what is release strtegy for sales order

[Former Member]

hi gurus

what is release strategy for sales order

can any one throw some light

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kishore

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear Rama,

There is nothing like release strategy for sales order. There is a release strategy for purchase order. A bit of search on sdn forum in MM section will help you a lot on this area.

For your reference, 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.

e.g. 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.

CT04 - Create Characteristic e.g. NETVALUE

Click Additional data Table name CEKKO Field name GNETW and 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 (X refers to tick),

X Mutliple values

X Interval values

In the Value data, in the Char. value column, type >10000 and press enter

Save your data

CL02 - Class

Class - Create REL_PUR

Class type - 032

Click Create

Description - Release Procedure for Purchase Order

In the Same Classification section, click Check with error

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

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

Release codes - New entries

Grp Code

02 01

Release indicators

Release indicators Release Description

0 Blocked

1 X Release

Release Strategy

Release group 02

Rel.strategy 01

Release codes 01

Release status 0

1

Classification Choose your check values

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 you.

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Regards,

Rakesh

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[Former Member]

The release strategy defines the approval process for purchase requisitions or external purchasing documents. The strategy specifies the release codes necessary and the sequence in which releases have to be effected. You can define a maximum of eight release codes.

The assignment of the release strategy to a requisition or a purchasing document is based on the release conditions

If the release strategy assignment process is carried out on an item-by-item basis, a single purchase requisition can contain items with different strategies. The individual items can thus be released separately for the issue of RFQs or Pos.

Release strategies KF and TF have been defined.

[former_member183879]

Hi

I havent heard of any Release strategly for sales order. Only for Purchase orders, there is a release strategy.

[Former Member]

hi navneetha krishnan,

may be your are correct. i don't nothing about that.

can you throw some light about release strategy for purchase order.

kishore

[Former Member]

hi,

The aim of the sap purchase order release procedure is to replace the manual written authorization procedures. An electronic signatures is used instead, maintaining the dual control principle. The person responsible for the processes of the requisition or other purchasing document in the system have to approve by marking an "electronic signature" which can give the document legal force for further processing.

thanks

sadhu kishore

[Former Member]

Hi Refer below

As such SAP standard does not provide release strategy for sales orders similar to purchase orders. However this requirement of your can be satisfied through authorisation profiles; what I mean to say is that the sale order to be kept incomplete by the person who does not have the required authorisation & the person with proper authorisation will complete

it for further processing. This is only one way of meeting your requirement.

In order to emulate a release strategy similar to purchase orders you can use the status profile in sales documents (BS02). IMG-Sales and distribution-Sales-Sales documents-Define and assign status profile.

http://www.sap.com/turkey/services/pdf/BWP_Release_Strategy.pdf

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