Release Conditions
Definition
The release conditions determine the release strategy in accordance with which a complete purchase requisition or a requisition item is to be released. The conditions are formulated via characteristic values and are stored in the Purchasing Customizing facility (under the release strategy).
A prerequisite for this is that the characteristics have previously been created in the classification system. For more information on this topic, refer to
CA Characteristics and
CA Classification System and the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Purchasing.To enable a release strategy to be assigned to it, a complete purchase requisition or a requisition item must have one of the possible values for each characteristic.
Release conditions for release strategy KF:
Characteristic |
Value |
Acct. assgt. cat. |
Asset, cost center |
Material group |
001, 002 |
Plant |
1000 |
Total value |
up to 10,000 |
Purchasing group |
001 |
Release conditions for release strategy TF:
Characteristic |
Value |
Acct. assgt. cat. |
Asset, cost center |
Material group |
001, 002 |
Plant |
1000 |
Total value |
over 10,000 |
Purchasing group |
001 |
In plant 1000, the preliminary account assignment specified for a purchase requisition item covering two PCs (material number R-1003, material group 002) is Asset no. 3221. The total value amounts to $4,920. Purchasing group 001 is responsible for ordering this item, to which the system automatically assigns the release strategy KF.
If a complete requisition or requisition item does not fulfill any of the conditions for a release strategy, it is automatically released for the issue of an RFQ or a PO.