Enables you to control the processing of a product based on the statuses assigned to it. By setting a status for a product, you determine its current processing status and the actions that can be performed subsequently by the system or user.
Two types of status are available:
System status
A system status controls or regulates a process. It informs you that a particular transaction was performed. System statuses are predefined in the system and delivered by SAP.
User status
This is a status you define yourself. It serves as an indicator, but has no effect on standard functionality.
The product status consists of the following:
System Status
You can set the following system statuses:
To Archive
Locked
The following statuses are also available but are set by the system:
Deleted
Archived
Can Be Archived
For more information, see Product Status.
User Status
These are additional statuses you can define to describe aspects not covered by the system status or to describe certain states in more detail, such as “Released by Department X”, “Released by Department Y”, and so on.
There are two types of user status available:
With a status number
This means that only one state is allowed at a time. A sequence of states can be specified in the status profile.
Without a status number
More than one state can be assigned at a time.
You can define the user statuses and status profiles you require in Customizing by choosing
.Note
The user status function is available in the configuration tool and has to be activated.
Note
The sales status set at distribution chain level applies only within the distribution chain and has a lower priority than the overall object status.
The product status is specified in the product details on the Product
page
by selecting the relevant status in the dropdown box of the New
Status
field. The statuses shown are both system statuses
and user statuses (if activated). The “+” or “-” indicates
adding or removing a status.
To enter a user status, you first select the relevant status profile
in the Status Profile
field. The dropdown box
of the New Status
field displays for selection
any user statuses from your status profile that are selectable, together with
the system statuses.