5312 SAP OSS Note - Variables to be used for printer cover pages

Customer wants to enhance printer cover pages.


List of useable variables.


Customer wants to access values from the user address (like department,


room number) on the title page of a print job.

No online help, because the list is implemented in the C coding.






Solution instructions

The following is a list of available cover pages text variables:






ANZAHL        number of copies.  (normal = 1)


AMOUNT






ABTEILUNG     department


DEPARTMENT






ANGELEGT      date and time of creation of spool request


CREATED






BENUTZER      user, who requested the output


USER






DB            name and server of database






DRUCKAUFTRAG  number of output request (starting with 1


JOBNO                                  for each spool request)






DRUCKER       name of output device (from output request)


PRINTER       (long device name (30 chars) as of release 4.5B)


DEST






DRUCKERSPRACHE printer language (configured in transaction SPAD)


PRLANG






DRUCKERTYP    device type of output device


DEVTYPE






DSN           1st part of name of spool request






ERZEUGT       date and time of request for output


LAUNCHED






EIGNER        user, who created spool request (and wrote data)


OWNER






EMPFAENGER    user, who shall receive the paper


RECEIVER






FORMULAR      layout


FORM






GEDRUCKT      date and time of output processing


PRINTED


ZEIT


TIME






JOBSEITENZAHL number of pages in the output request


JOBPAGES      (correct count)






LAUNCHED_UTC  date and time of request for output in UTC






LETZTESEITE   last page of output request (correct value


JOBLAST       with kernel containing "spool patch collection 14")






MANDANT       client of the output request


CLIENT






ORIGDEST      name of the output device (from spool request


              may be different to DEST if job is redirected)


              Only short names supported here.






ORIGPRTYPE    device type of ORIGDEST






PJENDPAGE     End page of the output request (0=default,


              may be larger than PAGES!!!)






PJSTRTPAGE    Start page of the output request (0=default)






PJTELENUM     Fax number of the output request






PRIO          priority






RECHNER       computer, which does the output formatting


HOST






RQCLIENT      client of the spool request






SAPREL        R/3 release number






SEITENZAHL    Number of pages of the spool request


PAGES






SHORTNAME     Short name for output device (as of release 4.5B)






SPOOLID       spool request number






SPRACHE       language of the document


SPRAS






STARTSEITE    first page of output (1=default)


JOBFIRST






SUFFIX1       2nd part of name of spool request






SUFFIX2       3rd part of name of spool request


SYSTEM       system name






TITEL         title of spool request.


TITLE






USR           Variables of USR03 table (see printing documentation


              for details. Please note that as of Release 4.6C, report


              RSPOUSR03 has to be executed before these variables can


              be used).






These variables can be used on the title page only.






In order to use these variables, copy an existing device type and add


the desired variable in the cover page action of format X_PAPER,

 e.g.


                  PAGES            $(PAGES)\r\n






Description of problem 

USR03, titlepage, rspovar