Hi Vinita
Your questions:
1. I have quickly checked our system and we get the following based on the various status's (we have saved instead of draft?)
| SC Status | Redistribution Status | Source REL_INDICATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Saved | Completed | blank |
| Awaiting Approval | Completed | blank |
| Approved | In Process | X |
2.The redistribution allow you to change the purchasing group it is assigned to. If the user assigns it to the incorrect P.Group you can change the Purchasing Group. I do agree though I do not see why you would change the P,Group at draft stage. I think it is just functionality you do not need to use it.
3. When ever there is a change the SC will be validated as to what the status is and change the indicator based on if there needs to be sourcing. I think the only time work needs to be done on a SC is when it is in an X Status. Blank will mean it has not at a point that sourcing should be consider, basically before a release or after the follow on document (a PO has been created), X means that there is no source of supply and one needs to be found. I understand the fixed vendor but do you create PO's against a fixed vendor ? We can only create a PO using a contract or an RFx as a source of supply. So X means we must either assign a contract or create an RFx. Y would mean that sourcing was done, a contract was assigned to the SC for example and the follow on PO was created.
If these current status changes do not work for your process you would need to look at adding custom code to add extra validations on the sourcing release indicator changes.
Also make sure you are running the jobs to verify and update the status's : BBP_GET STATUS2 and CLEANREQREQUP
Hope this helps. It seems you system is behaving similar to mine.