Question on CCM catalog content approval

Hi,
Can somebody tell me what kind of update to catalog content needs approval? My understanding was that if there is a price change, definately it will need to be approved. But yesterday my catalog manager uploaded some change to his catalog item price, and when checking the items in my procurement catalog, we can see the price has changed, but the status is still 'approved'.
Is my understanding wrong? How can I define what kind of update requires approval?
Thanks and Regards,
Elly

Hi Elly,
Firstly - can you check in customizing if the catalog is maintained with the status 'Approved'.
i.e. SPRO -> Cross App Components -> SAP CCM -> SAP Catalog Authoring Tool -> Specify default value for catalog status.
Here the catalog will either be set to Approved or To be approved initially.
After this, you can define approvals on characteristic level, drill into a characteristic component and you can set a percentage or absolute deviation which will based on these rules set items with this characteristic either to be approved or approved.
Alternatively you can make use of the CCM Approval Badi, You can use this BAdI to change the approval status of your catalog entries (items).
Normally, the approval status of catalog entries is determined by approval rules, which are stored for a characteristic. You can use this BAdI to get the status information of the catalog entries after the rules have been processed, and to change this status information as appropriate.
Regards,
Jason

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