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alias: user-guide-change-submaterials-production-order
description: "This documentation details changing sub-material production orders within a material’s workflow"
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# Change Sub-Materials Production Order

:lock: Material.**ChangeProductionOrder**

## Overview

This operation is used to change the **Production Order** for the Sub-Materials of a **Material**.

## Setup

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Material** is active and has Sub-Materials.
* All Sub-Material for which the **Production Orders** will be changed:
    * Must be active.
    * Must have the *Is Delivered* property set to false.
    * Both the new and old **Production Orders** must be active and in one of the following states *Created*, *Released*, *In Progress* or *Completed*.
  Production Order must not be Restricted
    * If the new or the old *Production Order* have an *Owner Role* defined, the user must belong to those roles.

## Sequence of Steps

1. For each Sub-Material, either assign it to *None* to remove it from the current **Production Order** or to a new **Production Order**. The pending changes can be seen in the Sub-Materials grid on the left.
2. Press **Change** to complete the transaction.

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	Press **Reset** to revert all changes.

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	Press **Apply to all Materials** to copy the change to all the Sub-Materials.

![Change Sub-Materials Production Order][ChangeSubMaterialsProductionOrder]

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	This Wizard provides the additional options:

* Apply **Production Order** priority to **Materials** - whether to set the Material priority with the Production Order priority.
* Apply **Production Order** planned end date to **Materials** - whether to set the **Material** due date with the **Production Order** due date.
* Apply **Production Order** planned end date to **Materials** - whether to set the **Material** due date with the **Production Order** due date.
* Account to old **Production Order** - whether the **Material** should still account for the old **Production Order**.
* Account to new **Production Order** - whether the **Material** should account for the new **Production Order**.
* Apply changes recursively to Sub-Materials - whether the changes apply recursively to all Sub-Materials.
* Remove from old **Production Order** - whether the **Material** will be removed from the old **Production Order**.

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	It is possible to define the default value for checkbox *Apply change recursively for all Sub-Materials* by editing the entry Context=ProductionOrder.AssignMaterials, Element=ApplyToAllSubMaterials as context in the Generic Table *GUIElementDefaultValue*.

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	It is possible to define the default value for checkbox *Remove from old Production Order* by editing the entry Context=ProductionOrder.AssignMaterials , Element=RemoveFromOldProductionOrder as context in the Generic Table *GUIElementDefaultValue*.

[ChangeSubMaterialsProductionOrder]: images/Change_SubMaterials_Production_Order_Step1.png