Output of Purchasing Docs. (Message Determination)
Purpose
The system always carries out the message determination process when you create an RFQ, a purchase order, a contract, an outline agreement, a scheduling agreement release, or a standard delivery schedule under a scheduling agreement. "Message determination" means that the system searches for a message record whose key combination matches up with the values from the relevant purchasing document.
If the appropriate settings have been made in Customizing, a new message determination process can be carried out when purchasing documents are changed.
Prerequisites
Process Flow
You can view an analysis log of the message determination process as well as the message itself in the purchasing document via Header ® Messages. At this point, you can also change the output criteria for the message (see
Changing Output Criteria).Note that the analysis log is not saved and is only available immediately following the message determination process.
If the associated document is subject to a release procedure and has not yet been released, the system generates a message. You can display this message but not output it. The message is initially blocked.