Create Condition Records for Message Determination

Use

You create condition records for a message type for vendors and customers. For each vendor and customer, you can also maintain further parameters for message output, if required. These parameters then override the data that is maintain as default values in Customizing for the message type.

The following procedure shows how you create condition records for the various message types that are defined in Customizing.

Procedure

1. Select
Agency Business and then Create Messages for the agency document category for which you want to create messages.
2. Enter the Output type (= message type) for which you want to create condition records for the agency document category.
3. Enter the business partner (vendor or customer) for which you want to create messages.
4. Enter the partner function of the business partner.

You can also enter the following (optional) parameters in the list:

• Partner

You can enter a different recipient of the message.

• Transmission medium

You can issue the message by print output or fax, for example.

• Time of message output

You can start message processing (for example, printing) manually or automatically at various times.

• Language

You can define the language in which the text is displayed, entered, and printed out.

Under Communication, you can define the following data, for example:

• Output device
• Number of messages
• Text for the cover sheet
• Storage mode

5. Save your entries.

Result:

The entries are created as condition records on the database.

When message control records are created for an agency document, the system searches for valid condition records in line with the message type entered in the billing document type.