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configure PO release strategy

Former Member
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Hi Experts,

I want to configure the release strategy for PO.

I have gone through the standard material available in help, but can anyone give me more details in this regards, which can help me identifying the practical issues, tables, TCodes, steps, etc., which are useful while configuring the new release strategy.

thanks in advance for your help.

Shrikant.

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pardeep_malik
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Hi,

1) Create Class and charateristics first as

Materials Management>>Purchasing>> Purchase Order >>Release procedure for Purchase Order >> Edit Characteristics / Edit Class/ Release procedure foe Purchase order

and characteristics with CT04.

Class(T code CL02) e.g. PO Relaese and if you have certain criteria as Value , plant, Pur. Grp these should be maintained as characteristics.

you can maintain charactrtistics with single value and multiple values.

for E.g as you have three plants A, B, C then maintain multiple values.

in characteristics maintain the value that is to compare for release stretagy in addln data tab of CT04

Type                 Field                        Table Name

PO Value          GNETW                   CEKKO

Plant                WERKS                   CEKKO

PO Document Type   BSART             CEKKO

2) Now create relaese grp and assign release grp to class

3) Now create release code for e.g.

DS	CM		APPROVAL-CHAIRMAN
DS	GF		APPROVAL-GM(FIN)
DS	GM		APPROVAL-GM(PUR)

4) define release indicator

1        released              check Box

0        Not released

make it chageble or not as

1	Cannot be changed
2	Changeable, no new determination of strategy
3	Changeable, new release in case of new strategy
4	Changeable, new release in case of new strat. or val. change
5	Changeable, new release if new strategy/outputted
6	Changeable, new rel. if new strat. or value change/outputted
	Changeable, new release in case of new strategy

5) Now make release stretagy

here maintain release code for that stretagy

then prerequisite means flow of ur ...who is first release or 2nd or last release

then classification.....u can maintain class with classification CL20N and CL24N

then simulate

also refer to

http://www.scribd.com/doc/548510/SAP-Release-Strategy

http://www.saptechies.com/configuring-the-po-release-strategy/

this may help u

Regards,

Pardeep Malik

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Former Member

Hello,

Briefly, this is how the purchase order release strategy works:

The release code is a two character ID allowing a person to release (clear, or approve) a requisition or an external purchasing document. The release codes is basically controlled via a system of authorizations (authorization object M_EINK_FRG).

Use SE12, structure CEKKO to check all the fields available for controlling the Purchase Order.

An example of configuring a Purchase Order Release Strategy

If the total value for the Purchase Order exceeds 10,000, release strategy 01 is assigned to the Purchase Order. There is only one characteristic created in this example. For controlling the Purchase Order type, create characteristic for CEKKO-BSTYP and the value NB.

Steps for configuring the PO release strategy

Create the PO Characteristic

Transaction code : CT04 - Create Characteristic e.g. NETVALUE

Click Additional data tabstrips

Table name CEKKO Field name GNETW and press enter and you will see this information message :-

Format data taken from Data Dictionary (press enter)

(for currency dependent field, you are prompt to enter the currency which the system then converts the currency of the Purchasing document into this currency)

In the Basic data tabsritps (X refers to tick),

X Mutliple values

X Interval values

In the Value data, in the Char. value column, type >=10000 (equal or greater than 10000) and press enter

Save your data

Create the Class of the PO Release Strategy

Transaction code : CL02 - Class

Class - Create REL_PUR

Class type - 032

Click Create button

Description - Release Procedure for Purchase Order

In the Same Classification section, click Check with error

In the Char. (characteristic) tabstrips, type NETVALUE to assign your characteristics to the class

Save your data and this message will appear :-

Class type 032: Class REL_PUR created

Define the Release Procedure

OMGS - Define Release Procedure for Purchase Order Type

Release Group - New entries

Rel.group Rel. Object Class Description

02 REL_PUR Rel. Strategy for PO

Save your entries.

Release codes - New entries

Grp Code

02 01

Save your entries.

Release indicators - New entries

Release indicators Release Description

0 Blocked

1 X Release

Save your entries

Release Strategy - New entries

Release group 02

Rel.strategy 01 - Release

Release codes 01

Release status 0 - Blocked

1 - Release

Click the Release prerequisities button

Click the Relase statuses button the click the Continue button

Click the Classification button

Choose your check values

Click the Back button

Save your entries

Check your PO release configuration

Finally, check your PO Release Strategy configuration to make sure that there are no errors.

OMGSCK - Check Release Strategies

(make sure there are no error messages)

Once the Purchase Order is not release, buyers will not be able to print the Purchase Order.

Goods Receipts will be shown with Message no. ME 390 - Purchasing document XXXXXXX not yet released.

In 4.6c, Purchase Order with Release Strategy have a tabs at the end of the Header. This allowed the buyers to check the release status of the Purchase Order.

The person with the release authorization have to use ME28 to release the Purchase Order.

Hope this helps.

In case you find have any further questions while actually configuring the same, please specify.

Regards,

Zafar.

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Hi ,

Check the following link.

http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/sapmo017.htm

Regards,

Rahul.