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With the express configuration feature, you can save the current company database configuration, compare the configuration with a former configuration, or compare two existing configurations.

You can generate different reports that show the details of the current configuration and existing configurations or comparisons thereof. The comparisons can help you to detect changes to a configuration, which may have caused errors in the operation of SAP Business One.

Procedure

Saving Configuration Settings
  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Implementation Center   Configuration Management  .

    The Configuration Management window appears.

  2. On the General tab, choose Save.

  3. In the Specifying Configuration Name window, enter a name for the configuration and choose OK.

    The application saves the configuration settings.

Renaming Saved Configuration Settings
  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Implementation Center   Configuration Management  .

    The Configuration Management window appears.

  2. On the Saved Configurations tab, right-click the name of a saved configuration and choose Rename.

  3. In the Specifying Configuration Name window, enter a new name for the configuration and choose OK.

    The application saves the configuration settings under the new name.

Displaying the Current Configuration Settings in a Report
  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Implementation Center   Configuration Management  .

    The Configuration Management window appears.

  2. On the General tab, choose View Report.

    The Current Configuration Report window appears, which shows information about the current configuration.

Displaying Existing Configuration Settings in a Report
  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Implementation Center   Configuration Management  .

    The Configuration Management window appears.

  2. On the Saved Configurations tab, click the name of the configuration that you want to display in a report.

    The Saved Configuration Report window appears, which shows information about the selected configuration.

Comparing the Current Configuration Settings with Previous Settings
  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Implementation Center   Configuration Management  .

    The Configuration Management window appears.

  2. On the Saved Configurations tab, select the configuration that you want to compare with the current configuration.

  3. Choose Compare with Current Configuration.

    The Configuration Comparison Report window appears, which shows information about the current and previous configurations.

Comparing Two Previous Configuration Settings
  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Implementation Center   Configuration Management  .

    The Configuration Management window appears.

  2. On the Saved Configurations tab, select the configurations that you want to compare.

  3. Choose Compare Selected Configurations.

    The Configuration Comparison Report window appears, which shows information about the two selected configurations.

Determining Default Print Layouts for Configuration Reports
  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Implementation Center   Configuration Management  .

    The Configuration Management window appears.

  2. Select the Saved Configurations tab.

  3. In the toolbar, choose Layout Designer... (Layout Designer...).

  4. In the Choose Report Type window, select the checkbox that corresponds to the report type that you want to display.

  5. In the Layout and Sequence window, select the layout for the document type, choose the Set as Defaultbutton, and choose OK.

Creating User-Defined Print Layouts for Configuration Reports

You can customize the print layouts of configuration reports according to your business needs. For more information, see the document How to Work with Crystal Reports in SAP Business One on SAP Service Marketplace.