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   <Header>
      <Title>Business partner status</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1153451">
         <Level1>Business partner</Level1>
         <Level2>status</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#BusineParSta_tc" role="glossary">business partner status</Link> determines if you
		can create sales orders, shipments, invoices, and make payments to a business
		partner. The following business partner statuses exist:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/com.prst#active" role="option">Active</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/com.prst#inactive" role="option">Inactive</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/com.prst#potential" role="option">Prospect</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>In addition, for an invoice-to business partner you can set the
		status to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/com.itst#doubtful" role="option">Doubtful</GUIRef>. Sales orders from business partners with this
		status can be blocked, depending on the selection of the various blocking
		parameters in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls0100s000" role="session">Sales Parameters (tdsls0100s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tc/domains/com.prst" role="domain">Business Partner Status</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>When you carry out a transaction with a business partner, LN checks the statuses of the following business partners, in this order:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The business partner
		  role</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The business partner
		  master data</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The parent business
		  partner</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>You can only carry out
		the transaction if all statuses permit the transaction at the current date and
		time.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>From and To dates</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>For the business
		  partner statuses <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/com.prst#active" role="option">Active</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/com.prst#potential" role="option">Prospect</GUIRef> you can specify <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4100s000#tccom100.stdt" role="manual">From</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4100s000#tccom100.endt" role="manual">To</GUIRef> dates. The status is only valid between these two
		  dates.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>If the period that you defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4100s000#tccom100.stdt" role="manual">From</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4100s000#tccom100.endt" role="manual">To</GUIRef> fields is expired, the actual status of the
		  business partner becomes <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/com.prst#inactive" role="option">Inactive</GUIRef>. You cannot use the business partner anymore, for
		  example, to create sales orders.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000082" role="manual">Business partners</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>