Release 4.0A includes the following changes in commerical
reporting:
Hierarchy Reports (formerly called structure reports)
The cost/revenue/finance structure reports are now called
"hierarchy reports". This is so that they can be more clearly
distinguished from the technical structure reports.
Hierarchy selection
Choose Edit ->
Hierarchy -> Selection to choose the report
display hierarchy.
Version comparison
You have the following options for
evaluating versions in the hierarchy reports:
Compare the original and a number of versions in separate
columns
Format the display list per the original hierarchy or version
hierarchy
Switch directly between the various hierarchies and the
display
Status selektion profile
You can enter a status selection
profile (which you have already created) in the selection screen.
This might mean, for exampel, that only released WBS elements are
evaluated.
Cost Element Reports
You can specify a status selection profile here too.
Selection using master date
You can specify a particular date for
selection of time-dependent master data, for example, in cost
centers.
Changes to the menu bar.
You can access all the functions
using the menu bar. For example, choose
Tools to changes selection criteria such
as the status selection profile and the database profile.
Variants for online and batch processing
You can create variants for cost
element reports. This means that you can enter any selection you
wish for batch processing too.
Technical conversion of all Report Writer reports to Report
Painter
To be able to access all the reports
in your system, you must carry out the following steps:
You can access all the new reports by
entering 6PP*.
Extract management
The extract
management facility in Report Painter/Report Writer
has been expanded.
Line Item Reports
All line items are evaluated using new reports. The most
important functions are:
Cross-project selection
Deletion and insertion of columns in the output list
Master date fields in the list
Saving of display variants in the list
Various download options in the list, for example: to Microsoft
Excel
Inter-report interface
The system automatically notes which
line item report is to be called from a hierarchy report or cost
element report. If more that one is possible, the system displays a
selection list.
New Reports
The following new reports are delivered:
Version comparison in hierarchy reports
Hierarchy reports in different currencies
Cost element reports with project hierarchy in the lines