Staging and Committed
Every product has two areas. They are the same screen showing two different things: the draft you are working on, and the record of what was released.
Staging Area
The Staging Area is the working draft.
- Add and remove lines.
- Change quantities.
- Edit descriptions and attributes.
- Rearrange the structure.
Nothing in Staging is a release. Purchasing and production do not work from it. It is where you get the BOM right before committing.
You can tell you are here from the label at the top of the screen: Staging Area.
The Staging Area adds two things the Committed Area does not have:
- Every editing action: add, edit, move and remove.
- A Commit review tab, showing exactly what a release would do.
Committed Area
The Committed Area is the released record, marked Committed Area. This is what was approved.
- It cannot be edited.
- If something is wrong you fix it in Staging and release again.
- The history shows both releases.
The Committed Area adds a version picker, so you can read any past release rather than only the most recent. This is what you need when a unit built months ago comes back and you have to see the BOM as it stood then.
Moving between them
| You want to | Go to |
|---|---|
| Add or change anything | Staging Area |
| See what was approved | Committed Area |
| See what a release would change | Staging Area → Commit review |
| Look at an older release | Committed Area → version picker |
| Send the BOM to someone | Either one. Export and share work in both. |
Shared tabs
Both areas share the same four tabs.
| Tab | Shows |
|---|---|
| Structure | The indented tree, level by level. |
| Summarized | Every distinct part number once, with total demand. |
| Cost | Rolled-up cost and what drives it. |
| Commit review | What a release would do. Staging Area only. |
Switching between Staging and Committed does not reload anything, so moving around a large BOM stays quick.