During notification completion, the notification and accompanying business scenarios are completed. "Completion" means that the notification is transferred with particular data to the maintenance history. The data can be used to evaluate previous tasks and to plan future tasks.

Some companies use the term "archiving" instead of "completion".

You should only complete a notification once it has been processed completely. This means the following:

• All data relating to the reference object for the notification is present and correct.
• All relevant item data is present and correct.
• All relevant task data is present and correct.
• All tasks have been completed or released; there are no more outstanding tasks.
• All technical data relating to system breakdown and availability is present and correct.

The history can only be compiled usefully for future analysis if the notifications contain this data.

When you complete a notification, the following occurs:

• The reference time is defined: The system proposes this based on the data in the notification, but you can overwrite it.

• The system enters the notification in the history with the exact location and account assignment data that was valid for the reference object at the reference time.
• The notification is now blocked for changes, in other words, you can no longer change the notification data.

There are two ways of completing a notification: