You use analysis reports to analyze the dynamics of your
purchase volumes. You can also use the report to analyze your
vendors' performance and purchase prices.
Creating a report means defining a combination of analysis
lines, for example a list of vendors, and analysis columns, for
example, purchase prices this year compared to last year.
Before you create new reports, you must set up templates for the
lines and columns . You can set up as many
line and column templates as you like, and then combine them to
create new analysis reports.
In the Analysis Report Name
field, click the AssistButton to see the Analysis Report Names window.
Click the first empty line, and in the Name field, enter the name you want to give
your new analysis report. In the Description field, enter a description.
Still in the same window, in the Analysis Line Template Name field, click
the AssistButton and then in the Purchase - Analysis Line Templates window,
select the relevant analysis line template and click OK to copy it
to the field.
In the Analysis Column Template
Name field, click the AssistButton and in the Purchase - Analysis Column Templates
window, select the relevant analysis column template and then click
OK to copy it to the field.
Click OK to view the report that you have created.
Note
Building combinations of line and column
templates to create reports and assigning them unique names is
optional. If you do this, selecting a report name means that you
won't need to select line and column templates in the Purchase Analysis Report window. After you
have chosen a report name, you can change line and column templates
independently and then later select the report name again to
restore the original combination.
Purchase Analysis
Report window.