard display (type ' ')
The standard display type shows you the characteristics in the order that was defined in the selection.
Comparison of individual characteristic values per key figure (type 1)
Type 1 gives you a columnar comparison of the characteristics marked with type 1 for all specified key figures. Display type 1 can be chosen for one characteristic only.
Comparison of individual characteristic values per key figure (type 2)
Type 2 gives you a columnar comparison of the characteristic marked with type 2 for all specified key figures. Display type 2 can be chosen for one characteristic only.
A characteristic with type 3 is not displayed in the output list, but is used only for data selection purposes when an evaluation is executed.
If you have decided to use type 1 or type 2, you also need to specify the number of column repetitions. This corresponds to the number of characteristic values that can be compared in the report.
The number of repeated columns can be between 2 and 12. The system uses 2 as the standard value for column repetition.
To confirm your entries, select the function
Copy
.