Index

A
ABAP dictionary structures, D17
ABAP List Viewer (ALV)
additional resources, A15
considerations, A3
defined, A2
functionality, 126
goals of, A2
overview, A2
reporting with ALV, A5
reporting without ALV, A4
sample code, A10
technical notes, A9
ABAP query
accessing, 25
additional resources, 233
assigning functional areas to user groups, 217
assigning reports, 232
assigning required fields to functional groups, 211
basics of, 22
compared to other reporting tools, 26
components, 25
creating functional areas, 28
creating reports, 27
creating the query, 218
creating user groups, 217
customizing variables within functional area, 228
generating functional areas, 216
overview, 22
prerequisites, 26
related terminology, 25
report lists, understanding, 227
running, 226
table joins, using, 229
tips & tricks, 227, 232
users, 22
ABAP report development
additional resources, 122, 128, 1218
basics of, 123
choosing traditional or interactive reports, 126
components, 123
considerations before using, 122
interactive reports, 124, 125, 1215
prerequisites, 122
report specification form, 128
tips & tricks, 1217
traditional reports, 124, 129
using templates, 127, 128
benefits, 127

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ABAP report programs

web reporting, D12, D17, D23, D25
ABC analysis
standard analyses, 518
Actual/budget values
creating a report, 335
Additional resources
ABAP List Viewer (ALV), A15
ABAP query, 233
ABAP report development, 122, 128, 1218
Business Information Warehouse (BW), C2
drilldown reporting, 434, F18
EIS, F18
Extended Export of Lists (XXL), B7
flexible analyses, 619
LIS information structures, E5
Open Information Warehouse (OIW), C21
profitability analysis, F18
reporting tools, 12, 112
standard analyses, 524
Administrator Workbench, 72, 75, 112
Advanced Business Application Program (ABAP)
developing reports, 12
ALV. See ABAP List Viewer
API-Calls, 1119
Application components
standard analyses, 56, 510
Application hierarchy
identifying appropriate reporting tools, 12, 16
overview, 16
Application systems
standard analyses, 523
Axes
defining first axis, 412, F2
defining second axis, 415
one-axis form reports, F2
two-axis form reports, 49, 410

B
Background processing
drilldown reporting, 430
Report Painter/Report Writer, 337
Basic reports
drilldown reporting, 43
BEx Analyzer
checking version information, 1115
creating queries, 93
overview, 74, 86
starting, 86

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BEx Browser
adding workbooks to favorites channel, 106
assigning users to channels, 105
copying workbooks, 109
creating and populating clusters, 107
creating channels in the InfoCatalog, 103
embedding a logo, 1122, 1123
executing workbooks, 106
moving shortcuts from desktop, 1012
overview, 74
prerequisites before executing workbooks, 102
previewing the structure of a workbook query, 10
9
toolbar, 107
using shortcuts, 1010, 1011
Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
Excel, 72
Internet technologies, 72
Business Explorer (BEx)
BEx Analyzer. See BEx Analyzer
BEx Browser. See BEx Browser
overview, 74, 77
toolbar, 86
Business Information Warehouse (BW)
additional resources, C2
Administrator Workbench. See Administrator
Workbench
API-Calls, 1119
architecture, 72
BEx Analyzer. See BEx Analyzer
BEx Browser. See BEx Browser
Business Explorer. See Business Explorer (BEx)
compared to OIW, C2
creating new formula, 912
creating queries, 92, 93
DemoCubes, 78, 84, 113, 114, 115, 116, 11
7
dimension, 95
disabling interactive drilldown, 1118
frontend components, 85
InfoCatalog, 78, 812, 823, 103, 1110, 1111,
1112
InfoCubes, 76
InfoObjects, 78
InfoSource, 78
key figures, calculated, 914
key figures, restricted, 910
logging on, 813
meta data repository, 75
OLAP processor, 76
Operational Data Store (ODS), 76
overview, 72
percentage functions in queries, 1115
predefining option in queries not workbooks, 1114
protecting workbooks, 1114
queries, 710, 916
query definitions, 95
reporting environment, 79
source systems, 73
Staging Engine, 75
style tool, using, 1125

