Application Set Status 
Application sets have a status of either Available or Not available. They have an available status until an administrator takes it offline, or a system function automatically takes it offline. If an application set is not available (or offline), users may be restricted from performing certain data retrieval and export tasks.
Features
If using the Microsoft version of the system:
The following conditions determine who and when users can perform certain tasks when the application set is set to Not available:
Users have Offline Access task security:
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When users attempt to log on to Interface for Office, the following prompt is displayed “Application set is unavailable. Do you want to continue?” A response of Yes allows them to log on. A response of No does not.
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If RETRIEVE_ON_OFFLINE is set to 1 and users have the OfflineAccess task security assigned to them, the prompt “Application set is unavailable. Do you want to continue?” is displayed when they try to retrieve data. A response of Yes allows them to see data. A response of No does not allow them to see data.
When users do not have Offline Access task security:
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When users attempt to log on to Interface for Office, the following prompt is displayed “The application is not available at this time. Contact your administrator.” Users cannot log on.
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If the user is logged on when the administrator takes the application set offline and RETRIEVE_ON_OFFLINE is set to 1, the user cannot retrieve data.
Note
If RETRIEVE_ON_OFFLINE is set to 0, users cannot retrieve data while the system is offline, regardless of task security.
For information about tasks that open the prompt, see the RETRIEVE_ON_OFFLINE parameter in Application Set Parameters.
If using the NetWeaver version of the system:
When you attempt to log on to an application set that is unavailable, you receive a warning and can open the application set to work offline on parked or locked documents. You can also query the application information, but the data may not be completely accurate.
Activities
You can manually set the status of an application set by doing one of the following:
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Set to Not Available — Choose
Set application set status 
Not Available Update Application Set Status 
.You can enter informative text to display to users who try to perform a restricted task while the application set is unavailable. We recommend including the current date and time so that users can see that the message is current, and to give an estimated time when they can log back on again.
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Set to Available — Choose
Set application set status Available Update Application Set Status .
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Change the AVAILABLE_FLAG on the Application Set Parameters page to 1 for Available and 2 for Unavailable.