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alias: user-guide-release-material
description: "This documentation details releasing materials from hold reasons within a system"
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# Release Material

:lock: Material.**Release**

## Overview

Releases a **Material** from one or more **Hold Reasons**.

!!! info
	This transaction is available for multiple Materials from the Resource and Step View. For more information, see the [[fab-explorer-index]] page.

	You can also Mass Release Materials from the Quality menu, by selecting the Material Holds entity. For more information, see [[user-guide-material-holds#mass-release-materials|Mass Release Materials]].

!!! smart-barcode "Supports Smart Barcodes"
    You can use [[smart-barcode-scanning]] to perform this operation.

## Setup

No special setup is required other than to meet the transaction preconditions.

## Preconditions

* **Material** is Active and On Hold.
* **Material** is currently on Hold for the **Reasons** it is being released from.
* If a Release Role is associated with the **Hold Reason**, the user performing the Release **Material** must belong to that Role.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1

This step contains all the necessary information to perform the transaction.

1. Optionally, review the **Material** details by expanding the **Material** section.
2. Select the **Reasons** from which the **Material** is to be released from, by selecting the respective checkboxes. You can also select them all by selecting **Materials** in the header of the column.
3. If a **Material** has a Release Code set, it is necessary to enter the Release Code in order to be able to release the **Material**.
4. Optionally, select the **Apply to All** button. This button will only be active if there is more than one valid reason and if selected, properties will be copied to other reasons.
5. Optionally, enter a **Comment**.
6. Select **Release** to complete the operation.

!!! info
	Hold codes which are presented in red lines mean that the current user does not belong to the security role which has the privileges to release the **Material** from that Hold **Reason**.

!!! info
	If the Release Code has been forgotten, with the right privileges it is possible to use the [Special Release Material](special_release_material.md) transaction.

![release_material][release_material]

[release_material]: images/release_material.png