| Sales releases |  |
| A sales release consists of grouped sales schedule requirements that are received by EDI. Each sales release line indicates a sales schedule or sales schedule line that is received with the sales release. Sales schedule requirements are grouped in sales releases based on the following common characteristics: Sold-to Business Partner Ship-to Business Partner Ship-to Address Release Type Shipment or Delivery Based The first sales release that is created for the previously mentioned characteristics receives revision number one. If a new EDI message is received for these characteristics, a sales release revision is created with revision number two, and so on. You can view: Sales releases in the Sales Releases (tdsls3512m000) session. Sales release lines in the Sales Release Lines (tdsls3508m000) session. Sales release position details in the Sales Release Line Details (tdsls3515m000) session. Note You cannot manually enter or adjust sales releases. Sales release types and sales schedule types Sales releases and sales schedules are always of a specific type. Sales releases can only contain sales schedules of the same type. The following types are available: Material Release Over the long term and mid term (in general periods of some months), planning information is supplied from the business partner. This sales schedule type is only used if the sales schedule is non-referenced. Shipping Schedule On a shorter time basis, shipping releases that contain more detailed and fixed information are sent. This information is gathered on the basis of shop floor requirements, miscellaneous orders, and so on. Shipping schedules contain ordering information and inform you about actual deliveries. This sales schedule type can be used for non-referenced sales schedules as well as referenced sales schedules. Sequence Shipping Schedule Over the short term (in general a period of twenty days of which five days are fixed), sequence shipping information is communicated. Sequence shipping schedules contain ordering information with precise information about the production or deliveries of the requirements. This schedule can include the production or delivery sequence, and the order, the place, and the time of unloading after shipment. This sales schedule type is only used if the sales schedule is referenced. The type of sales schedule that you can receive for a specific item and business partner combination is determined by the EDI message field in the Items - Sales Business Partner (tdisa0510m000) session. If the value of the EDI message field is: Material Release, the sales schedule only consists of a Material Release. Shipping Schedule, the sales schedule consists of a Material Release followed by a Shipping Schedule. Sequence Shipping Schedule, the sales schedule consists of a Material Release followed by a Sequence Shipping Schedule. Shipping Schedule only, the sales schedule only consists of a Shipping Schedule. Sales release lines Whether a sales release line refers to a sales schedule or to a sales schedule line, depends on the release type. If the release type is: Material Release or Shipping Schedule, a sales release line refers to a sales schedule. Sequence Shipping Schedule, a sales release line refers to a sales schedule line. Note If the sales release line refers to a sales schedule line, the Schedule Position field is filled in the Sales Release Lines (tdsls3508m000) session. If the sales release line refers to a sales schedule, the Schedule Position field is empty. Sales release position details The sales release position details are only filed in ERP LN if the received sales schedule is a referenced schedule of the Shipping Schedule type. You can view the sales release position details in the Sales Release Line Details (tdsls3515m000) session. A sales release position detail refers to a sales schedule line. If a reference exists from a sales release line/sales release position detail to a sales schedule line, the referenced sales schedule line contains a unique reference ID, which is displayed in the Reference field of the Sales Schedule - Lines (tdsls3107m000) session. If you receive an update of a referenced shipping schedule, ERP LN does not create a sales schedule revision number. Instead, the sales schedule is updated. If an update arrives for a sales schedule line, also the sales schedule line is updated. To keep track of the updates, ERP LN files the sales schedule line updates as revisions in the Sales Release Line Details (tdsls3515m000) session. From the Specific menu of the Sales Release Line Details (tdsls3515m000) session, you can start the Sales Schedule - Lines (tdsls3107m000) session to view the sales schedule line to which the sales release position detail record refers. For more information on referenced sales schedules, refer to Referenced sales schedules. Related topics Sales schedules Sales schedule procedure Referenced sales schedules |