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Define Message
Types for Scheduling Agreement Release/Expediter
In this step, you define the message types for
scheduling agreements.
In the SAP System, the message type denotes
different kinds of message (in Purchasing, mainly communications sent to
vendors, such as purchase orders, order acknowledgments, and
expediters).
To define a message type, you must enter the
following:
Alphanumeric key, up
to four characters in length, uniquely defining a message type.
Key for the access
sequence.
Text describing the
message type.
- Detailed data (only the most
important are dealt with here):
Indicator via which
you specify whether a message can be outputted to the same partner several
times. If you set this indicator, specify under the heading "Change messages"
the program and FORM routine with which the change message is generated. In
the standard system, these are program FM06AEND and the FORM routine
CHANGE_FLAG.
In addition, you
must set the "New message determination" indicator in the message schema for
the scheduling agreement.
Single-character,
numeric key defining the type of message processing (e.g. printout,
transmission as fax or e-mail).
Single-character,
numeric key defining the point in time at which the message is processed (e.g.
immediately a document is saved or with the next selection run).
Partner role
defining the recipient.
Indicator specifying
that the default for this message is to be generated via the condition
technique.
Note
The values for the transmission medium, time-spot, and partner role entered
under the detailed data are automatically adopted as default values when a
message record is created for the message type.
Set up
fine-tuned control for each message type
For each message type you create, you must
specify the operations for which it is to be used.
For example: operations "new output", "output of changes" or "output of
expediters".
To do so, choose Fine-Tuned
Control: Scheduling Agreement in the Customizing
activity.
Recommendation
- To create a new message type, copy a similar,
already-existing one and make any necessary changes.
- If you define your own message types, the key
should begin with the letters Y or Z, since SAP keeps these name slots free in
the standard system supplied.
Activities
1. Check to
what extent you can use the message types included in the standard SAP System
supplied and to what extent you must change them.
2. Define your
message types for scheduling agreements.