In this activity, you define release approval groups. You then enter these in the master records of your customers and vendors.
You require release aproval groups in the later activities Assign release approval paths and Assign release approval procedures . On the basis of the release approval path and a certain amount, the system determines which subworkflow is triggered by the payment release and who is to release the payment. If a release approval group is not defined, the system subsequently accesses the data with the initial release approval group.