Setting Disposal Document Statuses This procedure describes how you set a status for a disposal document.

The system sets the following statuses automatically:
When you
create
a disposal document, the system sets the status
New
(
Created
).
When you print a disposal document, the system sets the status PRN (Printed).
When you execute the
Check date returned
function (
), the system sets the status TOUT (Timeout) for all disposal documents for which the
Return-within period has been exceeded.
When you execute the
Check quantity
function (
), the system sets the status ABERR (Quantity variance) for all disposal documents for which the waste quantity entered by the waste generator in the disposal document (
Outgoing quantity
) differs from the waste quantity confirmed by the waste disposer (
Quantity disposed of
).
When you
cancel
a disposal document (
), the system sets the status CAN (Canceled).
In Customizing for
Waste Management
, you specify under
Specify Field Control for Each Disposal Doc. Type and Status
the ready-for-input status of the fields that are available to you on the tab pages and screen areas for entering data for disposal documents. You can specify that the ready-for-input status depends, for example, on the disposal document status. This means you can specify, for example, that certain fields are no longer ready for input after a disposal document has a particular status.
In Customizing for Waste Management, you have processed the Customizing activity
Specify Processing Status for Disposal Documents
. You specify there, among other things, which status can follow which status.
You are authorized to edit the status field. In standard Customizing, it is specified in the IMG activity
Specify Field Control for Each Disposal Doc. Type and Status
that you require special authorization to edit this field.
You have executed the procedure
Editing Disposal Documents
for the required disposal document and are on the
Create
Disposal Documents
or
Change
Disposal Documents screen.
Choose the
Status
tab page.
In the
Dispos. doc. status
field, enter the required status and save your entry.

Note the following when you set a status:
If you set the status CAN and the disposal document contains a waste approval , a waste code , and a waste quantity, the waste quantity is deducted from the quantity disposed of in the waste approval (see Automatic Quantity Update ).
If you want to use a disposal document as a template, set the status TEMPL (Templates). Only the status
New
(
Created
) is defined as a permitted subsequent status for this status in the standard system. This means that you cannot, for example, print or confirm disposal documents in the status TEMPL.
You can also set the following statuses by choosing the corresponding function in the application toolbar. You do not need authorization to edit the status field:
Function (Quick Info) |
Status Set |
|---|---|
|
PRF (Printing failed) |
|
ROUTE (Delivered) |
|
RET (Returned) |
|
COMPL (Data complete) |
|
CHK (Confirmed) |
|
ARCH (Stored) |
As standard, these functions only set the specified status. If you want certain checks to be run, for example, when you execute a function, you can specify a function module for the functions that carry out these checks under
Disposal Documents
→
Specify Functions
in Customizing for
Waste Management
.
The disposal document is assigned the specified status and is displayed below the corresponding node in the overview tree.

A node is only displayed in the overview tree if the user is authorized to display disposal documents in the corresponding status.