Work flow for Purchase requisition

HI EXPERTS,
   I am new for MM workflow, my client asked me to overall purchase requisition approval through work flow,i did configuration like
    BUS 2105 -OBJ TYPE
    WS20000077-RECIVER TYPE
    RELEASESTEPCREATED-EVENT TYPE
    AND ASSIGN AGENT ALSO.....
   its working fine,and i get messages but my problem is i didnt release pr from inbox,
   again i used me 54n for release .is there any chance to release pr from in box,,,
   and also how to change time in time stamp column,i am getting wrong time please help me...
   Thanks in advance
Thanks,
siva

You need to verify that there is a teminating event. A terminating event works so that if you perform the action outside of the workflow inbox, the linked work item is "logically deleted" from the user inbox.

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SAP Standard system allows only 8 levels of release codes.If client requirement is more than 8 then for excess release codes customisation is done by the technical team (Abapers).Lets take an example of 15 release levels required for a client according to his Business needs then in this case initial 7 codes are customised and remaining 8 release codes are configured in the system.
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Release Procedure with classification
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2.Release_PR_plant
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step3:
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PRs are released by users in transaction code ME54N.
Eg
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PR creator - clerk or Business user -
Approver    - Supervisor                 -   R1
Approver -   Project Lead              -   R2
Approver   - Asst. Manager             - R3
Approver   - HOD/General Manager - R4
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For detailed info please refer
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/75/ee1fa755c811d189900000e8322d00/frameset.htm
3. Release Indicator:
Release indicators show the release status of a Purchase Requisition.
For detailed info please refer SAP Help official site
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/75/ee1fa755c811d189900000e8322d00/frameset.htm
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Eg.
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/75/ee1fa755c811d189900000e8322d00/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/75/ee1fa755c811d189900000e8322d00/frameset.htm
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