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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000352" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>To release handling units</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2969356">
         <Level1>Outbound handling unit</Level1>
         <Level2>release</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2969361">
         <Level1>Release</Level1>
         <Level2>outbound handling unit</Level2>
      </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="option">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 <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000" role="session">Handling Units (whwmd5130m000)</GUIRef> session, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whgen.execute.inb" role="manual">Execute Inbound</GUIRef> sub-menu. From this sub-menu, select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#outbound.release.hu" role="command">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="option">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="command">Undo Release</GUIRef> option from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whgen.execute.inb" role="manual">Execute Inbound</GUIRef> sub-menu of the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> 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>
</ManualTopic>