Contract release procedure in SD

hi,
sap gurus,
can any body explain how to do CONTRACT PROCEDURE IN SAP SD, is there any process like that in STD SAP SD procedures/determinations or if we have to take tech/ABAP help how to take ?
regards,
balajia

Hi Balaji,
Use T Code VA41/42/43 to create /Change /Display contract.
Regards
Rajesh

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Contract Release Procedure

Hi Experts,
I am new to the Release procedure,can anyone please tell me the configuration steps for this contract release procedure.
My client needs a release procedure for the quantity contract.
Please guide me how to configure this in the system.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Venu

Hi,
Your question is not clear, you asked two level but each level values are not clear.Ok.
As I understand , if you want release two levels, create release charactristics with CEKKO with GNETW & with values <=15000 & >15000, Create two release codes(C1 & C2) & cretae two Release statergy( T1 & T2). Now during designing release statergy, you can keep value <=15000 with C1 release code under T1 release statergy and keep value >15000 with C2 release code under T2 release statergy
if you want release three levels, create release charactristics with CEKKO with GNETW & with values <=5000 , 5000.01-15000.00 & >15000, Create thre release codes(C1 ,C2 & C3) & cretae three Release statergy( T1 , T2 &T3). Now during designing release statergy, you can keep value <=5000 with C1 release code under T1 release statergy, keep value 5000.01-15000.00 with C2 release code under T2 release statergy and keep value >15000 with C3 release code under T3 release statergy.
For Contract Document type MK( quantity), create release characteristics with CEKKO with BSART & keep value MK only(if WK not required)
For Value in Contract, create release charactristics with CEKKO with GNETW & with values as required.You need to add all release characteristics under a release class.
Regards,
Biju K

How to configure release procedure for rate contracts release

Dear all,
How to configure release procedure for rate contract following are the requirements
they are two release codes c1 & c2 <=100000,>=100000
                if c1 is not there c2 has to be approved
     Change in the value of the rate contract contract
     Change in the validity of the rate contract
     Addition of deletion of line items
While using a non u2013 released rate contract in the PO an error message should shoot out.
Also the logic should be changed while using the rate contract in the PO.
The usage of the rate contract should be till the validity of the rate contract. i.e. the measurement should be end date of the rate contract and the PO creation date and not the delivery date of the PO. &
It should be possible to refer existing valid rate contracts in purchase orders.
Regards,
bhaskar

Hi,
In SAP rate contract is known as value contract denoted with wk. The release procedure for rate contract is same as that of other contracts and scheduling agreements. The tables for contracts will vary with SA (Scheduling agreement) .You may try and maintain condition records based on the customer combination and maintian the validity date of condition records as per your requirement.For contract and PO will have the same header/item table as EKKO/EKPO, and the release
class in standard is the same FRG_EKKO, you can use the same for contract.
To distinguish if it's a contract or PO, EKKO-BSART can be used.
For contract EKKO-BSART will be MK or WK, while PO will have NB/UB etc..
You can restrict the document type to set up the release strategy for only contract.
Of cause, you can also create your own release class Z* for contract copying standard
one FRG_EKKO via CL01/Class type 032, and then assign the class Z* to customizing:
OLME:
-> contract
->Release Procedure for Contracts
->Define Release Procedure for Contracts
->Release Groups
If you have already created the PO release class.
Assign a new chracteristic of Document Category -BSTYP
Please check below link for detailed release procedure. I hope this wil help you out .Thanking you.
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ERPSCM/RELEASE+PROCEDURE#RELEASEPROCEDURE-TABLESUSEDFORRELEASEPROCEDURES

Problem on PO release procedure

Dear all
I have some difficulties over Release procedure.
I have to apply release procedure on contract and standard purchase orders and i successfully completed the configuration of release procedure on contract.
For release procedure on PO, i created the required class and charaseristics.
I am getting confusion while maintaining release group.
for contract i have maintained the release group as under.
Rel Grp Rel Obj Class Description
02 2 Z_CONTRACT_RELPROC Contract Release procedure
Kindly guide me what to be maintain in release group for PO release procedure.
Thanks & Regards
Prasant sekhar

