Work order changes after create
Goal
Know what you can change after a work order is created.
Who it is for
Shop floor and planners (manufacturing.manage / manufacturing.produce).
Preconditions
- Work order exists.
What you can do
BlueMatrix does not expose a work-order header PUT. After create:
- Release, Issue all / Issue selected, Apply operations, Complete, Cancel — see lifecycle.
- Open detail to issue partial materials (when Allow partial material issue is on) and apply operations.
What you cannot do
- Change BOM, warehouse, or quantity on an existing WO via the UI/API update.
- Cancel once materials/labor/overhead have posted to WIP (No cost has been accumulated in WIP… is thrown when cancel is refused because cost already exists — cancel only succeeds at zero WIP cost).
- Edit completed or cancelled orders (This work order is already :status and can no longer change.).
Result
Treat create as final for header fields; use lifecycle actions for production progress.