Statuses

Defining the statuses used to track the state of products, production orders, and logistic units.

Available only when the Statuses feature is enabled.

About this task

A status is a user-defined label — for example Draft, Active, Suspended, or Archived — that tracks the state of a product, production order, or logistic unit as it moves through the production process. A coding scenario’s “Set status to…” steps assign it, and other steps can gate on it (for example Check logistic unit status) — see Coding Scenarios.

Procedure

  1. In the side bar, select System Data and click Statuses.
  2. Open the drop-down menu and click Edit Mode.
  3. Click + Add row to insert a new status, and enter its name. The name must be unique.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Open the drop-down menu and click Preview Mode to deactivate the edit mode.

Results

The status is available to assign to products, production orders, and logistic units, both manually and through coding-scenario steps.

Limitations

  • A status name must be unique.
  • A status that’s currently assigned to any product, order, or logistic unit can’t be deleted — remove it from those records first.
  • No status is a fixed, built-in status that can’t be renamed or deleted; it’s the default state for a record with nothing else assigned.
  • Statuses are global — the same list is used for products, production orders, and logistic units everywhere in the system.

What to do next

  • Assign statuses from a coding scenario — see the status steps on the Other page.