How to allow to release a part that was released in the past time and is preliminary now in ECO?

Hi Joseph

There are multiple ways to resolve this issue.

Expected Behavior

• When the part is in Preliminary state (not released earlier) then action should be release and new number field should be filled. 
• When the part is in Released state (released already) then action should be revise and new number field should point to new version of this part and old number should have earlier released revision of this part

Reason for this weird case

• Part is already in some other ECO and moved to Preliminary state and removed from that ECO
• Part is released in ECO and manually promoted to Preliminary state (Using ARAS PLM role)

Solution Proposal

Solution 1:

• Manually add the old number and new number in ECO and set action to revise
• Create ECO and in affected item new number add the preliminary state of this part and in old number add In Change state of this part
• Set action to revise
• Do Sign Off and release

Solution 2:

• Search the part which is in Preliminary state
• Right click and select Purge this version (part will be in Released state now)
• Right click on this part and select Add item(s) to change
• Do Sign Off and release

Thank You

Gopikrishan R