Once a process message has been created, all subsequent processing by the user is carried out in the monitor. Which processing steps are allowed or required depends on the status of the process message. This section describes when and how you can change, send or delete a process message in the message monitor.
For information on how to access the message monitor, see Accessing the Message Monitor .
Changing Messages
If a message has not yet been sent to any of its destinations, you can change it in the following way (see Changing Process Messages ):
You can change the characteristic values of the process message.
If the message category contains characteristics which are not yet contained in the current message, these characteristics are also offered for maintenance.
You need this function, for example, to complete process messages that do not contain all the required characteristics of their message category.
When you save your changes, the message status is set to "to be sent". This means that the message will be taken into account during the next run of the send job.
Sending Messages
If a message has the status "to be sent", "to be resubmitted" or "to be resubmitted with warning", you can send it from the message monitor using one of the following functions:
If you want to send all messages, by starting the corresponding background job: see Starting Send Jobs for Process Messages .
If you only want to send individual messages, via online sending: see Sending Process Messages Online
Normally, process messages are automatically sent in the background after they have been created (see Starting the Send Function for Process Messages ). You need the above functions:
If you have not defined the background job for sending in Customizing
After you have corrected an error in a message, if there are no new messages to trigger your background job
Deleting Messages
You can delete process messages within the message monitor: see Deletion of Process Messages and Message Logs .