In SAP 4.6c, when we want to retrieve status of production order by ABAP, we can apply function 'STATUS_READ'. This function require only object no. of production order. Example CALL FUNCTION 'STATUS_READ' EXPORTING * CLIENT = SY-MANDT OBJNR = PA_OBJNR * ONLY_ACTIVE = ' ' * IMPORTING * OBTYP = * STSMA = * STONR = * TABLES * STATUS = * EXCEPTIONS * OBJECT_NOT_FOUND = 1 * OTHERS = 2 . If we want to know only active status, we can mark 'X' in export parameter 'ONLY_ACTIVE'. This function will return all status in term of internal table and return active user status in import parameters.