PO Multilevel Release - Value Decreased

Question

Dear Gurus,
I'm not familiar with PO release procedure.
We have a scenario:
Release is based on the price
$5000 - $20000 release by FI
>$20000 release by FI, then release by MG
How to set it?
Currently we create 2 strategy:
FI  consist of FI
MG consist of FI & MG
For value $5000 - $20000, we assign FI strategy
For value >$20000, we assign MG strategy
The case is....
1. PO created with value $25000 -> will triger release strategy MG, need FI & MG to release
2. FI release, then MG release
3. PO quantity is reduced, so that the PO value also reduce become $15000
What happening in my system is, the PO release status is reset (block), and now it use strategy FI and required FI to release it again.
By common sense, it doesn't seem right that FI had release/approve this PO earlier and now FI need to release it again.
Is there a walk around (or is the current configuration incorrect?) so that in this scenario FI no need to release it for the second time.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,
The behaviour you are seeing is the standard behaviour and is correct.
See Note 662993 for an explanation:
When quantities or values are decreased, the system resets the release
only if a different release strategy is determined for the lower
quantity or the lower value.
If no different release strategy is determined due to the quantity or
the value decreasing, the system retains the releases that already
exist.
This is the desired standard system behavior.
As the note also says: "This function can be changed only by a customer-specific modification.", there is no standard way
to achieve any behaviour otherwise.
Regards,
Purnima.