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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To release handling units</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>handling unit</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>outbound</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>release</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<AimSection><Paragraph>In the outbound flow, a handling unit must be linked to an outbound advice to be retrieved from the warehouse. A handling unit that is linked to an outbound advice has the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#allocated" role="enum">Allocated</GUIRef> status.</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<ProcedureSection><ProcIntro><Paragraph>To release a handling unit, proceed as follows:</Paragraph>
		</ProcIntro>
		<Steps><Step><StepTitle>Select a handling unit</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000" role="session">Handling Units (whwmd5130m000)</GUIRef> session, select the handling unit that you want to release.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Select release option</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>On the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000" role="session">Handling Units (whwmd5130m000)</GUIRef> session, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#" role="formcommand">Execute Inbound</GUIRef> sub-menu. From this sub-menu, select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#outbound.release.hu" role="formcommand">Release Outbound Advice</GUIRef>. As a result, the handling unit is released. The handling unit obtains the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#released" role="enum">Released</GUIRef> status.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
		</Steps>
	</ProcedureSection>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Alternatively, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4202m000" role="session">Release Outbound Advice (whinh4202m000)</GUIRef> session you can release the outbound advice to which the handling unit is linked. To use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4202m000" role="session">Release Outbound Advice (whinh4202m000)</GUIRef> session to release the outbound advice, you can look up the outbound order to which the outbound advice is related in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh2123m000" role="session">Handling Unit Process Outbound (whinh2123m000)</GUIRef> session first.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If required, you can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#outbound.undo.release.hu" role="formcommand">Undo Release</GUIRef> option from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#" role="formcommand">Execute Inbound</GUIRef> sub-menu of the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu to indicate that the goods are not moved to the staging location after all. This may be required, for example, if the goods or handling units turn out not to be present in the locations listed in the outbound advice, or if the goods are damaged.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
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