Release strategy for PO and Contract

Hi,
I maintain characteritic for PO
Plant
Doc Type
Net Order Value
Purchasing Group
I maintain characteristic for contract
Company code
Target Value
Doc Type
Purchasing group
My class consist of
Plant
Doc Type
Net Order Value
Purchasing Group
Company code
Target value
Q1: Do i need to maintain ALL characteristic value when i define my release strategy for PO or Contract as some characteristic only apply to PO only or contract only?
Q2: What option do i have if i need to maintain all characteristic value ? leave it blank ? empty
Currently my PO release is working fine but when i try to maintain the contract release inside the class . my PO release is not triggering . I maintained diffrent release group for both PO and Contract .
Thank for your advice

First of all
For purchasing like PO,pr,contract you can able to get in ekko table.No need to maintain separate release unless if it your business requirement.Take Document type as one of the characteristics it will distinguish whether it is PO or contract.
You have to maintain all the characteristic value then only it will trigered release.
Check the release indicator as well.
Hope it will help.

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Dear Experts,
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S0004830404 wrote:
Dear Experts,
>
> I have created release strategy for PO with doc type, p.org, net value as chars and frg_ekko as class and release group as 02.
> I kept NB,FO,MK and WK as char values. it is working fine for PO's whereas it is not getting picked for Contracts. we need same release strategy for PO as well as for Contract.
>
> Kindly resolve the issue.
>
> Satish
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Good day,.
Please help on this.
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The example you given was working just fine and correct.
a)Contact created with qty 1000 --> release status is blocked. Then release it in ME35.
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