Advantages of Using the Hovitaga Report Generator

There are several reasons why you should use an SAP developer tool, a good example being the Hovitaga Report Generator. The Hovitaga Report Generator is advantageous in that it accelerates SAP reporting.

There are several reasons why you should use an SAP developer tool, a good example being the Hovitaga Report Generator. The Hovitaga Report Generator is advantageous in that it accelerates SAP reporting. This ABAP add-on reduces development time significantly by generating ABAP code automatically.

Some of the sections of the ABAP code that are generated automatically by the Report Generator include definition of the selection screen, type declarations, data declarations, programming of the user interface (AVL tree or ALV grid), declaration of event handler class and methods, and global structure creation in the data dictionary or the creation of local structures in reports. All in all, the Hovitaga Report Generator creates between 200 and 1000+ lines of your ABAP code automatically. This will only take you a few minutes, depending on the report's complexity. This tool is important because reports are vital for the success of any business since most business decisions are based on reports. Quality SAP reports influence SAP implementations positively. With this tool you only need to create the OpenSQL query and the program code will be created with a few clicks.

Yet another advantage of the Hovitaga Report Generator is that the ALV grid allows you to easily visualize lists. The ALV grid is also important in that you could export the list to MS Excel if you want to do further analysis.

Hovitaga Report Generator enables you to choose the names and transaction codes for the reports. It also allows you to specify the transport request and the package name for new objects through standard dialogs.

The product is advantageous in that it is based on the Hovitaga OpenSQL Editor. This is important because it means you not only get to generate reports, but you can execute OpenSQL queries instantaneously. These tools are robust in that every syntactically correct SELECT statement can be used.

There are multiple support options, which include improvements and corrections. You could get standard support, which means you will get improvements and corrections whenever they are released, or premium support, to get a bugfix within a few days after you reported it. If you want to save money, you could buy the Report Generator without support.

Such tools also lower SAP IT costs due to the reduced development time. You will pay less to the ABAP developers and the SAP consultants, and they will be able to create reports in a timely manner.

The fact that these tools are written entirely in ABAP means they are transparent (there is no black-box development) and this means there is no interface or platform-dependency, nothing needs to be integrated with your SAP system. Yet another advantage of the Hovitaga add-on is that it is possible to download demo versions for free from the Hovitaga homepage, so you get the chance to try them before buying them.

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