Position of each Status within Production Order Status field

[ann_hustis]

I have some questions about Production Order statuses as seen in the CM07 Production Schedule report below.

1. What controls the position of the status within the Overall order status field? For example, in the second production order the MACM appears in the 6^th position but in the next order it appears in the 4^th position. And when there are missing parts why is MSPT not in the same position as MACM since they both deal with availability of components?

2. Can I control the position of the status through configuration? Or is it pre-set by SAP?

Here is why I ask: I’d like the users to quickly see whether this order has status MSPT missing parts or MACM all components committed and it’s a bit painful for them to have to read the whole character string to find the answer.

I know that I could configure a User Status for this but I don’t want to touch User Status since they are used for another purpose.

Thank you very much.

[sapdude]

Hello Ann!

Ad.1
These are so called System Statuses, they are defined and 'hard-coded' by SAP. They cannot be changed, modified etc.

When it comes to the sequence, they follow the pre-set order. Just looking at the example you mentioned above:
- 6th row in your table - 7 system statuses in total are active, MACM is on the 6th position
- 4th row in your table - 5 system statuses in total are active, MACM on the 4th position

This position is dynamic - it depends on the other system statuses, whether it is on 4th place, 6th place or any other one.

Ad.2

I would recommend you a totally different transaction for this purpose. Have you heard about COOIS/COOISPI (*OIS - Production Orders, *SPI - Process Orders)?

'I’d like the users to quickly see whether this order has status MSPT missing parts or MACM'

You will find there fields like 'System Status' and 'Exclude' (checkbox).
If you want to see orders only with MSPT and/or MACM status - just enter them as you see below.
For future purposes - let's say you want to display orders without these statuses - you just need to tick the checkboxes 'Exclude'.

If you want to see the list containing operations, change the display list to 'Operations

I hope it answered your questions/doubts!
Dan

[ann_hustis]

Hi Dan, Thank you for your answers.

Re Ad.1 - Thanks.

Re Ad.2 - Yes I'm aware of the COOIS and COOISPI reports but we do not want to select orders by the status MSPT vs MACM when running the production schedule. All REL production orders must be on the production schedule report, whether they have the status MSPT or MACM. We simply want those statuses to be more visible in the report.

[sapdude]

Hey Ann,
No problem, I am happy to help!
When it comes to the Ad.2 - I think the best approach would be to get in touch with your ABAP Team.

As I understood:
- you do not want to use User Statuses, as they are reserved for other processes
- you want to provide clean and simple visibility for your users, which REL orders have MSPT or MACM status.

Therefore, I would consider adding a custom column with a logic (and add this field as a selection criteria in the report):

If an order has MSPT status, the field displays 'Missing Parts'.
If an order has MACM status, the field displays 'Material commited'.

All the best,
Dan