New PDMW user lifecycle/start up issues

Hi all,

i am currently starting to look into PDMw im trying to get lifecycle to work at the moment, but i can quite seem to get it work smoothly,

Basically we are only after a simple system.

Firstly, when creating a new part/assembly is there any where to control the name ie "next number in sequence etc"

secondly is the lifecycle, the requirements are 4 status

Released

Under Change

Under Approval

Redundant

And 4 user groups

User "viewer"

Designer

Engineer

Admin

with the most basic set up, but i cant seem to get it to work. could someone point me in the right direction/screen shots of a set up that works.

Thanks Joe

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