SAP ABAP Data Element FRGDT (Purchase Requisition Release Date)
Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   CA-GTF-TS (Application Component) Technical Application Support
     BM (Package) MM Cross-Application Objects
Basic Data
Data Element FRGDT
Short Description Purchase Requisition Release Date  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type DATUM    
Data Type DATS   Date field (YYYYMMDD) stored as char(8) 
Length 8    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 10    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name REL_DATE   
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Release Dt 
Medium 15 Release Date 
Long 20 Release Date 
Heading 10 Release Dt 
Documentation

Definition

Specifies the date on which the purchase order should be initiated on the basis of the purchase requisition.

The release date is based on:

  • The purchasing department processing time defined for the plant
  • The planned delivery time from the material master record or purchasing info record
  • The delivery date
  • The goods receipt processing time from the material master record

Note

The planned delivery time from the purchasing info record and the GR processing time are only taken into account if the purchase requisition was generated via materials planning.

Example

Processing time Planned del. GR processing
Purchasing time time

|----------|---------------------|--------|

Release PO Delivery Date
date date date required

Date required: 01.10.2007
GR processing time: 2 days (working days)
Planned delivery time: 10 days (calendar days)
Purchasing dept processing time: 2 days (working days)

For the material to be available on the date it is needed, the purchase requisition must be released on 13.09.2007 (requirement date less GR processing time, planned delivery time, and purchasing department processing time).

Supplementary Documentation - FRGDT 0001

Procedure

The release date is proposed automatically by the system. You can change the date.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19990224 
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