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SAP Query
SAP Query:

SAP Query is a tool that allows you to create reports even without programming. SAP
queries are based on InfoSets – these are the areas that provide special views of a
logical database and define which fields of the database can be used in queries. SAP
queries can be shared with any users via assigning InfoSets to user groups.

SAP Query – Overview:

SAP Query is used to create reports for users who have little knowledge about SAP
Table data storage structure. SAP Query allows evaluating data in the SAP system.

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SAP Query offers users a broad range of ways to define reporting programs and
create different types of reports such as basic lists, statistics, and ranked lists.

Following are the major components which are associated with SAP Query:

Info Sets – Are based for the Query and it contains one or more database table
details.

Queries – For the User to create and generate the Query.

User Group – To restrict set of Users for a specific Query plus for Authorizations.

Quick Viewer – A simple tool for quick report generation.

SAP Query – Creation:

Creation of Query SQ01

Creation of Infosets SQO2

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Creation of User Groups SQ03

Creation of Quick Viewer (User Specific) SQVI

Creation of Quick Viewer: (Transaction code – SQVI)

SQVI is a simple ad-hoc report that can be written directly in the production system, I.e.,
there is no need for transporting information between systems. Any functional consultant
(or even business user) with a good understanding of SAP tables can write a query with
SQVI.

Enter the Title for your Report and Enter the Description

Select on the first tab (List Fields) which fields you want to see in your report. For
Example, we select from the right column the fields “Country Key”, “Name 1”, “Vendor
Account Group” and “Postal Code” and press the “Arrow to the left”, so these fields are
available for the report, by being displayed on the left column.

If you want to see the Field Names in Technical click on the above button as highlight in
the picture or else press SHIFT+F5.

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Select on the second tab the sort order. Mark the fields you want and choose the desired
criteria. In our case we will order the vendor by their names.

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On the third tab you must define the selection fields. Choose from the right column the
fields you need. You may also change the order in which they may appear later with the
transaction.

After Maintaining all the data click on the save button.

After clicking on the save button click on the Execute button.

You will see a screen, like one from a standard program, but with your own description
and specifically for the fields you have defined. For our example we select a specific
country and press the “Execute” button.

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Now we can see the result.

Note:

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The Difference between the SQVI and SQ01/SQ02 are the Queries which we are written
in SQ02/SQ01 are Transportable. Where in SQVI we directly written the Queries in
production system.

SAP Query – Area:

SAP Query Area is a set of objects having queries, InfoSets and User Groups which are
consistent.

Following Query Areas:

Standard Area – They are Client Specific Queries and do not create a Work Bench
Request.

Global Area – Queries in the Global Area are Client Independent.

SAP databases have several numbers of tables in which the transactions, master data
gets stored and it’s practically not feasible to have all such fields for selection when

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creating a query. Hence before the start of creating a query, InfoSet creation is required.

First create the User Groups in SQ03:

Create a logical set of User Group to which the InfoSet Queries would be assigned.

Enter the Description in the User Group and click on Create button.

Enter the Description and click on the save.

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Now Create the Infosets in SQ02 Transaction Code:

The InfoSet creation can be made with the Combination of Tables (Table Join), Direct
read from a Single Table or with the help of Logical Database.

Enter the Description in the InfoSet tab and click on the create button.

Here I am using the tables EKKO and EKPO.

Enter the Description in the Report Tab and Enter the Table Name and click on the Enter
or else click on the Tick mark as shown below.

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Click on the insert table button to add more tables.

Enter the table Names one by one by clicking on the Insert Table Tab.

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If you want to join the tables, you can join by clicking on the Join Conditions Tab.

Here I Join

EKKO with EKPO by clicking on the Join Conditions Button.

After joining the tables click on the back button as shown in the below picture.

Select the Include key fields tab and click on the Enter button or else on Tick mark which
is shown below.

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Next, we’ll create field groups and add data fields per the requirement.

For our use case, we are not doing an alias table or extras. So, we can just hit the
generate option,

In the Next step we can assign the Infoset to the Role/User Group Assignment in SQ02
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Transaction code.

Select the User Group which we are created in the SQ03 Transaction Code. By selecting
the User group click on the save Button.

We can assign Z_POREPORT to Z_PODATA.

Click on the Generate Button

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In SQ03 We can Assign Users to InfoSets

Click on the Assign Infoset tab as shown in the picture.

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Select the Infoset checkbox and click on the save button.

Next go to the Transaction Code SQ01, Enter the title in the Query Tab. Here I have
entered My user Group as Title Description.

We should have to enter Either Infoset Title or User Group Title as Description in the
while creating the Query in the SQ01 then only the system Accepting or else the system
throws error User Group does not Exit.

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By Entering the Title click on the create button. Select the Infoset that we created and
click on the Green Tick mark as shown in the below picture.

Enter the Title Description and click on the Basic list Tab.

Click on the Enter Button or the Tick mark as shown in the picture.

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In the data fields section, choose fields for selection and list (output).

List Fields are the output fields which have to be displayed in the Reporting.

Selection fields are the input fields.

Before clicking on the saving button. We can check whether the scenario is working
properly or not by clicking on the Test button.

Here I am running the Testing scenario, Here I am clicking on the Execute button by
entering the Company code.

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The scenario is working properly.

Click on the save button.

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Click on the Execute button.

By Entering the company Code click on the Execute Button.

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Comparison between and SQ01 and SQVI:

1. SQ01 is a saved query that can be accessed by other people, SQVI can only be
accessed by the user who wrote the query.

2. SQ01 allows for additional fields to be defined and populated, SQVI only allows for
the use of fields already defined in the tables.

3. SQ01 will automatically bring in text descriptions (such as item description or

customer name) when using fields that would have a text field associated, SQVI did
not.

Process to Customize the Transaction Code:

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For the report we just created, you shouldn’t give end users access to T-codes SQ02 and
SQ01. It is not a good user experience to have your business folks play around with
these technical transactions.

So, for a complete end-user experience, you should create a report in SQ02/SQ01 and
then associate a Z transaction code (custom code) with it. SAP allows you to create these
Z transaction codes, which can be used like any other standard transaction code.

To do this, first go to T-code SQ01 and follow this path:

Query > More Functions > Generate Program

Query > More Functions > Display Report Name

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Copy the program name.

Next, go to T-code SE93.

Enter a unique transaction code starting with Z, Enter a name in the short text field,
select the radio button for “program and selection screen (report transaction).”

Click on the Enter button or the Green Tick Mark after Entering the short text and by
selecting the start object.

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Enter the programming Name in the Program tab and click on the check button to check
whether it contains any Inconsistent or not.

By checking the data, click on the Save Button.

Click on the Local Object.

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The customized Transaction code was created successfully.

Enter the Customized Transaction code in Command Bar.

We can get the initial screen directly after Executing the Transaction code.

By Entering the Company Code Click on the Execute Button.

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To control the User Authorization, we have to follow the below steps:

First you have to create the use group in transaction SQ03 and assign the infoset to
this user group with transaction SQ02.

Use the standard authorization object S_Query with transaction SU21 and assign
the authorization groups. Now you need to assign to the user profiles or Roles
directly so that we can the restrict the users to access the queries and infoset.

SAP Managed Tags:

MM (Materials Management), MM Inventory Management, MM Purchasing

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