Approving and Releasing the Service Entry Sheet 

Use

The service entry sheets can be approved and released individually in the maintenance transaction, or together via collective release. Collective release is used in practice, because a release code is used to search for all service entry sheets that fulfil release criteria.

Procedure

  1. Use the following procedure to call the transaction:
  2. Menu Path

    In the Completion confirmation node, choose Services

    Transaction

    ML81

    The system defaults the last order you processed.

  3. Choose .
  4. Select the item in the service entry sheet and choose .
  5. Select the Final entry sheet field.
  6. Choose to release the service entry sheet.
  7. The status of the service entry sheet changes (is approved).

    In this way the order item is marked as closed. (The delivery completed indicator in the order item is set when the service entry sheet is approved.)

  8. Choose .
  9. The last release approval level has been reached, so financial accounting documents (for example, controlling documents) are created when you save.

  10. Choose to check if the approval indicator is set to green.
  11. Use the following procedure to call the transaction once again:
  12. Menu Path

    In the Completion confirmation node, choose Services

    Transaction

    ML81

    The system defaults the last order you processed.

  13. Choose .
  14. The services entered were approved.

  15. Choose until the overview tree appears.

Result

The service entry sheet was approved. The maintenance order is given the status Goods movement taken place.