Key Figure Reports (SAP Library - General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL))

Key Figure Reports

Definition

Report that calculates key figures based on defined financial statement items. The financial statement items are selected from the financial statement version.

In contrast to financial statement analyses, key figure reports only draw on those financial statement items that are needed for calculating certain key figures rather than the entire financial statement version.

Use

You can calculate the following key figures:

Individual key figures, such as

Liquidity (such as current assets less short and mid-term payables)
Profit (year-end profit)
Cash flow

Structure key figures, such as

Owner's equity ratio (owner's equity / total assets)
Debt/equity ratio (Calculation: Liabilities / Owner's equity)
Capitalization ratio (fixed assets / total assets)

Key figures with the help of constants

In order to determine certain key figures, such as revenue per employee, you have to first define constants in Customizing. Constants are values that are not calculated from the financial statement version (such as number of employees, sales area in square meters).

The SAP System includes sample key figure reports. You can use these reports as templates for your own reports.

Caution

The SAP standard reports have the name range 0SAPRATIO-01 to 0SAPRATIO-NN. For your own reports, use a technical name that does not lie within this name range.

Integration

In addition to the report type financial statement key figure, the SAP System includes the following report types:

Financial statement key figure for the cost of sales accounting ledger

SAP provides this report type for cost of sales accounting key figures. This report type is comparable to the report type financial statement key figure. It is, however, based on the data in the cost of sales accounting ledger.

Balance display (trial balance)

Transaction figures can be evaluated using the report for displaying balances. As the basis for financial statement reports, you can use one axis forms with key figure as well as two axis forms with key figure.