Report with columns - totals in column at far right

Question

Hi All,
A user would like to see a report in this type of format:
    Total Shift 1       Total Shift 2     Total Rpt Info
But not as simple as this.  Meaning the data in the last column is not a total of shift 1 and shift 2, but different total information. Anyway, I have to be able to get back to a prior line number to do this.  Is there a way to do this other than write statements and creating strange internal tables that would hold all the literals and values that need to be output? Like this:
itab
record 1 = line 1
field 1 - shift 1 labels
field 2 - shift 1 data
field 3 - shift 2 labels
field 4 - shift 2 data
field 5 - total labels
field 6 - total data
Is there a better way to do this? This would be extremely tedious.

Answer 1

Hi Janet,
from your posting it is not obvious what your list is to look like.
anyway I'd recommend to construct an internal table with a structured row.
Then fill the records with the data. The last step should be the calculation of results for the last column. You could do that depending on a field in  this row.
For instance, have a 'formula' column where you put a subroutines name. The subroutine calculates the last columns value taking into account whatever rows and columns necessary.
i.e.
loop at valuetab.
perform (valuetab-formula).
endloop.
in the 'formula' subroutine you may read other table lines and columns.
Output should be done using ALV display. If you are a starter, use Function REUSE_ALV_LIST_DISPLAY or REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY.
Good luck,
Clemens