Purchase Release
The Purchase Release program passes information about eligible drop-ship order lines to Oracle Purchasing.
After Purchase Release has completed successfully, run Requisition Import in Oracle Purchasing to generate purchase requisitions for the processed order lines.
Holds Effect on Eligible Order Lines
The Purchase Release program does not process orders or order lines with unreleased holds that specify no cycle action or a cycle action of Purchase Release. You must remove any such holds on orders or order lines that you want to interface to Oracle Purchasing.
Cycle Action Results
The following cycle action results are possible for Purchase Release:
- Eligible - the order line has booked successfully and has a source type of External.
- Interfaced - order line information has interfaced successfully to Oracle Purchasing.
- Partial - Oracle Purchasing has recorded partial drop shipment of the order line.
- Confirmed - Oracle Purchasing has recorded complete drop shipment of the order line.
- Not Applicable - the order line is not eligible because it will not be fulfilled from an external source.
Attention: Purchase Release: Not Applicable is a non-passing result. Lines with this status do not automatically pass to the next cycle action in your order cycle. You must explicitly define this status as a prerequisite for the next cycle action.
Suggestion: Use the View Orders window to view orders' and order lines' cycle and hold statuses.
Locations
Before running Purchase Release, you should ensure that the ship-to locations referenced on your orders have been associated with receiving locations defined in Oracle Purchasing. If the Purchase Release program fails to identify a receiving location that matches the ship-to location for an order line, Purchase Release will not process the line. See: Associating Ship-to and Receiving Locations.
Exception Handling
Any errors that occur for this program are recorded in the process exceptions table. Use the Process Exception Report to report all errors for Purchase Release.
This program is applicable only for order cycles that include the Purchase Release cycle action, and for specific order lines that will be drop-shipped and have a source type of External.
Prerequisites
Before using this program, you should:
- Enter and book an order with lines that you want to fulfill externally.
- Satisfy any other order or order line prerequisites that you have defined for the order cycle.
Submission
In the Purchase Release window, enter Purchase Release in the Request Name field.
Parameters
When you request Purchase Release, Order Entry/Shipping provides you with the following parameters.
Order Number Low/High
Select an order number or range, or leave this parameter blank to run the program on eligible lines on all orders.
Request Date Low/High
Select a range of order request dates, or leave this parameter blank.
Customer PO Number
Select the number that corresponds with the purchase order received from your customer, or leave this parameter blank.
Ship-to Location
Select the ultimate location to which the line or lines will be delivered, or leave this parameter blank.
Order Type
Select a specific order type, or leave this parameter blank.
Customer
Select the customer associated with the order, or leave this parameter blank.
Item
Limit processing to a particular item, or leave this parameter blank.
See Also
Requisition Import Process
Order Cycles
Defining and Maintaining Order Cycles
Viewing Orders and Returns
Overview of Sales Orders
Drop Ship Order Flow
