Release Strategy for different currencies

[Former Member]

Dear Experts,

I need to have different values for different currencies in release strategy.These are not direct conversion of currencies.  Release strategy is triggered based two PO value characteristics only.

IE:
Strategy 1                                                                                        Strategy 2

                                                                                    

Strategy 3                                                                                          Strategy 4

 

I have created two characteristics for two different currencies and changed the release strategies accordingly. However release strategy is not triggering well.  FYI ,

Am i missing anything here?

Please give your valuable help.

Regards,

Jeewana

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear All,

I have configured release strategy by adding different authorization levels for different currencies. Thanks for all your valuable inputs.

This blog post is important (http://scn.sap.com/community/erp/logistics-mm/blog/2011/07/03/multiple-currencies-in-purchase-order-...) which   shared with me. However characteristic for currency is also necessary which is not mentioned in this blog post. 

For this we need have two release strategies for two currencies in each level. (if we are using two currencies) If need to add one more currency we need to change the release strategy again. Therefore maintenance is difficult.

Characteristics:

PO Value USD - CEKKO-GNETW, currency format USD

PO Value LKR - CEKKO-GNETW, currency format LKR

Currency  - CEKKO- WAERS, character format

I'm adding relevant screen shots for the reference.  Giving giving >=0 in the other net order value is necessary as Arun Kumar said and we can't keep blank characteristics as Robert Arikianathan said. 

Strategy 1

Strategy 2

I'm marking this as the correct answer for the ease of future reference for other members.

Regards,

Jeewana

[anoop_sukumar · Accepted solution]

Hi I have a query. We have multiple companies in different region with multiple currencies, and we are maintain a sing release strategy class. However, while making an order for SAR(SAUDI ARABIA), SYSTEM IS throwing a translation of NGN(nigeria), infact we have operations in Nigeria and there separate release strategy is there.

We have maintained the release strategy just like above. However system is throwing translation issue for NGN for Saudi Arabia. How can we restrict the NGN translation for an release strategy that will be triggered for nigeria.

[Former Member]

Hi

I would like to suggest to create three characteristics in total as below.

1. PO value(USD) => Update currency as USD as shown below ( CEKKO -GNETW)

2. PO value(LKR) => Update currency as LKR as shown below ( CEKKO-GNETW)

3. PO currency (CEKKO-WAERS)

After this use only two characteristics in the strategy

Strategy1

PO value(USD) : <100

PO currency : USD

Strategy2

PO value(LKR) : <10000

PO currency : LKR

I hope this will solve your issue.

Thanks

[Former Member]

Dear All,

I have created a new characteristic for currency EKKO-WAERS and created two release strategies for different currencies. 

Release strategy is working fine when I'm testing in CL30N.

However release strategy is not triggered in PO. What could be the reason for this? Appreciate your help.

Regards,
Jeewana

[Former Member]

Hi Jeewana,

please check whether any other existing release strategy is getting triggered in PO. if Yes then deactivate that Release strategy and try again. it should trigger the new release strategy.

Regards,

[JL23]

can you add a new screen shot  with your new classification?

and a corresponding screen shot from your PO showing evidence for the values of those characteristics

[Former Member]

Please find below.

1. Characteristics values for S4 release strategy. Blank field is CEKKO-GNETW for LKR currency. 

2. CL30N Screen Shot

3. PO- Strategy is not triggered

[former_member353993]

Hi,

I think the PO release strategy will not work if the char values are blank.

Try filling the currency key.

[Former Member]

Hi,

My basic requirement was to have different authorization levels for different currencies.  Please check first post of this thread. I did this change later.

[ajitkumar]

I wonder whether your RS is not working since your 2 release char refers to the same field in CEKKO. Pl check whether it work based on currency and translated value in local currency

[Former Member]

Have assigned it in CL20N?

[Former Member]

can you provide screen shot of CL20N?

[Former Member]

Hi Jeewana,

Have you tried by giving >=0 in the other blank net order value field ?

Rgds,

Arun

[Former Member]

Hi

I believe you are using different PO currency for different vendors e.g Vendor A , currency LKR and Vendor B , currency USD. If that is the case try to use vendor and PO value as characteristics to define separate set of release strategies.

Thanks

Ganapathy

[Former Member]

Hi,

Exactly the case is what you have mentioned. However it will be practically difficult to use vendor as a characteristic since we do have many number of vendors and new vendors are adding to the database at an average frequency.

[Former Member]

Hi

Please check if you can use currency and PO value as characteristics.

For example

Strategy 1

Currency : LKR

PO value : <= 10,000 LKR

Strategy 2

Currency : USD

PO Value: <= 100 USD

Strategy 3

Currency: LKR

PO value: 10000.01 to 100000 LKR

Thanks

Ganapathy

[Former Member]

Then work in the currency of the Company, in which case you don't need to worry about the PO currency or Vendor.

[Former Member]

What Raju Prabhune said.

Different Release Strategies according to currency (not an attempt at combining currency values in a single release strategy as it appears above).  Apply a given release strategy and related currency value according to the currency of the document.

[Former Member]

Hi Jeewana,

Please Check step by step.

1. Create Characteristics

2.Create Class

3.Define Release Groups and assign it to CLASS and all the Classes in the client should be same

4.Define Release Codes

5. Define Release Indicators

6.Define Release Strategies

7.Assign Release Group Release Code object type and Agent Id

and also check Release strategies it will show weather it has errors or not

Please correct me if required

Thanks

Routhu

[Former Member]

Hi Jeewana,

1. Are you able to simulate the release strategy by clicking on "Release Simulation" Button ?

2. Have you chosen any other characteristics apart from currency ( CEKKO - WAERS) in the class ?

Also try to assign class in CL20N,

Regards

Anupam

[Former Member]

Dear Anupam,

1. Yes I'm able to simulate.

2. I haven't chosen CEKKO-WAERS. I'm using two currency characteristics for USD and LKR.

I have done the assignment in CL20N.

And I have done the testing in CL30N which is also working fine.

Still release strategy is not triggered. Do you have any clue?

[Former Member]

Hi Jeewana,

Why don't you consider currency field (EKKO-WAERS) as one of your characteristics.

Regards,

[Former Member]

Hi Jeewana,

Please let me know is it for two different company codes ?

In CL24N

For Release strategy - PO's of USD currency enter >=0 for LKR Currency.

And for Release Strategy  - PO's of LKR Currency enter ">=0 for USD currecny

Regards,

Arun

[Former Member]

Dear Arun,

This is for one company code. My requirement is to trigger the release strategy based on the currency in PO. If PO value is 1000 LKR it should trigger strategy 1. If it is 1000 USD it should trigger strategy 2.

Please explain further.

Thanks.