For optional line items in purchase orders, funds are committed in SAP ERP Funds Management in the following way, depending on the option type of the purchase order line item:

• Normal Option

  No funds are committed when an inactive option is ordered.

  You can exercise the option to have it automatically activated and ordered when the period of performance starts. At this point, the line item is replicated to the SAP ERP back-end system where it is processed as a standard line item, and the corresponding funds are committed.

• Surge Option

  No funds are committed when an inactive surge option is released as part of the purchase order in the SAP SRM system.

  You can exercise the surge option to fulfill a requirement. This creates a new standard line item in the purchase order, which releases goods or services against the surge option. When you order the standard line item, it is replicated to the SAP ERP back-end system, and funds are committed.