What is the difference between report and script?
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Answer / lokesh
Report is a program that reads the data from database ,
manipulates the data & outputs the processed data on to the
screen and printer in a specific format.
SAP Script is the word processing tool of SAP.
often there are instances where an o/p from a SAP prg is
required on a physical paper in a pre-designed format.Using
normal ABAP code this is not possible.Instead SAP provides
an object called SAPScripts to generate such kind of
documents which can contain logos, tables and other objects
and which can look like pre-printed document.
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Answer / rohit singh
Reports are for internal purposes within and organization to
analyze the existing situation and for taking corrective
decisions
Where scripts are for printing business documents which will
be either sent to the customer or the vendors for the
transactions made i.e for external purposes.
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Answer / smart varghese
An ABAP report program, you can display the resulting
output list - also known as a report - on the screen or
send it to a printer. You can also save the output list and
display it later.
SAPscript is the word processing tool used within SAP/R3 to
manipulate and display text. It is used throughout the
system for on-line displays and print out processing. When
data is printed using SAPscript, the output is commonly
referred to as layouts or forms
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Answer / sreeram garapati
Script is a form which has a layout set as per the company standards and can be used for external use too.
Generally reports are designed for internal use for in plant endusers.
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Answer / rajesh
A script is a static form which is used for printing company
specific documents like invoive,purchase order etc.
Report is a program that reads the data from database ,
manipulates the data & outputs the processed data on to the
screen and printer in a specific format.
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