Releasing revised items in Upchain

In this lesson, we’ll look at how to release a revised item, and how to leverage important tools when preparing and reviewing the Change request.

Releasing items again

In this video, we explore the process for releasing an item a second time, and explore 3D comparisons, BOM comparisons, release types, and linking Investigation requests to the Change request.

Before you start:

Please note items must have been revised and are currently in Development, ready to be released again.

Any referenced datasets can be downloaded from "Module downloads" in the module overview.

Key takeaways

  1. A new Change request (CR) is required to release your revised items. The process of creating one is the same as creating the first CR. 
  2. The 3D comparison tool inside a CR is useful for comparing the current design to its previous released version to visually determine what has changed in the model.
  3. The BOM comparison tool inside a CR is useful for comparing the current BOM to its previous released version to visually see how the BOM has changed.
  4. Linking Investigation requests to a CR is useful to fully document the reason for the change and where the original request came from.
  5. The user who can approve the CR and release the items is governed by a workflow.