The life cycle of an item is indicated by the different document statuses (e.g. Processing, Release, Archive) in d.3ecm. The document statuses serve to make the current status of a document quickly recognizable. Each item in status Release can usually be viewed by d.3 users, who were granted the permission to view the category (document type or dossier type). When creating a new version, saving an item in the status Release, you can specify any information while releasing. This information can help you or other d.3 users to understand, for example, the reasons for a release at a later point in time. To specify the status for each item in your repository can help to easily manage the items.

You can display the information about a release version of an item at any time in the Versions perspective of an item.

To save an item in the status Release, you need to be granted the permission to release (creation of a new version).