Hi,
You can not assign More than One Class to "Release Groups".
Create all the Characteristics for RFQ, Contract, PO etc for CEKKO table ...
Then Assign all these Characteristics to a Class...
Then maintain
Release Groups
Release Codes
Release indicator
But Create Diff Release Strategies for RFQ, Contract & PO...
for each Release Strategies you can maintain Same Release Group or Diff Release Group..
whenever you are trying to create Release Strategie, You will Blank Characteristics for that "Release Strategies",
There you can select the parameters.
Thx
Raju

Release Procedure For Contract

Dear Gurus,
I have created a release procedure for Purchase Order.Now i created a Contract , it also asking for release.I dont know y its happening??
Is ter any link between Po release and Contract Release??
Plz Explain ....
Thanks in advance...........

Hi,
Whatever document types you give in release procedure will undergo Approval process.
Since you have given MK & WK, your contract has been blocked for release. Unless it is released, it cannot be used for further transactions, say creation of PO.
Tcode to release contract is ME35K.
Release it using your release group & release codes, Afterwhich you will be able to create PO with contract reference.
If you donot want contract to undergo release procedure, please do not mention WK or MK in values for doc characteristics. Give the document type of PO alone. Say NB (standard PO)
Regards,
Divya

Release Procedure for Quantity Contract

Dear All,
We have a business requirement to ensure that Quantity Contracts are released by the Account Receivable Accountant before the Sales Support Staff can create Sales Orders against them.
Process : Create Quantity Contract (VA41) -> Release Contract (VKM3)->Create Sales Order (VA01)
Currently, users can create sales order against the quantity contract before the contract has been released.
I need guidance on how to implement system control to prevent this creation of Sales Orders before Quantity Contracts are released..
How can i configure release procedure for quantity contract?
Any assistance will be appreciated.
Many Thanks

Hi
There is a concept of User Status / Status Management in SAP. By using this you can set status as default that is Blocked, and then the authorised person can release the document, only after that a person can create an Order, with reference to that Contract.
The Customisation setting is in :- IMG> sales and Distribution>Sales > Sales Document>Define and assign User Profile(T Code is BS02)
To know more about this you can search the Forum, also check the below given Link:-
[http://web.mit.edu/sapbiz/docs/Explanation%20of%20Status%20Management%20functionality%20v3.doc]
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm40/helpdata/en/73/29943a7acb9023e10000000a114084/content.htm]
Hope this will help you.
Regards
Amitesh Anand

Define Release Procedure for Contracts in RE-FX

Hi Gurus!
I´d like to implement the release procedure for contracts in RE-FX similar at the MM module? Is it possible?
I didn´t find in RE-FX.
Thanks,
Brunoro

Hi Brunoro,
To the extent I am aware in REM exact release process is not available. Instead you can control the Creation/Activation of contract by resticting access to activity 01/07 (respectively) in your seperate roles (with the help of Basis team).
The person authoriosed for Activity 01 will not be authorised for activity 07. And communication between two users can be chanelled via worklist.
Regards
Rohit

Release procedure problem and error

Dear Friends ,
I facing some major problems in release procedure , i had configured one release procedure in 4levels , due to some reason i had deleted 3release groups and codes due to it was not working . But after deleteing in purchase order it showing all release level and only firest level is working unable to make MIGO and other release levels are not working . The relese code which i had created is appearing in RFQ/CONTRACT etc automatically . I had not created for this any release level . It's very very different case ....till date never faced and heared . How to resolve this probelm . Due to what reasons this kind of problems occurs .
RB

Hi,
Try to delete all the release procedure available in the system.
First try to do the documents coorectly and configure.
You might have done mistake in assigning the charcteristics to the class
Please try create a NEw release procedure once again.
Don't worry about the procedure in the RFQetc...
G.Ganesh Kumar

Release procedure for this concept.

