---
alias: user-guide-create-entity-version
tags:
- change management
- versions
description: "Create new entity versions from existing revisions, managing change sets and approvals"
---

# Create Entity Version

:lock: *EntityTypeName*.**Create**

To create a new version, it is necessary to open an existing revision of an entity and select **New** followed by **Version** on the top ribbon. When creating a new version, the revision that was selected when you started the process will be the revision to which this version will be associated.

The new version shares the Owner Instance of its revision, even when another MES Instance owns that revision. See [[user-guide-object-ownership]] for more information.

After the creation of a version, the version will be in the state Created. A **Change Set** is required in order to move the version from the Created state to the Active and Effective states after approval. It is possible to configure a particular Entity Type to use an automatic **Change Set**. It is also possible to specify a particular role to approve the changes of the entity within the **Change Set**.

!!! warning
	  If a **Change Set** has an approval context defined by **Role**, the **Role** of the **User** approving the **Change Set** must match the **Role** defined in the [ChangeSetApprovalContext](../../administration/tables/smart-tables/changesetapprovalcontext.md) Smart Table entry. Additionally, if there is a approval context defined by workflow, the workflow defined for the approval must match the workflow in the same entry of the Smart Table.

!!! info
	More information in the [Universal State Model](../universal_state_model.md) section of this guide.

![Create Version](../images/create_version.png)