SAP Query Reporting--Practical Guide

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-59229-365-0
Verlag: SAP PR

Buch, Englisch, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 894 g

Reihe: SAP PRESS: englisch

In this book, you'll learn how to utilize SAP Query for your business analysis needs in SAP FI, SAP SD, SAP MM, and more. The most essential SAP database tables are presented, enabling you to extract specific information from SAP ERP. Numerous screenshots, detailed instructions, and comprehensive real-life examples guide you through all steps of report creation. The book is based on SAP ERP 6.0, but it is also ideally suited for users of older releases (e.g., R/3 4.6C).

1. Basic Principles of Query Reporting
Learn about the relationships between QuickViewer, user groups, the InfoSet, and SAP Query. This book explains how to localize tables and which query utilities support you in your work.

2. All Major Query Features
Discover everything you need to know about selection and layout variants, drilldown functions,
icons, ABC analyses, and much more.

3. Designing User-Friendly Reports
Master challenging reporting requirements, including ABAP coding. Utilize ranked lists and statistics, Microsoft Excel integration, and much more.

4. Query Administration
How do you transport queries? How do you improve performance? What do you need to
consider with regard to authorizations? Here, you find the answers to these questions and others.

5. Immediately Usable Queries for Download
The special feature of this book is 100 immediately usable queries, available on the publisher's Web site for download.

Highlights:

