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Use

You can print PI sheets either directly from within the worklist or in the individual view in PDF format. If you print out directly from the worklist, the data that has been saved (and which cannot be changed any more) that exists in the XML of the PI sheet can be outputted directly.

Features

The additional option for printing out the PI sheet as a print form in PDF format is offered in the worklist as a function and in the individual view of the loaded PI sheet as a pushbutton. It serves to create a production report in an SAP-independent format and as an alternative method of printing out production papers.

The up-to-dateness of the data is ensured only in the invoked PI sheet.

Upon the recommendation of ADOBE and as described in PDF-Based Print Forms , no scripts are used in the ADOBE print forms.

Note that as a result (due to technical restrictions) there may be differences between the layout on the screen or the printout in HTML format and the printout of the PDF document.

The following differences are liable to occur:

  1. Formatted text (SAPScript, HTML, …) is outputted unformatted.

  2. Images are not outputted depending on source reference (SAP-internal, e.g. icons or external hyperlinks)

  3. HTML elements (such as asterisks for mandatory input fields) are not all outputted

  4. Native text (such as units of measure) is outputted as textbox

  5. Grouped tables are represented as individual elements

  6. Selection lists for characteristics are displayed unexpanded

If you should require a printout corresponding to the screen layout, you can create the appropriate scripts in the implementation project. Alternatively, you can use a print program that prints the HTML-based pages (see also Note 810895).