---
title: "Firm a planned order - Impact workspace"
slug: "firm-a-planned-order-impact-workspace"
description: "Review and firm planned orders in an Engineering change order impact workspace, converting them into production, purchase, or transfer orders."
tags: ["Task", "ECM plus"]
status: "update"
updated: 2026-10-21T07:49:24Z
published: 2026-10-21T07:49:24Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/firm-a-planned-order-impact-workspace"
---

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# Firm a planned order - Impact workspace

Review the planned order before firming it because the action creates an order in the applicable operational module.

## Steps

1. Go to **Product information management > Engineering change management > Engineering change orders**.
2. Open a released ECO you want to review.
3. On the Action Pane, in the **Business impact** group, select **Open impact workspace**.

The workspace opens for the selected ECO.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> If the ECO has no lines yet, the button is unavailable. Add at least one affected product first.
4. In the **Planned orders** section, locate the affected planned order.
5. Select **Firm**.

The **Firming** pane opens on the right.
6. Under **Parameters**, review the **Update marking** setting.
7. Review the available grouping settings, such as:

Grouping settings are primarily relevant when multiple planned orders are firmed together.
  - **Group by vendor**
  - **Group by buyer group**
  - **Group by period**
  - **Group by planning priority**
8. Expand **Run in the background** if you want to run firming as a batch task.
9. Configure the applicable batch settings, such as:
  - **Batch processing**
  - **Task description**
  - **Batch group**
  - **Private**
  - **Critical job**
  - **Monitoring category**
10. Select **OK** to firm the planned order.

To close the pane without firming the order, select **Cancel**.

After firming is complete:

- The planned order is converted into a production, purchase, or transfer order.
- The **Action status** changes to **Firmed**.
- An entry is added to the **Change log**. For more information, see [Track actions in the change log](/manufacturing/docs/track-actions-in-the-change-log-impact-workspace).

Recalculate the ECO impact to include the newly created order in the applicable impact section.

## Related

- [Manage planned order - Impact workspace](/manage-planned-order-impact-workspace.md)
- [Get to know impact workspace](/get-to-know-eco-impact-workspace.md)