- SAP Tables and Table Links

- QuickViewer, SAP Query, Query Utilities

- InfoSet and SAP Query in Detail

- Selection and Layout Variants

- Traffic Light Icons, Drilldown, Graphics, and ABC Analyses

- Designing User-Friendly Queries

- Statistics and Ranked Lists

- ABAP Fundamentals

- Integration with Microsoft Excel

- Query Management

- Transport System

- Data Retrieval and Function Modules

- Authorizations and Transaction Creation

- Real-Life Examples

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaleske, Stephan

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

... Preface ... 13 ... Introduction ... 17PART I ... Introduction to SAP Query ... 231 ... Introduction to SAP ERP Reporting ... 25 ... 1.1 ... ABAP Report Generators ... 26 ... 1.2 ... Query Reporting Tools ... 28 ... 1.3 ... Comparing Analysis Tools: SAP Query and SAP NetWeaver BW ... 33 ... 1.4 ... Cumulated Analyses with Multilevel Hierarchies ... 34 ... 1.5 ... Using Standard Reports ... 44 ... 1.6 ... Summary ... 522 ... Overview of SAP Tables and Table Links ... 53 ... 2.1 ... Data Browser ... 53 ... 2.2 ... Table Determination Options ... 58 ... 2.3 ... Table Links ... 72 ... 2.4 ... Summary ... 763 ... QuickViewer ... 77 ... 3.1 ... QuickViewer Overview ... 77 ... 3.2 ... Sample Data for Table TSTCT ... 78 ... 3.3 ... QuickViewer Initial Screen ... 80 ... 3.4 ... Steps for Creating a QuickViewer Report ... 82 ... 3.5 ... Layout Mode ... 89 ... 3.6 ... Summary ... 914 ... Overview of SAP Query ... 93 ... 4.1 ... Fundamentals ... 94 ... 4.2 ... Query Areas ... 96 ... 4.3 ... User Group ... 99 ... 4.4 ... InfoSet ... 103 ... 4.5 ... SAP Query ... 109 ... 4.6 ... Summary ... 1145 ... Query Utilities ... 115 ... 5.1 ... Overview of Query Utilities ... 116 ... 5.2 ... Overview of Query Objects ... 119 ... 5.3 ... Query Objects ... 121 ... 5.4 ... Calling Query Object Descriptions ... 124 ... 5.5 ... Editing Functions for Query Objects ... 130 ... 5.6 ... Summary ... 135PART II ... SAP Query Functions ... 1376 ... InfoSet in Detail ... 139 ... 6.1 ... Data Sources ... 141 ... 6.2 ... Automatic Text Recognition ... 143 ... 6.3 ... Table Join ... 145 ... 6.4 ... Field Groups ... 149 ... 6.5 ... Individual Additional Fields ... 153 ... 6.6 ... Selection ... 160 ... 6.7 ... Summary ... 1637 ... SAP Query in Detail ... 165 ... 7.1 ... Fundamentals ... 165 ... 7.2 ... Initial Screen ... 168 ... 7.3 ... Query Creation Screen ... 176 ... 7.4 ... Field Name ... 179 ... 7.5 ... Basic List ... 187 ... 7.6 ... Additional Functions ... 188 ... 7.7 ... Summary ... 1898 ... Selection and Layout Variants ... 191 ... 8.1 ... Selection Screen ... 192 ... 8.2 ... Selection Variants ... 198 ... 8.3 ... Layout Variant ... 202 ... 8.4 ... Summary ... 2049 ... Traffic Light Icons, Drilldown, Graphics, and ABC Analyses ... 205 ... 9.1 ... Symbols ... 206 ... 9.2 ... Icons ... 211 ... 9.3 ... Drilldown Options ... 215 ... 9.4 ... Using Graphics and the ABC Analysis ... 219 ... 9.5 ... Summary ... 222PART III ... Designing User-Friendly Reports ... 22310 ... Summarized Data Output with Statistics and Ranked Lists ... 225 ... 10.1 ... Example: Open Item List ... 226 ... 10.2 ... Basic List Without a Graphical Query Painter ... 230 ... 10.3 ... Statistics ... 239 ... 10.4 ... Ranked List ... 246 ... 10.5 ... Summary ... 24811 ... ABAP Fundamentals in the InfoSet ... 249 ... 11.1 ... ABAP Dictionary ... 249 ... 11.2 ... Individual Data Objects in the InfoSet ... 254 ... 11.3 ... Helpful ABAP Code ... 262 ... 11.4 ... Using Your Own Code in the InfoSet ... 276 ... 11.5 ... Summary ... 27712 ... Integration with Microsoft Excel ... 279 ... 12.1 ... Data Browser ... 279 ... 12.2 ... Excel Inplace in SAP List Viewer ... 282 ... 12.3 ... Microsoft Excel Integration for Other Query Output Formats ... 287 ... 12.4 ... Summary ... 289PART IV ... Query Management ... 29113 ... Transport System ... 293 ... 13.1 ... Transport Dataset ... 294 ... 13.2 ... Transport Tool ... 295 ... 13.3 ... Transport Options ... 297 ... 13.4 ... Additional SAP Notes ... 299 ... 13.5 ... Summary ... 30014 ... Data Retrieval and Function Modules ... 303 ... 14.1 ... Secondary Index ... 304 ... 14.2 ... Table View ... 307 ... 14.3 ... Function Module ... 314 ... 14.4 ... Summary ... 32915 ... Authorizations and Transaction Creation ... 331 ... 15.1 ... Transactions in the Query Environment ... 331 ... 15.2 ... User Groups ... 333 ... 15.3 ... Authorization Objects ... 333 ... 15.4 ... Integrating Query Transactions into a User Role ... 337 ... 15.5 ... Notes on Authorization Assignment ... 341 ... 15.6 ... Summary ... 343PART V ... Real-Life Examples ... 34516 ... Real-Life Examples ... 347 ... 16.1 ... Procedure When Creating Reports ... 347 ... 16.2 ... Sales Evaluation ... 351 ... 16.3 ... Financial Accounting Analysis -- Open Items ... 359 ... 16.4 ... Production Planning -- Measuring Productivity ... 366 ... 16.5 ... Summary ... 376 ... Appendices ... 377 ... A ... Important SAP Tables ... 377 ... B ... The Author ... 391 Index ... 393

Über Autor(innen)

Kaleske, Stephan
Since 1994, Stephan Kaleske has worked as a project manager and SAP consultant for customers in the areas of mechanical engineering, plant engineering and construction, automotive, and services.