Maintenance Status in the Material Master Record
Use
Every material master record has a maintenance status that indicates the department-specific view from which a master record is maintained.
The maintenance status is automatically updated and managed by the system.
As soon as a material master record, is maintained, for example, by sales and distribution, the indicator in the maintenance status is automatically set to V. If it is also maintained by purchasing, the system adds E to the maintenance status indicator. The same material master record can be maintained, for example, by sales and distribution and by purchasing, but not by accounting. The master record then would have the maintenance status V and E but not B (accounting).
You can display which departments have not yet maintained a material master record. For further information on this, see