| release condition |
Determines whether and how (that is, with which release strategy) a purchasing document has to be approved.
A release condition comprises one or more characteristics (for example, the total value of a PO, material group, account assignment) that have been assigned to a release strategy. If the values from the purchasing document accord with the characteristics, the release strategy is assigned to the purchasing document.
Example
In your enterprise, all POs whose total value exceeds $10,000 have to be approved by the cost center manager. In Customizing for Purchasing, therefore, the release strategy BA has been defined with the following release condition: the total value of the PO must exceed $10,000.
If a purchase order is created with a total value of $5.600, it can be sent to the vendor without the need for prior internal approval.
If a PO is created with a total value of $12.700, it is subject to the release strategy BA and thus has to be approved by the cost center manager prior to being issued to the vendor.