About the Parameter New DCF Status to Assign

When you submit the DCF Report for printing, you must specify the statuses (DCF Status and DCF Print Status; see Setting the DCF Status) that you want the DCF itself to have after it is printed. If you are printing more than one DCF in the report, they are all assigned the same status. If you are printing a DRAFT or FINAL DCF, you must enter a value.

The following constraints apply:

• You must choose a DCF Status that comes after the DCF Status of the DCF(s) being printed or that status will not be assigned to the DCF. To see the order of statuses, look at the DCF STATUS CODES installation reference codelist.

• You cannot enter a status that comes after the next required status. To see which statuses are required, look at the DCF OPTIONAL STATUS CODES installation reference codelist. By default, the required statuses are: Created, Sent, and Closed.

You can also change a DCF's status in the Maintain Data Clarification Forms window (see Changing the DCF Status from the Maintain DCFs Window) or by changing the status of a DCF's pages.