Explain Use of Report Programs?

Answer

• They are used  when data from a number of tables have to be selected and processed before presenting
• Used when reports demand  a special format
• Used when the report has to be downloaded from SAP to an Excel sheet to be distributed across.
• Used when the report has to be mailed to a particular person.

Important Points to Note About Report Program

• Report Programs are always Executable Programs. Program Type is always 1.
• Every Report program corresponds to a particular Application Type i.e. either with Sales & Distribution, FI - CO etc. It can also be Cross Application i.e. type '*'.
• Report Programming is an Event-driven programming.

• The first line of a report program is always Report <report-name>.
• In order to suppress the list heading or the name of the program the addition No Standard Page Heading is used.
• The line size for a particular report can be set by using the addition line-size <size>.
• The line count for a particular page can be set by using the addition line-count n(n1). N is the number of lines for the page and N1 is the number of lines reserved for the page footer.
• To display any information or error message we add a message class to the program using the addition: Message-id <message class name>. Message classes are maintained in SE91.