Selection Screens
A selection screen in SAP reports is a user interface used to filter data based on certain criteria. It allows users to specify certain parameters before running the report, so that the report only displays the data that is relevant to their needs.
The selection screen typically consists of fields for entering values, checkboxes for selecting options, and buttons for executing the report or cancelling it. The selection screen is an essential component of SAP reports, as it helps users to focus on the data that is most important to them, and makes it easier for them to find the information they are looking for.
Example of a selection screen:
Let’s understand different sections in the above selection-screen.
- Save as Variant is used to save the data you enter in the screen parameters. Next time if user needs to execute the report with same parameter values then they don’t need to re-enter the values again. They can select the variant and all the values will get auto populated in the respected parameters.
- In block 2, you can see multiple input fields are present, they are called the select-options and used to enter data in ranges, for example : if user wants to filter out records based on company code between ‘1000’ & ‘5000’, then in the left input field you can enter ‘1000’ and in the right field ( beside ‘to’ ) ‘5000’. This way we can add multiple select options or parameters.
- In block 3, you can see checkboxes. Similarly we can have radio buttons as well.
- In block 4, the ‘*’ beside ‘Sales From’ depicts that it is a mandatory input field. If you do not enter the value, it will give an error message and will not proceed further.
- In block 5, you can see a rectangular box with a heading ‘Contract Selection’. This is is used to differentiate different type of input parameters, for example : to enter values related to contract, you can create a separate box, to enter date related data you can create separate box, etc. It helps to improve the look and feel of the selection screen.