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Releasing a Change Order

There are a couple of options to release a change order. For ECOs with approvals, this guide is useful to see the effects of the "Release when approved" check-box.

Release Change Order without Approval

1. After creating your ECO simply click Release & Close to release these files to the next revision value.

2. Enter revision values and click Release & Close.

3. You'll see the ECO and files get put into a Released status.


Release Change Order with Approval

Manual Release and Close (check-box unselected)

1. Click Create Approval.

2. Add the necessary reviewers and stages to the approval. Leave the Release when approved check-box unselected and click Request approval.

3. Reviewers will navigate to their Bild dashboard to click on their assigned approval.

4. Click Approve.

5. Click Yes to confirm.

6. Both the approval and ECO status will be updated to Approved.

7. When you leave the Release when approved check-box unselected, the ECO has to be manually released and closed. Click Release & Close.

8. The ECO status will progress to Released.


Automatic Release and Close (check-box selected)

1. Click Create Approval.

2. Add the necessary reviewers and stages to the approval. Select the Release when approved check-box and click Request approval.

3. Reviewers will navigate to their Bild dashboard to click on their assigned approval.

4.Click Approve.

5.Click Yes to confirm.

6. The approval status will be updated to Approved.

7. The ECO status will automatically progress to Released. Having the Release when approved check-box selected eliminates the need to manually Release & Close.

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