# Set Up Account States

An account's state determines the actions you can perform on it, as well as certain MetraNet system behaviors. See About Account States for more information.

This screen displays a history of account states for the current account, with the start and end date for each state.

From this screen, you can:

- Update Account State: click the Update Account State button to change the account state.

- Edit the Account State effective date: click the to change the effective date for the current account state.

## See Also

About Account States