The component Question List has a simplified status design. If you are not working with approval requirement, the sequence Being Created ® Released ® Completed ® To Be Archived ® Archived can be represented.

• Question lists with the status Deletion Flag are immediately marked for archiving in archiving and then deleted. Question lists with the status Completed can only be deleted after the residence time has expired. In this way you can ensure that you comply with documentation requirements.
• The status Released refers to the usage of question lists in audits. This means that only question lists with the status Released can be assigned to an audit.
• The addition/changing/deletion of elements, questions and other elements of the question list is possible when the statuses Being Created, Being Processed, and Released are set.
• If the audit is Locked, no activities are allowed (apart from unlocking).
• If you reset the status Released for a question list, the status Being Processed will automatically be set. This means that the question list can no longer be deleted. If the question list has already been approved, then this status is also reset, meaning that the question list will have to be approved again. In this status, the question list can be flagged for approval.