What is Release Strategy in SAP

Creation of classes

Materials Management / Purchasing/ Purchase Requisition / Release Procedure /Procedure with Classification/ Edit Classes.

Enter class, class type, & click on create button.

Enter description

Now click on char. Tab & enter characteristic name, & press enter, & save it.

Set Up Procedure with Classification:

Materials Management / Purchasing/ Purchase Requisition / Release Procedure / Procedure with Classification/ set up procedure with classification

Now click on release groups

Click on new entries. Enter rel.grp, class, description & click on save

Press f3, f3(back) & click on release codes

Click on new entries & enter grp, code, desc as below. Now press enter & click save button.

Press f3, f3(back) & click on release indicators

Click on new entries & Enter release id, changeabile, value change & press save button.

Similarly create another release id as shown below. & save it , press f3 ,f3.

Now click on release strategies.

Now click on new entries & Enter release grp, release strategy, & release codes as below.

Now click on release prerequisites. Check od check box & click on continue.

Now click on release statuses

Observe the below screen and click on continue

Now save it & click on classification

Follow below steps & Check >=5000,00 inr check box & press enter

Now press f3 & Click on release simulation.

Following screen appears & click on simulate release to do release test

Now click on release possible then only OD can release pr.

Now press f3 following screen appears.

Simillarly create release strategies with A3,A2,A1 in GI Group with these conditions

• A3 = < 5000 & approval should be by plant manager A
• A2 = >=10000 & approval should be by stock controller A & plant manager A
• A1 = <10000 & approval should be by stock controller A.
• Now create pur.req & we can release this pur.req itemwise.