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Edit a product

How you edit a product depends on its current publication status. Traceable handles draft and published products differently to ensure that publicly accessible DPPs are never silently changed without a deliberate republication step.

Editing a Draft Product​

Products in Draft status are fully editable without restriction. All fields across all DPP sections can be modified freely.

To edit a draft product:

  1. Go to Products in the sidebar.
  2. Click the product name to open the product record.
  3. If the product is in Draft status, you are taken directly to the DPP editor. No additional steps are required.
  4. Make your changes. Your work is saved when you use an explicit action — Next, Previous, Save Draft, or Save & Exit. There is no background auto-save, so save before leaving a section.

There is no version history for draft products. The current draft represents the single working copy. If you need to preserve an intermediate draft state, consider exporting the product data before making significant changes.

Editing a Published Product​

When you open a product in Published status and begin editing, Traceable automatically creates a new draft revision. This means:

  • The currently published DPP remains live and publicly accessible at its existing URL.
  • The draft revision is a complete copy of the published version, which you can freely edit.
  • The QR code continues to resolve to the published version throughout the revision process.
  • The product status changes to Draft (Revision) to indicate that an unpublished revision is in progress.

This approach ensures continuity of public access. Regulators, auditors, or supply chain partners scanning the QR code will always see the last published version, not an incomplete revision.

Starting a Revision​

  1. Navigate to Products and click the published product.
  2. Click the Edit button in the top-right corner of the DPP viewer.
  3. A confirmation dialog appears: "Editing this published product will create a draft revision. The current published version will remain live until you republish." Click Start Revision to proceed.
  4. You are taken to the DPP editor with all fields pre-populated from the published version. A banner at the top of the editor shows: "You are editing a draft revision. Published version remains live."

Discarding a Revision​

If you started a revision but want to abandon your changes and revert to the published state:

  1. Open the product.
  2. Click Discard Revision in the editor toolbar.
  3. Confirm the action. All unsaved changes to the draft revision are permanently discarded and the product returns to Published status with no draft revision.

This action cannot be undone. If you have made changes you want to preserve, export the product data before discarding.

Field-Level Change Tracking​

For published products with a draft revision in progress, the DPP editor highlights fields that differ from the published version:

  • Fields that have been modified are highlighted with an amber indicator and show the previous value as a tooltip when you hover over the field label.
  • Fields that were empty in the published version but have been filled in the revision are marked with a green "New" badge.
  • Fields that have been cleared (previously had a value, now empty) are marked with a red "Cleared" badge.

This visual diff makes it easy to review exactly what will change when you republish, and to catch accidental modifications before they go live.

You can also view a side-by-side comparison of the draft revision and the published version by clicking Compare with Published in the editor toolbar. This opens a full-page diff view that shows all field changes in a structured table.

Re-Publishing a Revised Product​

When you republish a revised product, the changes go through the standard publish gate rather than an automatic field-by-field re-verification rule engine. Before a revision can be published, the pre-publish check runs again, confirming that mandatory fields are complete and re-checking associated documents and certificates (for example, flagging a supporting certificate that has since expired).

Verification in Traceable is task-based: a verifier reviews the documentation and DPP data for a product and records a decision. If a revision materially changes claims that were previously verified, use your judgement (and your compliance team's) on whether to assign a fresh verification task before republishing. For products already on the EU market, publishing a material change without up-to-date verification may create a compliance gap.

Publishing a Revision​

When your revision is complete, follow the standard publish workflow to make it live. See Publish a DPP for details. On republication, the revision becomes the new published version and the previous version is archived internally (it is no longer publicly accessible, but Traceable retains a snapshot of it in the audit trail).