Dear Seniors,
1) I had set release procedure already for contract and purchase order. Whenever i do po w.r.to contract, i have to release both contract and PO to do GRN. For example, consider vendor X and Y, i have contract for these 2 vendors and i have released that contract too. When i raise PO w.r.to that contract with vendor X and Y, it should not ask for release. How could i set that and where can i do that particularly for that two vendor X and Y? For remaining vendors, it should ask for release at PO level also. kindly suggest me please.
2) Normally if we set message determination for PO, we can see print preview before release also. I would like to see the print preview after release of that PO. Before release of that PO, it should not show me the print preview. How could i set that ? Kindly suggest me please.
3) I am having 400 plants, if i want to maintain 400 sloc for those plants correspondingly. Do i need to do that manually or is there any tcode to create sloc in mass ?
Kindly clear my doubt please.
Regards,
JanaMM
Edited by: JanaMM on Sep 9, 2009 8:02 AM

Hi,
Solution for 1)
Simple way to tackel this is to create saperate document type for PO s which are created with reference to contract
Solution for 2)
Use development by using BADI in PO.
us logic check field FRGKE(release status) in EKKO.
Solution 3)
Create BDC for the extation of storage locations.
T-code = MMSC
regards,
sujit

Consignment PO release procedure

Dear specialists;
Is it possible defining release procedure which is depended on order value for consignmet PO or consignment contract?
Thank you. Best regards.

in consignement PO there is no value.
so how can u block the po for this on value base

Release Procedure in PR .....

Hi SAP Gurus,
We do release procedure in PR with Account assignment category K.Here ,for collective release in pr (ME55),check box is disabled... Kindly help me how we enable the check box.We use scope of list as "F".All customization for release procedure is correct.
Thnks & Regards
SAP MM User

You use this component if you wish to set up approval procedures for purchase requisitions or other purchasing documents. Under such a procedure, if a purchase requisition or external purchasing document fulfills certain conditions (e.g. the total order value exceeds $10,000), it has to be approved (by the cost center manager, for instance) before it can be processed further. This process of approving (clearing, or giving the "green light" to) a proposed item of expenditure is replicated in the SAP System by the "release procedure".
It is sensible to define separate release procedures for different groups of materials for which different departments are responsible, and to define separate procedures for investment goods and consumption goods.
Features
Each person involved in the release procedure effects release (signifies approval) via a release transaction, using his or her release code. Once effected, a release can also be cancelled with the same code (that is to say, the original status is reinstated).
If linkage to SAP Business Workflow has been defined for a release code, rejection is also possible. This is only possible for purchase requisitions.
Which Documents Can be Released (Approved)?
Release procedures can be defined for the following documents:
Purchase Requisition
The external purchasing documents purchase order (PO), contract, scheduling agreement, request for quotation (RFQ), and service entry sheet
Release Procedure for Purchase Requisitions
Two different procedures are available for requisitions:
With classification
With this procedure, requisitions can be released both at item level (i.e. item-by-item) and in total. The latter approach is also termed "overall release".
Without classification
With this procedure, requisitions can only be released at item level.
The two procedures are mutually exclusive (that is to say, you must decide in favor of one of them only - you cannot use both).
Release Procedure for External Purchasing Documents
External purchasing documents (i.e. purchasing documents other than requisitions) are released at header level. Item-by-item release is not possible. These documents can only be released using the release procedure with classification.
sri

Contract Release Stragery

Hi All,
My Contract Release Strategy is based on duration .. When i save the Contract the release stragery trigeers...
But if the Workflow is rejected at first level then the initiator should have the option to Re-trigger ( the option is available in ME22N AND ME52N ) But it is not available in ME32K ...
IS there any solution to trigger the Workflow for the contract so that workflow can start.
Appreciate your time.
Thanks and Regards
Mahesh

Hello,
You may use CEKKO-REVNO and set version as characteristic of release class. Then any changes to contracts will trigger release procedure.
Hope this helps.
JM

