Text & O/P Determination

Question

Plz tell me wht is text determination & Output determination.
Wht wud happen without text determination and where we maintain it?
Best regards,
Ankur

Answer 1

Hi Agarwal,
Condition Technique
In brief, the collective process of maintaining condition tables, access sequence, condition types and pricing procedure definition and determination is called condition technique. We need to maintain condition technique for the system to automatically determine the corresponding pricing elements for the materials and calculate the net value of the document when we process a sales document.
Text determination
Text determination is a functionality in SAP to enable specific / certain texts to be appeared on the transaction.
For example, in business transaction Sales you want to enter text for customer wishes, text for sales remark, while in other business transaction Service you want to be able to enter text for service remark, text for technician remark.
So, to enable SAP system to determine which text group need to be displayed on the screen transaction, you will need to configure Text Determination and assign it to respective business transaction type.
Partner determination has similarity but this works for determining Partner (not text). It doesn't have direct connection with Text determination. But both Partner and Text can be used on the same business transaction.
Output determination
Output may be print out / send by mail /Fax
Customisation steps for Output of Purchase Order
1. Condition Table
SPRO > Material Management> Purchasing -> Message -> Output Control->Condition Tables->Define Condition Table for Purchase Order
Select:
Purchasing Doc. Type,
Purch. Organization,
Vendor
2. Access Sequences
SPRO -> Material Management-> Purchasing -> Message -> Output Control->Access Sequences->Define Condition Table for Purchase Order
3. Message Type
SPRO -> Material Management-> Purchasing -> Message -> Output Control->Message Types->Define Message Type for Purchase Order
4. Message Determination Schemas
4.1. Message Determination Schemas
SPRO -> Material Management-> Purchasing -> Message -> Output Control->Message Schema->Define Message Schema for Purchase Order-> Maintain Message Determination Schema
4.2. Assign Schema to Purchase Order
SPRO -> Material Management-> Purchasing -> Message -> Output Control->Message Schema->Define Message Schema for Purchase Order-> Assign Schema to Purchase Order
5. Partner Roles per Message Type
SPRO -> Material Management-> Purchasing -> Message -> Output Control-> Partner Roles per Message Type ->Define Partner Role for Purchase Order
6. Condition Record
Navigation Path: SAP Menu-> Logistics -> Material Management -> Purchasing-> Master data->Messages-> Purchase Order-> MN04-> Create
Now you create PO (ME21N) and save it. Go to ME22N and print the PO by giving output type.
Note:
GR Output
Output of GR
After setting table, access sequence and output type for GR,run MB02 transaction, enter material document number. Double click one line item and select messages. Separate screen will be opened to configure outputs. Give the required fields and save the document. Now Run MB90, you can take printout. Output Type: WE03 or WE01 or WE02
Reward if it helpful.
Regards
Sasikanth.Ch