Definition

The release conditions determine the release strategy in accordance with which a requisition or an external purchasing document is to be released.

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.