Chapter 06_Printing SAPScript Forms

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Printing SAPScript Forms


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Objective

The participants will be able to :

Identify What ? Where ? When ? How ? should be printed with a SAPScript form.

Describe Output Type

Differentiate Screen Vs. Printer

Analyze Print Preview

Perform Collective Printing

Employ Repeating Output


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Printing SAP Script Forms What? Where? When? How?

Where should it be printed?

How many copied should be printed?

When should it be printed?

What medium should it be printed on?


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Printing SAP Script Forms What? Where? When? How?(Contd.)

At what level should the information be stored?

What types of status should be captured?


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Printing SAP Script Forms - Output Type

Create Sales order (VA01) ->Extras

-> Output -> Header -> Edit

Output Type defines when and to

where to print the form.

When - Communication method

Where - Further data

How - Medium


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Printing SAP Script Forms : Output Type - When

Click on Further data button

Dispatch time

Send with periodically scheduled job

The message is processed through report

program RSNAST00. This report program

can be scheduled periodically or started

manually.

Send with job, with additional time

specification

Same as 1, but tte message contains an

earliest processing date and a requested

processing time. The message is ignored

by report program RSNAST00 before therequested date.


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Printing SAP Script Forms : Output Type - When (Contd.)

Click on Further data button

Dispatch time

Send with application own transaction

The message is selected and processed

by application specific programs.

Processing can take place online or in the

background.

Send Immediately (When saving the

application)

The message is processed when the

application document is saved. No further

processing of the message is necessary.


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Printing SAP Script Forms : Output Type - Where

Click on Communication method

button

Printer name - Physical output device

name

Number of messages - Number of

copies to be printed


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Printing SAP Script Forms

Output medium:

1 Printout

2 Fax

3 Teletex

4 Telex

6 EDI

7 SAP Office

8 Special function

9 Workflow events

A Distribution (ALE)

T Workflow: Task


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Printing SAP Script Forms (Contd.)

Processing status:

0 Not processed

1 Successfully processed

2 Incorrectly processed

3 Not active


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Printing SAP Script Forms - Screen Vs. Printer

Sales document ->Issue Output To

-> Print Preview

Works with all timing as long as

there exists an output type

Ignores the output device

specification

Best for debugging

Sales document ->Issue Output To

-> Print

Works only if Dispatch time = 3

(Send with application own

transaction)


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Printing SAP Script Forms - Print Preview


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Printing SAP Script Forms - Collective Printing (Send time = 1)

Execute Program RSNAST00 using

Transaction SE38. Transaction

OVNN.

Can define and use variants.

Only the output types with Dispatch

time = 1 will be detected

Only the output type with status = 0

will be detected unless Send Again

field is checked

Object key = Document number


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Printing SAP Script Forms - Repeating Output

Enter the document in change

mode.

Select an output type that has

already been successfully

processed (Status = 1).

Click on Repeat output

button.

Select the new entry. (Status =

0) and change any data if

necessary

Trigger printing as before.


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Demonstration

Printing SAPScript forms.


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Practice

Printing SAPScript forms.


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Summary

The different medium for printing SAPScript forms are printout, fax, EDI ,Workflow , etc.

The Output type defines when, where, and how to print the form. The output

types are proposed for SAP documents via configuration and can be over-ridden.

SAP forms are frequently designed to be triggered by event.

Output will be generated and issued to the specified printer when triggered bytheir respective events.


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Questions

What are the different output mediums for SAPScript forms ?

What are the different triggering events for SAPScript forms ?

How can SAPScript forms be displayed on screen before printing ?

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