Follow-up transactions are new transactions, created from a message or a change transaction. You can create various follow-up transactions, depending on the source transaction. Data is copied from the original transaction to the new transaction, and the two transactions are linked. The link provides information about the history of a business transaction. The history is in the Transaction History
assignment block in each transaction.
You have configured the Customizing settings for copy control. See Copy Transactions.
The source transaction is error-free.
Create follow-up transactions according to Customizing settings. You specify which follow-up transactions are possible for each transaction type, in Customizing.
You can create follow-up transactions from the search, or directly from an open transaction.
Display previous transactions in Transaction History
assignment block
Choose Create Follow-Up Document
.
The system displays the possible follow-up transaction types.
Choose a transaction type.
Add information in the transaction, and save your data.
The system shows the link between the source and target transactions, in the transaction history.