Release Procedure for every Purchasing documents

Hi,
for a procument of material eg:- Material007
Can I set Release Procedure for Purchase rquisition
then after releasing Purchase rquisition i need to create a RFQ
which is also subject to Release Procedure ,After releasing RFQ I should able to enter into a Contract,which also subject to Release Procedure ,After releasing Contract i need to create a Purchase Order which is also subject to Release Procedure,After releasing Purchase Order only I should be able to Receive the goods.
Is it possible to do this way ?Can any one help me?
Thanks

Why you want to put so many locks??????
well if case your required use below steps for all document typew in IMG.
suggestion to download the BBP from below link also
http://help.sap.com/bestpractices/BBLibrary/bblibrary_start.htm
3.4.24     Releasing Procedure for Purchase Documents
Use
This setting is incorporated to just give demonstration of how SAP Release procedure works. The aim of this procedure is to replace manual written authorization procedures using signatures by an electronic one, while maintaining the dual Ctrl principle. The person responsible processes the purchasing document in the system, thereby marking it with an "electronic signature" which can give the document legal force.
3.4.24.1     Creation of Characteristics
Procedure
1.     Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
IMG Menu     Materials Management  Purchasing  Purchase Order  Release Procedure for Purchase Orders  Edit Characteristic
Transaction Code     CT04
2.     On the Characteristic screen, make the following entries.
3.     In put POVAL in filed Characteristic and choose Create (White paper) icon or Ctrl + F3 to begin creation of characteristic.
Field name     Description     User action and values     Note
Select Addnl Data tab
Table Name     Table Name     CEKKO
Field Name     Field Name     GNETW
Choose Enter to continue, system will give an information message saying Format Data taken from ABAP dictionary, Choose Enter again to continue.
Select Basic Data tab
Description     Description     Total net order value
Status     Status     Released
Data Type     Data type     Currency format     Selected by system
Number of characters     Number of characters     15
Decimal places     Decimal places     2
Currency     Currency     INR
Interval vals allowed     Interval values allowed     Check this tick box
Multiple Values     Multiple values allowed     Select this radio button
4.     Choose Enter to complete the entries
5.     Choose Save icon or Ctrl + S to save the characteristic.
3.4.24.2     Creation of Class
Procedure
1.     Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
IMG Menu     Materials Management  Purchasing  Purchase Order  Release Procedure for Purchase Orders  Edit Class
Transaction Code     CL02
2.     On the Class screen, make the following entries:
Field name     Description     User action and values     Note
Class     Class     PORELPROC
Class Type     Class Type     032
Choose Create icon or white paper icon to create new class.
Description     Description     Purchase Order Release Procedure
Status     Status     Released
Choose Char. Tab to input characteristic name.
Characteristic     Characteristic     POVAL     Created in above step
3.     Choose Enter to complete the entries
4.     Choose Save icon or Ctrl + S to save the characteristic.
Result
Class type 032: Class PORELPROC created.
3.4.24.3     Configuration of Release Procedure
Procedure
1.     Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
IMG Menu     Materials Management  Purchasing  Purchase Order  Release Procedure for Purchase Orders  Define Release Procedure for Purchase Orders
Transaction Code     SPRO
2.     On executing the transaction system will give a popup screen choose Release Groups, system will display Change View u201CRelease Groups: External Purchasing Documentu201D: Overview.
3.     Choose New Entries icon and make the following entries:
Field name     Description     User action and values     Note
Rel. Group     Release Group     02
Class     Class Name      PORELPROC     Created in above step
Description     Description     PO Release Procedure
4.     Choose Enter to complete the entries
5.     Choose Save icon or Ctrl + S to save the entries.
6.     Choose yellow arrow to go back to popup screen.
7.     Choose Release Codes to select.
8.     Choose New Entries icon and make the following entries:
Field name     Description     User action and values     Note
Grp     Release group     02     Created in above step
Code     Release Code     01
Workflow     Workflow     Leave it blank
Description     Description     Purchase Officer
Grp     Release group     02     Created in above step
Code     Release Code     02
Workflow     Workflow     Leave it blank