H2

Visual Basic, 1119

workbooks, Excel, 710
Business Information Warehouse server
components, overview, 75
primary roles, 73
BW. See Business Information Warehouse

C
Calculated key figures, 916
creating, 914
Channels
assigning users to, 105
copying, 104
creating in the InfoCatalog, 103
favorites, 106
renaming elements, 104
Characteristic variables
drilldown reporting, 413, 424
Characteristics
defined, 45
display types, 612
drilldown, F2
flexible analyses, 64
free characteristics, 95
standard analyses, 53, 54
Charts
BW queries, 927
Checkboxes, D9
URL syntax, D12
Clusters
creating and populating, 107
Communication structures
standard analyses, 523
Component information systems
standard analyses, 56
CO-PA reports
additional resources, 434, F18
compared to EIS drilldown reports, F3
using drilldown reporting, 49
Currencies, converting, 925
translation key, 926

D
Data structures
available with drilldown reporting, 43
Delivered reports
copying, 337
DemoCubes, 78, 84
activating, 113
activating the SD channel, 115
assigning users to SD DemoCube channel, 116
InfoPackage Group Scheduler, 114
loading data, 114
viewing data, 117
working with, 113
Development system
ABAP report development, 123
Dimensions, 95
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assigning reports, ABAP Query, 227

standard analyses, 513
Drilldown reporting
additional resources, 434, F18
attaching form to report, 419
background processing, 430
basic reports, 43
characteristic hierarchies, 432
characteristic variables, 413, 424
characteristics, 45
compared to other reporting tools, 46, 425
CO-PA reports, 49
creating a drilldown report, 434
creating a two-axis form report with key figures, 4
9, 410
defining first axis, 412, F2
defining second axis, 415
executing reports and analyzing data, 421
form reports, 44
forms, defined, 45
freezing report data, 429
highlighting exceptions, 426
key figures, 45
organization, 44
overview, 42
prerequisites, 46, 47
processing cells, 427
related terminology, 45
report/report interface, 425
selecting general data and desired characteristics,
417
setting operating concern and currency, 410
tips & tricks, 423
using drilldown functions, 42

E
Early Warning System (EWS), 57
EIS. See Executive Information System
Evaluation structures
flexible analyses, 62, 65, 618
Report Painter/Report Writer, 326
Evaluations
flexible analyses, 65
EWS. See Early Warning System
Exception analysis. See Early Warning System (EWS)
Executive Information System (EIS) reports
additional resources, 434, F18
compared to CO-PA drilldown reports, F3
correcting errors, F9
creating, F2, F12
creating a form, F4
defining elements, F6
executing reports and analyzing data, F15
sales and distribution reports, F2
Extended Export of Lists (XXL)
export display options, B5
functionality, B3
goals of, B2
overview, B2
presentation services, Excel, B3

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presentation services, Lotus, B3

R/3 applications supporting XXL, B3
resources for using, 111
XXL List Viewer, B4

F
Filter values
selecting for characteristics, 920
Filters
defining in a query, 99
Flexible analyses
accessing, 65
additional functions, accessing, 617
additional resources, 619
basics of, 62
characteristics, 64
compared to other reporting tools, 425, 66
compared to standard analyses, 62
creating, 68, 619
creating reports, 67, 614
creating the evaluation, 68
executing the evaluation, 615
functionality from Report Writer, 618
generating the evaluation, 614
information structures, 64
key evaluation structures, 618
key figures, 64, 618
layout, 618
modifying layout, 616
organization, 63
output options, 62
overview, 62
periodicity, 64, 65
prerequisites, 66
related terminology, 64
sets, 618
tips & tricks, 616, 618
Form reports
creating two-axis with key figures, 49, 410
drilldown reporting, 44
Formula variables
actual/budget values, 335
creating exits, 335
displaying periods, 332, 333
general information, 336
Report Painter/Report Writer, 331
rolling periods, 331
shifted fiscal years, 334
Formulas
flexible analyses, 65
Formulas, new, BW, 912, 916
Free characteristics, 95
Function calls. See function modules
Function modules
web reporting, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D8, D15,
D17, D21, D22
Functional areas
assigning to user groups, ABAP query, 217
creating, ABAP query, 28
customizing variables, ABAP query, 228

