Use

The current status of an internal order (or the combination of all statuses) determines which business transactions you can perform on the internal order. You use status management to specify the current processing status of an internal order. The status can be set by the system or by the user.

Integration

An internal order is not a static object, but has its own life cycle that begins when you create it and ends after you close it. During this time, the internal order is changed by various business transactions. For example, costs are planned, posted and settled for it.

Each internal order passes through four system statuses, one of which is always active.

Features

You can plan the processing of an internal order, by saving a plan date in the order master data for this system status (except for Created ). These values are for information purposes. The system logs in the internal order when a system status has actually been reached, and which system status it is.

Changing the system status of an order is itself a business transaction. You do this using a function (for example, Released ) in the master data maintenance.

In addition to the four system statuses already mentioned, further system statuses are set through given business transactions. Examples are:

Activities

If you want to determine when particular business transactions are to be allowed, you can define a user status. The user status enhances the existing system statuses.

For more information on defining the user status, see General SAP Status Management . General SAP status management is also used in other areas (projects, production orders, and so on) and will replace Order Status Management at a future date.

To plan the flow of an internal order, choose  Accounting Controlling Internal orders Master data Order Change Master data Goto Flow .