Change Reporting will display the previous value for a selected column.
Using Change Reporting
Objective
After completing this lesson, you will be able to use change reporting in SAP SuccessFactors Canvas Reports.
Change Reporting
Change Reporting Configuration
After selecting the Change Reporting button, set your change reporting configuration:
Change Reporting On: Choose a column from the query to show the previous value for it.
Change Reporting For: This column will be automatically selected according to the "key" for the query.
Change Reporting Filter: This allows you to set the same filter on the previous value results, as is applied to the query results by selecting the column that is filtered in the query.
Distance: Choose "1" to show the previous value for the selected column or "2" to show both the previous value and the value two changes ago.
Show Start Date for previous values: Include a Previous Start Date columns in the query that show the start date for the previous values.
Filter records without a previous value: Remove records from the results that do not have a previous value.
Consider the following example: Employee EmployeeAB, with a Change Car Allowance event, changed from Department ARG010001 Health Service to Department ARGENTINA.
This employee started at Department ARG010001 Health Service on 16th July 2014 and then started at Department ARGENTINA on the 23rd of July 2014.
Note
Change reporting configuration can only capture the change on a single field. For more detailed change reporting, refer to the Advanced Reporting: Create Change Reports Manually on the SAP Help Portal.