Transportation Management with SAP LES

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Shipment
number. In turn, this procedure number is assigned to a shipment type. Thus it is
determined which text type can be used for which shipment type.
The shipment text types are not transferred from delivery documents. The reason
for this is that several delivery documents are bundled to one shipment. The SAP
system would not recognize which delivery documents should be used to transfer
the respective texts.
If you have to define new text types, the text ID should always start with “Z.”
In my example, I create a text for loading and name the text ID “ZVLA.” Go to
Customizing or start Transaction VOTXN. Select Shipment via the radio button.
Press F5 or click on the
button. Select a similar text, for example, text
ID „0003 Header note,“ and click on the icon or press F6. Overwrite the text
ID by entering “ZVLA” and enter “Loading instructions” in ID Description (see
Figure 12.44).
Figure 12.44 Text Type Newly Added to Shipment Document
Technical Information About the Text Type
EE
EE
EE
EE
Field Length: 4 places
Path in Customizing: Logistics Execution • Transportation • Basic Transportation
Functions • Text Control • Define Text Types
Specific Transaction: VOTXN
Table: TTXID (text object = “VTTK”) and TTXIT (language-dependent name)
Save the new text ID via the icon. Note, however, that this text ID is available clientindependent.
Therefore, it can be used by all clients installed on your SAP system. Coordination
is required to avoid possible random proliferation of text types.
Check which text determination procedure is used for the shipment types that
require loading instructions. If it is an SAP standard procedure, overwrite this
text determination procedure and add a new one starting with “Z.” If a customer-
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