You can manage your pending Change Orders on the Change Orders tab at the bottom of the Project Explorer:
You can also manage Change Orders within the Project Editor for an approved Project via the Settings tab->[Change Orders] button:
You can created/edit/open/delete pending/approved/rejected Change Orders.
Note: You generally will not create new Change Orders here. Click here to see the recommended procedure.
To approve a Change Order click the [Mark as Approved] button:
Note: There are User Group Permission Settings to determine which user's can mark Change Orders as approved/rejected.
This will bring up the following interface:
When a Change Order is marked as approved, the following things happen:
Added items on Change Order are marked as approved
Items marked for deletions will be deleted from the project
A Revision will be created
The status of the Change Order will be set to "Approved"
Note: If you are approving an Internal Change Order you will have the option of whether or not to create a Revision:
You will no longer be able to view the changes via the [Change Order Filter] when the Project Editor is open as this filter only shows pending Change Orders:
If you need to view an approved Change Order, open it via the Change Orders tab at the bottom of the Project Explorer:
If items that are "marked for deletion" on this Change Order also exist on other pending Change Orders, you will get the following prompt informing you that these items will be removed from the pending Change Orders and you should re-run and submit new reports to your Clients if you don't plan to reject those pending Change Orders.
To reject a Change Order click the [Mark as Rejected] button.
Note: There are User Group Permission Settings to determine which user's can mark Change Orders as approved/rejected.
This will bring up the following prompt:
When a Change Order is marked as rejected, the following things happen:
Added items on Change Order are deleted from the Project
Items marked for deletion on Change Order will no longer be marked deleted
If you would like to "move" items from one pending Change Order to another, use the Assign functionality within the Project Editor.