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Set Profile for Packing Station

You can use this activity to set profiles for packing stations. You can make the following settings:

• Name of the packing station
  Enter a name of your choice for each packing station.

• Terminal identification
  You can specify terminal identification for each packing station profile. When you specify a terminal ID, it means that when the packing station transaction is called up from this terminal, the packing station profile that is set for that terminal appears automatically. The system then skips the actual initial screen.

• Packing station type
  You must specify a packing station type. You can differentiate between packing deliveries (inbound and outbound deliveries) and creating handling units without object reference.

• Quantity proposal
  This field controls proposal of the quantity when you pack a material item.

• Plant/Storage location/HU storage location/storage type/storage bin
  If you selected the Create HUs without object reference option when you set the packing-station type, you must enter a plant for the material that is to be packed. If you want to create handling units with stock information, enter an HU-managed storage-location in the HU storage location field. Then, the system automatically finds the partner storage-location and uses it as the storage location. If you want to use a different storage location, you can enter another non-HU storage location in the Storage location field.

• Print profile
  You can enter a print profile in order to control which output type should be issued to which printer. You can specify printers for several delivery output types and for several HU output types.

• Output devices
  Specifying output devices is an alternative to entering print profiles. The first output device will be used for HU outputs and the second output device will be used for delivery outputs.

• Post GI/GR at save
  This indicator only affects the delivery packing process. When you set this indicator, the inbound/outbound delivery will be posted to goods receipt/goods issue automatically when you select Save.

• Packaging material
  If you have set HUs for delivery as the packing station type, a handling unit with the packaging material listed here will be created each time you process a new delivery. It makes sense to enter a packaging material in a packing station profile if you want to pack several deliveries the same way.

• Create an HU using external numbers

• Attach a scale to the packing station
  If you connect a scale to the terminal, you can have the system determine the weight of a handling unit with the touch of a button. To do this, you must make entries in the RFC destination and Scale name fields. In the Scale name field, enter the scale's name according to the computer's "registry". See also: Introduction: Scale and Packing Station .

• Indicator: NO GRID
  If you use a pre-4.6c version of the SAPGUI, the use of the grid control can lead to runtime errors. If you set this indicator, the usual table control is used instead of the grid control.