Report group / Painter Vs ABAP

Hi,
There are some tools in FI like Report painter/writer, by using them functional people can develop reports/ reprot group ( for ex: using txn GR51).
If there alreday existing Z report group. Can we modify it?
If so will it b done by Functional guys it self? or Abapers needed?
if abapers needed, in which scenario it requires abaper's help?
if abaper want to modify it, how can he do it?
Thanks
Pra

Hi
Everything in Report Painter/Writer can be handled by Functional consultant
As such there is no need of ABAP Developer for it.
You can't change the Existing Group
Where as you can create your own group and use.
see the doc
Report Writer functions can be accessed from within the Report Painter.
The difference lies in the GUI of the report painter.
For Report Painter
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/66/bc7d2543c211d182b30000e829fbfe/content.htm
For Report Writer
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/66/bc7dc143c211d182b30000e829fbfe/content.htm
Refer the following links :
http://www.virtuosollc.com/PDF/Get_Reporter.pdf
http://sap.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sap-r3-other/accessing-tables-using-report-painterwriter-98766
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/da/6ada3889432f48e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bw31/helpdata/en/66/bc7d2543c211d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
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