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generating, ABAP query, 216

using table joins, ABAP query, 229
Functional groups
assigning fields, ABAP query, 211

G
Graphical displays
using charts, 927
Gross profit analysis query
building, using BW, 93
Gross profit analysis report
using BW, 84

H
HTML template, D5, D24
HTTP server, D3

I
IMG. See Implementation Guide
Implementation Guide (IMG)
using the OIW, C5
InfoCatalog, 78, 812, 823, 103
accessing, 1110, 1111
arranging workbooks, 1112
Enterprise InfoCatalog, 1112
using, 1110
InfoCubes
Administrator Workbench, 112
calculated key figures, 916
overview, 76
InfoObjects, 78
InfoPackage Group Scheduler, 114
Information structures
flexible analyses, 64, 67
Logistics Information System (LIS), 55
standard analyses, 53
Information systems
standard analyses, 523
Interactive drilldown, 919
Internet transaction server (ITS), D3, D25
ITS. See Internet transaction server

K
Key figures
calculated, 914
defined, 45
displaying scaling factors, 918
drilldown, F2
flexible analyses, 64, 618
restricted, 910
standard analyses, 53, 54, 515, 516
Key Values
supressing the display, 917
Keywords
ABAP report programs on the Web, D13

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L
Layout settings
flexible analyses, 618
Report Painter/Report Writer, 317, 325
Lead columns, 310, 319
LIS. See Logistics Information System
LIS information structures
inventory control, E3
overview, E2
plant maintenance information system, E5
purchasing information system, E3
quality management information system, E4
retail information system, E5
sales information system, E2
shop floor information system, E4
List objects, B2
Lists
drilldown lists, 54, D21
flexible analyses, 65
initial lists, 54, 512
pregenerated lists, D2, D3
ranking lists, 517
Logistics Information System (LIS)
evaluation structures, 326
flexible analyses. See Flexible analyses
information structures, 55
overview, 52
standard analyses. See Standard analyses
Logos
embedding in BEx Browser, 1122, 1123

M
Meta data repository, 75
Modules. See Application components

N
Naming conventions
Report Painter/Report Writer, 337

O
ODS. See Operational Data Store
OIW. See Open information warehouse
OLAP. See On-Line Analytical Processing
OLTP. See On-Line Transactional Processing
On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)
processor, 76
On-Line Transactional Processing (OLTP)
systems supported by BW, 77
Open Information Warehouse (OIW)
add-ins, C3
additional resources, C21
browser, C3, C10, C11, C15
compared to Business Information Warehouse
(BW), C2
creating reports, C21
data sources, C3

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defining reports in Excel, C12

defining the OIW meta data, C5
frontend for Excel, C4, C10, C17
information catalog, C3, C5, C7, C8, C11
information objects, C3
OIW browser, C12
OIW frontend, C15
overview, C2
related terminology, C3
reporting tools, 111
running reports as static snapshot, C18
running reports in Excel, C15
running reports manually, C17
running reports with automatic update, C15
source data available, C2
tips & tricks, C20
Operating concern
setting, drilldown reporting, 410
Operational Data Store (ODS), 76

P
Parameters
URL syntax, D4, D10, D11
web reporting, D4, D9, D10, D11, D28
Period unit. See Periodicity
Periodicity
flexible analyses, 64, 65
standard analyses, 53, 54
Periods
displaying, Report Painter/Report Writer, 332, 3
33
Placeholders, D26
Plant Maintenance Information System
LIS information structures available, E5
Profitability analysis
additional resources, 434
CO-PA reports, using drilldown reporting, 49
Profitability analysis reports
additional resources, F18
Purchasing Information System
LIS information structures available, E3

