Creating a New Version

You create a new document version if the following conditions apply:

Some of the data of the existing, original document version must be changed.
The processing status of the existing, original document version has to be saved and processed further.

You define version assignment in Customizing for Document Management under Define Document Types.

At least one document version exists.

When you create a new version, the system checks the data from the source document:

The following overview shows you the data you can copy.

The following exists for the source file...	Activity
Object links	If you want to copy objects (for example, materials), select them and choose Continue. If you do not want to copy the objects proceed as follows: On the SAP GUI, choose Cancel. On the PLM Web UI, do not select the objects. Choose Continue.
Original application files that are not stored in a secure area (storage category), that is, the originals are checked out	If you want to copy original application files, proceed as follows: On the SAP GUI, select the files and give them a new file name. Choose Continue. On the PLM Web UI, select the files and choose OK. If you do not want to copy the original application files, choose Cancel.
Original application files that are stored in a secure area (storage category)	Original application files that are stored in a secure area are copied without query.
Reservations in Engineering Change Management	If you want to copy a change number choose Copy. If you do not want to copy the change number choose Cancel.

When you create a new version, the following data can be copied: