Using Object Lists

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to use the sales order selection report

Sales Order Selection Report

The image shows a flowchart diagram illustrating the sales order selection process and related reports/analyses. It includes sections for sales order with assigned orders, line items, detailed reports for sales order items like plan/actual comparison and profit results, and a production order section with details like planned/actual costs and variances.

You can use the sales order selection report to analyze sales order items that carry costs and revenues. You can select sales order items according to various criteria. The sales order items relevant to account assignment that meet the selection criteria are shown in user-defined results lists. From an order in the results list, you can then go to the detailed reports.

Reporting Functions

The image depicts a simple traffic light icon with a yellow circle at the top, followed by two gray circles beneath it, likely representing the red and green lights. This visual accompanies a list of features related to exception reporting, such as drilldown, flexible filters, sorting/grouping criteria, display variants, and download functions.

Exception conditions specify whether an object deserves special notice. You can enter this information as a key figure in a line or a column. The fields of note are colored so that you can quickly recognize items such as variances that are above a certain value.

Drilldown reporting is an interactive information system that helps you evaluate the data collected in your application. This Information system is capable of analyzing data according to the characteristics that describe the data. You can also use key figures to categorize your data.

You can download your reports in the following formats:

  • Spreadsheet
  • Word processing
  • HTML

Selecting Sales Orders (1)

The image displays a diagram with two sections: Exceptions and Filters represented by orange boxes, followed by a table showing order numbers, customer names, planned quantities, and actual quantities with color-coded indicators.

Sales Order Selection

The sales order selection report provides you with the following functionalities:

  • Powerful exception reporting

  • List with key figures for sales order header and sales order items

  • Display variants that are standard, customer-specific, or user-specific

  • Different views for sales document items, sales documents and items, and sales documents

Sales order selection provides you with powerful means to build up a list of sales orders that interest you. In conjunction with exceptions and filters, a variety of selection criteria supports your efforts to analyze only the critical sales orders.

You get a list of sales orders based on your selection criteria and you get the first impression by looking at the key indicators. Now that you have identified the critical sales orders that you want to examine more closely, you drill down to detailed cost element reports to view them.

You can use the features of SAP List Viewer. You can adapt the list to your needs easily. It is therefore, recommended that you define your own display variants.

You can also go to different views without making a new selection.

Selecting Sales Orders (2)

The image shows a sales document table with columns for Item, Material, Plant, Actual Revenue, Actual Costs, and Actual %. It lists various material codes, plant codes, and financial figures. The main features displayed include sorting, setting filters, totals for line items, subtotals, and the ability to select or save display variants.

Important Functions

Some of the important functions for SAP List Viewer are as follows:

  • Create display variant:

    You can use display variants to change the format of your list.

  • Sort lines:

    You can sort the lines in ascending or descending order, according to column values.

  • Set filters:

    You can choose to display only those lines that meet certain criteria.

  • Calculate total and subtotal values:

    You can calculate totals and subtotals over one or more chosen columns within a list.

Analyze Sales Orders with Sales Order Selection

Summary

  • Sales Order Selection report analyzes sales order items with costs and revenues.
  • Select sales order items based on various criteria for account assignment.
  • User-defined results lists display relevant sales order items.
  • Drilldown reporting evaluates data interactively using key figures.
  • Exception conditions highlight objects needing special notice with colored fields.