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How to configure output parameters for purchase orders?
With the app Output Parameter Determination, you can define default output settings for specific business objects, for example, purchase orders. Output settings include, for example, an output channel, a recipient, or a form template. For more details refer Output Parameter Determination. As an administrator you can make the following configurations specific to purchase orders in the app Output Parameter Determination:
- Open the app Output Parameter Determination
- Select Purchase Order in the Show Rules section
- Select the Determination Step and there field-value pair as mentioned in below tables:
Determination Step | Field | Value |
1. Output Type | ||
Document Type | “NB” or “NB2” as per requirement | |
Output Type | “PURCHASE_ORDER” | |
Dispatch Time | “Immediately” or “Scheduled” as per requirement |
Example:
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Example:
3. Channel | ||
Output Type | “PURCHASE_ORDER” | |
Role | “LF” | |
Recipient | Supplier Number (Optional) | |
Channel | Channel name like Print, Email, EDI, XML, etc. | |
Exclusive Indicator | True/False as per requirement |
Example:
4. Printer Setting | ||
Output Type | “PURCHASE_ORDER” | |
Role | “LF” | |
Recipient | Supplier Number (optional) | |
Purchasing Organization | Name of Purchasing Organization (optional) | |
Print Queue | “DEFAULT” | |
Number of copies | “1”,”2″, etc. as per requirement |
Example:
5. Email Recipient | ||
Output Type | “PURCHASE_ORDER” | |
Role | “LF” | |
Recipient | Supplier Number (optional) | |
Email Type Code | “To”, “Cc”, “Bcc”, etc. as per requirement | |
Email Address | Email address of recipient as per requirement |
Example:
6. Email Settings | ||
Output Type | “PURCHASE_ORDER” | |
Role | “LF” | |
Recipient | Supplier Number (optional) | |
Sender Email | Email address of sender as per requirement | |
Email Template | Standard template(“MM_PUR_PO_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE”) or custom email template as per requirement |
Example:
7. Form Template | ||
Output Type | “PURCHASE_ORDER” | |
Role | “LF” | |
Recipient | Supplier Number (optional) | |
Channel | Channel name like Print or Email | |
Sender Country | As per requirement (optional) | |
Receiver Country | As per requirement (optional) | |
Recipient Language | As per requirement (optional) | |
Form Template | Standard Template(MM_PUR_PURCHASE_ORDER) or custom form template as per requirement | |
Form Language | As per requirement (optional) |
Example:
8. Output Relevance | ||
Output Type | “PURCHASE_ORDER” | |
Relevance Indicator | True/False as per requirement |
Example:
List of Determination Steps that need to be maintained for the output channels:
Channel | Determination Step | |||||||
Output Type | Receiver | Channel | Printer Settings | Email Recipient | Email Settings | Form Template | Output Relevance | |
Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Optional | Optional | Mandatory | Optional | |
Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Optional | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Optional | |
XML | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
EDI | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
Notes:
- The Form Template will contain name of the print form template that is used in Print and Email channels.
- Fields like Recipient, Purchasing Organization, Sender Country, Recipient Counter, etc. act as filters for various determination steps.
- Value mentioned in double quotes (in the above tables) are fixed, these values cannot be changed for the purchase order business object.
- The step Output Relevance is optional. If the step is missing or not configured, then also the purchase order output will be triggered.
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Hello Toseef Ahmed Ansari ,
is it possible to use "AP" Role instead of "LF" to generate the Output into EMAIL?
I am actually struggling with the parameters and I cannot configure an "automatic" EMAIL output to the AP_Role which is in my P.O.-Header...
Thx
André Bauer
Berlin