Change the work order status

You can change a work order's status. For example, to start running a work order, you would change its status from Ready to Running.

For the effects of changing a work order's status on the state's of the work order's jobs, see Understand the effects of work order status changes on job states.

Change the status of a work order

1. Initiate the change from one of the following web pages:

   • On the Work Order collections page or on a line's Work Orders tab, click the Edit button on the tile of the work order you want to edit.

     

   • On the work order's detail page, click the Edit button in the action bar.

   The Edit Work Order side sheet appears.

   

2. Select the desired status in the Status list.

   After selecting a different status, the Apply and Save buttons appear in the side sheet.

3. Click Save.

Note the following restrictions when changing a work order's status:

• You cannot change the status from Completed to Suspended, Canceled, or On Hold. 

• You cannot change the status to New if there is any production recorded against any of the jobs in the work order.

• You cannot change the status from Completed to Ready or Running if all the jobs have production reported for them.