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 Simulating Release

You can simulate which release status an external purchasing document or purchase requisition would have if you released the document with a certain release code. This allows you to see how a document can be further processed after you have released it.

Procedure

  1. Open the purchasing document in display mode.

  2. In the case of a purchase requisition with item-wise release, select the desired item. In the case of a purchase requisition with overall release, purchase orders, contracts, and scheduling agreements, you need not select any items since release is effected at header level.

  3. Display the release strategy by clicking .

  4. In the box that appears, choose Simulate release.

A dialog box containing the release codes for the relevant release strategy appears.

  1. Via Set/reset release , you can simulate the situation for different release codes one after the other.

Note

In the purchasing applications with the new interactive design (redesigned purchase order and requisition), you cannot simulate the release of a purchasing document. In these applications, you can display the release options and the possible combinations for final release.