Technical record statuses

A technical record can have a status of Draft, Active, Inactive, or Superseded.

Table 1. Technical record statuses
Status Description Updates Deletion Status changes
Draft The technical record is incomplete. Can update only fields in the Details section. Allowed. Can change to Active.
Active The technical record is complete. Associated PMs, schedules, and work orders are generated and tracked.

Can update fields in the Superseded By section of the Technical Record tab.

Members of a security group that enables the Edit Technical Record action can make minor edits, such as to correct a spelling.

Not allowed.

Can change status to Inactive.

When an authorized user edits a technical record, the status does not change. A new row is added to the View Status History window that records the reason that the user provided for making the changes.

Inactive

The technical record is not complete and is not tracked.

Cannot be updated.

Allowed.

Can change to Active.

Superseded

Another technical record replaced the original record. The original technical record is obsolete.

Can update the Superseding Publication and Supersedence Date fields on the Technical Record tab.

Allowed.

Cannot change a status to Superseded manually. The status is changed to Superseded automatically when you supersede a record on the Technical Record tab.