Reporting Type

The following reporting types are available in the InfoSet Query:

 Development

The Development reporting type is used for creating queries that are going to be
used on a long-term basis. This means that queries can be saved (as executable
programs), incorporated into menus, or distributed.

To meet all technical prerequisites for the allocation process, the global query
area is always used in the Development reporting type when calling up the
InfoSet Query. This is because a connection to the Workbench Organizer exists
for this area.

 Ad-hoc Reporting

The Ad-hoc Reporting reporting type is primarily used as a quick and simple way
of creating specific reports that, as a rule, are not needed more than once.

Ad-hoc Reporting is available in both the global and standard query areas.

You can also save queries for Ad-hoc Reporting. In the global query area, these
queries are always saved in a temporary development class. There is no
communication with the Workbench Organizer.

In the standard query area, queries can only be transported with the tools
designed for it.

You can find further information about creating and transporting queries
under Transporting Query Objects and in the sections below.

Calling up an InfoSet Query has been set up in Human Resources (HR)

so that the InfoSet Query starts with fixed values for the
parameters Query Area and User Group, and only Ad-hoc Reporting can
 take place. This means that a user who starts the InfoSet Query using
HR’s information systems either goes directly with the assigned InfoSet to
the initial screen of the InfoSet Query, or he/she can choose between
several assigned InfoSets.

In this type of call up in HR, the InfoSet Query is called an Ad-hoc

Query.

The reporting type a user can use depends on the report used to start the InfoSet Query. You can find
further information about the reports under Components for Calling Up the InfoSet Query.