When you run a task in update mode, the system updates the status for the relevant organizational units.

You can execute task "B" even if its preceding task, "A", has not been blocked yet. In this case, task "B" is set to status Pending Completion of Preceding Task.

A task can only be blocked (in the menu) if it was executed without any errors and all preceding tasks have been blocked.

Exceptions to this are the data collection and manual standardizing entries tasks. These can be blocked without having been run.

You can block the tasks of a task group as a bundle.

If you block a task for a consolidation group (in the menu:  Task Block Block ), the system simultaneously blocks the subordinate consolidation groups and units.

Once a task has been blocked, it must be unblocked before it can be run again. Note that this also automatically unblocks all downstream tasks. For example, if you unblock the task for data collection, the system simultaneously unblocks the tasks for currency translation and so on.

You can unblock the tasks of a task group as a bundle.

If you unblock a task for a consolidation group (in the menu:  Task Unblock Unblock ), the system simultaneously unblocks the task for the subordinate consolidation groups and units. However, you can also unblock individual consolidation groups for tasks that are executed at the consolidation group level without also unblocking subordinate consolidation groups (in the menu:  Task Unblock Unblock Group ). You can use this option, for example, to unblock a copy task at a specific hierarchy level.

The system uses the same update logic for higher-level and lower-level organizational units, and for the overall status.

Only in exceptional cases should you Reset the status (in the menu:  Task Reset ). Here is an example: Suppose the system sets the status of currency translation to Not Applicable because the local currency is the same as the group currency. At a later date, a local currency change takes place. In this case, you need to manually reset the status of currency translation.

The system then resets the following statuses of the organizational units for the selected task:

The system also resets the downstream tasks.

Furthermore, when a source task of a copy task is reset, the system resets the status of the copy task and the tasks that follow.

Another function for exceptional cases is the function for deactivating status management (see Customizing for the consolidation area on the Settings tab).

If you have activated the business function Financials, Group Close, Check Digits (FIN_ACC_GC_CHKDGT), you can also change the task status (block, block by user intervention, unblock, or reset) manually for multiple consolidation units simultaneously. This is possible for the following tasks and task groups:

In the context menu, on a matrix point (intersection between consolidation unit and task or task groups), choose the entry Lock/Unlock with Selection Screen. The User Restrictions dialog box appears, in which you enter the selection conditions (in particular the consolidation units) as well as the type of the intended status change (for example, unblock). When you choose Execute, the system executes the status change (if possible or permitted) for the specified selection and updates the task status display in the consolidation monitor.

You can save the selection conditions that you want to reuse again in the User Restrictions dialog box as a variant in the consolidation workbench: In the context menu for a task of type Data Entry, Currency Translation, or Capitalization and Valuation Allowances, choose the Variants for Status Changes entry.