ME55- Individual release only possible.

[Former Member]

Hello,

We are using SAP release 701. in ME55, when we try to release PR through collective release, for a particular set of PRs, we only get an yellow triangle (" individual release only") instead of the normal tick and pencil mark.Tthis set of PRs contain one or more deleted line items. As per note 668940, this has been corrected in release 470. Is it strange that similar error is still recurring in version 701?

We tried implementing note 668940 but system shows error. I don't believe there is any config settings for ME55 tcode. Further, the approvers can approve all other docs through ME55 except this set of PRs.

please help.

regards,

Soumya

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Please consider that

1.Once an item is deleted in a purchase requisition which uses an

overall release strategy this document can't be released anymore

using ME55. But ME54 or ME54N could release it.

If the PR only contains the deleted item, it can not be released in

ME54 either. But it could be released in ME54N.

2.If the requisition is flagged closed before the release is performed

the requisition does not appear on transaction ME55. The system does

not display the closed Purchase Requisition in overall release ME55.

But it could be released in ME54 or ME54N.

This is the system design.

And note 668940 is not set for this issue.

For example, as soon as one item in PR is set for deletion,

general release for any of the other PR's that created after this one

cannot be released anymore, this behavior is incorrect and note

668940 is for this situation.

I hope the above information can help to explain the system behaviors.

BR

Nadia Orlandi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Nadia,

What you say seems perfectly logical. However, our client usually has a lot of PRs and client HOD-level approvers finds it tedious to go to ME54N/ME54 to release those particular set of PRs individually.

Is there anyway we could configure the system to allow this release through ME55? Have you come across such a situation already? If yes, please let me know how you handled it.

Regards,

Soumya

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Soumya,

Yes, I understand your request . Anyway in the standard SAP this is not possible

Please consider the definition of ME55 "Collective release":

You release ALL requisition ITEMS or COMPLETE requisitions that are

awaiting processing by your release code.

That means:

If there are some items which can't be released (may be they are

deleted), the transaction ME55 can't be used - so you have to release

over the individual release .

Collective release means that

several purchase requisitions can be released at the same time.

When one line of a requisition subject to overall release is deleted

you are asked to use the "single release" functionality in transaction

ME54N

Once you delete a line item you MUST work with ME54 to release each

item. By deleting a line you effect the whole purchase requisition

hence collective cannot be used. This is standard SAP functionality.

In this case, you have to individually release each requisition item

through transaction ME54N

I hope this can be of help

BR

Nadia Orlandi

[Former Member]

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[orla_mclean2]

ME55 can work if you run the ALV version (select scope of list ALV)