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Replacing Earlier Product Versions

Product versions are visible to customers on the dates between the values in the start date and the end date. You enter a value in the Start Date field when you create the version. The value in the End Date field is entered automatically, based on the start date of other versions that come after the start date of this version.

If you create a new version with the same start date as an existing version, the existing version will have a end date that is the same as its start date, so it will never be visible to customers. The version is never visible to customers, because there is no time between its start date and its end date.

To replace an earlier version of a customizable product

1. Navigate to the Administration - Product screen, and then the Product Definitions view.
2. In the Products list, select and lock the desired customizable product.
3. Enter a date in the Start Date field of the Work Space record in the Versions list that is identical to the Start Date of the version you want to replace.

   You can copy the start date from the version you want to replace and paste it in to the Work Space record.

4. Click Release to release the Work Space record as a new version of the product.