Engineering changes
A formal change to a design or to manufacturing, with a validity date and approval.
- API name:
engineeringchanges - Domain: Engineering
- Modules: Manufacturing
Fields
The API name is what the API, MCP and the CLI use.
| Name | API name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | id | Record ID | Yes | |
| Name | label | Text I18n | ||
| Number | uid | Text | Yes | The number is a human-readable, unique identifier for the record. |
| Valid from | dateFrom | Date | Yes | First calendar date this record applies. |
| Tags | tagIds | Tags | ||
| Description | description | Text Area I18n | ||
| Data | data | Data | ||
| External identifiers | identifiers | External identifier | External identifiers | Remote system keys and optional id types. One value per system and type pair on this record. | |
| Created by | createdBy | User | ||
| Created at | createdAt | Date and Time | Yes | |
| Updated by | updatedBy | User | ||
| Updated at | updatedAt | Date and Time | Yes | |
| Approved by | approvedBy | User | ||
| Approved at | approvedAt | Date and Time | ||
| Blocked by | blockedBy | User | ||
| Blocked at | blockedAt | Date and Time | ||
| Archived by | archivedBy | User | ||
| Archived at | archivedAt | Date and Time |
Relations
Owned records (solid line) are deleted with their owner. Grouped records (dashed line) can exist alone.
| Field | Points to | Kind |
|---|---|---|
Tags tagIds | Tags | reference |
Actions
What you can do with a record. Every action also sends the webhook event engineeringchanges.<action>. Reads (find, get, count) work on every table.
| Name | API name | Description | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create | create | Add an new engineering change. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Edit | update | Save changes to this engineering change. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Approve | approve | Approve this engineering change so the next step can run. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Block | block | Stop edits and deletion of this engineering change. It stays visible and can still appear on existing documents. Unblock to edit again. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Unblock | unblock | Allow edits and deletion of this engineering change again. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Archive | archive | Retire this engineering change from daily use. It leaves active lists and pickers, and most actions stop. Unarchive to restore it. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Restore | unarchive | Return this engineering change to active lists and actions. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Delete | delete | Delete this engineering change and the data that belongs with it. This cannot be undone. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
States
How a record moves from state to state. Archive and block can happen in any state.