Definition of "Pipeline Date" on Pipeline History report

Hello,
My need is to create a prompt ("Pipeline Date") which allows the user to select a specific anterior date and have a snapshot of this report at the selected date.
However, I have remarked that all anterior dates are not available.
I would like to know the exact definition of "Pipeline Date" field (available on "Pipeline Snapshot Date" section) on Pipeline History report (how this date is calculated/stored in the DWH).
Many thanks.
Mickael

Hello dcflorida,
I dont have the 6700 but on another machine I had to "reset" the time and date in the printers preferences.
If you havent done so yet, go to Setup/Preferences/Time and Date on the All in One printer itself to set it up (again if needed).
IF your machine does not put the time/date on the history report, does it include it on the Confirmation page?
Here is the link to the manual also.

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h5Material Code    Mat.Description   Vendor Code   Vendor Descrip.    Qty    Price/ea   PO Number    Date
     1111111111     abcaba                 11111               abc abc abc          1      KWD 195 1010001002   21/05/2010
                                                           11111               abc abc abc          2     KWD 196 1010001003   21/04/2010
                                                                                21111               bcd bcd bcd          1      KWD 195 1010001006 21/05/2010
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     2222222222    xyz xyz                  11111               abc abc abc          1      KWD 195 1010001002   21/05/2010
                                                           11111               abc abc abc          2     KWD 196 1010001003   21/04/2010
                                                                                21111               bcd bcd bcd          1      KWD 195 1010001006 21/05/2010
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REPORT Z_MM_POHISTORY.
TABLES: EKPO, EKKO, LFA1, MAKT.
TYPES : BEGIN OF tw_ekpo.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE EKPO.
TYPES : END OF tw_ekpo.
types : BEGIN OF tw_ekko.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE EKKO.
types : END OF tw_ekko.
TYPES : BEGIN OF tw_LFA1.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE LFA1.
TYPES : END OF tw_LFA1.
types : BEGIN OF tw_MAKT.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE MAKT.
types : END OF tw_MAKT.
types : tt_ekpo type STANDARD TABLE OF tw_ekpo, tt_LFA1 type STANDARD TABLE OF tw_LFA1, tt_MAKT type STANDARD TABLE OF tw_MAKT,
        tt_ekko type STANDARD TABLE OF tw_ekko.
