Evaluate Communication Documents 

You can monitor the communication documents received by the R/3 Shipping System by displaying them and their respective statuses in a global and a selective overview.

To evaluate communication documents, you can display:

Only the communication type "delivery" is relevant for the R/2-R/3 link so that the following explanations apply solely to this communication type.

Overview of Communication Documents

To display the communication documents in a global or selective overview, proceed as follows:

  1. In the SAP menu, select Logistics ® Logistics Execution® Internal Whse Processes® R/2-R/3 Link.
  2. Choose Communication ® Evaluate Commun.Doc.

    3. You see the Evaluation of Communication Documents screen.

  3. Enter the criteria by which you want the communication documents to be selected and then choose Program ® Execute.

    4. The Communication Documents: Global Overview screen appears: The number or communication documents and their processing statuses are summed up and sorted according to communication type.

  4. Position the cursor on the Delivery line on the entries for which you want to obtain a selective overview, and then choose Goto ® Overview commun.doc.

The Communication Documents: Selective Overview screen appears: You reach the screen where the communication documents selected are listed complete with the appropriate record number, record type, time and date of reaching the system, time and date they were processed, error status, and so on.

Update Overview

You can update the overview list on the global overview screen at any time so that your list always gives an accurate picture of the current situation. To do this, choose List ® Refresh.

Displaying Communication Documents Individually

You can display communication documents in two ways:

The individual display gives you header data (such as the number of the delivery created), item data, and texts for the documents selected.

Display from the Selective Overview

To display a communication document from the selective overview screen, position the cursor on the document and then select Goto ® Display commun.doc.

The communication document selected is displayed and can be printed out.

Display on Request

To display a communication document on request, proceed as follows:

  1. In the SAP menu, select Logistics ® Logistics Execution® Internal Whse Processes® R/2-R/3 Link.
  2. Choose Communication ® Shipping ® Display commun.doc.

    3. You see the Display Communication Document screen.

  3. Enter the record number of the communication document you want to display in the Communications Document field and then choose Program ® Execute.

The communication document selected is displayed and can be printed out.