You use an object management record to control changes to one particular object and document these changes. The number of objects that you can process with reference to a change number is unlimited.

The object management record supports the following functions for the change object:

• Special documentation
• Object-specific valid-from date (alternative date)
• Object-specific status network (user status)
• Revision level (for materials and documents)

The following graphic illustrates object management records in a change master for different object types.

• For example, the first object type could be material BOM. In this case, there are three object management records for three material BOMs.

• The second object type could be task list. In this case, there is one object management record for one task list.

• The third object type could be document. The change master record supports changes to documents, but no object management record has been created for a document yet.