DIR obsolete status -ECO is already complete

[former_member694558]

Hi Gurus,

I have released a DIR with respect to an ECO and set the status'Released'. Then the ECO is completed and released, Now since that DIR is to be removed, I am trying to set the status on the DIR to 'Obsolete'. .However the system message that I get is

System status: the ECO is already completed

Message no. CC194

Diagnosis

You want to process and object (for example, BOM or document) with reference to the change number of an ECO.

System Response

The system checks that the system status of the ECO is not complete.

Procedure

The ECO you selected is complete.

You can no longer use this change number to change objects.

This situation could also occur when a new version of a DIR is to be released and the old version should be obsoleted. How is this process handled in SAP?

thanks

[Former Member]

Hi,

The info Christoph supplied is correct. We faced the exact situation.

[Former Member]

Then the ECO is completed and released, Now since that DIR is to be removed, I am trying to set the status on the DIR to 'Obsolete'.

When you indicate that the DIR is to be removed/obsoleted,do you mean that a new version of the DIR is now available? If this is the case,then you need to re-design your DIR status network in such a way,that the moment a new DIR version is created,the previous released DIR is automatically(to avoid inconsistencies/confusion) assigned the obsolete status. Currently,your status network does not offer that flexibility(since your Released status is of locked status type).

Regards,

Pradeepkumar Haragoldavar

[christoph_hopf]

Hi Rahul,

due to the fact that the change number is released, the Document info

record attached to this cannot be edited anymore. Because it's

controlled by the linked ECO. This is the functionality.

It is not possible to change the document info record, if the DIR has an

Engineering Change Order which is released. In this case, the DIR

remains locked and no changes are allowed.

as far as I know this behavior is very strictly and cannot be changed

that easy. For achieving such a functionality you would have to modify

the standard system behavior and I would not recommend you to such a

modification.

Best regards,

Christoph