Variations in Report painter?

can anyone explain about variations and elements in Report painter elaborately.

Hi,
Report Painter is also a Tool provided by SAP to write/design the Reports without the need of a true programmer/developer. It is helpful to functional people to create the reports depending on their requirement.
Especially useful in FI CO.
The output of report painter will be similar to other reports which we develop.
whereas the Report Painter enables you to report on data from various applications. It uses a graphical report structure that forms the basis for the report definition. When defining the report, you work with a structure that corresponds to the final structure of the report when the report data is output.
link for report painter --
https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=221874&messageID=1818114
Thanks,
Shankar

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Re : Report Painter / Creating a link among 2 variations in Report Painter

Hi everyone,
In my report painter, there are 2 variations which are 2 seperate fields of a table. I have a request which demands to link those variations to one to display as a hierarchy.
For example :
The variation 1 stands for the field of 'Company Code' (GLPCT-RBUKRS)
The variation 1 stands for the field of 'Business Area' (GLPCT-GSBER)
The new display of the variaton would be :
Company Code 1
|-- Business Area 1.1
|-- Business Area 1.2
|-- Business Area 1.3
|-- ...
I tried to create a variable for a multiple dimention set, and several settings concerning variation. But they didn't work at all.
Do you have any ideas to link those 2 different fields??
Reward points for your helpful suggestions for sure.
Many thanks,
Best regards,
Huong

Hi
Try using Sets. Create set using T.code GS01 and click on Hierarchy Maintenance and create Hierarchy.
In report painter, select edit - general selection data - select set or Hierarchy, enter the set you have created.
Next Go to Variation, select business area and select the button explode.
It is show you Hierarchy of business area in the output of report painter.
Please let me know if you need more information.
Assign points if useful.
Regards
Sridhar M

Need help in Report Painter

Can anybody help me in Report Painter? I need a link.
Regards,
Subhasish

Please go through the enclosed document. This will give you step-by-step approach for Report painter:
http://www.virtuosollc.com/PDF/Get_Reporter.pdf
Check url
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/da/6ada3889432f48e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
Check Report Painter Step-by-Step example under Tools->Report Painter / Report Writer->Report Painter->Creating a Report Painter Report.
Just go through These Links to learn about report Painter.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/66/bc7d2543c211d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/5b/d22cee43c611d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
I have a standard report and it uses a structure to pull the data for the report. I need to create a custom report which uses the same structure, selection screen but a different layout. Could any of u plz advice, if its doable in report painter or just plain abap program?? Also I am interested to know how the report painter stores the actual report?? as ABAP program?? Please help..urgent..
check the SAP help ..
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/66/bc7d2543c211d182b30000e829fbfe/content.htm
I had made couple of SD reports in report painter 4 year ago .. as far as process is concern you have create library , but it deals with information structure which start with s0* , after defining information structure in library it take to select the fields and display them on your out put . information structure have the statistical data most of the time . As i worked on information structure , so31,32,33 .....
I t creates ABAP program like ABAP query creates in background . if you execute Customer Over due analysis or in Co02 cost analysis report or MC* ( MM stock reports ) those are in report painter .
Hope this'll give you some guide line ...
As far as I know about report painter, It create a report in background..Like when you make ABAP query (SQ01, 02, 03 ) .. It will create a report. You cant modify the report . You have to get OSS id in order to do that. if you're ready do it then you can pass it to Memory and can achieve your goal ...
I think it will give you some hint. I wish I could have authorization to use report painter on my this project so I can help you out practically.
Please see these steps , it`ll help you ...
http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/Code_CostCentreReport.asp
The variation objects are coming from the sets.
For example, when you read the report 'Cost Centers: Actual/Plan/Variance'(T-code : S_ALR_87013611), you can find the characteristic 'Cost Center' is set as a 'set variable'. So the cost center in the report left side are coming from the cost center group that you input.
Does any know if we could use Report Painter across two controlling areas? Any documentation available will be great. Yes. When setting up a report in CCA you can have multiple controlling areas. In the General data selection you will have the option for the CA as a selection.
You can also use standard references objects to construct your own reports: libraries, standard layouts, default columns, and row and column models, all in the standard R/3 System, are available for custom reports.
Report Painter report definition requires several Preparatory Steps, depending on the complexity of the report to be generated.
1) Create a library and pick your reporting tables.
2) Create your report
3) define your set up within the report
a)General data selections
b)Colimns
c) rows
d) formulas
Standard layouts are maintained in the IMG "Financial Accounting" under "Special Ledger -> Information System -> Maintain standard layout.
Create libraries, which means assigning the
characteristics
key figures
Predefined columns
For each of these categories you need to select the objects to be used in reports of the specific library. You define the sequence of the objects in the selection lists of the Report Painter in field "Position". Frequently used objects should be at the top of the list.
go to
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/5b/d22ba743c611d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
I have created a report through report writer/Painter(GR51). My query here is to link this report to a transaction code. Could you please suggest me how can I acheive this?
Go to SE93 and select the Transaction with Parameters ( Parameter Transaction)
Then in the Transaction field give: START_REPORT
Skip initial screen
Screen 0
In the default value for the parameters give
D_SREPOVARI-REPORTTYPE RW
D_SREPOVARI-REPORT ( Give your Report Group )
If you have any doubt pick any report painter tcode and check in SE93
Follow below steps
1) Execute report through report painter
2) From system status get the program name
3 ) go to se93 and select report transaction and assign
program name .
Is it possible to make bigger the text a I have on a text field?, Im using the screen painter and I need to put the title bigger (as a requirment).
You can define your text as any length.If you are talking about the font,i am afraid you cannot do that.
No, you can not change the size(font) of the text on the dynpro, you can hightlight it, which changes the color to "blue" to make it stand out. You can change this on the attributes tab when double-clicking on the element in screen painter.
what is the sentence that open a screen painter file
Don´t really understand what you mean with "open a screen painter file".
If you are speaking about showing a form generated with the screen painter,
Dim oXMLDoc As New MSXML2.DOMDocument
oXMLDoc.load("Form.xml")
SBO_Application.LoadBatchActions(oXMLDoc.xml)
Dim oForm As SAPbouiCOM.Form
oForm = SBO_Application.Forms.Item("YourFormID")
oForm.Visible = True
regards
vinod

