# Change Management

## How to Define affected Objects of a Work Request BOM

| ### What to do:
| In order to work through this example you must have completed the examples Creating a new Item Structure Relation (BOM) and Creating a new Work Request / Work Order.
| Select Start > Items. The Item mask is opened.
| Search for the affected object ART-1200 Ornamental Ring.
| Select Change Management > Add to Work Request from the context menu. The Add affected objects to work request mask is opened.
| Enter the following values:
Field name | Value | Description
Work Order | EWO-500 | The work order that was created for the replacement (modification) of the ornamental ring.
Set | 10 | The current work set.
Change Operation | Replace 1-1-all | Replaces all occurrences of the affected object with a new object or object version.
Parent Entity | EDB-Article | Indicates that the parent object of ART-1200 is an ...
View | STR | Describes the kind of relation between objects. "STR" stands for "Structure", indicating that the relation between the parent item and ART-1200 is an item structure relation (BOM).
| To confirm click OK.
| The item ART-1200 is now assigned as an affected object to the work request EWR-500..
| Affected objects are displayed in the Change Operations tab of the work request form.
| It is also possible to drag & drop affected objects directly to the Change Operations tab of the corresponding work order when the affected item is displayed in an item list. In this case the same entrances as requested for the Define Affected Object mask have to be inserted to the Change Operations tab of the work order.