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Manage Source Systems, Report Types and Formats activity allows you to maintain report source systems, types, and delivery formats. The source systems, report types and formats you maintain here are displayed in the customizing activity Manage Reports and their Properties.

Maintaining Report Delivery Formats

To maintain report delivery formats, proceed as follows:

  1. In transaction SPRO open the SAP Reference IMG and navigate to: Start of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step SAP Gateway Next navigation step Content Next navigation step  Reporting Administration Next navigation step Peripheral Settings  Next navigation step Manage Source Systems, Report Types and Formats End of the navigation path and click the Activity icon.

  2. Choose New Entries to define a new format.

    Field

    Description

    Report Delivery Format

    Enter the format in which the report should be delivered.

    File Type

    Delivery Format Description

    Enter a description for the delivery format.

  3. Save your settings.

Maintaining Source Systems, Report Types and Report Formats

To maintain source systems, report types and report formats, proceed as follows:

  1. In transaction SPRO open the SAP Reference IMG and navigate to: Start of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step SAP Gateway Next navigation step Content Next navigation step  Reporting Administration Next navigation step Peripheral Settings  Next navigation step Manage Source Systems, Report Types and Formats End of the navigation path and click the Activity icon.

  2. Select a report delivery format from the Delivery Formats section and double-click Manage Source Systems. The page displays the source systems for reports that have been defined.

  3. Select a report source type and double-click Manage Report Types. The page displays the report types that have been configured for the source system.

  4. Choose New Entries to define a new report type. Enter a name and description for the report type.

  5. Save your settings.

  6. In the Manage Report Types view, select a row and double-click Manage Formats. The page lists all report formats that have been defined for the report type.

  7. Choose New Entries to specify a new format.

    Field

    Description

    Report Delivery Format

    Select a delivery format here. The formats you have configured in the Delivery Formats view is displayed here.

    Delivery Format Description

    Enter a description for the delivery format.

    Default

    Select this checkbox to specify the format as the default format for the report type.

  8. Save your settings.