Selecting and Displaying Spool and Output Requests
On the initial screen of the Output Controller (transaction SP01
), you can specify selection criteria on the Spool Requests
and Output Requests
tab pages for displaying spool or output requests.
In the screenshot below, the user is searching in system BCE
, client 200
for spool requests with the creation date 09.12.2002
.

Choose
Execute
to display an overview of the spool or output requests that match the selection criteria.
Call the output controller (transaction SP01
).
Choose the tab page Spool Requests
or Output Requests
.
Select the requests by entering any combination of criteria, as shown in the figure above.
For more information, such as how to enter value ranges or exclude specific values from the selection, see Entering Selection Criteria.
Choose
Execute
to display an overview of the spool or output requests that match the selection criteria.
Optional: Optional: If you want to change the display of the selection fields that appear on the Spool Requests
and Output Requests
tab pages of the initial screen of transaction SP01, choose Further Selection Criteria
.
This screen appears:

You can choose between the following basic settings:
Minimum
Standard
Extended
All
User-defined
If you choose User-Defined
, you make your own selection.
Note
Users with administration authorizations are offered more selection fields than users who are only authorized to change their own requests.
The List of Spool Requests or the List of Output Requests shows the requests that match your selection criteria.
You want to display all spool requests created between 01.01.2002 and 01.02.2002 for the output device PRINTER1.
On the Spool Request
selection screen, enter the date range in the Date Created
field and the name of the output device in the Output Device
field.
Then choose
Execute
.