This section describes how to update a lifecycle model that is stored in CentraSite. To update a lifecycle model, you create a new version of the model, and in the new version you can add states, remove states, rename states, change the relationships between the states and change the list of assigned asset types.
A lifecycle model can only be updated when it is in the "New" state.
When a lifecycle model is in the "Productive" or "Retired" state, you cannot change the state of the current version of the model back to "New"; in this case, you can only reach the "New" state by creating a new version of the lifecycle model.
To update a lifecycle model, proceed as follows:
To update a lifecycle model
In CentraSite Control, go to .
Locate the name of the lifecycle model that you want to update.
Create a new version of the lifecycle model by choosing in the context menu.
When you create the new version, it is not yet activated; the lifecycle state of the new version is "New", and the lifecycle version of the previously used version is still "Productive".
Make any changes you require to the new version of the lifecycle model.
Set the new version of the lifecycle model to the "Productive" state.
This automatically changes the state of the previously used version from "Productive" to "Retired".
All existing assets of the asset types that use this lifecycle model are automatically set for use with the new version.
When you change a lifecycle model that is already in use, you must ensure that all of the states that were in use in the old model are also available in the new model. If the old state model contains states that no asset instance is currently using, these states do not need to be present in the new model. The state transitions in the new model do not depend on the state transitions in the old model; you can define the state transitions in the new model as you please.
