The data that the audit report is reporting is sourced from the same place as the standard SAP audit report.
However, this report varies from the standard SAP report in several ways
- The data output is much reduced. This report only shows the records that have changed. So, if there were
50 fields on an infotype, and only one record was altered, the standard SAP report would show all 50 fields
with old and new values. The Audit report in the Generic Reporting Toolkit only shows the one field which
was changed. It will show the old and new values
- With the standard SAP report, depending upon how the record is changed, there will be a delete and an
insert shown. This means that potentially if a record has simply been delimited, then 50 records could be
shown for the old record and 50 records shown for the new record. In the Generic Reporting toolkit,
additional logic has been added which will marry up these records and create a single Changed record,
which only shows the values that have actually changed. This can potentially reduce the output of 100 lines
down to 1 line.
- The output is all shown on one single screen. There is no need to drill down into the data. The data
however can be sorted by any of the criteria required
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Additionally, the selection screen can limit the data reported to show particular employees, or to report only certain infotypes.