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# Retire or archive a specification version in Order Management

# Retire or archive a specification version in Order Management {#ariaid-title1}

* Freigeben Version: Australia
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* Aktualisiert 12. März 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 Minute Lesedauer

Move a published specification version to a Retired or Archived state when the version is no longer in use or being sold to your customers. When you retire a specification version, you can't use it in a product offering or
create a specification version.

## Vorbereitungen

Role required: admin

## Warum und wann dieser Vorgang ausgeführt wird

You can maintain only one active version of the specification. When you retire or archive a specification version, you can't do the following actions:

* Update the specification version.
* Use it to create other catalog entities or rules such as product offerings, specification relationships, attribute mappings, or decomposition rules.
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You retire or archive service and resource specification versions in the same manner.  
Hinweis:  
To archive a specification version, you must first retire it.

## Prozedur

1. Open CSM Configurable Workspace.
2. Navigate to ListSpecificationsProduct Specifications.
3. Select a record you want to modify.
4. Navigate to the Versions (n) tab to view the previous versions that are related to this specification.  
   Here, n represents the number of base and previous versions for this specification. For detailed information about the field descriptions, see [Specification Versions form](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/AICQWwPN~gcBZcwNqT8ffA "The Specification Versions form enables you to view version information for a selected specification before you retire or archive it.").
5. Retire or archive one or more specification versions.
   1. To retire a previous specification version, select the checkbox next to the Number column, and then click Retire.  
      Validations ensure that the specification version is not being used in other active specifications or product offerings. If it's being used in a published specification or product offering, the following message appears:  

      <br />

      To retire this specification, click Yes and click No to skip the retirement.
   2. To archive a previous specification version, select the checkbox next to the Number column, and then click Archive.

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   When you retire a specification, its state changes to Retired. After you retire a specification, you can't make any changes to it, use it in a product offering, or create specification versions for it.
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