General Settings (SAP Library - Inventory Management and Physical Inventory)

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General Settings

In this step, you make the following settings:

definition of the printers used in Inventory Management (object "Printer setting")

Here, you define:

all output devices used in Inventory Management

print parameters for each output device (indicator for barcode and multiple printout)

definition of valid print indicators (object "Item print indicator")

To print a GR/GI slip for a goods movement, a print indicator must be assigned to the movement type.

This print indicator controls:

whether a material document item may be printed

which output type is used for the slip

In this step, you define only the print indicators that are allowed. You make your assignments to movement types and output types in a later step.

Two print indicators are also defined for physical inventory management. These print indicators are used to control different layout sets, depending on whether sales price valuation is active or not.

Print version per transaction (object "Print version")

In this step, you define the print version that is proposed as a default in the individual transactions in Inventory Management.

Requirements

Before you make the general print settings, you must ensure that your systems administrator has already defined the output devices and their character sets.

Default settings

In the standard R/3 System, the following print indicators apply to goods receipt/issue slips:

1 for goods receipt/issue slips

2 for return delivery slips (for return deliveries to vendors)

3 for goods receipt/issue slips for materials provided to subcontractors

6 for goods receipt/issue slips with movement types 501 and 511 which can be used both as other goods receipt and as goods receipt for purchase order (item without reference)

The following print indicators are defined for physical inventory:

4 for physical inventory without sales price valuation

5 for physical inventory with sales price valuation

SAP Recommendation

SAP recommends that you accept the settings defined in the standard system. In this case, no action is required on your part.

Actions

1. Define the printers for Inventory Management.

2. Check the predefined print indicators.

3. Define the version to be proposed for each transaction.