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  Drilldown Reporting Job

Use

Using the drilldown reporting job you can execute a query from the system in the background and automatically save the set of hitsthat results. You can then load and edit the set of hits at any time.

See also:

Query Management

Set of Hits Management

Prerequisites

  • In Customizing for Basic Data and Tools , you have edited the following IMG activities:

    • In the IMG activity Specify Groups you have defined groups.

      The groups are used to store and edit queries and sets of hits in query management and set of hits management.

    • In the IMG activity Specify Group Trees and Assign Groups you have assigned groups to the group trees for queries and sets of hits.

  • You have display authorization for the query group in which the query you want to execute in the drilldown reporting job is located.

  • You have change authorization for the set of hits group in which you want to save the set of hits created in the drilldown reporting job.

Features

For background processing, you can enter a start date and a periodic repeat if required.

Activities

  1. Call the Specification Workbench .

  2. In the navigation area choose <Specification Category> by double-clicking it. <Specification Category> stands for the specification category of the specifications for which you have created the query that you want to execute in the drilldown reporting job.

  3. Choose Start of the navigation path Environment Next navigation step Drilldown Reporting Job. End of the navigation path

    The Drilldown Reporting Job screen appears.

  4. Enter data as required. To enter the key for the set of hits in the Grp entry field under Set of hits , you can choose one of the following options:

    • Enter a new key manually. A new set of hits is created.

    • Choose an existing set of hits using the input help. This is then overwritten.

  5. Choose with the quick info text Multiple Selection .

    The Start Time screen appears.

  6. Choose one of the following functions to specify the start time:

    • Immediately

      The drilldown reporting job is released and started immediately.

    • Date/Time

      Enter a date and a time for the scheduled start. By entering the appropriate data under No start after , you can also prevent the background job being started after the specified time.

    • After job

      Under Name enter a previous job after which the drilldown reporting job is to be started. Choose Start status-dependent if the drilldown reporting job is to be started only if the previous job was successful.

    • After event

      Enter the event that must occur before the drilldown reporting job is started. This can guarantee that the SAP system has reached a predefined state before the drilldown reporting job is started. If the event requires a parameter, enter it under Parameter .

    • Operation mode

      Enter a name for the operation mode in which the drilldown reporting job is to be started.

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      Choose a factory calendar and enter a workday relative to the beginning or end of the month on which the drilldown reporting job is to be started.

      With the exception of the After job function, all functions offer the possibility of executing the drilldown reporting job periodically. For this function, enter under >> after how many months the drilldown reporting job is to be repeated. For the other functions choose Execute job periodically and enter under Period Values whether the drilldown reporting job is to be repeated hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or at another freely selectable interval.

  7. Save the start time values.

    The Drilldown Reporting Job screen appears again.

  8. Save the scheduled drilldown reporting job.

    The system executes the query in the background on the specified start date and saves the search result as a set of hits.