Report Painter vs FM Drilldown Reports

Hello Experts:
We are upgrading from Former Budgeting to BCS and are attempting to use the report painter tool for our reports. I have not used the report painter tool much although it is similar to the FM Drilldown Reporting functionality. My question is:
With FM Drilldown Reporting, characteristic FM acct asst was available as a row choice and included fund, funds center, and commitment item. It appears with report painter that each of these is a separate characteristic which creates three lines on the report instead of one.
Example:
FM Drilldown Reports
Fund/Funds Center/Comm Item    $$$
Report Painter
Commitment Item $$$
Funds Center       $$$$
Fund                     $$$$$
I know that we could use Fund and/or Funds Center as variations but we want them to appear on a line in the report so that when the report is downloaded, the information appears as in my Drilldown report example.   Is there a way to create a characteristic that includes all three FM assignments? Or some other method to accomplish this?

Hi Everyone:
I am still fighting with Report Painter. I am now trying to figure out how to pull Period in as a column characteristic even though I have it as a characteristic in the General Data Selection. I'm using Library 4FM for budget reporting. My end users want to be able to execute the report by period but for certain columns of the report be able to see all periods displayed. Example:
Adjusted Budget - All Periods
Commitments - Period from selection screen
Expenses - Period from selection screen
I do not understand the use of the GRCT transaction. Are there any links that might provide detailed instructions for it's use?
I would appreciate any assistance/guidance you can provide.

Expanded Profit Center Hierarhcy display in Report Painter.

Hello,
We have built a report painter based P&L report with variation on company code and profit center. The profit center hierarchy has multiple levels. User requirement is - The report output should show the profit center hierarchy fully expanded till the lowest level at the first instance itself. They do want execute the report and then manually expand the profit center hierarchy. Please suggest some ideas to achieve this requirement.
Regards
Jayesh.

You can check the available reports in GRR3.
Have you created any report in GRR1 till now?
If yes, explian the structure.
If not, just give us the basic structure how you want. So that will try to give the inputs create the report
Thanks

Very urgent --pls help Report Painter Problem,

Hi to all,
I have created 5 operating expenses report by cost centres through report painter. some for full period , some for actual and sone for budget.
Under one set of that cost centre reports I have many subsets under which there are cost centre groups and then the cost centres.
I want to add one more set to existing set. I have added the set and set contains one cost centre group and their are also cost centres under it.
The table which i am using for cost centre grous is GLT1 and field is RCNTR and for cost centres it is CCSS and KOSTL respectively.
In the above procedure I have two queries.
1)even after adding the set and when i try to execute the report from T- code SERP it doesnot show my created set in variation.
2)Also even if it was showing the set earlier but report was showing zero values. When i clicked on zero amount a pop up arises for plan and actual values and when i clicked on plan values it had value of Rs 255000(for cost centres). then outside why this amount doesnot appears.
PLS THIS IS VERY VERY URGENT
Regards
TANUJA

I've just read this thread three times and I have absolutely no idea what you are doing, in what version, and what you are asking for help with.
Do you want to change the message type? If you do you MUST drop the queue and start over again from the beginning.
Do you want to enqueue messages?
Post your DDL and other relevant information or you are on your own. We can not guess at your issue.

