# Product Usage

## How to Release a Product Platform

| ### What to do:
| In order to work through this example, you must have completed the example Creating a Product Platform.
| Select Start > Products> Product Usage> Product Platforms. The Product Platforms mask is opened.
| Find the product platform PLT-001.
| Change the status to 230 | Released.
| When the state 230 | Released has been set, a mask is opened which can be used to enter the validity period. Click the OK button .