@Norberto Soriano How do you need to read it? You can use the Status field in the same way as you use any field.

Actually, if I read the Status field and assign its value to a Workflow field, I get a

NULL

value. I've setup the Workflow field as a List and also as Free-Form text, but no luck. BTW, I'm reading it on a Before Record Load event

What transaction is this on?

Sales Order

And the SO already exists?

Yes

Just to check, you’re using the “Order Status” field value?

I wasn't, I was using Transaction Status, but then switched to Order Status, although with latter field came a different problem: I can't read the value from Order Status field into a Workflow variable of type (List/Order Status). ¿weird huh?

Does it work into a freeform text field?

Yes

Cool. Not sure about the list issue, never used it that way.

And even with a Free-Form text field, I have to assign the value using a Formula (choosing the field doesn't read the value).

Odd

Very