Change Document Status
You can change the lifecycle status without opening the document.
The vault administrator sets
permissions on the VaultAdmin Lifecycle
tab (a user or group, administrators, etc).
To change a document lifecycle:
In the SolidWorks client or the SolidWorks Explorer
client, right-click document in the vault view and select Change
Lifecycle Status.
In the dialog box, make selections as described
below, then click OK.
Lifecycle status
Current
status. Read-only.
New
status. Select a lifecycle status from the list. The list is created
by the vault administrator on the Lifecycle tab of
VaultAdmin.
The Status
Change event is noted in the Action
column of the History/Notes tab
in the Document Information dialog
box and in the SolidWorks Explorer client along with a note in the Notes column.
Scope
Choose which documents are to change their lifecycle status.
Selected item.
Document's children
(all items under selected). Change status for the selected document's
children. Choose either First level children
only or All children.
Do not change
if document is a link. Do not change the status if the document
resides in another project and is referenced by a link 
.