Report Painter: Cash Flow Actual/Plan Report on Profit Center

I must create a Cash Flow report Actual/Plan/Variance Figures per Profit Center by using a report painter.
It will be created in monthly basis format, and year-to-date format (two different formats).
The format is in GL accounts instead of standard Cash In and Cash Out format.
I need to extract the Plan figures. However, we don't have planning on PCA. We are only doing plan on cost center, either revenue or cost (revenue is created as cost element category costs/reducing tax).
Should I extract it from the Cost Center Plan & add up all plan amounts of the cost centers that attached to the specific profit center? How can I do that?
What do you suggest as the best solution? Please explain briefly and using what t-code, tables and fields to extract from.
Thanks,
-=Meila.S=-

Hi John,
Go to Menu - > Edit -> Variation
You can set the order of the Selection Screen fields there.
Hope this helps you
Regards
Andrew

Report painter problem

Hi All,
Please note that I have copied a standard SAP report(6000-6o1) internal order : actual /plan.The report displays cost element, actual, plan variance and variance in %.I also can see the Order group but it comes seperately on left side of screen where the order can be selected and report refreshes accordingly.
However I want to have order just to the left of Cost element and don't want to have it as selection.i.e when i run a report for a period i should be able to see all internal orders and their cost elements.However the report is not allowing me to do that.I am unable to add column to the section.
I even tried changing the variations however the result is not as required.
I would like to know as to whether two lead columns are not possible in report painter.
Can any one please help me with this .
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Pranay

Hi Eli,
Thanks for your reply.Can you please throw some light on thsi.Kindly note that I have copied a standard report(6000-6o1)internal order plan/actual./variance.
I tried changing the layout but was unsuccesful.
currently as per standard report this is what i see
Order group cost element Actual Plan Var Var(%)
order1
order2
order3
order group appears seperately due togeneration setting(expand)
What i want is
order cost element Actual Plan Var Var(%).
Please help me with the steps.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Pranay

Report Painter/Writer Ctr & WBS costs

I think I've tried every possible variation to bring the appropriate CTR/WBS costs. Here's what I'm trying to do:
1. See in one reprt both the CTR planned costs and the WBS planned costs where the cost center is assigned to the WBS as a responsible CTR.
2. Added the characteristic "Import CTR Data" into either a row or general data selection as well as adding object types WBS, ACT, PRJ, and CTR.
3. I can get the WBS to display as a line item with the planned costs, but when I do it changes the credit balance on the CTR to a positive value. This is after I run plan reconciliation for the CTR, and I have integrated planning turned on.
Example:
Postings:
WBS Labor CE: $100
CTR Labor CE: -$300
Report:
Total CTR LAbor balalnce $100
WBS displayed with $100.
When I remove the WBS and Import CTR Data i get the $-300 balance on the CTR. So I'm guessing it's not possible to bring these two objects into the same report to show the CTR over/inder absorption with WBS visibility.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Jim

Cost center...that's the abbrev. used in report painter. As an update the problem seems to stem from the fact that I've added the WBS charateristic to the line and exploded it. when I do this I lose the credits to the cost center. Any idea?

Logical Formulae in Report Painter

Hi,
How do we insert a logical formula in a report painter.
For instance, "IF-THEN-ELSE".
Your early replies would be appreciated..

You would create a formula column in reports or formula variables to use in columns.
More details on link's below:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/5b/d22c6243c611d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/5b/d22ea043c611d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
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Daniel Scoz.

Error in generating a report group in Report Painter

Hi,
I created a report in SAP report painter using transaction code GRR2. I attached the report to an existing group ( 15 reports already in the group), when I generate the group in transaction code GR55 thereu2019s an error message u201CSyntax error in GP40V42F6QG4OQVI4Q93F6FE3QK500, row 97,644 (-> long text)u201D. Please help me on this error.
Thanks,
Louie

There's no error when I generate the same report in a new created group as well as when I generate the existting report group without the new created report.
Information on where terminated
    The termination occurred in the ABAP program "GP40V42F6QG4OQVI4Q93F6FE3QK500"
     in "FILL_RANGES_FROM_SET".
    The main program was "GP40V42ERDE7HBU91TXFAHVA6B0500 ".
    The termination occurred in line 92457 of the source code of the (Include)
     program "GP40V42F6QG4OQVI4Q93F6FE3QK500"
    of the source code of program "GP40V42F6QG4OQVI4Q93F6FE3QK500" (when calling
     the editor 924570).
Louie

