Canceling an ECR

Though ECR objects have been deprecated, users who have ECR objects from a previous release can cancel the ECR in any state before the Plan ECO state.

Required Access Roles:

  • Baseline: Author, Leader
  • App-specific: Component Engineer, Design Engineer, ECR Chairman, ECR Coordinator, Part Family Coordinator , Product Obsolescence Manager, Senior Design Engineer

The following events occur when an ECR is canceled:

  • All proposed changes connected to the ECR are disconnected.
  • All routes connected to the ECR are disconnected. The route owner receives notification that the route has been canceled. If the ECR is the only content of the route, the route is stopped.
  • Route templates connected to the ECR are disconnected.
  • All assignees, distribution list and reviewer list members, as well as the ECR originator are notified that the ECR has been canceled.
  • Related tasks are removed from the ECR and ECO Tasks pages and from each user's My Tasks page.
  • The ECR is promoted to the Canceled state.

Before you begin:

Access the Properties page for an ECR. See ECR Properties.

  1. Click Cancel ECR from the page Actions menu or toolbar.

    It contains the following fields:

    Field Description
    Warning This is a read-only field that displays the following text: "This will halt the ECR's lifecycle and end the change management process for its proposed changes. Enter a reason and click Done or click Cancel for the ECR to continue through its lifecycle."
    Reason Type the reason for canceling the ECR.

  2. Click Done. A confirmation message is shown. Click OK to cancel the ECR.