Change order statuses
What each change order status means and which actions are available in it.
A change order moves through a draft-and-approval lifecycle. The status controls whether you can still edit it, whose turn it is to approve, and whether it can be released to promote its revisions.
The statuses
| Status | Meaning | What you can do |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | Being prepared. Editable. | Add affected items and approvers, submit, or cancel. |
| Submitted | Sent for review; awaiting the first approval. | Approve, reject, or cancel. |
| In review | One or more steps have approved; more remain. | Approve, reject, or cancel. |
| Approved | Every approval step signed off. | Release, or cancel. |
| Released | Promoted; affected revisions released. Read-only. | None. |
| Rejected | An approver rejected it. | Reopen (returns to Draft). |
| Cancelled | Withdrawn before release. | None. |
How they connect
The following diagram shows how a change order moves between statuses:
- A change order cannot be submitted until it has at least one affected item and at least one approver.
- Approvals run in sequence. After the first of several approvals, the change order sits in In review until the final step approves, at which point it becomes Approved.
- Reject can be issued by the current pending approver and sends the change order to Rejected; Reopen returns it to Draft to revise and resubmit.
- Release is the final step and promotes each affected item's target draft revision. A released change order is read-only.
Editing rules
- A change order's details, affected items, and approvers are editable only while Draft.
- Cancellation is available in any state up to (but not including) Released.
Where to go next
- For the steps to run all of this, see Manage change orders.
- For how revisions are promoted, see Revisions and change control.