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   <Header>
      <Title>Statuses</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1952160">
         <Level1>Statuses</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>A status can be linked to a model item; it identifies a stage
		  in the development of that model item and is used to do the
		  following:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Monitor the development progress of a model item</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Authorize users for the combination of a model item and a
		  status</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000)</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To link self-defined statuses to the following model items,
		  use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5107m000" role="session">Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/domains/brg.comp#bf" role="option">Business Function</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/domains/brg.comp#bp" role="option">Business Process</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/domains/brg.comp#bcm" role="option">Business Control Model</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/domains/brg.comp#dm" role="option">Data Model</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/domains/brg.comp#es" role="option">Enterprise Structure Model</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/domains/brg.comp#wz" role="option">Wizard</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>A status displays the current phase of a model item. To update
		the status of a range of model items, use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5207m000" role="session">Update Status of Model Items (tgbrg5207m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>A model item can only be given a status if the sequence number
		  directly precedes, or succeeds, the sequence number of the status currently
		  linked to the model item.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To define a status, complete the following steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Click <Emphasis>New</Emphasis>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <Emphasis>New Group</Emphasis>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>In the <Emphasis>Model Item</Emphasis> field, select the model
		  item for which you want to define or change a status.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Specify a name or number to give to the status in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5107s000#tgbrg507.wfps" role="manual">Workflow Status</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5107s000#tgbrg507.sequ" role="manual">Sequence</GUIRef> field, specify a sequence number to identify
		  the status.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg1110s000#exec.user.0" role="manual">Save</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Update Status of Model Items (tgbrg5207m000)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>To change the status of a range of model items in your current
		modeling version, use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5207m000" role="session">Update Status of Model Items (tgbrg5207m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>This session lets you assign any status listed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5107m000" role="session">Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000)</GUIRef> session. You can also change the authorization
		for the model items.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Before you start the session, you must supply, in capital
		  letters, the default password: <Code>BAAN</Code>
         </Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To change the statuses of a different range of model items,
		  complete the following steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>On the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5207m000#tgbrg5207mDF1" role="groupbox">Selections 1</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5207m000#tgbrg5207mDF2" role="groupbox">Selections 2</GUIRef> tab, select the range of model items and
		  their new status.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5207m000#tggen.spec.auth" role="groupbox">Update specific authorization to</GUIRef> group box, select the
		  new authorization for the selected ranges of model items on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> tab.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5207m000#exec.cont.process" role="manual">Update Statuses</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>If you select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5207m000#also.prev.yn" role="manual">Include Previous Versions</GUIRef> check box, the statuses of
		model items that occur in versions from which the current modeling version is
		derived, are updated.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Users by Status by Model Item (tgbrg5108m000)</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5108m000" role="session">Users by Status by Model Item (tgbrg5108m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5107m000" role="session">Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000)</GUIRef> session, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5107m000#exec.user.1" role="manual">Users by Status by EM Component</GUIRef>, or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5108m000" role="session">Users by Status by Model Item (tgbrg5108m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Use this session to assign LN users or tools roles
		to a combination of a model item and a status. Authorization by status is given
		to LN users to prevent
		unauthorized users from changing model items being developed.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To assign an LN user, or tools role, to a combination of a status and a model
		  item, complete the following steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5107m000" role="session">Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000)</GUIRef> session, select the combination of a model item
		  and a status. Start the current session:</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <Emphasis>New</Emphasis>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg5108m000#tgbrg508.user" role="manual">User</GUIRef> field you want to link to the combination of the
		  selected status and model item, select an LN user or a tools
		  role.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg1110s000#exec.user.0" role="manual">Save</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>If you do not specify LN users for the previously mentioned combination,
		every LN user is
		authorized for that model item/status-combination, provided that this LN user has the correct
		version authorization.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Parameters (tgbrg9100m000)</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListItem>To store the parameters that can be used in business models,
		  use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9100m000" role="session">Parameters (tgbrg9100m000)</GUIRef> session; this determines the working of the LN sessions used in
		  activities of type application in the business processes.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The values of the parameters are set or changed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9110m000" role="session">Values by Parameter, Company, and Model (tgbrg9110m000)</GUIRef> session. This session
		  can only be started in a project model or reference model.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>To access the Help information of a specific parameter, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9110m000#exec.user.5" role="manual">Parameter Help</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>To find out where certain parameters are used, use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9100s000#tgbrg9401m000" role="manual">Print Where-Used Parameters</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Import Parameter Table (tgbrg9200m000)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>To automatically import parameters from the LN application database
		into the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9100m000" role="session">Parameters (tgbrg9100m000)</GUIRef> session, use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9200m000" role="session">Import Parameter Table (tgbrg9200m000)</GUIRef> session. To start this session, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9100m000" role="session">Parameters (tgbrg9100m000)</GUIRef> session, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9200m000" role="session">Import Parameter Table (tgbrg9200m000)</GUIRef>. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9100m000" role="session">Parameters (tgbrg9100m000)</GUIRef> session functions as a temporary buffer after you have
		imported the parameters from the Tools parameter table.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>By using this session, you do not need to insert each parameter
		separately. You can specify a range of packages and modules and which
		parameters you want to import.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To import a range of parameters, complete the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9200m000#cpac.f" role="manual">Package</GUIRef> field and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9200m000#cmod.f" role="manual">Module</GUIRef> field, select the range of packages and
		  modules for which parameters you want to import.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9200m000#tggen.seq.setting" role="groupbox">Sequence Settings</GUIRef> group box, define the sequence
		  numbers for the imported parameters.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9200m000#exec.cont.process" role="manual">Import</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>If you select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9200m000#over.write.yn" role="manual">Overwrite Current Sequence</GUIRef> check box, the parameters
		already present in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg9100m000" role="session">Parameters (tgbrg9100m000)</GUIRef> session are replaced by the newly imported
		parameters.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>AO Documents (tgbrg8100m000)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>To define references to existing AO documents that contain
		formal administrative organization rules about the execution of processes, use
		the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg8100m000" role="session">AO Documents (tgbrg8100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Because you can activate the text editor to create or modify a
		Help text for each AO document, you can view the Help text related to a
		document when you carry out a business process to which the AO document is
		linked.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tg/brg/tgbrg8100m000" role="session">AO Documents (tgbrg8100m000)</GUIRef> session is used to store
		help texts related to the use of the AO documents; it is not used to store the
		actual AO documents.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>