Message Type Entering Text, Printing and Transmitting Documents MM

Definition

The message type is a means of classifying messages, determining which information is outputted in which format.

Use

You can use different message types for new purchase orders and expediters, for example. Or you can use different message types to determine that one copy of a document is faxed to the vendor and another is printed out for your files.

The following message types are supplied in the standard system:

Message type	Meaning
NEU	New documents. The complete purchasing document is outputted as a message. Change document. Changes to an existing, already-outputted document are outputted. The change indicator is set in the message.
LPET LPFZ LPE2 LPF2	Delivery schedules with already delivered quantity. Delivery schedules with cumulative quantities. Delivery schedules including the open GR quantity. Delivery schedules with cumulative quantities.
LPH1 LPH2	Forecast (FRC) delivery schedules (type of SA release) per EDI. Forecast (FRC) delivery schedules (type of SA release) as printout.
LPJ1 LPJ2	Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery schedules (type of SA release) per EDI. Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery schedules (type of SA release) as printout.
VNEU	Distributed contracts.
LPMA LPMF	Reminders and urging messages relating to delivery schedules with cumulative quantities. Reminders and urging messages relating to delivery schedules without cumulative quantities.
MAHN	Reminders and urging messages relating to a purchasing document.
AUFB	Acknowledgment expediter (message urging submission of order acknowledgment).

You create message types (external messages for communication with vendors) in Customizing for Purchasing. You can define default values for each message type (e.g. the transmission medium or the transmission time-spot).

You maintain a print program and a layout set for each message type. You can define a different form layout for each company code, for example, by defining separate message types for each company code.