IS&T Administrative Computing ServicesPresentation to SAPBizRe: SAP General Status ManagementJanuar !"# !$$%SAPS GENERAL STATUS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITYGeneral Status Management replaced order status management &unctionalit in recent SAP releases '()%C*)T+is discussion ,ill address general status management# as t+is is +o, SAP allo,s user statuses &or controlling o-.ects in t+is and &uture releases)General Status Management applies to internal orders# pro.ect de&initions# /BS elements# production orders and man ot+er o-.ects in SAP)0or t+e purposes o& t+is discussion ,e ,illconcentrate on status management &or internal orders and /BS elements)A list o& all o-.ectsrelevant &or status management ,ill -e made availa-le upon re1uest)A status is an indicator t+at &ul&ills t,o &unctions)0irst# it in&orms ou t+at a particular status+as -een reac+ed)0or e2ample# an internal order +as -een created and released3 a settlement rule +as -een entered3 a particular -usiness transaction +as -een e2ecuted# etc)Second# it in&luences t+e -usiness transactions ou can per&orm &or a particular status)A status can allo, a -usiness transaction3 allo, a -usiness transaction -ut issue a ,arning message3 or pro+i-it a -usiness transaction altoget+er)I& a ,arning message is issued it is up to t+e user ,+et+er t+e -usiness transaction is carried out or not)Statuses can -e used to control and communicate)Statuses can -e used in reporting 's+o, me a report o& all internal orders ,it+ a status o& T4C5# or tec+nicall complete*)Statuses can -e used as selection criteria 'select all internal orders ,it+ a status o& C6S7# or closed*)Statuses can communicate t+e state o& an o-.ect 'read &or arc+iving# not read &or settlemente2ecution*)T+ere are SAP standard delivered statuses t+at appl to all o-.ect tpes)T+ese are 8no,n as S9ST4M STAT:S4S)CRT7# R46# S4TC# T4C5 are e2amples o& SAP standard sstem statuses)SAP standard sstem statuses cannot -e removed &rom use)9ou cannot override t+e SAP sstem status ,it+ a user status)9ou cannot c+ange t+e -e+avior o& an SAP sstem status):ser statuses 'or user de&ined statuses* e2ist in addition to SAP standard statuses):ser statuses are intended to augment or re&ine SAP standard statuses# not replace t+em)T+ere is no limitation to t+e num-er o& user statuses t+at can -e created)Bot+ sstem and user statuses in&luence -usiness transactions in t+e same ,a)An o-.ect can +ave multiple statuses active at t+e same time)A plant maintenance order can +ave released# preliminaril costed# ,or8 order printed and con&irmed statuses all at t+e sametime)0or SAP displa purposes onl one status can -e displaed on t+e status line in master data screens# -ut it is possi-le to see all active statuses &or an o-.ect at one time - drilling do,n into t+e master data screens)A STAT:S PR50I64# or user status pro&ile# contains individual user statuses and t+e -usiness transaction rules de&ined &or t+ose statuses)T+ere is no limit to t+e num-er o& user status pro&iles t+at can -e maintained in SAP)A user status pro&ile is assigned to an order tpe or a pro.ect pro&ile in con&iguration)T+is user status pro&ile is t+en de&aulted into all o-.ects t+at re&erence t+at order tpe or pro.ect pro&ile)A users status pro&ile can -e !;