Creation of report with the help of report painter

Dear Experts,
I need report painter material, if any body have pls farward to me.
my intension to create controlling report with the help of report painter.
I am ready to award full points.
Thanks in advance
Regards
avudaiappan
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Hello Chinasammy,
Report Painter allows you to create reports using data from SAP application components, which you can adapt to meet your individual requirements.
Many of your reporting requirements can already be met by using the standard reports provided by various SAP application components. If these SAP standard reports do not meet your reporting needs, Report Painter enables you to define your specific reports quickly and easily.
When executing a Report Painter report, it is displayed by the system in Report Writer format. You thus have access to the same functions as for Report Writer reports defined in the same way, and can combine Report Painter and Report Writer reports together in a report group.
Report Painter uses a graphical report structure, which forms the basis for your report definition and displays the rows and columns as they appear in the final report output.
To facilitate report definition, you can use many of the standard reporting objects provided by SAP (such as libraries, row/column models, and standard layouts) in your own specific reports. When you define a Report Painter report you can use groups (sets). You can also enter characteristic values directly.
Advantages of Report Painter include:
Flexible and simple report definition
Report definition without using sets
Direct layout control: The rows and columns are displayed in the report definition as they appear in the final report output, making test runs unnecessary.
=============================================
Below mentioned is the process for creating reports using Report Painter as a tool.
Selecting and maintaining a library for your report: As the transfer structure to Report Painter you use a report table, which is defaulted by SAP and can not be maintained. This table contains characteristics, key figures and predefined columns. In a library, you collect the characteristics, key figures, and predefined columns from the report table, which you need for your Report Painter reports.
When you define a Report Painter report, you assign it to a library. Reports assigned to one library can only use the characteristics, key figures, and predefined columns selected for that library.
When you create or maintain a library, the Position field determines the sequence in which the characteristics, key figures or (predefined) key figures appear in the Report Painter selection lists when you define a report. This allows you to position the objects that you use regularly in your reports at the beginning of the selection lists. If you do not make an entry in the Position field, you will not be able to use this object in Report Painter reports.
You can use either the standard SAP libraries for your reports or define your own.
(ii) Selecting or maintaining a standard layout for your report: Standard layouts determine report layout features and the format of your report data.If the SAP standard layouts do not meet your reporting requirements, you can create a new standard layout or change an existing one.
(iii) Defining row and column models: A model is a one-dimensional, predefined reporting structure that you can insert in either the rows or columns of your report.If you often use the same or similar row or column definitions in your reports, it is recommended that you create row or column models.
You must define the row and/or column models that you want to include in your report definition before you define the report.
You can also use the standard column models supplied by SAP.
(iv) Defining the report: Defining a Report Painter report involves the following steps.
(a) Define the report columns: You define the report columns using the characteristics, key figures, and predefined columns selected for the library that the report uses. Alternatively, you can use a column model for column definition. Column models are predefined column structures which you insert into your entire column definition, instead of defining each individual column.
(b) Define the report rows: You define the report rows using the characteristics selected for the library selected for the report.
Alternatively, you can use a row model for your row definition. Row models serve the same purpose as column models, but are used to define a report row.
Edit and format the report rows and columns in line with your requirements. (For example, you can hide rows or columns, define the column width or define colors for your report rows).
(iii)Define general data selection criteria for the selection of your report data: Selection criteria are the characteristics used to select data for the entire report. You cannot enter characteristics as data selection criteria if they are already being used in the report rows or columns.
(iv) Assigning the report to a report group: Once you have defined a report, you must assign it to a report group. A report group can contain one or more reports from the same library. However, reports that share the same data will select data more quickly and improve processing time.
Hopw this helps you. Please let me know if you need anything more and assign points.
Rgds
Manish

Changing header in report painter

Hi All,
I have a requirement to change the header(column). I am using the global variable &5PY(Period/Year) in the characterictics value. So it displays an output like 06.2008. But the client needs this to be displayed as June 2008.
Kindly help me out with this.
Regards,
Karthik

In report painter you can select variouselements based on which the data will be pulled. I haven't seen any report painter with two header lines and don't think report painter allows that. But for your requirement I believe you can select the periods in the header line itself.

Add element in Report Painter

Hi All,
I am trying a add an element (to the individual/lowest level) in my existing report in 'GRR2'.
If I do not explode, element is created as below image,
If I explode, element is shifted to final level as below image,
But I want the element to be present at the lowest level as below,
* 1990
Note: The test '1990' will be replaced with the actual account name...
Expert advice is appreciated...
Thanks
Rajesh P

hi
Report painter
the below Pdf should help you
http://www.virtuosollc.com/PDF/Get_Reporter.pdf
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/66/bc7d2543c211d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/eb/1377e443c411d1896f0000e8322d00/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/5b/d22cee43c611d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
nagesh

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Hello,
Does anybody knows if it is possible to extract planned values (planned through transaction code FSE5N) into a report built through report painter tool?
My report is comming out with "0" values even though I have selected plan version and Plan/Act. indicator.
Appreciate any help!
Paula Rocha

Hi Stacey.
I have just tried, and no changes... Still have "0" values...

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