RFQ release strategy

Hi
I have a problem.
I use RFQ release strategy but can create PO with reference to not released RFQ.
I need to create PO's only with reference to released RFQ, same as with reference to
released contract (I can't create PO with reference to not released contract).
Thanks
Meir

Hi,
It is of the standard functionality of SAP that you can create PO with reference to unrelease RFQ. Yet, you can't be able to create PO with reference to unrelease PR. If you would like to meet your business requirement, you will have to activate the user exit.
Cheers,
HT

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We have configured as follows,
Communication structure:-Cekko-Bsart = AN (RFQ doc type)
Created char with the above comm structure.
Class with 032 and assigned char as below.
Release groups,rel codes and two level of release.
When i simulate release strategy, showing blocked and released.
But when i create a RFQ and no release is triggered and when i checked in release rfqs(ME45) no suitable purchasing documents.What might be the mistake.
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Kris

Hi,
Check you release procedure prerequisities & stateus in rel. strategy.
check below link:
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Dear colleagues,
We are using RFQ release to select appropriate bid among set of biddings. Suppose an RFQ is approved, letu2019s say RFQ number 10, within a set of RFQsu2019. After negotiations with vendorsu2019 new bids are made, letu2019s say RFQ number 20 and 30, which has fewer prices than the approved one. In this case RFQ release should be reset, but it does not.
I know that SAP considers PO, RFQ, and Contract as purchasing documents and logic of release strategy are same.
Is there any way to achieve this requirement?
Regards
Metin

Hi,
You are trying to use release for which it is not supposed to be.
Release is for only for the approval of an RFQ before it is issued to Vendor.
In your case if you are having multiple quotes for an item based on the negotiations carried out with vendor, the same should be updated to the existing RFQ created.
For example you created RFQ-R1 for vendor V1 and RFQ-R2 for Vendor V2.
When you first receive the quotations you maintain using ME47 for RFQ R1 and R2.
Now when you negotiate with V1 and get a better price the same should be updated in R1.
So this way R1 at any point of time will have the latest negotiated price.
The item changes recorded when doing the changes can be viewed if you require. You may have to create a custom report to view these.
Similarly the Me49 might need to be customized to suit to your comparison needs.
Hope this clarifies.
Regards

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In ME29N , we have facility to Reject / Approve a Purchase order in Release staretgy tab .... but how to reject a RFQ .
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REGARDS
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hi
rejection of rfq is not possible
ru talking of calcelling or reversing the release
if yes
then in me45 select therel code then belowt that tick on cancel release
execute ,select ur po and click on cancel release
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Release strategy for RFQ's not triggered after change

Folks,
Release strategy is active for RFQ's. In case of initial creation, the release strategy is active. After releasal a change is made to the existing RFQ. However, the release strategy is not triggered. Characteristics used are:
1) document type (AN)
2) purchasing type (RFQ purchasing document)
It is obvious that these characteristics will not re-trigger the release strategy. On header level, there is no field in CEKKO available to re-trigger, for example total quantity? Any suggestions for a characteristic that can re-trigger the RS?
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MdZ

Hi,
For RFQ Release strategy will be applicable only for Document type.No other characteristics will apply for that.
As RFQ don't have any specific table where the data is stored related to RFQ.
So we Use CEKKO which only identifies the document type of RFQ.
In your case in initial process while creating the RFQ release strategy is active.
What change you have made to the Released RFQ.
rgds
Chidanand

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Dear colleagues,
I have configured release strategy for RFQ with predefined release class for PO. In classification, besides PO characteristics, RFQ has only one active characteristic which is order type as u201CANu201D. RFQ is created through ME41 then Maintained through ME47. After all steps are completed RFQ doesn't release for approval. I checked CL24N, CL20N and OMGSCK and no error message is to be seen.
I would like to hear your valuable thoughts.
Best regards,

Thank you for quick response,
I forget to mention that I have also simulated RFQ release and no error message has detected.
In overall release class we have 5 characteristics which are purchasing org, purchasing group, purchase order type, total net order value and collective number. For RFQ release strategy, only purchase order type, so far, is used any other characteristics are maintained as blank (empty) to determine agents.
For PO release strategy, despite blankness of collective number characteristics, it works without a hitch.

RFQ Release

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My Requirement in RFQ Release strategy,
1)Needs to send the RFQ Before Releasing it to Vendor .
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Thanks,
Mohan

no.2 is automatically achieved, if no.1 is achieved
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I am aware as we are using same class for PO RFQ and Contract the release strategy will repliacte in rest,
but I dont want PO release strategy to get repliacted in RFQ,because I dont have realease for RFQ
how to avoid po release strategy replicating in RFQ?
Regards
Kantha

Hi,
Yes they are same unless you differentiate by using
1> Purchasing Document Category i.e CEKKO -BSTYP
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We have created release strategy for PO, RFQ & Contract.
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Hi,
Melih is right, for POs you can not use the target value.
What you might do is to include the document type and CEKKO-GNETW as additional characteristics and then set for contract document types the GNETW blank, and for PO documet type the target value blank. Blank means any value should fit.
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Dear SAP gurus,
I set release procedure for RFQ. I set anyway that the changeability is 6, and the tolerance is zero. I expect that after it is released, whenever anyone is changing everything the release strategy will be reset.
But this is not happening. In my case, the manager already approve the RFQ but the RFQ has not been sent yet. Then someone change the quantity of the RFQ, and the release strategy is not reset. When I check again I realize that changeability 6 means the release will be reset if the value is changed; while in RFQ there is no value mentioned anywhere, it means that the release strategy for RFQ will never be reset.
Do i miss something? Is there any way to make sure that the release for RFQ is reset if someone change anything in the RFQ?
Best regards,
John.

Why are you having a value based release in RFQ? And more important, why do you need release for RFQ?
However, if you still want to go ahead with release, then you need to use the user exit for purchasing document release to achieve your objective. Please search for my earlier posts on how to reset release even on decrease of PO value. You can use the same logic for RFQ also.
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Release strategy in RFQ

Hello Gurus,
Is there any way I can implement a release strategy for RFQ?
Thanks,
Jeffrey

Hi Jeffrey,
yes you can set up release strategies to RFQ also in
trasaction SPRO->MM->purchasing->RFQ/Quotation->Release Procedure for RFQs->Define Release Procedure for RFQs.
RFQ's use the same structure as purchase orders for the release strategy classification (CEKKO). Nevertheless, there are some fields in this structure that are only relevant in POs. Field CEKKO-GNETW (Total net
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By using the characteristic CEKKO-BSART you can exclude certain release strategies for certain document types. A release strategy with CEKKO-BSART = NB won't apply to documents with the document type AN (RFQs).
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Dear MM gurus
I have maintained all the steps for release strategy for RFQ, while clicking on release flag in ME42 it is giving following error. please guide
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kailash N. thakkar
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Release strategy gets effected when all the characteristics mentioned for the release strategy are complied otherwise the strategy will not affect the RFQ.You might have given any value not relevant to the characteristic.For eg you might have given alower value than the value mentioned for the characteristic RFQ value.
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