An information structure combines three kinds of information:
Characteristics
Key Figures
Period unit (time reference)
Characteristics are items of information that are suitable for aggregation (such as plant, material).
Every characteristic has characteristic values. For example, the characteristic "material" might
have the following characteristic values:
Material: ball-bearing (represented as a text)
Material 324567 (represented as a key)
Key figures are values with particular relevance to business.
Purchasing Information System: invoiced amount, net order value, number of
deliveries
Sales Information System: sales volume, incoming orders, returns, sales order
value
Inventory controlling: valuated stock receipts, average consumption, total
consumption value, number of material movements
Values are ofcourse what we give to the key figures.
Standard analyses offer a wide range of possibilities for analyzing data. The standard analysis
provides you with a whole spectrum of functions which enable you to target specific data for
detailed analyses.
The information structures provide the data basis for the standard analyses.
In each standard analysis you can specify the range of the data to be analyzed by using various
selection options. You can either predefine the key figures that you want to analyze or choose
them interactively during the analysis itself.
Flexible analyses allow you to can tailor the way in which key figures are combined and
aggregated. This means that it is possible to both provide administrators with detailed information
and management with aggregated information.
Flexible analyses enable easy access to the Report Writer, a user-friendly tool with which you
can create reports for various analyses. The Report Writer is integrated in other SAP
applications, such as Extended General Ledger and Cost Center Accounting.
Evaluation structures form the interface to the Report Writer. Evaluation structures consist of
characteristics and key figures and are easy to construct.
An evaluation structure with the same name exists for each information structure in the standard
system.
Even the self-defined information structures created in Customizing can be evaluated via the
flexible analyses.
You can create an evaluation on the basis of the evaluation structure.
To define an evaluation, all you need to do is select the characteristics and key figures you
require
One of the especially useful features here is that you have the option of tailoring the layout of
your report to suit your particular requirements. You can also define extra key figures for the reports,
which are derived from existing key figures by means of calculation formulas. You can
thereby multiply the key figures or divide one key figure by another.
regards
Jude
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