Description
This report provides the data for the circulation audit report. Indoing this, it determines the average circulation audit quantities fora selected period. The report can be used to calculate the figures foran audit report or to perform an internal evaluation (see alsoparameter 'Live IVW report').
Selection can be restricted according to the following criteria:

• Audit period (corresponds to shipping/return period; exception see
below)
If making an audit report that is not for specific issues (see below),you can use the field 'Backdated deliveries only from publication date'to exclude issues published before the date specified and deliveredsubsequently during the shipping period.
For example:
You do not make any entries in this field. The figures then include allissues for which subsequent deliveries were made during the shippingperiod.
You specify the date 1st April 1997. This means the figures willinclude all issues for which subsequent deliveries were made during theshipping period if they were published on or after 1st April 1997.
You specify 31st December 9999. This means no subsequent deliveries ofissues are included in the statistics.
Recommendation
SAP advises that you specify the first day in the audit quarter (auditperiod).

• Audit report for specific issue

If you select this indicator, quantity determination is performed forone issue. In this case, the audit period can only last for one day andis then interpreted as the publication date of the issue for which theaudit report is being made.

• Publication


• Edition


• Circulation audit number


• Circulation audit country


• Issue variant type

The issue variant type enables you to select for example only Saturdayeditions or all editions except Saturday.

• Include issue with circulation audit exclusion

If you select this indicator, circulation audit data on issues in whichthe circulation audit exclusion indicator is selected is included forprocessing.

• Ignore inserts

If you select this indicator, figures arising from the insertion ofissues are ignored in the evaluation.

• Ignore combinations

If you select this indicator, figures arising from combination ofissues are ignored in the evaluation.
Output can be controlled by means of the following criteria:

• CA hierarchy type and CA hierarchy version


• Live IVW report

This indicator controls a number of checks during selection and otheractivities performed by the program. The following applies if theindicator is selected:
The selected period must be a quarter, a month or an audit report for aspecific issue.
Issues excluded from circulation auditing cannot be taken into accountfor processing.
The hierarchy type version used must be valid throughout the entireaudit period (customizing).
The circulation audit hierarchy used must be active (customizing).
If the parameter 'Live IVW report' is selected, the selected auditperiod is also marked as 'reported' in the data basis.
The result of this is that no further returned copies can be recordedfor audit dates in the period for which the audit report was made. Theperiod for which the report was made is therefore 'closed'.
An evaluation of reported periods can be made at any time and theresults of such evaluations can of course also be used for an auditreport. However, if you do this, please ensure that data selectiontakes place correctly.

• New page for edition

Select this indicator to have the report make a page break for each newedition in the list.

• New page for circulation audit number

Select this indicator to have the report make a page break for each newcirculation audit number (with the data on all issues belonging to thatnumber) in the list.

Precondition
For data selection, you can either specify a combination ofpublications and editions or a circulation audit number. The hierarchytype and version are mandatory entries since they are required foroutput according to a circulation audit hierarchy.
If you perform a live IVW report (by marking the indicator), therequirements listed above must be met.
It is also absolutely necessary that the 'circulation produced' must bemaintained fully and correctly for the issues for evaluation. Theprogram does not check that this has been done.

Output
The report creates a list summarized according to the parametersspecified and containing the average quantities cumulated bycirculation audit categories. The totals level is displayed in thefirst column. Circulation audit categories made up of other categoriesare marked with an asterisk ('*') on each aggregation level.
It first sorts the list by editions, then by circulation audit numbers.The number of issues used to calculate averages is displayed in theheader for each page.
The averages are calculated for basic circulation audit categories androunded. Summation is based on the rounded values.
Calculation of the circulation figures stated is based on the 'grossprint run' maintained in the relevant issues. The program does notcheck whether these figures have been maintained correctly, i.e. arehigher than the delivery quantity for the date in question. Thedifference between the draw and quantities delivered (not includingreturned copies) is assigned as calculated unpaid copies to a categorydefined for this purpose, which is included in a group category forunpaid and archive copies (non-distributed circulation).
Depending on the CA hierarchy set up, the following guideline applies:
'Distributed circulation' + 'Non-distributed circulation' + 'Returnedcopies' = 'Draw'