Use of Sets and Custom Characteristics 
Sets
In SAP Consolidation you can automatically generate financial statement (FS) item sets for Report Writer reports: After
creating the hierarchy of the consolidation chart of accounts
, you choose
Edit
Generate Sets
.
When you change the item hierarchy, the system automatically offers you to re-generate the FS item sets (if you specified this feature in Customizing for Consolidation at
Master Data
Define Dimensions
).
The same applies to the maintenance of organizational units .
Recommendation
We recommend that you use these automatically generated sets for the Report Writer reports.
Custom Characteristics
If you have defined custom characteristics, these automatically appear in the library.
Report Writer reports treat custom subassignments the same as standard subassignments.
Value Variables and Set Variables
Note the following when you specify sets or values when running a Report Writer report:
Variable |
Value Entry |
No Entry |
Set Variable |
Selection options appear. |
Do not make an entry if you want to select <SPACE> as the set variable. Example with the posting level: You select posting level "space" (for reported data from realtime updates) |
Value Variable |
You specify single values. |
Do not make an entry if you want to select all values. Example with the posting level: You select all posting levels. |
See also
Accounting
Financial Accounting (FI)
Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL)
Tools
Variable