Displaying and Changing Spool Request Information (SAP Library

Displaying and Changing Spool Request Information

To display the header information for a spool request, select the spool request from the List of Spool Requests and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text . You can select multiple requests.

You can change the following attributes, among others:

Output device: If possible, only divert the output to an output device that uses the same device type as the output device where the request was originally sent. Usually, SAPscript texts cannot be sent to a printer that has a different device type. For ABAP lists, make sure the selected format is included in the device type of the output device to which you want to divert the output of the request.

Delete date: After the spool request has passed the expiration date, it is marked for deletion. The request is deleted the next time the spool database is reorganized. For more information, see Deleting Multiple Spool Requests Simultaneously.

To retain a spool request in the database, change the date specified in the Delete date field. You can also do this past the expiration date as long as the database has not yet been reorganized.

Completed, no longer possible to add to: If this field is blank, the spool system automatically adds additional spool requests that have the same attributes (user, title, output device, client from which the request was issued, number of copies, priority, cover page setting, archiving mode, and SAP GUI session number).

For example, if a user repeatedly uses a transaction that generates a spool request, the spool system combines the requests into a single spool request. This request can then be handled as a single job for purposes of printing and spool administration.

A request is "completed" and cannot have additional jobs added to it when it has been sent to the host spool for printing. No other spool requests can be added to a spool request you generated with the Print immediately option set or that you sent to the printer from the output controller.

You can also close a spool request before it is printed by marking this field. The system creates a separate spool request for subsequent requests that would have been added to this request.

If you are combining requests, note the following two rules:

If the expiration dates of combined spool requests are not the same, the spool system uses the latest date for the entire spool request.

To print out a "combined" spool request, set the Print immediately option on the last of the spool requests that is to be added. The spool system adds the last spool request and then sends the entire "combined" spool request to the output device.

Delete after printing if no errors: If this field is selected, the spool request, output request, and print data are deleted automatically after the request has been successfully printed.

The spool system retains spool requests that contain errors. You must manually delete such requests or allow them to expire and be deleted when the spool database is reorganized.

The delete option is set in a user's master record and can be changed:

When a user submits a spool request

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