The following includes information about the delivery monitor that can help you optimize your entries for worklist creation and reduce the amount of time the selection takes.
Initial screen
The first time you call up the delivery monitor, individual selection types appear instead of the SAP standard variants. However, as you work with it, the delivery monitor notes the name of the variant you last entered. You can also enter and maintain a selection variant for individual selection types on the initial screen of the delivery monitor. Use
Display variants
to display or maintain variants. To maintain a variants for selection types on the initial screen, enter the name of the variant you want to maintain and choose the icon in the
Maint.
column. The standard report variant maintenance function appears.
You can also switch back and fourth between the outbound (
Only outbound deliveries
) and inbound (
Only inbound deliveries
) views or activate both views simultaneously (
All deliveries
).
Depending on what you want the worklist to convey, you can select according to the following selection types:
Outbound delivery |
Inbound delivery |
For picking |
For putaway |
For confirmation |
For confirmation |
For loading |
|
For goods issue |
For goods receipt |
For transportation planning |
For transportation planning |
List outbound deliveries |
List inbound deliveries |
Selection Screen
Depending on the selection type, search criteria from the following areas may appear:
Selection |
Remark |
Organization data |
|
Document editing |
|
Time data |
|
Picking data |
You can enter selection criteria relevant for picking of outbound deliveries in this selection area. If
If
You can decide whether the warehouse number check should be run on header or item level in the delivery.
Note For example, you can search for deliveries that are meant to be processed in a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and therefore refer to a warehouse number in the header. End of the note.
If you choose
|
Document data |
|
Material data |
|
Partner data |
|
More partners |
|
Display options |
You can use this selection field to influence how the deliveries are displayed. Depending on the weight and volume units of the selected deliveries, the system determines a weight and volume unit that can be used uniformly for all deliveries in the list. You can define which units the deliveries should appear in by using the
If you choose
Note If you select this option, the selection takes more time. The system does require the item data for some subsequent functions and may read it automatically anyway. End of the note. By choosing
Note If you select this option, the selection takes more time. End of the note. |
Data for shipment |
|
Status: inbound/outbound deliveries |
You can enter selection criteria for the delivery's processing status here. If you call up the delivery monitor in one of the views from which you want to select deliveries that are still in process, some of the status fields may have defaults that cannot be changed. You can enter other selection criteria (using the following letters) for the fields that are ready for input.
This selection option allows you more flexibility than before for selecting deliveries in specific stages of processing. Example To select open deliveries, choose
End of the example. |
Background processing control |
If you call up the delivery monitor using selection type
In the
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Output proposal |
You can enter the output type that the system is to use during output processing in the list of deliveries. You can change it again later at any point as you process the list by choosing Example If you enter the delivery note as a default value here, you can issue the delivery note directly for the selected deliveries by selecting End of the example. |
Notes on selecting the worklist
During the selection criteria check at item level, it follows that a delivery is only selected if at least one of the items meets the selection criteria. If the list is then displayed in item view, only those items that meet the criteria are displayed. The selection criteria entered in a search for deliveries that are in process does not influence the length of time this selection takes, for the most part.
In the
List outbound deliveries
and
List inbound deliveries
selection types, the system runs checks of the selection criteria entered and, in some cases, time-consuming search algorithms. You can reduce the search time if you follow these guidelines:
When selecting outbound deliveries with the
List outbound deliveries
selection type, specify one or more of the following search criteria:
Ship-to party
Sold-to party
Partners that have a delivery index
Material
Goods movement statusC (open deliveries)
Document number
When selecting inbound deliveries using the
List inbound deliveries
selection type, specify the following:
Vendor
External delivery note number
Document number