Displaying MM Customizing – Release Strategy (4) 

  1. On the Release Procedure: Purchase Requisition screen, choose Release strategy.

    2. The overview displays a list of strategies and their descriptions, sorted by group.

  2. Select the release strategy TF (for Europe) or AF (for North America).
  3. Choose .

    4. You can define the strategy description and the release codes you want to use. The release codes TD, KY, and EX are used here. You can also define user-specific prerequisites, strategies and classifications in this menu.

  4. Choose Release prerequisites.

    5. The dialog box shows that the release code TD has no prerequisites. The release code KY has code TD as a prerequisite. For release code EX you also have to release the code KY.

    You can change these selections as required. You can define alternative release codes for multi-level release strategies by selecting the relevant prerequisites, or by removing existing selections.

  5. Choose Cancel.
  6. Choose Release statuses.

    7. Here you can define the indicators for the purchase requisition status. You do this before release and after each combination of release codes. The purchase requisition is blocked before release. After you use release code TD, the purchase requisition is still blocked. After you use release code KY, you can create a request for quotation with reference to the purchase requisition. After you release EX, you can create a request for quotation and/or a purchase order with reference to the purchase requisition.

    Note that there are three alternative release sequences: EX,TD-EX, and TD-KY-EX lead to status 2 (RFQ/PO).

  7. Choose Cancel.
  8. Choose Classification.

    9. The system displays a list of fields defined for releasing purchase requisitions in the classification class (FRG_EBAN). Each default value has already been entered in a field. The stock value field has been limited to one interval. All other fields in CEBAN are also available using the classification structure.

  9. Choose .
  10. Choose Release simulation.

    11. The system displays the current status of the release procedure. You can now change the strategy.

  11. Choose Simulate release.
  12. Position the cursor on TD and choose Set/reset release.

    13. This simulates the effect of release code TD, and the purchase requisition is still blocked.

  13. Position the cursor on KY and choose Set/reset release.

    14. This simulates the effect of release code KY, and the purchase requisition is released for RFQ.

  14. Position the cursor on KY again and choose Set/reset release.

    15. The purchase requisition is now blocked again.

  15. To return to the Release strategy dialog box, choose .
  16. Choose .
  17. Choose until the Release Procedure: Purchase Requisitions screen appears.

From this screen you can perform the next activity.