Attaching Variable to the Library for Report Painter for Cost center report

Hi,
I want to attach the Variable - "Cost element group" to the Library for Report Painter for getting Cost center report. The Cost center report should be cost element group wise with actaul, budget and variance. Please let me know the process.

hi..
I think you have to first define Attribute mis as "V" in Cost element master basic data tab for the elements you want to capture as varible.
Then make a Cost element group / set in KAH1/GS01 and use it in your report.
kkumar

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I had a similar requirement and used report painter report group 1SHK-002 (in library 1VK).
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GL2   ............. 250
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GL3 .............   50
GL4 ............. 100
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X-YZ-1.200 .............   50
X-YZ-1.400 ............. 100
+ WBS total ............. 150
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IO 2 ............. 100
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Main Steps in Creating a Report Using Report Painter
The illustration below shows the main steps in creating a report with Report Painter:
In this section, you learn how to create a Profit Center Accounting (PCA) report with Report Painter.
For these sample reports, you should focus on the tables that correspond to the SAP application areas with which you are working. The examples shown in this section have been created in Release 4.6C.
Sample Report for Gross Profit Margin
Bungee Corporation wants to use Report Painter to create a gross margin report. This Profit Center Accounting report uses data table GLPCT. The desired PCA report displays the gross margin for each profit center.
Below is an illustration of the completed gross margin report.
Prerequisites to Creating a Report with Report Painter
Before you can create a report with Report Painter, you need to:
     Determine the table
     Find the library
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     Create variables
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Determine the Table
Before you can start creating the report, you must decide on the table you need to use. In this example, we use table GLPCT in Profit Center Accounting.
Find the Library
Determine the library you want to use for the desired table.
If you need to create a library, on the SAP Easy Access screen, either:
     From the navigation menu, choose SAP menu → Information systems → Ad hoc reports → Report painter → Report Writer → Library → Create.
     In the Command field, enter transaction GR21 and choose .
In our example, we use existing library 8A2 for creating a report.
Create Sets
Create the required sets for your report. To create a set, on the SAP Easy Access screen, either:
     From the navigation menu, choose SAP menu → Information systems → Ad hoc reports → Report painter → Report Writer → Set → Create.
     In the Command field, enter transaction GS01 and choose .
Note that this procedure is not necessary for creating the report given in the example that follows.
Create Variables
Create any variables for the fields that must be entered before the report is executed. To create a variable, on the SAP Easy Access screen, either:
     From the navigation menu, choose SAP menu → Information systems → Ad hoc reports → Report painter → Report Writer → Variable → Create.
     In the Command field, enter transaction GS11 and choose .
Note that this procedure is not necessary for the sample report in the next section.
Creating a Report with Report Painter
When you are ready to create the report using Report Painter, use the following steps.
Example Task: Creating a report using Report Painter
1.     On the SAP Easy Access screen, either:
o     From the navigation menu, choose: SAP menu → Information systems → Ad hoc reports → Report painter → Report → Create.
o     In the Command field, enter transaction GRR1 and choose .
2.     On the Report Painter: Create Report screen:
a.     In Library, enter the name of the library to be used for the report (for this example, 8A2).
b.     In the Report, enter a name for your report and a short text description.
c.     Choose Create.
1.
To help you better understand how to create a report in Report Painter, the next procedures explain the varying substeps. You can either:
o     Define the rows (or rows with a formula)
o     Define the columns (or columns with a formula)
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Define Rows
Example Task: Defining rows (including defining a row with a formula)
To start defining the rows, on the Report Painter: Create Report screen, double click on Row
On the Element definition: Row1 dialog box:
a.     To include characteristics in the first row of the report, select the desired characteristics in the Available characteristics frame (for example, Account number)
b.     Use to transfer the chosen characteristic to the Selected characteristics frame.
c.     In From, enter the account number(s) you want to include in the row definition. Either enter to and from values or a group set (for example, the value 800000).
d.     To enter the row heading, choose
On the Text maintenance dialog box:
a.     In Short, enter the desired short text (for example, Revenue).
