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You can save it to your hard drive, and then it is a very easy task of importing it into
Excel and converting the le.
You can use the Data Browser to display data from all dierent types of tables,
including summary and line item detail. is is very useful because reports using
the Report Painter or Report Writer can be written only against summary-level
tables. e Report Painter and Report Writer tools allow you to create custom-
ized reports based on users’ needs. Most modules in the system can utilize Report
Painter and Report Writer to create reports. Report Painter and Report Writer are
especially useful for creating FI/CO custom reports. e table that is most com-
monly displayed by FI/CO team members is BSEG. is table contains all the seg-
ment (line item) detail behind every nancial transaction in FI. You need to be very
careful when displaying BSEG, or any segment-level table, because you can cripple
performance on your system if you do not narrow your selection criteria enough.
Running wide-ended table displays or queries is also a good way to get locked out of
transactions by your friendly neighborhood Basis group, and a good way to feel the
wrath of your project team.
The Service Market Place
e Service Market Place (
https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/notes
), formerly
known as Online Support System (OSS), is a web-based tool provided to you by SAP
to help solve application problems. All congurators and developers should have
access to this valuable database and customer service center. You can log function-
ality or code issues with SAP on this website. Because of the vast install base that
SAP has, there are normally several other customers who have encountered your
issue and therefore SAP usually has already posted a solution. ese solutions are
known as SAP Notes.
SAP Notes usually supply additional code to x program bugs. ey may also be
“consulting” notes explaining workarounds in the system for certain functionality.
Whichever the case, the information provided in the Service Market Place is invalu-
able. If you can’t nd a needed piece of functionality in the system, always make
sure you check Service Market Place to see if it already exists. To nd SAP Notes,
one would have to rst log on to the Service Market Place. Please remember you will
need an OSS logon ID—that is, a user account for the Service Market Place—which
you can get by going to the SAP Support Portal. If you want to search directly for
SAP Notes, there is a link just below the SAP Notes Search portal heading. is will
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