Appraisal document can never be closed

we have a requirement for appraisal documents to be closed by HR Centre in batch using t-code PHAP_ADMIN->Change Status.
so the employees/managers must be prevented from being able to close documents using the status flow of the iVivew "Appraisal Document".
so how do I configure my status flow in PHAP_CATALOG so that the last step (Completed) is not called? the step 'completed' is checked automatically by the system and if I do not have a state transition pushbutton to 'Completed' the consistency check fails with error "appraisal document can never be closed".
any idea?
Tiberiu

We had similar requirement and what we did to fool the system is to configure a pushbutton in the status before "Completed" and set the target status to "Completed" and then save and then remove the button (by selecting blank in the dropdown) then save again. You'll notice that the target status field will not be cleared (i.e. it will still show that the target status is completed) even though there is no pushbutton.
Edited by: ancolz on Dec 22, 2010 4:28 AM

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