Q
Quality Management Information System
LIS information structures available, E4
Queries
BW functions, 916
converting currencies, 925
creating BW, 92, 93
defining filters, 99
disabling interactive drilldown, 919
drilling across, 922
drilling down, 921
inserting into workbooks, 814
modifying existing queries, 932
overview, 710
positioning/hiding the totals row, 924
predefining options, 1114
previewing the structure of, 109

Report Development Tools

query ID, 920

selecting filter values for characteristics, 920
sorting data, 923
suppressing display of repeated texts and key
values, 917
using charts, 927
using percentage functions, 1115
Query toolbar, 96

R
Radio buttons, D10
URL syntax, D12
Refresh formatting on data refresh, 918
Remote function call (RFC)
web reporting, D2, D3
Repeated texts
suppressing the display, 917
Report Call. See Report/report interface. See
Drilldown
assigning reports, ABAP query, 232
Report development tools. See Reporting tools
Report groups
Report Painter/Report Writer, 336
Report lists. See Reports
understanding in ABAP query, 227
understanding in Report Painter, 326
Report Painter
accessing, 36
basics of, 32
changing layout, 317
compared to other reporting tools, 36, 425
components, 35
creating reports, 37, 39
creating sets, 39
creating variables, 39
defining columns, 312
defining rows, 310
differences from Report Writer, 33
evaluation structures, created in LIS, 326
formula variables, 331
general data selection, 314
key terms, 35
lead columns, 310
libraries, choosing, 39
overview, 32
prerequisites, 36
report lists, understanding, 326
report/report interface, 328
tips & tricks, 326, 336
variation, using, 337
web interfaces, 336
Report portfolio
executing drilldown reports, F15
Report trees, D23, D25
executing drilldown reports, F15
Report variants, D8
URL syntax, D10
Report versions
automatic update, C15
manual update, C15, C17

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static snapshot, C18

Report Writer
accessing, 36
basics of, 32
compared to other reporting tools, 36, 425
components, 35
differences from Report Painter, 33
evaluation structures, created in LIS, 326
flexible analyses, 618
formula variables, 331
key terms, 35
overview, 32
prerequisites, 36
report/report interface, 328
tips & tricks, 326, 336
variation, using, 337
web interfaces, 336
Report/report interface
drilldown reporting, 425
Report Painter/Report Writer, 328, 330
Reporting tools
ABAP, 14
additional resources, 12, 112
BW, 14
choosing, 12
core report development tools, overview, 14
OIW, 111
reviewing tool summaries, 12, 111
understanding the report development landscape,
13
using the application hierarchy, 12, 16
using the tools summary matrix, 12, 19
XXL, 111
Reporting, drilldown. See Drilldown reporting
Reports
ABAP, 614
basic list, 24
CO-PA drilldown reports, 49
EIS drilldown reports, F2
exporting to MS Excel using XXL, B5
gross profit analysis, using BW, 84
interactive reports, 124, 125, D2, D12
ranked list, 24
report lists with ALV, A5
report lists without ALV, A4
sales analysis, using BW, 84
Sales Information System (SIS), 59
statistical list, 24
traditional reports, 124
Report-to-report interface. See Report/report
interface
Restricted key figures
creating, 910
Retail Information System
LIS information structures available, E5
RFC. See Remote function call
Row block, 312

