List of Spool Requests

Definition

The list of spool requests is a list of the spool requests that match the selection criteria that you specified in the initial screen of transaction SP01 (Output Controller) (see also Selecting Spool and Output Requests).

Structure

Information, such as spool number, spool request type, creation date and time, creator, number of pages, and the processing status is displayed for each request. The data for a spool request is displayed in a row.

The following figure shows a list of spool requests:

You can tailor this list according to your needs. You can make the following settings, for example by choosing Settings  Layout  Current:

• Showing and Hiding Columns

• Create Variants

For more information, see ABAP List Viewer (ALV): Classic.

Use

You can edit the displayed spool requests. To do this, you must select the spool requests and then choose the desired function in the application toolbar.

The following functions are available to edit the displayed spool requests:

• Print Request

  An output request is generated from the spool request. The print settings of the spool request are used.

• Print with changed parameters

  Change the print settings, such as the printer name, before you print the spool request.

• Display and Change Spool Request Information (such as number of pages or output device)

• Delete Request

• Display the content of the request

• Display output requests for spool requests

  • If you want to see the output requests for a spool request, double-click the status of the corresponding spool request in the list of spool requests.

  • If you want to see the output requests for multiple spool requests, select the spool requests and choose Output Requests.

• Forward Contents of Request (send using SAPOffice or export as text)

More Information

Selecting and Displaying Spool and Output Requests

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