types of reports

[Former Member]

what r the diff types of reports?

diff between drill down and interactive reports?

[Former Member]

what r the diff types of reports?

diff between drill down and interactive reports?

[Former Member]

Hi Kiran,

Report is nothing but input is screen and output is list.

There are two types of reports.

1. Classical Report.

2. Interactive Report.

In classical report output will be displayed in single list.

But in the case of interactive report the entire output will be displayed in many number of lists, ie 1 basic list and 20 secoundary lists.

Drilldown report is nothing but interactive report.

If it is useful please assign points.

Regards,

DVNS.

[Former Member]

Hi Kiran,

If u got the answer, Please assign points and close the thread.

Regards,

DVNS

[Former Member]

Kiran,

In ABAP, there are a total of 7 types of reports. They are:

Classical Reports

Interactive Reports

Logical Database Reports

ABAP query

ALV Reports (ALV stands for ABAP List Viewer)

Report Writer/Report Painter

Views (There are different types of views also)

Classical Reports

These are the most simple reports. It is just an output of data using the Write statement inside a loop.

Classical reports are normal reports. These reports are not having any sub reports. IT IS HAVING ONLY ONE SCREEN/LIST FOR OUTPUT

Interactive Reports

As the name suggests, the user can Interact with the report. We can have a drill down into the report data. For example, Column one of the report displays the material numbers, and the user feels that he needs some more specific data about the vendor for that material, he can HIDE that data under those material numbers.

And when the user clicks the material number, another report (actually sub report/secondary list) which displays the vendor details will be displayed.

We can have a basic list (number starts from 0) and 20 secondary lists (1 to 21).

Logical Database Reports

Logical database is another tool for ABAP reports. Using LDB we can provide extra features for ABAP reports.

While using LDB there is no need for us to declare Parameters.

Selection-screen as they will be generated automatically.

We have to use the statement NODES in ABAP report.

ABAP Query Reports

ABAP query is another tool for ABAP. It provides efficency for ABAP reports. These reports are very accurate.

Transaction Code : SQ01

Report Writer / Report painter

Super users and end users can use Report Painter/Report Writer tools to write their own reports.

Giving them the ability to report on additional fields at their discretion shifts the report maintenance burden to them, saving SAP support groups time and effort normally spent creating and maintaining the reports.

ALV reports

Sap provides a set of ALV (ABAP LIST VIEWER) function modules which can be put into use to embellish the output of a report. This set of ALV functions is used to enhance the readability and functionality of any report output. Cases arise in sap when the output of a report contains columns extending more than 255 characters in length.

In such cases, this set of ALV functions can help choose selected columns and arrange the different columns from a report output and also save different variants for report display. This is a very efficient tool for dynamically sorting and arranging the columns from a report output.

The report output can contain up to 90 columns in the display with the wide array of display options.

There is no difference between drill down and interactive report, they are the same.

With drilldown reporting, SAP provides you with an interactive information system to let you evaluate the data collected in your application. This information system is capable of analyzing all the data according to any of the characteristics that describe the data. You can also use any key figures you wish to categorize your data. You can display a number of objects for a given key figure, or a number of key figures for a given object. In addition, the system lets you carry out any number of variance analyses (such as plan/actual comparisons, fiscal year comparisons, comparisons of different objects, and so on).

Hope this helps

VB

[former_member156446]

Hi Kiran

general Types of reports : Classical

Interactive ~ drill down

ALV classical

ALV interactive

Interactive report got its name as the list interacts with the users inputs or according to users. which is similar with Drill down report.. os both are the same..

[Former Member]

Hi,

Types of Reports are:

1)CLASSICAL REPORTS

(a )SIMPLE REPORTS (b)COMPLEX REPORTS

2)INTERACTIVE REPORTS.

3)REPORTS DEVELOPEMENT USING LOGICAL DATABASES.

4)REPORT GENERATION USING SAP QUERIES.

5)REPORT DEVELOPEMENT USING ALV.

and

There is no difference between drill down and interactive report, they are the same.

With drilldown reporting, SAP provides you with an interactive information system to let you evaluate the data collected in your application. This information system is capable of analyzing all the data according to any of the characteristics that describe the data. You can also use any key figures you wish to categorize your data. You can display a number of objects for a given key figure, or a number of key figures for a given object. In addition, the system lets you carry out any number of variance analyses (such as plan/actual comparisons, fiscal year comparisons, comparisons of different objects, and so on).

You can produce both simple, data-directed lists (basic reports) and complex, formatted lists in drilldown reporting (form reports).

Drilldown report provides you with comfortable functions for navigating through your data. For example, you can jump to the next level of detail or the next report object on the same level, hide individual levels and switch between the detail and drilldown lists. It also provides a number of additional functions which let you process lists interactively (sorting, conditions, ranking lists, and so on). SAP Graphics, SAPmail and the Excel List Viewer are also integrated into drilldown reporting.

The drilldown functions are divided into three groups which differ in the number of functions available. That way each user can choose the functional level most suited for his requirements.

In addition to the online functions for displaying reports, drilldown reporting also provides functions which let you print reports. A number of formatting functions are available to let you determine the look of your printed reports (page breaks, headers and footers, underscores, and so on).

The menus and the functions available directly on the drilldown report make it easy to use the information system.

I think it will help you.

Regards,

Nagaraju C.