data : lt_ekpo type tt_ekpo, t_LFA1 type tt_LFA1, t_MAKT type tt_MAKT,
       lt_ekko type tt_ekko.
data : begin of lt_mix OCCURS 0,
        bedat type ekko-bedat,
        matnr type ekpo-matnr,
        werks type ekpo-werks,
        lgort type ekpo-lgort,
        EBELN type ekpo-EBELN,
        menge type ekpo-menge,
        BUKRS type ekKO-BUKRS,
        EKORG type ekKo-EKORG,
        NETPR type ekPO-NETPR,
        STATUS type ekpo-STATUS,
        LIFNR type ekKo-LIFNR,
        Name1 type LFA1-Name1,
        MAKTX TYPE MAKT-MAKTX,
        SPRAS TYPE MAKT-SPRAS,
        end of lt_mix.
data : begin of lt_final OCCURS 0,
        bedat type ekko-bedat,
        matnr type ekpo-matnr,
        werks type ekpo-werks,
        lgort type ekpo-lgort,
        EBELN type ekpo-EBELN,
        menge type ekpo-menge,
        BUKRS type ekKO-BUKRS,
        EKORG type ekKo-EKORG,
        NETPR type ekPO-NETPR,
        STATUS type ekpo-STATUS,
        LIFNR type ekKo-LIFNR,
        Name1 type LFA1-Name1,
        MAKTX TYPE MAKT-MAKTX,
        SPRAS TYPE MAKT-SPRAS,
        end of lt_final.
selection-SCREEN : BEGIN OF BLOCK blk01 WITH FRAME TITLE text-001.
select-options : P_ORG FOR EKKO-EKORG, C_CODE FOR EKKO-BUKRS OBLIGATORY, PLANT for ekpo-werks, MATNR for ekpo-matnr,
                 PDOC_NO FOR EKKO-EBELN, PDOCDATE FOR EKKO-BEDAT OBLIGATORY, STATUS FOR EKPO-STATUS, LANG FOR MAKT-SPRAS,
                 VENDOR for ekKO-LIFNR.
selection-SCREEN : end OF BLOCK blk01.
START-OF-SELECTION.
select a~bedat A~EKORG B~STATUS b~matnr b~werks b~lgort b~EBELN b~menge a~bukrs d~spras d~maktx a~lifnr c~name1 b~netpr
   into CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE lt_mix
    from EKPO as b INNER JOIN ekko as a on b~EBELN = a~EBELN
   JOIN LFA1 AS c ON c~LIFNR = A~LIFNR
   JOIN MAKT AS d ON d~MATNR = b~MATNR
   WHERE
   A~BUKRS IN C_CODE AND A~BEDAT IN PDOCDATE AND a~ebeln IN PDOC_NO AND D~SPRAS IN LANG AND b~matnr IN MATNR
SORT lt_mix by matnr LIFNR BEDAT ebeln.
loop at lt_mix.
    lt_final = lt_mix.
    AT END OF menge.
      SUM.
      append lt_final.
    ENDAT.
ENDLOOP.
LOOP AT lt_final.
    write: / lt_final-MATNR, lt_final-MAKTx, lt_final-LIFNR, lt_final-NAME1, lt_final-MENGE, lt_final-NETPR, lt_final-EBELN, lt_final-bedat.
    at END OF matnr.
      sum.
      skip.
      ULINE.
      write: / 'Total qty', lt_final-menge, 'Total Price: ' , lt_final-netpr.
      ULINE.
      SKIP 2.
    ENDAT.
ENDLOOP.
IF sy-subrc ne 0.
    WRITE: 'No records found!'.
endif.
When I run the report, Materials with same PO date are grouped together but the same material with another date doesn't get added to that group.
I would really appreciate if anyone could help out.