S
Sales analysis query

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building, using BW, 93

Sales analysis report
using BW, 84
Sales and distribution reports
creating in EIS, F2
Sales Information System
LIS information structures available, E2
Sales Inventory Controlling
LIS information structures available, E3
Sample reports. See Reports
SAP Advanced Planner and Organizer (SAP APO), 72
SAP Business to Business (SAP B2B), 72
SAP Strategic Enterprise Management (SAP SEM), 7
2
SAP Web reporting. See Web reporting
Scaling factors
displaying, 918
Select-options, D8
URL syntax, D10
Sets
creating, Report Painter, 39
flexible analyses, 618
Shop Floor Information System
LIS information structures available, E4
Shortcuts
BEx Browser, 1010
compared to copying workbooks, 1011
internet, 1011
moving from Desktop to BEx Browser, 1012
SAP transactions, 1010
workbooks, 1011
Source systems. See On-Line Transactional
Processing
SQL. See Structured query language
Staging Engine, 75
Standard analyses
ABC analysis, 518
accessing, 55
additional resources, 524
application components, 56
characteristics, 53, 54
choosing data, 510
communication structures, 523
compared to flexible analyses, 62
compared to other reporting tools, 57
component information systems available, 56
components, 510
creating, 59
creating initial lists, 512
document information, 520
drilldown, 513
Early Warning System (EWS), 57
entering selection criteria, 511
information structures, 53
key figures, 53, 54, 515, 516
manipulating data, 513
overview, 52
periodicity, 53, 54
prerequisites, 58
ranking lists, 517
related terminology, 53

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running, 510, 511

tips & tricks, 522
troubleshooting, 524
values as percentages, 517
Structured query language (SQL)
ABAP report development, 123
Style Tool, BW, 1125

T
Table joins
using in functional areas, ABAP query, 229
Tables
Report Painter/Report Writer, 34
Technical names, 104
Templates
customizing, D28
standard, web reporting, D25, D26
workbook. See Workbook templates
Toolbars
BEx Browser, 107
Business Explorer (BEx), 86
Query, 96
Tools summary matrix
comparing available reporting tools, 12, 19
overview, 19
Translation key, 926
Transport requests, 614

U
URL syntax
checkboxes, D12
parameters, D4, D10, D11
radio buttons, D12
report variants, D10
select-options, D10
User groups
assigning functional areas, ABAP query, 217
Using this guidebook series
navigating the system, xix
overview, xiv
special icons, xx
typographical conventions, xxi
user guidelines, xix

V
Value fields. See Key figures
Values
percentages, 517
Variables
characteristic, 413, 424
creating, Report Painter, 39
formula, 413
hierarchy node, 413
local, 413, 423
saving and reusing values, 920, 1118
text, 413
Variation

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Report Painter/Report Writer, 337

Views, 327
Visual Basic
API-Calls, 1119
creating a textbox, 821
creating pushbuttons, 816

W
Web interfaces
Report Painter/Report Writer, 336
web reporting, D3, D23
Web lists
web reporting, D15
Web reporting
browser, D2, D20, D21, D23, D25
customizing reports, D2
customizing standard templates, D28
enabling report trees, D25
executing reports, D2, D5, D6
interactive reports, D2, D12
linking R/3 function calls to SAP web lists, D16
linking URLs to SAP web lists, D15
making pregenerated lists, D2
overview, D2
placeholders in standard templates, D26
specifying checkboxes, D9
specifying radio buttons, D10
specifying report parameters, D9
specifying report variants in URLs, D8
specifying select-options, D8
standard templates, D25, D26
web reporting browser, D3, D4, D23, D24
web reporting environment, D2, D3
WebRFC applications, D2. See also Web reporting
WebRFC function modules. See function modules
Workbook templates
creating, 87
formatting the workbook background, 88
hiding the Excel toolbars, 810
hiding the window views, 89
inserting company logos, 810
saving, 811, 812
Workbooks
adding Visual Basic functionality. See Visual Basic
arranging in Enterprise InfoCatalog, 1112
automatically refreshing data, 1120
copying, 109, 1011
creating, overview, 82, 85
DemoCubes, SD, 84, 113
executing, 106
InfoCatalog, 1110
inserting queries, 814
overview, using BW, 710
protecting, 1114
saving to InfoCatalog, 823
shortcuts, 1011
subchannels vs. directories, 104
suppressing display of repeated key values, 918
templates. See Workbook templates

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XXL. See Extended Export of Lists

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