Output Determination Using Condition Technique
Output Determination Using Condition Technique
Output Determination Using Condition Technique
Overview
Outputs are an essential media of communication with various business partners & internal partner within the organization
during or for sales processing. These output can be either be taken as print on paper or generated PDF files or sent by
mails/electronically. You can even restrict or allow the trigger of these output.
Partner functions,
Transmission media and
Dispatch time.
You need to co-ordinate with ABAPers for output processing program and form.
Output determination is carried out through condition technique in Sales and Distribution.
V1 Sales
V2 Shipping
V3 Billing
V6 Handling Units
V7 Transport
Types of Output
Print Output,
Fax,
Telex,
E-Mail
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Output Determination
Output is determined using condition technique.
Output can be determined from customer master, but it is recommended that Output in sales document through output
determination procedure(Condition technique). Output can be determined separately for Sales Document: Header and Sales
Document: Item level.
Unlike any other determination procedure getting determined through condition technique. The output determination also
involves,
Condition Table
Access Sequence
Condition Types
Output Determination Procedure
Output Determination Procedure Assignment
You have to define combination of fields for which you want condition records in condition tables of output. Provided existing
standard condition tables does not meet your requirement. In case of new condition table enter name of condition table, the
number of table must be starting from 900. Select the fields for table from allowed fields and generate new condition table.
You have to define new access sequence by copying existing one and change to your requirement, provided standard
access sequence does not meet you requirement. It is search strategy which system uses to find out condition records
stored in condition tables for condition types. Unlike pricing, all output type has access sequence. Therefore, you maintain
output condition record for all output types.
You have to define new Output types by copying existing one and change to your requirement, provided standard output
type does not meet you requirement.
Languages of Output
Print Program: print specification
SAP Script: layout
Partners (to whom you need to send output)
You need to mention Partner function wise Output type.
Here you assign Output types to desired Partner function like SP/SH/PY etc.. Generally that would be the intent recipient of
that output type.
You have to define new Output determination procedure by copying existing one and change to your requirement, provided
standard output determination procedure does not meet you requirement.
TCode V/69
Assign Output determination procedure to Sales document item category
Similar steps could be followed for output determination for Sales activities and Billing documents
You need to create communication strategy, system should search for communication methods in case of transmission
medium 5.
Output Determination - Sales Document: Item assigned to Sales Document Item Category
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Condition Record
Without or in absence proper condition record maintenance, the desired output type will not determine in relevant sales
document type. Therefore condition record is crucial in Automatic determination of output type.
TCode Condition Record Maintenance for