REPORT Z_MM_POHISTORY.
TABLES: EKPO, EKKO, LFA1, MAKT.
TYPES : BEGIN OF tw_ekpo.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE EKPO.
TYPES : END OF tw_ekpo.
types : BEGIN OF tw_ekko.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE EKKO.
types : END OF tw_ekko.
TYPES : BEGIN OF tw_LFA1.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE LFA1.
TYPES : END OF tw_LFA1.
types : BEGIN OF tw_MAKT.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE MAKT.
types : END OF tw_MAKT.
types : tt_ekpo type STANDARD TABLE OF tw_ekpo, tt_LFA1 type STANDARD TABLE OF tw_LFA1, tt_MAKT type STANDARD TABLE OF tw_MAKT,
        tt_ekko type STANDARD TABLE OF tw_ekko.
data : lt_ekpo type tt_ekpo, t_LFA1 type tt_LFA1, t_MAKT type tt_MAKT,
       lt_ekko type tt_ekko.
data : begin of lt_mix OCCURS 0,
        matnr type ekpo-matnr,
        bedat type ekko-bedat,
        LIFNR type ekKo-LIFNR,
        werks type ekpo-werks,
        lgort type ekpo-lgort,
        EBELN type ekpo-EBELN,
        menge type ekpo-menge,
        BUKRS type ekKO-BUKRS,
        EKORG type ekKo-EKORG,
        STATU type ekKo-STATU,
        WAERS TYPE EKKO-WAERS,
        BPRME TYPE EKPO-BPRME,
        NETPR type ekPO-NETPR,
        Name1 type LFA1-Name1,
        MAKTX TYPE MAKT-MAKTX,
        SPRAS TYPE MAKT-SPRAS,
        end of lt_mix.
data : begin of lt_final OCCURS 0,
        matnr type ekpo-matnr,
        bedat type ekko-bedat,
        LIFNR type ekKo-LIFNR,
        werks type ekpo-werks,
        lgort type ekpo-lgort,
        EBELN type ekpo-EBELN,
        menge type ekpo-menge,
        BUKRS type ekKO-BUKRS,
        EKORG type ekKo-EKORG,
        STATU type ekKo-STATU,
        WAERS TYPE EKKO-WAERS,
        BPRME TYPE EKPO-BPRME,
        NETPR type ekPO-NETPR,
        Name1 type LFA1-Name1,
        MAKTX TYPE MAKT-MAKTX,
        SPRAS TYPE MAKT-SPRAS,
        end of lt_final.
selection-SCREEN : BEGIN OF BLOCK blk01 WITH FRAME TITLE text-001.
select-options : P_ORG FOR EKKO-EKORG, C_CODE FOR EKKO-BUKRS OBLIGATORY, PLANT for ekpo-werks, MATNR for ekpo-matnr,
                 PDOC_NO FOR EKKO-EBELN, PDOCDATE FOR EKKO-BEDAT OBLIGATORY, LANG FOR MAKT-SPRAS, STATU FOR EKKO-STATU,
                 VENDOR for ekKO-LIFNR.
selection-SCREEN : end OF BLOCK blk01.
START-OF-SELECTION.
select a~bedat A~EKORG B~STATUS b~matnr b~werks b~lgort b~EBELN b~menge a~bukrs d~spras d~maktx a~lifnr c~name1 b~netpr a~waers B~BPRME
   into CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE lt_mix
    from EKPO as b INNER JOIN ekko as a on b~EBELN = a~EBELN
   JOIN LFA1 AS c ON c~LIFNR = A~LIFNR
   JOIN MAKT AS d ON d~MATNR = b~MATNR
   WHERE
   A~BUKRS IN C_CODE AND A~BEDAT IN PDOCDATE AND a~ebeln IN PDOC_NO AND D~SPRAS IN LANG AND b~matnr IN MATNR AND a~lifnr in vendoR
    AND b~werks IN Plant AND a~ekorg IN P_Org AND A~STATU IN STATU
SORT lt_mix by matnr bedat ebeln lifnr.
loop at lt_mix.
    lt_final = lt_mix.
    AT END OF menge.
      SUM.
      append lt_final.
    ENDAT.
ENDLOOP.
LOOP AT lt_final.
    ON CHANGE OF LT_FINAL-MATNR.
      WRITE: lt_final-matnr, LT_FINAL-MAKTX.
    ENDON.
    write: /60 lt_final-LIFNR, lt_final-NAME1, LT_FINAL-BPRME, lt_final-MENGE, LT_FINAL-WAERS, lt_final-NETPR, lt_final-EBELN, lt_final-bedat.
    at END OF matnr.
      sum.
      ULINE.
      write: /'Total qty', lt_final-menge, 'Total Price: ' , lt_final-netpr.
      ULINE.
      SKIP 2.
    ENDAT.
ENDLOOP.
IF sy-subrc ne 0.
    WRITE: 'No records found!'.
endif.

