Displaying and Maintaining Term Status 
All users are able to display the status of a term, only superusers are authorized to maintain the status of a term.
Prerequisites
You must have superuser authorization to perform this function.
Procedure
To maintain the status of a term, proceed as follows:
Call transaction STERM.
Enter the term and choose Find. Alternatively, use Selection Criteria to call up a number of terms based on your requirements (for example, all terms from a specific component with status 1 and 2).
The results list appears containing all terms found.
If not already defined in your user settings, choose
Edit 
Display Status 
to display the status
of the terms in the results list.The status of the terms is displayed as follows in the results list:
(Status 1: New)
(Status 2: Changed)
(Status 3: Released)
Choose
Edit Edit Entry . The Edit Entry screen appears.Choose
(Save).If you have SAPterm superuser authorization, the message Do you want to release the entry immediately (set to status 3)? appears. Choose Yes to release the term.
NoteTo release all the terms in this list in one step, choose
Edit Release All Entries .To reset the status of all terms in one step choose
Edit Revoke Release for All Entries .End of the note.
Result
The status changes as follows:
- (Status 1: New) —> (Status 3: Released)
- (Status 2: To Be Checked) —> (Status 3: Released)
- (Status 3: Released) —> (Status 2: To Be Checked)
Note
If a glossary entry exists for a term, it is not possible to reset this term to status 2 after this term has been set to status 3.
Once you have changed the status of a status 1 term, you cannot change the status of this term back to New.
For more information on deleting terms without glossary entries, and setting the status of terms with glossary entries for deletion, see Deleting Terms.