Sales Releases Overview (tdsls3512m000)

Use this session to view, enter, and maintain sales releases, which are used to generate sales schedules.

A sales release mainly contains business partner data.

If you double-click a line, the Sales Release (tdsls3612m000) session is started.

Note: If the Status is Processed, you can no longer update the sales release.

Field Information

Release

sales release

Release Revision

release revision number

The first sales release that is created for a specific combination of the following characteristics, receives the revision number one:

  • Sold-to Business Partner
  • Ship-to Business Partner
  • Ship-to Address
  • Release Type
  • Shipment or Receipt Based
  • Schedule Quantity Qualifier
  • Sales Release Origin
  • Customer Release

When a new sales release revision is created for these characteristics, a sales release revision is created with revision number two, and so on.

Release Type

release type

Allowed values

Material Release
Shipping Schedule
Sequence Shipping Schedule
Pick-up Sheet
Sales Release Origin

The origin that created the sales release.

Allowed values

  • EDI
  • Manual
  • BOD
Status

The status of the sales release.

Allowed values

Created

The sales release or the sales release line is created.

Processing in Progress

The sales release contains release lines that are processed and lines that are not yet processed to a sales schedule (line).

Processed

The sales release contains release lines that are all processed to a sales schedule (line).

The sales release line contains release line details that are all processed to sales schedule lines.

Superseded

The sales release line could not be processed to a sales schedule (line) because the current release revision is replaced by a newer release revision. An error occurred during processing because the release revision is no longer valid.

If all lines of a sales release are superseded, the status of the sales release is also set to Superseded.

Exception

The sales release line could not be processed to a sales schedule (line). An error occurred during processing.

Sold-to Business Partner

sold-to business partner

Ship-to Business Partner

The ship-to business partner to whom you will ship the goods.

Ship-to Address

The ship-to business partner's address.

Customer Release

The business partner's release number. This number can be used for reference purposes.

Customer Revision

The business partner's release revision number. This number can be used for reference purposes.

Generation Date

The generation date of the business partner's EDI message.

Creation Date

The date and time on which the sales release is inserted in this session.

Shipment or Receipt Based

This field indicates whether the schedule requirements for the sales release are Shipment Based or Receipt Based.

Allowed values

Shipment Based

The (schedule) requirements are based on the date and time you pick the goods up at the ship-from business partner 's warehouse (purchase) or on the date and time the goods must be shipped to the ship-to business partner (sales). As a result, time calculations are based on the planned shipment date.

Receipt Based

The (schedule) requirement are based on the date and time you want the goods to be delivered at your warehouse by the business partner (purchase) or on the date and time your ship-to business partner needs the goods at the warehouse (sales). As a result, time calculations are based on the planned delivery date.

Release Text

If this check box is selected, a text is present.

Schedule Quantity Qualifier

The quantity type that is transmitted in the sales release.

Allowed values

Actual Quantities

Only the real ordered quantities are sent in the schedule release.

Cumulative Quantities

The cumulated ordered quantities, calculated from the start date of the schedule, are sent in the schedule release.

Example
1/1 1/1 100 100
1/1 3/1 150 250
1/1 5/1 75 325
Forecast Horizon Start

The start date of the forecast horizon that was transmitted in the EDI message.

Forecast Horizon End

The end date of the forecast horizon that was transmitted in the EDI message.