Defining z cells in a report painter report

Defining Z Cells in a Report Painter
Report

Applies to:
SAP R/3 4.7E, ECC 5 and ECC 6.0. For more information, visit the Enterprise Resource Planning
homepage.

Summary
This article explains you to create Z cells in a Report using Report painter tool. This is useful to all industries
where the Z Reports are created using Report painter tool.
Author: Radhika Balaji
Company: Intelligroup Asia Pvt Ltd.
Created on: 23rd March 2011

Author Bio
Radhika Balaji is currently working with Intelligroup Asia Pvt Ltd as SAP FICO Consultant and is
certified in SAP FI ECC implementation. She has expertise in Financial Accounting-General Ledger,
ARAP, Asset Accounting, Special Purpose Ledger and Report Painter tools.

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Table of Contents
Introduction: ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Create a Report Using Report Painter: ............................................................................................................... 3
Define Row: ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Define First Column: ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Define Second Column: .................................................................................................................................. 4
Enter General Data Parameters: .................................................................................................................... 5
Define Z Cells: .................................................................................................................................................... 6
Create a New Section with Calculated Key figures: ....................................................................................... 6
Output:…………. ............................................................................................................................................... 11
Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 12
Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 13

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Introduction:
Cells are used to perform mathematical operations within a report. A cell pinpoints a particular location or
range within the column-row matrix of a report. Once you have selected a cell in the report, it can use to
create formulae. Report painter cells are used much like the cell address or range in a spreadsheet program.
Selected cells will be denoted by a Tick mark (√) and will be called as Z cells. We can then use this Z cells to
create formulae. This concept of creating Z cells will be useful to have different values (formulae) in a single
column or in a single row.
The scenario explains you to create “Z cells” in a user defined report using report painter tool. This article
explains you to create different formulae in a single column using Z cells.

Create a Report Using Report Painter:
T Code: GRR1
Enter the Library: 8A2 (E.g.)
Enter the Report Name: TEST (E.g.)
Enter the Report Text: TEST (E.g.)

Define Row:
Double click on the row element
Select Account Number from the available characteristics
Enter the From Account Number and To Account Number

Check and Confirm.

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Define First Column:
Double click on the column element
Select Fiscal year and Period from the available characteristics
Enter 2009 (E.g.) for fiscal year
Enter From value and to value for Period.

Check and confirm.

Define Second Column:
Double click on the column element
Select Fiscal year and Period from the available characteristics
Enter 2010 (E.g.) for fiscal year
Enter From value and to value for Period.

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Enter General Data Parameters:
Select General Data Parameters from Edit Menu

Select Ledger, Company code, Version and Record type from the available characteristics.
Enter Ledger as 0L (E.g.)
Enter Company Code as METS (E.g.)
Enter Version and Record type

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Define Z Cells:
Select the cells in the column (Eg: 2009 and 2010) for which you want to create Z Cells.
To select a cell double click on the cell or right click on the cell and then select SELECT/DESELECT from the
list.

Create a New Section with Calculated Key figures:

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Enter the First row Text:
Double click on the row element and enter the text

Enter the Second row Text:
Double click on the row element and enter the text

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Enter the First Column Text:
Double click on the column element and enter the text

Enter the Second Column Text:
Double click on the column element and enter the text

Define the cell intersecting TOTAL1 and GL ACCOUNT as “column 2009 – column 2010”
Double click on the cell intersecting TOTAL1 and GL ACCOUNT and enter the formula

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Define the cell intersecting TOTAL2 and GL ACCOUNT as “column 2009 + column 2010”
Double click on the cell intersecting TOTAL1 and GL ACCOUNT and enter the formula

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Define the cell intersecting TOTAL1 and GL ACCOUNT2 as “column 2009”

Define the cell intersecting TOTAL1 and GL ACCOUNT2 as “column 2010”

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Output:
First section will display GL Account values for the year 2009 and 2010

Second Section will display different values in the same column.
1,865,548,928 – 126713 = 1865422215 1,865,548,928 + 126713 = 1865675641

2010 value i.e. 126713
2009 Value i.e. 1,865,548,928

The concept of Z cells is useful in creating various reports such as Income statements, Cash Flow Statement
Reports etc. This is also useful in reports where different calculations are involved.

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Disclaimer and Liability Notice
This document may discuss sample coding or other information that does not include SAP official interfaces and therefore is not
supported by SAP. Changes made based on this information are not supported and can be overwritten during an upgrade.
SAP will not be held liable for any damages caused by using or misusing the information, code or methods suggested in this document,
and anyone using these methods does so at his/her own risk.
SAP offers no guarantees and assumes no responsibility or liability of any type with respect to the content of this technical article or
code sample, including any liability resulting from incompatibility between the content within this document and the materials and
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