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3360340 - Print Preview -Output Preview

Symptom

  • You can now use the option Print Preview to view the purchase order output in preview mode when purchase order is in approval or before you save the purchase order.
  • This helps to check the purchase order output before it is sent out. However, the PDF being generated during Print Preview has certain restrictions.
 

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2402

Resolution

Print Preview Feature has some restrictions described bellow:
 

Address Details 

Restriction  Preview OutputActual output Impact
1If address contain company/person in print preview, title will not be displayed.Proper title for company and person will displayIn print preview, not possible to determine whether it is company or person .
If you are not editing after save of a PO, Supplier address in Supplier Contract tab at purchase Order header, title will be displayed in output preview.
If you are not editing after save of a PO, Delivery address in Delivery address tab, title will be displayed in output preview.
 
2Whether ship to address details is same or different for all items, in print preview ship to address will be display at header and at each itemIn the Actual output if items have common address, address will be displayed at header.Print preview carry more information. It will carry address details for all the items. Actual output will not show ship to address for all the item as per the form design.
3If SCCUI “Enable Partner Functions in Manage Purchase Orders Application”, if functionality is not enabled to show Partner tab in “Manage purchase orders” app then address of BUPA relationship such as ‘Ordering address’ and ‘invoicing partner’ will not show in output preview.In actual output, data will display for ordering and invoicing partner without enabling SSCUI as wellEnabling SSCUI is mandatory setting to have partner tab in manage purchase order application. 
This restriction applies only during new PO creation.
4Some of the address detail fields such as district are not available in purchase order draft table, where are they are present in the purchase order persistency.In actual output might have additional address fieldsFields that are available on the manage purchase order application UI, are available in Purchase Order draft tables. Those fields are supported in the output preview.
Due to the above reason, during edit of a purchase order such fields are not maintained and therefore they do not appear in the output preview.
5when an item is deleted, during output preview such a deleted item will not be displayed as expected. Where in the final output it is expected to display deleted item with change text as ‘item cancelled’.On change of supplier address or any other print relevant field change for a deleted item, delivery address "change text is coming"Current restriction 

Pricing Conditions

  • If customer uses custom form template and refers to net price computed from Item Pricing Conditions, then the following restrictions would apply.
  • When an end user creates a new Purchase Order, thereby editing a new Item, (i.e. changing item fields that affect item pricing) and then follows by launching Print Preview, then on the Print Preview, the “net price computed from Item Pricing Conditions” shall show 0.
  • When an end user edits an already approved / sent Purchase Order, thereby changing an existing item, (i.e. changing item fields that affect item pricing ) and then follows by launching Print Preview, then on the Print Preview, the “net price computed from Item Pricing Conditions” shall show value that was saved in the Purchase Order, before the edit.
  • When an end user displays a Purchase Order that is presently undergoing approval workflow  (i.e. here, end user is typically the approver of Purchase order),  and follows by launching Print Preview, then on the Print Preview, the “net price computed from Item Pricing Conditions” shall show value that was saved in the Purchase Order, before sending for approval.
  • When an end user edits a Purchase Order that is presently undergoing approval workflow (i.e. here, end user is typically the approver of Purchase order),  thereby changes item fields that affect the item’s pricing, and then follows by launching Print Preview, then on the Print Preview, the “net price computed from Item Pricing Conditions” shall show value that was saved in the Purchase Order, before sending for approval.

See Also

See KBA 3360381 - Print Preview Feature on Purchase Order Apps

Keywords

print preview, brf+ , KBA , MM-FIO-PUR-PO-OM , Purchase Order Output Management , How To

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2402