Description     Description     Materials Manager
9.     Choose Enter to complete the entries
10.     Choose Save icon or Ctrl + S to save the entries.
11.     Choose yellow arrow to go back to popup screen.
12.     Choose Release indicator to select.
13.     Choose New Entries icon and make the following entries:
Field name     Description     User action and values     Note
Release ind.     Release Indicator     1
Released     Released     Leave it blank
Chgable     Changeability     4
Value change %     Change of value     10%
Description     Description     Purchase Order Blocked
Go to 2nd line and input the following values:
Release ind.     Release Indicator     2
Released     Released     Select Check box
Changeable     Changeability     6
Description     Description     Purchase Order Released
14.     Choose Enter to complete the entries
15.     Choose Save icon or Ctrl + S to save the entries.
16.     Choose yellow arrow to go back to popup screen.
17.     Choose Release Strategies to select.
18.     Choose New Entries icon and make the following entries:
19.     System will give new screen New Entries: Details of Added Entries
Field name     Description     User action and values     Note
Release Group     Release group     02
Rel. Stategy     Release Strategy     S1
          Capital Items Release
Release Code     Release Code 1     01
Release Code     Release Code 2     02
20.     Choose Enter to complete the entries.
21.     Choose Release prerequisites icon and select check box 02 at the bottom and choose Enter.
22.     Choose Release statuses icon, system will give a popup screen system will default 1, 1 and 2 entries one by one as a default. Choose Continue.
23.     Choose Classification icon, here you can see Total net order value is displayed, please input >= 1.00 INR value in the white placed and choose Enter.
24.     Choose Next Screen icon or choose F8 to continue.
25.     If you want to simulate the release procedure you can choose Release Simulation icon.
26.     Choose Enter to complete the entries.
27.     To save the settings choose Save icon or Ctrl + S.
Result
Release procedure is saved.
3.4.24.4     Assignment of Values to Release Procedure
As a default all the purchase documents >= Rs. 1000000.00 is suggested in the following step of release procedure, if you want to have different one you need to change the value in the following step. If you do not want release procedure you may change the value to Zero.
Procedure
1.     Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
IMG Menu     Cross-Application Components  Classification System  Assignments  Assign Object to Classes
Transaction Code     CL20N
2.     On the Class screen, make the following entries:
Field name     Description          User action and values     Note
Class Type     Class Type          032
Choose Enter to Assign values.
Release group     Release Group          02
Rel. Strategy     Release strategy          S1
Choose Enter.
System will give Class name in Assignments, Double choose Class Name.
System will display Characteristic name Total net order value. Assign the value >= 1000000.00 INR against filed Value.
3.     Choose Enter to complete the entries
4.     Choose Save icon or Ctrl + S to save the characteristic.

Release procedure in SAP

Dear all,
how the system identifies if the purchasing dociment subjected release procedure or not ?
will award points .
rgds

hi,
you set release strategy for each and every purchasing document. its mentioned in SPRO.
release strategy for
1. PR
2. PO
3. COntract etc
release strategy is trigerred based on
1. characteristics like PO value, plant etc
2. class
3. release strategy
you define these two in SPRO. system checks the document for the above mentioned criteria and trigers appropriate release strategy.
regards,
anand

Contract Release Strategy - Adding New Line

I have a question regarding Contract Release Strategy - How can i force a release reset if a new line is added to the contract. I dont see a field in CEKKO - Any suggestions?

Hi
Version mangement is activated with Version Zero only. When you select Version 0 Ok
If you have selected this indicator, version '0', which is generated automatically when a purchase requisition or external purchasing document is created, is automatically flagged by the system as Completed.
If version '0' is completed automatically, the system does not check whether the version data includes any mandatory fields.
If you have not selected the indicator, version '0' must be manually flagged as Completed.
Only if this indicator has been selected for the current version:
Can a requisition be converted into a PO (for example)
Does the release procedure commence
Thanks & Regards
Kishore

Contract release procedure in SD

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