When creating an event handler or event handler set, SAP Event Management uses the default value for the status of the object or process relevant to supply chain event management together with the expected events and parameters. You specify the default value in Customizing for SAP Event Management.

When you send actual data on the status of an event handler or event handler set to SAP Event Management in an event message, SAP Event Management checks the condition from the rule set of the event handler or event handler set. If you have defined an activity in the rule set for updating statuses, the evaluation of the condition may trigger this activity, depending on the result. SAP Event Management updates the status attribute.

You can assign an icon to each status attribute in Customizing for SAP Event Management under  Event Handlers and Event Handler Data Statuses Define Status Attributes . You can also define the sequence in which the Web interface displays the status attributes in Customizing for SAP Event Management under  Event Handlers and Event Handler Data Statuses Define Status Attributes .

The status or the icon provides you with a quick overview of the relevant event handler or event handler set when you make queries to SAP Event Management. You can also use the status as a search criterion for event handlers.

You classify the status attribute values in status attribute types that are either the YES/NO type or the Status Attribute Value type.

You group one or more status attribute types in a status attribute profile, which you assign to an event handler type.