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Hi,
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Hi Sap Techies,
Please can Any one help me how To Get Vendor History Report and Which Transaction Code I have To use or Do i Need to write any Programs For that
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Dear,
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Dear SAP Gurus,
My client has a requirement below.
When a purchase order quantity/dates changes is there a report in MM that shows the PO order history report.
I have tried ME2N/ ME80FN. It does not show me the results what I am looking for.
For example if an operations planner changes an already existing PO- dates and quantities.
Is there a way to show Old PO quantity .. New PO quantity Old PO delivery date New delivery date.
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Hi,
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Payments received address are no longer showing on history report

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BILLING HISTORY REPORT AND BILLING AND RECEIPT HISTORY REPORT

I ran both the billing history report and the billing and receipt history report. There are invoices on the one report but not the other. I then checked it to the age analysis report as well.
There are three outstanding invoice on the age analysis report and on the billing and receipt history report, but not on the billing history report.
Any idea why this is so?
Kindly respond.

Hi Archana,
First, you will have to fetch all the Print documents corresponding to the Contract account from ERDK table and then fetch the data for the Print document,Billing document and the Contract from the table DBERDLB.
Then get the Move-in and Move-out information from the table EVER and Bill start date and end date from the table ERCH.
Once, you have all this information, then the consumption can be of 2 types : Daliy meter read and Monthly meter read (depends on the client's requirements).
For daily consumption, you will have to consider the Profiles which can be found out with the help of the FM ISU_PROFILE_GET_EPROFVALDAY and then calculate the consumption accordingly.
For monthly meter reads, you will have to find out the information from the Equipment or the meter installed.
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Workflow history report best practice

Hi.
How do you recommend to make custom workflow history report(s)?
For example, let's think of the most simple document approval process: initiator uploaded document, manager reviews the document, if approved - document is marked as approved, if not - document should be modified by initiator. In real life
review can be done by group, business flow will be much more complicated, some tasks will be assigned to other users, etc.
Now, I need to show feedback received from users in a short, readable format. Let's say we need to know:
1) when review was made
2) who made it (name, position, email)
3) review outcome (approved/rejected/custom)
4) review comment
So, nothing unusual here.
I see the following options:
Make a view from different sources: workflow history list, workflow tasks list, current library. For me it sounds crazy.
Write necessary data into workflow history list and don't write there anything else. This option doesn't support multiple reports.
Write all data into workflow history list and then somehow filter its data. Again sounds crazy.
Write data into custom SharePoint list and then make views based on it. Looks flexible. But, probably, every workflow will need separated list.
Write data into external SQL database, then somehow show in SharePoint. The most flexible, can store practically any amount of data, apply any kind of transformation. But data is not in SharePoint directly, some data connection/sync issues might
occur.
What will you recommend?
BTW, there is additional question: all this logging creates so much "noise" in workflow diagram - I write some information on regular basis after some events and that requires adding multiple activities every time: set workflow status, update
item (set some custom status), write workflow history and write into some external data store. 3-4 repeating events - how can I "group" them into something like 1 activity?

Hi,
I would suggest you use the custom list option.
With SharePoint OOTB List, we can take use of the available features provided to manage data conveniently.
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For the second question, I would suggest you open a single thread for it to let others in this forum easier to focus on one question in one single thread.
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TechNet Community Support

Best Data source for Crystal Reports

Hi Experts,
We have decided to use Crystal Reports 2008, for our project & advised to use BO Universe(based on Dimensional model) as data source against using the Dimensional tables directly(in Oracle).
Since the Universes are based on Dimensional model, typically I have to link two or three Universes for each report. I am concerned about the query performance time involved for the Universe approach vs. using the Dimensional tables directly.
I understand Universe as Meta-Data layer that hides all the database complexity from the end-user, and is a favorable option for Adhoc reports created by end users.
But for developers who are going to create 400 odd reports, I don't see any advantage that Universe brings, compared to linking the tables at Crystal Designer.
And we do not want to write customized Stored Procedures for every report, so our options are Universe/ Oracle tables.
Appreciate any help from you on helping my process.
Thanks.

IMHO, the Universe is fantastic for sophisticated end users (who have a general knowledge of logic or a logical mind) to build ad hoc reports. (Less sophisticated users should not be given the ability to design reports.) It should not be used for production reports that will run frequently, as performance can deteriorate quickly. (This is particularly true if you design the universe with the intent to build multiple reports off of one logical view. You tend to do a lot of extra work to gather data that is not needed for the task at hand. Our universe was designed this way - before I got here... I tend not to use it on new reports...)
There is no question in my mind that direct SQL will be the most performant way to develop the reports. In fact, I'd even suggest using SQL Commands as the basis for the reports so the database does all of the heavy lifting of table linking, record selection, sorting, and summarizing. That's what databases are built to do! (I know Crystal is supposed to push what it can to the database, but its definition of what the database can do is very generalized, so a lot ends up on the Crystal server.) This is particularly true if the Crystal server is not the same box as the database server; you don't want to pump huge volumes of data over the network! The downside to this is that some logic tends to get duplicated. This can be minimized by creating additional data (fields, tables, or aggregate tables) in the database, which are populated by one program (where the logic resides) and used by all of the reports. (For example, "definitions" based on data values should be table driven.)
HTH,
Carl

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