sis characteristics and key figures

[Former Member]

I searched the forum and still not able to understand, please help experts.

In sis we have characteristics and keu figure.

Characteristics : are not but the fields are which the values cannot be accumlated.

ex : customer number, sales orgnazation

Key figures : is nothing but the value of the field accumulated.

1)please tell me in simple terms what is meant by characteristics and key figures and what is the imporatance of this in sis?

2)When we need to goto for sis , as sap itself has given so many standard reports why we need to go for sis?

3)what are the side effects and benifits of sis?.

[Former Member]

Hi,

1)please tell me in simple terms what is meant by characteristics and key figures and what is the imporatance of this in sis?

The Key Figure Definition dialog box gives information about how a concrete number is concatenated in your Web application. You can check whether data has been loaded and analyze errors.

If the key figure contains a formula, you can see how the formula is constructed in the key figure definition. The formula is displayed in full with all of the operators and objects used in the formula.

If you want to see additional information for this key figure, from the key figure context menu, choose Details.

You can navigate in the Key Figure Definition dialog box using the context menu. You can also use the navigation block along with the request ID and currency/unit here. You can use the request ID to see whether data has been loaded.

In the Characteristic Properties dialog box, for example, Order, you can make various settings for the characteristic at runtime

Which options to change the characteristic the system shows depends on the properties of the characteristic u2013 characteristic with/without attributes, characteristic with/without hierarchies. Besides general settings that you can change for each characteristic, you can display the additional options that are dependent on the properties of a characteristic. The dialog box contains up to three additional areas:

· Display the Following Attributes (Characteristics with Attributes)

· Presentation Hierarchy (Characteristics with Hierarchies)

· Display of Hierarchy Nodes (Characteristics with active presentation hierarchies)

2)When we need to goto for sis , as sap itself has given so many standard reports why we need to go for sis?

SAP standard reports will not give all the data as for the user requirement, layout need be configured as for the business requirement in standard analysis.

3)what are the side effects and benifits of sis?.

The Sales Information System is a flexible tool which allows you to collect, consolidate, and utilize data from Sales and Distribution processing. It can be used at different levels in the decision-making process as a control and planning instrument, enabling you to recognize market developments and economic trends early on and to take appropriate measures.

Integration

The Sales Information System is a component of the Logistic Information System (LIS), which contains a range of other information systems including those for Purchasing and the Shop Floor.

All of the LIS information systems have standard structures and user guidelines and use a large number of data analysis functions that they access from the central system. Therefore, the information systems that belong to the LIS are described in the documentation for Structure link LO - Logistics Information System, while any special functions are described in separate sections of the documentation.

Thanks,

Swamy H P

[Former Member]

Hi,

As you correctly mentioned "SAP itself having somany reports" why again new structure or report?.

if this is the point then why even an ABAPER is required in a project.......?

As we know SAP dealing with 25 industry types worldwide with more than 100 countries.....

.............NO TWO INDUSTRY TYPES are identical

.............NO TWO INDUSTRIES IN SAME INDUSTRY TYPE are identical...

So, For MIS Purpose or any report which is not available as exactly as user required.....we need to create an ABAP report......

right?

In order to avoid Every time going for an ABAP Consultant......., Functional consultant can create reports by their own based on Authorisations and permissions..... For this purpose LIS,SIS,ShIS,SFIS,PIS,QMIS,PMIS....are available.

To have grip on creating or designing these reports....ONE should have complete Process knowledge not only as a value....but as a field......i.e. both SAP and business knowledge is rewuired.

Ex: Suppose In SAP report on Contracts..will show the status of contract interms of sales order but not open orders, delivery etc., Now Business wants the staus Contractwise Ordered qty, delivered qty like so., This can be solved thru creating of a structure and running that thru SIS.

A structure consists of Character and Key figure......

in layman's language

Characters are ROWs of a REPORT

Key figure are COLUMN of report.

SAP also gave somany standard infostructures to analyse in UNIVERSAL methods...

Consultatn can create additional structures to analyse the business in methods UNIQUE to their business.

I suggest to do some ground work on concept before posting a question which has WIDE explanation.....

refer points if this answer is worthy..

Satya.SCM

[Jelena]

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> 1)please tell me in simple terms what is meant by characteristics and key figures and what is the imporatance of this in sis?

Every info structure becomes a table with the same name in dictionary. It is kind of counter-intuitive, but the characteristics actually become the key fields in the database, i.e. they are not going to change. For example, you want to track the sale quantity by sold-to partner. So you define an info structure where the characteristic is the sold-to partner (KUNNR) and the key figure is order quantity. Now, say, you have entered an order for customer A with quantity 2. There will be a record created: A 2. Then later, within the same period, you have created another order for 3 units for the same customer. The record will be updated - A 5 (2 + 3). This is a primitive example, of course.

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> 2)When we need to goto for sis , as sap itself has given so many standard reports why we need to go for sis?

You don't need or have to create your own structures. If your business requirements cannot be satisfied with the existing info structures, you may create your custom one(s). Or you're free to turn it off completely if you don't need it at all.

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> 3)what are the side effects and benifits of sis?. 

Benefit - easy reporting with standard tools and no development, better performance. Side effect - increase in database size. Some tables might be rather large. Also if update has been configured as synchronous, problems in SIS update might lead to the documents not being saved.

[Former Member]

These are basic questions.

I suggest you read standard documentation available at http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/c1/37544e449a11d188fe0000e8322f96/frameset.htm

You will find answers on general concepts; then you can formulate more specific questions.