StyleSheet Object (XSL)

You can use the StyleSheet object to provide format to XML reports .

Object Definition

Object class: Passive object

Object type/Short form: XSL

Background/Purpose

You can design the content and appearance of an XML report with style sheets. The system client 0000 contains the following ready-to-use style sheets for SAP reports in the STYLESHEETS folder:

• XSL.SAP.APPLICATIONLOG
• XSL.SAP.SPOOLDIRECTORY
• XSL.SAP.STATISTICS
• XSL.SAP.STEPLIST

The administrator can assign StyleSheet objects to specific report types with the UC_REPORT_STYLESHEETS variable.

You can view the report either in XML structure or as formatted output.

You cannot display a report with a style sheet if

• no StyleSheet object has been assigned to the report type.
• the report has not completely been transferred due to an error.
• the report is very long and must be transferred page by page.
• the XML data cannot be correctly parsed.

Defining a Style Sheet Object

An Style Sheet object definition is made up of the following pages:

• Standard pages that are always available, no matter what type of object you are defining:
• General Page
• Version Management Page
• Documentation Page
• The object-specific page: