About Creating a Route Revision

After you release or archive a route, you cannot modify it. However, if you want to update the route (for example, remove an operation or change the BOM formulation), you must create a revision of the route. The following conditions apply when you create a route revision:

• You can create a route revision for a released or archived route.
• You cannot create a route revision for a draft route.
• You can create a route revision only on the latest version of the route (includes draft versions as well).
• You can create a major revision (that is, a new revision on the existing route) and a minor revision. Subsequent revisions to the route will update the route revision number in the incremental order.
• After revising a route, any subsequent changes to the route properties or documents attached to the route are not reflected in the route. For example, if another property definition has been added to the property group or a new revision of the document has been uploaded, the changes are not reflected in the revised route. If you want the changes to reflect in the revised route, you must link the property group or the document again to the route. Changes to the BOM formulation of the route, however, are reflected automatically in the revised route.
• A message is displayed if you create a route with the same name that already exists in the system. The comparison for two routes with the same name takes place with respect to Route name, Material, Revision Number, and Route Type.