SAP ABAP IMG Activity _ISUISST_000012 (Define Information Structures)
Hierarchy
☛ IS-UT (Software Component) SAP Utilities/Telecommunication
   ⤷ IS-U (Application Component) SAP Utilities
     ⤷ EE80 (Package) IS-U: Customizing
IMG Activity
ID _ISUISST_000012 Define Information Structures  
Transaction Code S_KK4_74001021   IMG Activity: _ISUISST_000012 
Created on 19990816    
Customizing Attributes _ISUISST_000012   Define Information Structures 
Customizing Activity _ISUISST_000012   Define Information Structures 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name _ISUISST_000012    

In this IMG activity, you can create, change, delete and display information structures.

Caution

If you create new information structures, you must assign a name that is between S501 and S999. A database table is created with the same name. This external number assignment ensures that the names of information structures and the corresponding table names do not overlap in different systems.

Caution

You can only change or delete information structures if no data is stored in them.

If the information structure in question contains data, then you have to delete this data first.

When you delete an information structure, all of the update rules that are assigned to it will also be deleted in all of the clients.

Activities

  1. In the "Info structure" field, specify both a name and a description for the information structure that you wish to create.
  2. Assign the information structure to the utilities application.
  3. If you want to create an information structure with reference to an information structure that already exists, specify the name of the information structure to which you are referring in the field "Copy from info structure" (for example, S440ff for UIS information structures.

    The elements of the reference structure are then automatically copied to the new information structure. You can make changes to these proposals.

  4. Press Enter.

    You now branch into the maintenance screen of the characteristics and key figures of the information structure.

  5. Select Edit -> Characteristics, in order to define the characteristics for the information structure.

    Two dialog boxes for selecting the characteristics are displayed.

    One dialog box (Chosen Characteristics: Sequence) lists the fields that have already been selected. To select other fields choose the function "Selection list".

    The second dialog box (Selection List) is split into two halves. The right half lists all of the field catalogs from which you can select characteristics. Only the field catalogs that apply to the selected application are displayed (characteristic catalogs).

  6. If you want to display the characteristics in a certain field catalog, select it by double-clicking on the catalog.

    The left half lists the characteristics from the selected field catalog.

  7. If you want to copy a characteristic from the list to your information structure, position the cursor on the respective charcteristic name and select the function "Copy".

    The characteristic you select is marked and is then copied into the list of the characteristics you have already selected.

    Note

    When you select field catalogs and characteristics, the respective descriptions are displayed.

    You can use the "Switch display" function to display the technical names (field catalog names and field names of the characteristic from the Dictionary).

  8. You can branch into the list of selected characteristics, by pressing Enter.

    You can now edit this list further, i.e. you can change the sequence of the of the characteristics, delete characteristics from the list or insert new characteristics from the field catalogs.

    To change the sequence of the selected characteristics, proceed as follows:

    1. Mark the characteristic that needs to be moved by double clicking or using the designated icon.
    2. Mark another characteristic by placing the cursor on it and selecting the icon "Move".
      3. The characteristic that you marked first will now be be inserted exactly above this second characteristic.

      An alternative to selecting characteristics from the field catalogs is to copy the characteristics from an information structure that already exists.

      Select the function Edit -> Chacteristics with reference. In the dialog box, specify the name of the information structure from which you want to copy the characteristics.

      Caution

      If you have already selected characteristics and use the "Characteristics with reference" function, the characteristics that you have already selected will be overwritten and not added.

  9. In order to define the key figures for the information structure, select Edit -> Key figures.

    The system displays the field catalogs for key figures and the catalogs for date fields which correspond to the application.

    The procedure for the definition of the key figures is exactly the same as for the definition of the characteristics.

    Note

    It is sometimes necessary to define key figures which resemble characteristics in the key figure area. This is necessary in cases of information structures that are relatively document-specific, for example.

    The key figure catalogs in the standard system only contain key figures that can be calculated.

    If you want to define key figures that resemble characteristics, you need to have created your own key figure catalogs.

    When defining a key figure, you must also specify a unit. You thus determine the unit in which the key figure should appear in the information structure (for example, consumption or revenue). This causes the unit from the source field of the application to be proposed.

    The unit of the key figure can differ from this proposal. If you use similar key figures in an information structure whose source fields have different units (for example, local currency and document currency), these key figures are not directly comparable when different document currencies and local currencies are used in evaluations.

    In this case you can assign the unit "local currency" to the key figure whose source field is in document currency for statistical purposes.

    If the units in the source field and key figure are different, the units are automatically converted when the statistics update from the application takes place.

    Caution

    There is a limited number of ways in which the unit conversions can be used.

    Only very specific conversisons are allowed for the statistics update. These are, as a rule, the unit conversions whose conversion factors are saved in the document of the application. This is required to guarantee the consistency of statistics updates when changes are made to the document. This will help prevent inconsistencies arising during the time between the creation of a document and the subsequent changes to the document. In both cases, the same conversion rate is used for the unit conversion.

    Note

    When the information structure is generated, a corresponding unit field is automatically created in the information structure in accordance with the selected unit. This unit field is automatically supplied with the respective unit that corresponds to the key figure during updating.

    The automatic generation of a unit field does not occur for key figures that do not have a unit or for numerators.

    They also play an important role in standard analyses for the definition of a key figure.

    If you use qualitative key figures, it is not recommended to display these key figures as a percentage.

    For example, if the key figure value to be evaluated is greater than the key figure 3.5 by 1.5, it does not make sense to illustrate both of the key figures as a percentage of a sum of 5.0.

    If you work with the ABC analysis, the cumulative strategy cannot be used in the case of these key figures for the same reasons.

    Since this feature cannot be automatically taken from the reference field, use the percentage display in the standard analyses by pressing the selection key "SInd" (Summation indicator).

    Caution

    This key figure does not affect the display of totals in the flexible analyses.

  10. Save the information structure.
  11. If you wish to use a new information structure in the information system, a special technical environment is required.

    For instance, you usually need to make a definition in the Dictionary and in the database system to guarantee the technical transparency of the structure.

    In order to generate this environment automatically, select the function "Generate info structure".

    The necessary steps for the generation are listed in a log after the generation is complete. The log lists the successful generation of the individual steps, as well as the errors that may have occurred.

    First you gain an overview of the most important steps of the generation (brief summary of the generation log). If you wish to view

    all of the created objects in more detail, select the function "Goto ->

    Complete log". To print the log, select the function "Log -> Print". In the case of most objects, it is even possible to display the generated objects. Position the cursor on the corresponding line of the log and select "Goto -> Generated object". You then branch into the

    program editor for displaying the ABAP/4 programs or into the Dictionary to display the generated table.

    The following objects are created:

    • The Dictionary table and the corresponding database table provide the means&#x
Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 207   Establish Reporting 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG _ISUISST_000012 0 I110004884 Sales Statistics 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
MCIN L - Logical transport object EI21 ISU0000000 Create Information Structures 
MCIN L - Logical transport object EI22 ISU0000001 Change Information Structures 
MCIN L - Logical transport object EI23 ISU0000002 Display Information Structures 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19990816 
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