Engineering Change Properties

The Properties page for an engineering change shows details about the engineering change and provides access to its affected items and impact analysis.

Required access roles: All

To access this page:

  1. Open the required engineering change. See Opening an Engineering Change.
  2. In the navigation pane, click the name of the engineering change.

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Fields

Field Name Description
Name The name for the engineering change.
Type Engineering type
Description A detailed description for the engineering change.
Validation Required If Yes, at least one test case must be related to the engineering change. In the Validate state, any related test cases must be executed. The engineering change cannot be promoted to the Formal Approval state until the related test cases have a Pass status.
Category of Change The category for the change. Values include:
  • Vendor Requirement
  • Unassigned
  • Product Improvement
  • New Product Introduction
  • Marketing Requirement
  • Facilitate Manufacturing
  • Drafting Error
  • Cost Reduction
Reported Against The object this change is reported against.
Distribution List The member lists to be used as a distribution list for notifying users.
Reviewer List The route template defined with the Route Base Purpose of "Review" to be used as a reviewer list. This includes enterprise and personal route templates. If you do not select a Reviewer List, the app creates a route with no tasks/persons defined for this engineering change. You then need to edit that route as required.
Approval List The route template defined with the Route Base Purpose of "Approve" to be used as an approval list. This includes enterprise and personal route templates. If you do not select an Approval List, the app creates a route with no tasks/persons defined for this engineering change. You then need to edit that route as required.
Severity Values are Low, Medium, and High.
Policy The policy that governs the engineering change.

Actions/Toolbar Commands

Action Description
Edit Details Edits the properties listed. Click Done when finished.
Close Closes the engineering change. Enter a Reason for Closure, then click Done.

The owner and any user in the approval list can close the Engineering Change if it is in any state except Complete or Reject. After closing an engineering change, the distribution list and owner are notified of the closure.
Reject Rejects the engineering change. Enter a Reason for Rejection, then click Done.

The owner and any user in the approval list can reject the Engineering Change if it is in any state except Complete or Reject. After rejecting an engineering change, the distribution list and owner are notified of the closure.