Status Management in R/3 Enterprise
Use
Applies to
Status management within R/3 Real Estate applies to the following account assignment objects:
Initial status:
The initial status is the status that is automatically set by the system when you create an account assignment object.
When you create a rental unit, the initial statuses UNOC (unoccupied) and NOLO (no lease-outs) are set automatically.
System status
R/3 Real Estate provides predefined system statuses.
When editing (Create/Change) account assignment objects, you can activate or deactivate certain system statuses by means of transactions, depending on which business transactions you allow or do not allow.
To be able to assign to an account assignment object, this object has to have the system status Released. When you create an object, however, this status is not automatically set. In other words, you first have to manually activate Released system status using a transaction.
User status
The user status helps you depict your specific business processes in R/3 Real Estate. That is, using the user status you can expand business transaction management based on predefined system statuses.
Setting or resetting the user status can be controlled by means of authorizations.
You want to allow printing of the real estate contract (=business transaction) only under certain conditions. You define a user status for the real estate contract that prevents printing if no master tenant is assigned from partner management. You do this in Real Estate Customizing by means of a status profile.
You can set this status as the initial status on the contract, or set it manually
Keep in mind the basic principles of status management:
A business transaction that is not allowed by a system status, cannot be allowed by means of a user status.
It is also not possible for a system status to allow a transaction that is not allowed by a user status.
Standard R/3 Real Estate Customizing includes a predefined user status allowing writing of plan line items.
For more information on status management in R/3, see:
General Status Management in R/3
Setting/Resetting the System Status
Creating a User Status
Setting/Resetting a User Status
Displaying Statuses