PDF and Report Generation
Why can't I edit a finalized record?
Symptoms
- Editing controls are unavailable on a published deliverable.
- A change is refused with a message about an immutable published revision.
Likely causes
- The record has been published. Published revisions are immutable by design, because crews build to them.
Step-by-step checks
- Check the record's workflow state and revision.
- Confirm whether your role may publish — a surveyor submits, a lead surveyor or QC reviewer approves and publishes.
Recommended solution
Create a new revision. Publishing the new revision supersedes the previous one in the same transaction, so the history remains intact and there are never two live published revisions. This is enforced on the device, at the API and by a database trigger, so it cannot be worked around.
- Applies to
- ARKAK versions with Cut Sheet Coverage.
If this does not resolve it
If the answer is not here, write to us. Include your device model, the ARKAK version, and what you were doing when it happened.