Functions for Editing Excel Templates
Functions for Editing Excel Templates
Use
If you implement the Excel integration for entering plan data, you can personally set up the Excel sheet in which you enter the data. The functions for editing the Excel sheet are, however, limited, since the connection of the cells in the sheet to the cells in the planning layout must be kept.
Prerequisites
When you open the Excel input screen from the default settings of a planning layout for the first time, the first Excel sheet is protected. Only the cells, which were also available for input from the SAP entry screen, are excluded from this protection.
If you want to change this Excel sheet, you have to remove the sheet protection in Excel.
You should reset the sheet protection in Excel after editing the sheet. This ensures that any additional entries of plan data are only made for data as defined in the SAP System.
Features
The following functions are available for editing the Excel template:
You should not use the following functions:
If you use these functions, the data cannot be properly imported into the SAP System.
You can only move plan data within a spreadsheet using the SAP function. To do so, select the data to be moved by choosing 
and then choosing 
at the target position. Save the connection of the old position to the new position by choosing 
Save File name.
To delete data, return to the SAP System and choose 
.
Insert new objects to be planned directly under the existing SAP data, for example, below the totals line. To insert, choose 
(SAP possible entries).
Do not insert any empty rows. The system does not recognize data that is separated from the existing SAP data by a blank row.
To insert additional data, from the SAP Menu choose Edit → Insert.
You can use the formatting functions of Excel to change the font or color, for example.
Outside of the SAP data range, you can make additional calculations or evaluations. For example, you could insert diagrams or use formulas and macros.
SAP recommends you make additional calculations on a second spreadsheet. This ensures that there are no conflicts with the actual plan data during import. SAP plan data is always imported into the SAP System from the first spreadsheet.
You can enter formulas in the SAP data range. However, the formula is overwritten by the result when saving and the formula is lost.
You can save your Excel spreadsheet. To do so, choose Save Excel layout.