Use

A task status provides information about a task's current processing stage. The system manages the following statuses for tasks:

The system does not distinguish between notification header tasks (immediate tasks) and item tasks (corrective tasks). If the notification status information indicates that outstanding tasks exist in the notification, these tasks can consist of both immediate tasks and corrective tasks.

Integration

The various notification and task statuses, for the most part, are independent of one another. This means, for example, that you can put a notification in process even though it contains outstanding, unreleased tasks. As long as a notification still contains outstanding tasks, however, you cannot complete the notification.

For more information about the general status management function, see Status Management .

Features

You can use the status management function as follows:

You assign a status to a task by choosing the corresponding function in the task overview or task detail screens. You must assign a status to each task individually. If you select several tasks in the overview screen and choose a status, the system assigns the status to all of the selected tasks.

Once you have assigned a status to a task, the corresponding status is displayed in the task overview screen and task detail screen. If you want to display the text for the status abbreviations, choose Status detail .

When you assign a status to a task, the system automatically changes the relevant dates as follows: