Hierarchy
SAP_HRCGB (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRCGB of SAP_HR⤷
PY-GB (Application Component) United Kingdom⤷
PC08 (Package) HR accounting: GB
Basic Data
| Data Element | P08_PAE_SPOOL |
| Short Description | Separate Spool File Identifier |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | CHAR2 | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 2 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 2 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Spool File |
| Medium | 15 | Spool File Id. |
| Long | 21 | Spool File Identifier |
| Heading | 21 | Spool File Identifier |
Documentation
Definition
This field is not used in SAP standard but is available to customers to use as they require.
Use
The field is used to identify subsets of PAE notices that need to be in the same spool file.
Dependencies
The selection screen parameter "Separate Spool Files" must be ticked for this field to be used by the calling program.
Example
You are printing 35,000 letters.
10,000 Postponement letters SMARTFORM "PO"
20,000 Transitional Period letters SMARTFORM "TP"
1,000 NEJH not in a QPS letters SMARTFORM "NEJH"
1,000 NEJH in a QPS letters SMARTFORM "NEJH_IN_QPS"
1,000 EW not in a QPS letters SMARTFORM "EW"
1,000 EW in a QPS letters SMARTFORM "EW_IN_QPS"
500 EW not in a QPS letters SMARTFORM "ND"
500 EW in a QPS letters SMARTFORM "ND_IN_QPS"
By ticking the "Separate Spool Files" field you will get one file per unique form (i.e. in this case 8 spool files). But you have a further requirement to break down these 8 files again into more spool files.
Example 1
If you set the field SPOOL to "1" on one of the postponement letters then you will get a separate spool file for that one letter and all the rest will be in another spool file.
Example 2
If you set the field SPOOL to "1" on one of the postponement letters and you set the field SPOOL to "2" on one of the postponement letters and you set the field SPOOL to "3" on one of the postponement letters then you will get 3 separate spool files for that 3 letters "1", "2" and"3" and the rest will be in another spool file.
You can set the field SPOOL in the relevant PAE BADI (EXIT_ADJUST_PAEDATA). You can also SORT a whole spool file using the relevant PAE BADI (EXIT_SORT_PAEDATA).
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20131127 |
| SAP Release Created in |
