About action reasons

Action reasons tell the reason why a specific action was taken, and they display in the audit log. Administrators can associate an action reason with any action on any type of record.

You set up reasons that are specific to an action and to your company or organization.

For example, you set up reasons that affect suppliers, such as rejecting or reinstating suppliers or why you need to create a contract amendment, such as the unit cost of an item has changed.

During setup, you specify the following:

• Business subject (the subject is a category that holds the action reasons - business subjects are defined in prodline.lpl

• The date that the action reason becomes effective

• The name and description for the reason code

• The status of the action reason (Active or Inactive - the Active status defaults)

Lawson delivers the following predefined business subjects for Strategic Sourcing.

Business subject	Actions taken
Supplier Not Validated	Not Validated
Supplier Reinstate	Reinstate Supplier
Supplier Reject	Reject

Lawson provides a list of predefined business subjects (or categories) for Contract Management. These business subjects provide the reason for the specified business action.

Business subject	Actions taken
Contract Addendum Amendment	Create Addendum, Create Amendment
Contract Disapprove	Disapprove, Disapprove Addendum, Disapprove Amendment
Contract Reactivate	Reactivate Contract, Reactivate Renewal Contract, Reactivate Addendum, Reactivate Amendment
Contract Reject	Reject, Reject Activation, Reject Renewal Activation, Reject Amendment Activation, Reject Addendum Activation
Contract Close	Contract Close
Supplier Not Validated	Not Validated
Supplier Reinstate	Reinstate Supplier
Supplier Reject	Reject, Supplier Inactivate Supplier Contact, Buyer Inactivate Supplier Contact, Inactivate Supplier, Item Disapprove