The initial status of the audit component audit plan is Being Created.

• An audit plan can be physically deleted while it has the status Being Created, provided that it does not require approval. A business transaction is performed when deleting. A newly created audit plan can be deleted without performing a status check.
• Audit plans with the status Deletion Flag or Canceled are immediately marked for archiving in archiving and then deleted. Audit plans 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.
• If the audit plan is Locked, no activities are allowed (apart from unlocking).
• If you reset the released status of an audit plan, the status Being Processed will automatically be set. The status Unplanned Audit(s) will be reset, if necessary. This means that the audit plan can no longer be deleted. If the audit plan has already been approved, then this status is also reset, meaning that the audit plan will have to be approved again. In this status, the audit plan can be flagged for approval.
• There are no status-relevant dependencies between an audit plan and audits (or subaudits). This means that no status checks are executed between them since all audit components can stand alone. In the audit plan a status just serves to document whether any unplanned audits exist.

Audit Management Overview

Status Management in Audit Management

Status Management (Question List)

Status Management (Audit)

Status Management (Corrective/Preventive Actions)