Release Conditions
Definition
The release conditions determine the release strategy in accordance with which a requisition or an external purchasing document is to be released.
If a requisition or an external purchasing document does not meet the conditions for a release strategy, it is automatically released for further processing.
Procedure Without Classification (Requisition Items Only)
The conditions can be based on one of the following item characteristics or a combination of these:
Procedure with Classification (Requisitions and External Purchasing Documents)
The conditions are formulated via characteristic values and are stored in the Purchasing Customizing facility (under the release strategy).
A precondition for this is that the characteristics are first created and then assigned to classes. For information on classification, refer to the Cross-Application Components documentation under
CA - Characteristics and
CA - The Classification System and the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Purchasing (under Release Procedures).To enable a release strategy to be assigned to it, a requisition or an external purchasing document must have one of the possible values for each characteristic.