Status Management for Tasks 
Status Management for Tasks
Use
A task status informs you of a task's current processing stage. You can set the following statuses for a task:
Indicates that the task can now be executed.
Indicates that the task has been performed.
Indicates that the task was successfully implemented and the notification problem has been solved.
Integration
The various task statuses are independent of one another. This means that a notification can be put in process even if it contains outstanding tasks that have not yet been released. You cannot, however, complete a notification if it contains outstanding tasks.
The system does not distinguish between notification header tasks (immediate tasks) and item tasks (corrective tasks). If the status information indicates that there are outstanding tasks in the notification, these can be both immediate tasks and corrective tasks.
A notification will retain the status "outstanding tasks" as long as a task has not been completed (even if the task has already been released).
For more information about the general status management function, see
Status Management.Features
You can use the status management function for tasks as follows:
You assign a status to a task by choosing the corresponding function in the task overview or task detail screens. You should assign a status to each task individually. If you select several tasks in the overview screen and choose a status, the system assigns the status to all of the selected tasks.
After you assign a status to a task, the system displays the status code in the status field in both the task overview and task detail screen. If you want to display the text for the status code, choose StatusDetail.
When you assign a status to a task, the system automatically changes the relevant dates as follows:
Status |
The system completes these fields |
Released |
Planned start with the current timePlanned finish with either the current time or with the required notification end time. You can overwrite both fields. |
Completed |
Date carried out <date> Carried out by <user name> with the current date and the current user name.You cannot overwrite these fields. |
Successful |
None |
The planned dates for a task must fall within the desired start and end dates of the notification. If you specify other dates for the task, the system issues a message to remind you of this. If no dates are maintained for the quality notification, the system uses the value 0 as a basis, so that it can still issue an information message if the dates are inconsistent.