SAP Message 26012 - The status set requires a previous status

Diagnosis
You want to create a document and have overwritten the default statuswith another status.
However, according to the settings in the IMG, this status cannot bethe first status you set for a document. At least one previous statusis required.

Procedure

  • Display the possible entries for the status.

  • Select a status.
    • If you still want to enter a status which is not one of the possible
    • entries, the status network needs to be changed first. In this case,contact the person or department responsible for maintaining the statusnetwork for document management.