---
title: "Set up product statuses"
slug: "set-up-product-statuses"
tags: ["Task", "PE", "Product Engineering"]
updated: 2026-03-20T09:15:47Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:46:03Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/set-up-product-statuses"
---

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# Set up product statuses

The product status represents the phase of the product in the product life cycle. For each product status, you can define a set of rules to allow, warn for, or block specific actions.

**Example**: A product is at the end of its life cycle. Therefore, it must be blocked for use on a sales order line. To do so, use a product status called "End of life" for which use in sales order lines is blocked.

Product statuses are a prerequisite for creating an engineering product type.

### Steps

1. Go to **Product engineering** > **Setup** > **Product status**.
2. Click **New**.
3. In the **Status** field, type a value.
4. Click **Refresh** rules.
5. For each of the shown actions, you can set up a rule. For each action, define if it is allowed, blocked, or a warning is given for the product status.

> [!NOTE]
> Example
> 
> You want to prevent new products from being processed in a sales order. To do so, use a product status called ‘**New**’ for which sales order processing is blocked.
6. Close the page.

## Related

- [Product status](/product-status.md)