Disable print button in SAP PDF form

In this topic you will learn the way to disable print button in the PDF form that generated from any printing program on SAP, Also by the same way will make your PDF form file secured one and after saving the user will not print it.

You need first to indicate the printing program which generate the PDF form,

 For example:
If your PDF form generated from T-code VF02 ( billing ), you need to indicate the output type for this PDF.

1- Open T-code NACE,
2- Choose V3 Billing and choose output types
3- Choose the output type that assigned for your PDF form then choose processing routine
4- You will find the program beside the print output medium.

If you have the access key for this program, You will have the ability to change it, But if you do not have the access key, You have to copy the standard program and create your own one Z Program to be able to change in.

How to secure the PDF form and close/disable the printing function ?
Open the Program in T-code : SE38, and search for this functional module FP_JOB_OPEN,

 you will find it like that

CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_OPEN'
CHANGING
 ie_outputparams = ls_outputparams
EXCEPTIONS
 OTHERS = 1.

put the following code before every call for this function:

  ls_outputparams-noprint = 'X'.

then active your program, you will find that the printing icon was disabled and the PDF form Became secured from printing.

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The relationship (Assignment) between organizational structure units in Sales and Distribution

In this topic you will learn very important thing about how the organizational structure in Sales and Distribution module in SAP built and how it works properly based on the right assignment between the organizational structure / units.

Also you will learn the relationship between the organizational units and each other from database point of view, for example if it was many to many or one to many or one to one.

You will know how this assignment process works theoretically, But after you learn it you can learn also how to build SD structure on SAP system step by step approach.

After reading this topic we will gain this knowledge: 

- The relationship/assignment between organizational units in SD module
- Example about the assignment in SD structure to understand

For Revision: Here is the Organizational units in SD module : 
Company code
Sales Area
   Sales Organization
   Distribution Channel
   Division
Sales Office
Sales Group
Sales Person
Plant
Storage Location
Shipping point

Company Code / Sales Organization 
- Each Company code can be assigned to several Sales Organizations but each Sales organization can only be assigned to only one Company code, So the relationship here is Company code - Sales Organization ( One To Many ).

Company Code 1 ----- M Sales Organization

 Distribution Channel / Sales Organization
 - Each Distribution Channel must be assigned to at least one Sales Organization to be able to be used in SD module, So the relationship here is Sales Organization Distribution Channel ( Many To Many ) 

Distribution Channel M ----- M Sales Organization 

 Division / Sales Organization
- Each Division must be assigned to at least one Sales Organization to be able to be used in SD module, So the relationship here is Sales Organization Division ( Many To Many )

Division M ----- M Sales Organization

Sales Area Combination 
 - After the Second Assignment (Division/Distribution Channel - Sales Organization ) you can maintain all possible combinations for Sales Area ( Sales Organization + Distribution Channel + Division ) 

Sales Area /Sales Office 
- Sales Office can be assigned to Several Sales Areas and vice versa, So the relationship between Sales Area and Sales Office ( Many To Many )

Sales Area M ----- M Sales Office 

Sales Group /Sales Office
- Sales Group can be assigned to Several Sales Offices and vice versa, So the relationship between Sales Group and Sales Office ( Many To Many ) 

Sales Group M ----- M  Sales Office

Plant / Storage Location 
- Plant can be assigned to several Storage Locations but each Storage Location can be only assigned to one Plant, So the relationship between Plant and Storage Location ( One To Many )

Plant 1 ----- M Storage Location

Plant / Shipping Points 
- Plant can be assigned to several Shipping Points and vice versa, So the relationship between Plant and Shipping Point ( Many To Many ) 

Plant M ----- M Shipping Point

Notes :
The relationship between Sales Area and Company Code comes from the sales Organization that found in Sales Area combination.

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Sales and Distribution SD Structure Example

In this topic we will discuss an example about Sales and distribution SD structure in SAP and how to use the organizational units/elements found in SAP SD module to map any sales department case in any company.

 4 Revision: Here is the Organizational units in SD module :
* 4 more details click on the element that you want to know about

 Company code
 Sales Area
  Sales Organization
  Distribution Channel
  Division
 Sales Office
 Sales Group
 Sales Person
 Plant
 Storage Location
 Shipping point

 Example: International group of companies in 3 countries (England - Germany - France) that already implemented a SAP system for its operations, This group plans to open new company in Italy for distributing and selling its products there, The selling process in Italy will be controlled by only one department, All products will be sold by different ways direct selling / whole-selling / Retailing / Online, The company classify its products into three groups ( Phones - TVs - Others ).

The Company Strategy is to assign the selling process based on the group of product and the geographical place north/south, and then assign the sales duties to groups based on the way of selling and distributing ( direct selling or online and so on ).
There are two big warehouse for distributing one for the north and the other for the south and all deliveries done in the same way from those both warehouses.

 The SD Structure In SAP:

 "International group of companies in 3 countries (England - Germany - France) that already implemented a SAP system for its operations, This group plans to open new company in Italy for distributing and selling its products there" 
- There were 3 company codes England, Germany, France and the new one will be Italy.

 "selling process in Italy will be controlled by only one department" -
 There will be one Sales Organization for Company code Italy .

 "All products will be sold by different ways direct selling / whole-selling / Retailing / Online" 
- There will be 4 Distribution channels, channel for each way.

"The company classify its products into three groups ( Phones - TVs - Others )."
- There will be 3 Division (product family).

 "The Company Strategy is to assign the selling process based on the group of product and the geographical place north/south" 
- That mean that will be 6 Sales Offices

• Phones/ North 
• TV /North 
• Others/North 
• Phones/South
• TV/South
• Others/South

 "and then assign the sales duties to groups based on the way of selling and distributing ( direct selling or online and so on )."
- And that is mean that each Sales Office has 4 Sales groups ( Direct selling - Retailing - Online - Whole Selling ).

"There are two big warehouse for distributing one for the north and the other for the south and all deliveries done in the same way from those both warehouses." 
- There will be two Plants and two Shipping Points , South Plant and its shipping point and North Plant and its shipping point.

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Sales and Distribution SD Organizational Structure in SAP

In this topic we will discuss the enterprise structure in Sales and distribution SD module in SAP ERP system, and how this structure is used to map the existing structure in Sales department in almost companies in the world wide market, And based on business requirements the structure changes.

This mapping process done by creating Organization units / levels on SAP system, And every module in SAP has its own Organization units / levels, Also there are shared organizational units that can be used by several module in SAP for example Company code it can be used by SD and MM and FI and so on, but the sales organization unit used only by SD module.

After reading this topic we will gain this knowledge:
 • Sales and Distribution Structure
 • Organizational levels / units in SD module

 Here is the Organizational units in SD module :
 * 4 more details click on the element that you want to know about

 Company code
 Sales Area
   Sales Organization
   Distribution Channel
   Division
 Sales Office
 Sales Group
 Sales Person
 Plant
 Storage Location
 Shipping point

We can divide these units into two parts :

 Sales and Shipping

1. Sales: Company code, Sales Area, Sales Office, Sales group, Sales Person
2. Shipping: Plant, Storage location, Shipping point Notes:

 The Combination of Sales Organization and Distribution Channel + Division = Sales Area
 The combination of Sales Organization and Distribution Channel = Distribution chain

4 More Knowledge:
 • The relationship (Assignment) between these organizational structure units in SD important 
 • SD Structure Example
 • Organizational Structure/Units in SAP
 • How to build SD structure on SAP important

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