Message Record
Definition
Record belonging to a condition table containing default values relating to how, when, and to whom a message is to be outputted.
Use
In order for the system to be able to generate a message for a purchasing document, a message record must exist whose key combination matches up with the values from the purchasing document.
In the standard system, you can define default values for a message type (e.g. output of new document, urging message) at the following levels (i.e. for the following key combinations):
Document type
(e.g. NB (standard purchase order), AN (RFQ))
Document type/purchasing organization/vendor
Purchasing organization/vendor for EDI
You can also define other levels in Customizing for
Purchasing
under
Messages
Output Control
Condition Tables
.
Note
Please note that you can only use fields from the header data of purchasing documents. Other fields (such as
Material
or
Plant
) displayed in the field catalog cannot be used.
You can create message records for the following situations:
All new purchase orders to the vendor Meyer Co. are to be transmitted via EDI immediately the PO is saved.
All new RFQs issued to the vendor Miller Corp. are to be placed in the message queue after being saved. From there, they are to be printed out manually.
You create message records as master data via the Purchasing menu.
See also:
Cross-Application Components -
CA – Message Control
.