Collective Release of Production Orders (COHV)
Purpose
Use this procedure to collectively release production orders.
Trigger
Perform this procedure when you have large quantities of production orders for release.
Prerequisites
The following must exist:
• Materials.
• Valid routings.
• Production orders.
Navigation Path
Use the following navigation path to begin this transaction:
• Select to go to the Release Production Orders screen.
Field Description Tables
The R/O/C column of each Field Description table indicates whether the field usage is:
R - Required in SAP.
O - Optional in SAP.
C - Conditional in SAP.
Procedure
1. Start the transaction using the navigation path.
2. Click on
Collective Release Production Order to go to the
Release Production Orders screen.
3.
Select either Order Headers or Operations in the
List
field, for example, click
to chose orders.
You may enter other selection criteria. SAP selects the
Production Orders checkbox
automatically. You may click to insert a tick in the
Plnned orders checkbox
if you want to release the associated planned orders. Do not do this step if you want to release all orders in the system.
Do not do Step
4 if you want to release every order in the system. If you do choose to release all orders in the system, however, the processing may take a long time.
4. For example, complete the following fields:
5.
Click
to go to the
Mass Processing Release
screen and set your function parameters as required.
6. Select the required parameters in each field, for example:
7.
Click
to go to the
Order Information System:
Overview Order headers screen and make any required changes or to select
your orders for mass release.
Here you may review or change orders as required before release by clicking on the appropriate icon on the toolbar and then doing the required actions.
8.
For example, click on an order and then click
to review the order log.
9.
Click to insert ticks in the checkboxes
next to the required orders or click
to select all the orders on display.
10.
Click
to release the orders.
The system displays the message, "Mass processing executed xxxx log(s) saved (xxxx)."
You may select to review the logs if necessary.
You may click
to save your selection criteria as a variant.
11. Click
until you return to the
SAP Easy Access Main Menu screen.
12. You have completed this transaction.
Result
You have successfully released a range of production orders. Typically, the next step in the production process is to issue the product.
SAP
Easy Access Main Menu
Refer to the procedure Issue
Inventory to Order.