Show TOC

 Information System

Purpose

The information system is used to evaluate the extensive data basis online and to display the information in manageable units on the screen. If, for example, you require an overview of the balances of a certain bank area for your statistics or strategic planning, you can use the Information System to obtain this overview.

The main data basis of the information system comprises the accounts and their turnovers and administration. To display or evaluate the data from the database you use special ABAP programs known as reports. For more information on reports, see the documentation Working with Reports .

In the current account system, the Information System provides an effective, wide range of reports for the following areas:

  • History of the individual conditions, standard conditions, and condition assignment

  • Balance list and balance list by key date

  • Overdraft list

  • Account locks

  • Check locks (only applies for banks)

  • Interest scale

  • Limit overview

  • Individual conditions

  • Tolerated overdrafts

  • Account overview for the currency changeover

  • Accounts for review

  • Holds

  • Reference accounts

  • General ledger transfer

The following describes the basic characteristics of the Information System with regard to the current account system. The special report features are explained in each document on the respective report. For more information, choose the Program Documentation button when you call up the report.

You can analyze each area as often as required. However, note that under normal circumstances, it is advisable to only create the lists in certain situations (for example, end-of-day balancing is complete). Typically, their creation is planned for each batch job. These lists are created to enable the evaluation of the data created in this component. This supports repetitive standard evaluations and also reports with a specific purpose.

Integration

The Information System was created with the SAP List Viewer. The SAP List Viewer standardizes and simplifies the use of lists in the SAP System. A uniform interface and list formatting is available for all lists. It offers convenient options for the dynamic creation of your own layouts.

See also:

SAP List Viewer (ALV): Classic

Scope of Functions

The most important functions of the SAP List Viewer include showing/hiding fields, resorting, and displaying totals as you require. You can save your settings for the field selections, which means that the lists are predefined next time you call them up. You can also use the List Viewer to create your own reports and lists, with standard formatting of all lists.

A few of the important functions of the SAP List Viewer follow as examples:

  • Setting up layouts

    Layouts enable you to change the display form of your lists. You can, for example, select the fields you want displayed or change the sequence of the fields as required. You can also adjust the width of the columns to suit your requirements.

  • Sorting

    You can sort the report lines according to one or more report columns either in ascending or descending order.

  • Set filter

    You can only display the lines that fulfill certain criteria in one or more columns.

  • Calculating totals and subtotals.

    You can display totals or subtotals in the list for one or more selected columns..

    Note Note

    Note on dynamic selections:

    This release does not include dynamic selections for the definition of a variant. However, regardless of the variant, the last dynamic selections are saved per report and user until the next entry of new dynamic selections. This applies both for the field selection and for the field contents.

    End of the note.

Restrictions

These specifications do not apply to the Information System for the general ledger transfer. In this case, the selection criteria and evaluation options are different, as their format has technical differences.