From the Maximo Support Desk - Allowable Status Changes for Work Orders

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It is not possible to change a Work Order Status to any other Status.  I've compiled a list here as a guide to which Statuses will be allowed, or available in the Status lookup for each status.  In other words, the list of statuses that will display in the lookup for the current Work Order is conditionally based on the current status of the Work Order.

The summary is that the Work Order Change Status dialog will not display all Status values at all times.  The following is a list of allowable status changes for a Work Order. Business logic dictates that some status changes are not allowed, such as changing a Work Order from Completed back to Waiting On Approval.

Please note that the following list also applies to any synonym values that you create for standard Maximo values shown.

From WAPPR:
In Progress
Canceled
Waiting on Material
Completed
Waiting on Plant Cond (synonym of APPR)
Approved
Closed

From APPR:
In Progress
Waiting on Material
Completed
Waiting on Plant Cond (synonym of APPR)
Waiting on Approval
Closed

From WSCH (synonym of APPR):
In Progress
Waiting on Material
Completed
Waiting on Plant Cond (synonym of APPR)
Waiting on Approval
Closed

From WPCOND (synonym of APPR):
In Progress
Waiting on Material
Completed
Waiting on Plant Cond (synonym of APPR)
Waiting on Approval
Closed

From WMATL (synonym of APPR):
In Progress
Waiting on Material
Completed
Waiting on Plant Cond (synonym of APPR)
Waiting on Approval
Closed

From INPRG:
Waiting on Material
Completed
Waiting on Approval
Closed

From COMP:
Closed

From CANCEL:
No status change allowed

From CLOSE:
Hist Edit, no status change allowed

Tom Richardson is an IBM Maximo Support Engineer and frequent contributor to the Asset Management Blog community.  For a complete index of links to his articles, visit
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