Using the general user status management in the SAP R/3 System, you can define, along with the system status, a user status with any number of user status settings and the events that result in the status being assigned (IM Customizing: Master Data).

You define the allowed user status settings in a status profile. The status profile is linked to the appropriation request type. In the appropriation request type you can enter a user status profile for appropriation requests and a user status profile for their variants.

You specify the following for each status setting of the status profile:

• Which activities (such as release) are allowed when the status is set

• How the activities affect the status (such as, status will be set)

You can link the status of an appropriation request to an authorization key. In general maintenance for authorizations, you can assign authorizations for this key, using the authorization object B_USERSTAT. When you manually set or delete a user status, the system checks if you are authorized to do so. If the system automatically sets a user status, as the result of an accounting transaction, there is no authorization check.