Status management [REV]

Status management allows  to document the current processing status of an object, such as a sales order or sales order item. The current processing status can consist of a combination of individual statuses. Each individual status fulfills two functions:

• It informs you that a particular status has been reached (for example: "Sales order has been released")
• It determines which business transactions may or may not be carried out next (for example: Delivery is allowed, billing is not)

There are two kinds of status:

• System status
• User status

System statuses are determined automatically by the transactions you carry out. You cannot change a system status manually.

Function: STATUS_CHANGE_FOR_ACTIVITY

You can assign several user statuses at the same time. 

Use in Sales

User statuses, on the other hand, can be activated and deactivated by the user. Individual user statuses can be grouped together into status profiles. The status profiles can then be assigned in Customizing for Sales to:

• Sales document types (for header status)
• Item categories (for item status)

You can search for sales documents by system status or user status. You can display a list of sales documents at header or item level.

You can check the changeability of a system status with the help of the report sd_status_info. This report display all system statuses available in the SAP System. All system statuses which are important in the area of Sales are coloured light green in the standard system. All system statuses which are relevant to Sales and can be changed are coloured dark green in the standard system (column: "changeable").

Use in ECM