What is a Business Transaction? (SAP Library - Production Orders (PP-SFC))

What is a Business Transaction?

A business transaction is an action carried out by the user on the screen, for example, the execution of a transaction or a function.

For example, you carry out a business transaction when you:

Release an order

Release an operation

Post a goods receipt

Enter a confirmation

Print an order

How Can a Status Influence a Business Transaction?

A status can

Allow a business transaction

Issue a warning before the business transaction is carried out, or

Forbid the business transaction

In the second case, you receive a warning message before the system carries out the transaction desired. It is up to you to decide whether you want to proceed, despite the warning.

You want to mark a released production order for deletion. However, the order does not yet have the status "technically completed". The system issues a warning message informing you that the order is not yet technically complete.

When Can You Carry Out a Business Transaction?

To be able to carry out a business transaction, the following requirements must be met:

At least one active status must allow the transaction

No active status may forbid the transaction

When is a Status Active?

A status can be either active or inactive:

A status is active if it is set in the object.

A status is inactive if it either

has never been activated, or
it was active before but has since been deactivated.