A status date in a transaction

Question

Hello, friends,
could you please help me with the question if  it is possible to add a date to the User status? The Status represents the phases of a contract, so requirement is to see since what date the phase has begun.
The similar function is realized in phases of an opportunity - there are fields "Phase" and "Phase since", but unfortunately there is no such phases in sales order or contract.
Could you please advice me what is better to do.
Thanks in advance.
Sunny.

Answer 1

Define Date Profile
The date profile controls which date types, durations, reference objects and date rules can be used in a specific transaction type or item category.
Depending on the date profile, you also define the characteristics for date types and durations (for example, time unit, reference object, duration, date rule) in this activity.
Characteristics for date types and durations
Reference object
You can use the reference object to control which time zone and which factory calendar the dates and durations refer to. Instead of automatically using the time zone and calendar of the user or of the system, you can set the system to use another time zone when calculating the dates, namely that of the reference object.
You can allow one or several reference objects for one date profile. You must assign one of the allowed reference objects for each date type or duration type. You cannot create any new reference objects.
Example
The end date of the contract with the reference object CUSTOMER conforms to the time zone and factory calendar of the sold-to party, and not to the time zone of the user who has created the contract.
Displaying dates
For date types and durations, you can specify in which area of the screen or on which tab page the date type or duration is displayed in the document.
Calculation sequence
You can enter a calculation item for date types. This specifies the sequence in which the system calculates the dates. For example, if you enter a 1 here for the cancellation date, the system calculates the other date types for the date profile outgoing from this date type. Choose the sequence so that dates which appear in other date rules are calculated first. (For example: Contract start date = current date, contract end date = contract start date + 12 months. The contract start date must be known, in order that the end date can be calculated).
One-time calculation of dates
You can determine that a date in a document remains the same after the first calculation and is not re-calculated with each change to the document, for example, the date type "Contract Start".
For this, select the Determine Date Only Once field in the group frame Date Rules of date types.
Requirements
You have defined date types, durations and date rules in the activity Define date types, durations and date rules.
Standard settings
SAP delivers the following date profiles:
000000000001 activity: planned / current / planned completion
000000000002 activity: planned / current
000000000003 activity: current
CIC_F2F business activity profile IC
CIC_PLN business activity profile IC (Plan)
CONT001 standard contract dates
LEAS date profile for Leasing
PURCH_CONT purchase contract
SRV_HEADER01 service transaction header
SRV_ITEM01 service transaction item
We recommend that you do not change the delivered profiles, but you copy and adapt them as necessary.
Activities
1. Enter an ID for a new date profile, and a relevant description.
2. Select the date profile, and double-click to choose the object you wish to assign to it, for example, date types.
3. For date types and durations, select the required object and choose wählen Details, in order to define the characteristics.
4. In each screen, choose the required entries with the input help (F4).
5. Assign the date profile to the required transaction type in the IMG activity.