A status profile is created in Customizing for each order type.

Within a status profile, you can

• Define user statuses and document their function in long texts
• Specify the expected sequence of user statuses by assigning a "status order number" to each user status
• Define an initial status, which is automatically set when the object is created
• Specify that a user status should automatically be deactivated, if a certain business transaction is carried out
• Allow or forbid certain transactions, if a status is active.