An error at step level can impact process definition level and/or data delivery agreement level.

Once a SAP NetWeaver BW process chain is triggered by SAP Demand Signal Management, it runs autonomously and reports a positive or negative status back to SAP Demand Signal Management. This requires that the process type /DDF/STATU is used at the end of the process chain. If a process chain fails, for example due to an extraction issue or DTP failure, the step then shows the status Error - Data Delivery Agreement Level (Subsequent Steps) (1400).

Ensure you have scheduled a periodic job to adjust the steps' statuses when a process chain fails. If you use the daemon framework, the Job Administrative Tasks is responsible for this task.