Procedure documentationWorking with the Printing Assistant for Landscapes

Prerequisites

You have defined:

You have ensured the following:

  • Each Target System has a valid RFC destination in the Central System.

  • The output devices are created in the spool administration of the systems in which the actual printing will take place. This can happen in the Central System and also in the Target Systems.

If all output device definitions are located in the Central System, you should start with the definition of the output devices as PAL Printers as described in Creating a PAL Printer.

If you want to retrieve output device definitions from other systems, you must define those systems as Target Systems first, as described in Creating a Target System.

Procedure

You are now in your Central System. On the SAP Easy Access screen, select Start of the navigation path Administration Next navigation step CCMS Next navigation step Print Next navigation step Printing Assistant for Landscapes End of the navigation path or call transaction code PAL.

The main screen is displayed. It is divided into three sections: header, PAL Object List section, and PAL Object Details section.

  1. In the header section you use the dropdown menu next to field Show to select the level of PAL Object type you want to process. Afterwards, all existing objects of this type will be displayed in the PAL Object List section.

  2. In the PAL Object List section, all objects of the selected type are displayed. You can create, change, and delete PAL Objects. You can also check the distribution status of PAL Objects.

  3. The PAL Object Details section is only displayed as long as one PAL Object is selected for maintenance. Each PAL Object type has a tab page, Details, where changes can be done, checked and saved. Printer Groups and Target System Groups have a second tab page, Members, where PAL Printers or Target Systems can be added and removed. PAL Printers and Target Systems have a second tab page Member of, where the groups are displayed.

If you want to search for an existing PAL Object, go to field Get, select an option from the dropdown menu, enter the name or description in the free text field, and select Go.

Depending on the value you select in the Show field, the table below contains all existing PAL Objects of that type. For example, if you want to check which Target Systems are created, select level Target Systems from the Show field.