b.     To copy the short text into the Medium and Long text fields, choose Copy short text.
c.     To continue, choose
On the Element definition: Row1 dialog box:
a.     To check if the selection is correct, choose Check.
b.     To transfer the selection to the row 1 definition, choose Confirm.
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To define the second row for costs, on the Report Painter: Create Report screen, double-click on Row 2.
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a.     Select Characteristics.
b.     Choose
On the Element definition Row 2 dialog box:
a.     To include characteristics in the second row of the report, select the desired characteristics in the Available characteristics frame (for example, Account number)
b.     Use to transfer the chosen characteristic to the Selected characteristics frame.
c.     In From and To, enter the account number(s) you want to include in the row definition (for example, 400000 and 490000).
d.     To enter the row heading, choose
On the Text maintenance dialog box:
a.     In Short, enter the desired short text (for example, Costs).
b.     Choose Copy short text to copy the short text into the Medium and Long text fields.
c.     To continue, choose
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                   b. Choose
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b.     To check the correctness of the formula, choose Check.
c.     Choose
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a.     In Short field, enter the text for the formula field (for example, Gross Marg).
b.     In Medium and Long fields, enter the required text (for example, Gross Margin).
c.     Choose .
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On the Report Painter: Create Report screen, double-click on the first column, Column 1.
On the Select Element Type (not shown) dialog box:
a.     Select Key Figure with characteristics.
b.     Choose .
On the Element definition: Column 1 dialog box:
c.     In the Basic Key figure field, use the dropdown to select Amount in company code curr.
d.     In the Available Characteristics frame, select the desired characteristic for column 1 (for example, Fiscal Year).
If you want to be prompted for the fiscal year at the time of running the report, you must make this a variable instead of a value.
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f.     Place your cursor in the From value field and select the checkbox to the left under (variable on/off).
g.     To view the possible entries for the From field, choose .
h.     From the resulting selection dialog box:
     Select a variable from the list of available variables (for example, CYear).
     Choose .
i.     On the Element definition dialog box, choose .
j.     On the resulting Text maintenance dialog box:
     In Short, enter a text for the column header (for example, Curr Year).
     To copy the short text to Medium and Long text fields, choose the Copy short text button.
     Choose .
Now you have defined the column 1 for your report.
k.     Back on the Element definition dialog box, choose Confirm.
On the Report Painter: Create Report screen, define column 2 and all other columns you choose to define. You can define these columns either by:
o     Repeating steps for column 1
o     Copying columns
o     Entering a formula that calculates the difference between columns (for example, between Current Year and Prior Year [variable is Pyear] in a column called Variance)
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After you define the rows and columns, define the general data selection screen for the report.
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1.     On the Report Painter: Create Report screen, from the menu bar, choose Edit → General data selection.
2.     On the Element definition: General data selection screen:
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c.     Enter the values for each field. (For example, the standard ledger for PCA is 8A to 8E and the U.S. company code in IDES is 3000. This example is a year-to-date report, so all 12 periods are in the range. The standard Version in PCA is 0, the Record type for actual dollars is 0, and CO is 2000).
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      3.   On the Report Painter: Change Report screen:
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To include the report into a report group, choose Environment → Assign report group.
      1.     On the Insert Report in Report Group dialog box:
a.     In Report group, enter a report group name (for example, ZTGR).
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Display and Execute the Report
Example Task: Displaying the report you created in the previous steps
1.     On the SAP Easy Access screen, either:
o     From the navigation menu, choose: SAP menu → Information systems → Ad hoc reports → Report painter → Report → Display.
o     In the Command field, enter transaction GRR3 and choose .
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a.     Double-click on your report.
b.     Review the report display.
c.     To execute the report, from the application toolbar, choose execute.
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Dear SAP-Gurus,
once again, thank you for your quick reply.
You hints and remarks are very much appeciated.
My problem seems to be slightly more complicated than what I had expected.
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