About Work Under Change Action

'Work under' is a process that lets you create or modify objects (parts, references, etc.) and log the changes under a 'work under' change action (CA). The work under process requires that you use strict change-required to track your changes. This means that you select one CA and all changes are tracked under that CA. Only that CA can be used to change the object until the object is Released. This also means that the object's change-required property cannot be set to Enabled; Any Change (generic change) during the change process.

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About Change Actions
Note: Not all apps that support Change Action Management support the work under feature.

When you use work under, you select a CA to track your changes. All operations that you perform in the work under session are tracked as realized changes under that CA. The work under session can add to or replace the list of realized changes depending on the changes that you make during the session. If you remove an object from the realized changes list, the object's strict change status changes to generic change.

When you modify or create an unconfigured object as a realized change during a work under session, the strict change-required mode is turned on and all change are managed using the work under CA. If the object is configured, the generic change-required mode is turned on.

When you perform work under:

  • For unconfigured objects, strict 'Change Required' is set with the CA that you select.
  • For configured objects, generic 'Change Required' is set.

With strict unified change-required applied, only one CA can be applied as a work under change to change an object. Once a CA is assigned to an object, only that CA can be used to change the object until the object is Released.