The Attachments region enables you to add new attachments, update attachments that belong to the base document (award or IDV), delete attachments that belong to the base document, copy attachments from the base document to the modification document in order to update the attachments.

The Attachments region in the modification document (header, lines or schedules) has the following subblocks:

• Copy for Update subblock: This subblock enables you to view the attachments that belong to the base document. In addition, you can copy the attachment to the modification document so that you can update the attachment and its details. You can also opt to delete the attachment as part of the modifications made to the base document.

• New/Updated subblock: This region enables you to perform the following actions:

  • Add a new attachment by clicking Add Attachment. Please refer to the Attachments section in the Awards chapter for more information on adding new attachments. After you add a new attachment, a message displays at the top of the page that the attachment has been added successfully, however, when you commit the modification, the attachment will also get committed.

  • Update an attachment that belongs to the base document: First, copy the attachment from the Copy for Update subblock by clicking the Copy icon. The attached copy is displayed as a row in the New/Updated subblock. However, if another modification (concurrent modification) is updating the attachment, you are not permitted to update the attachment. An error message displays at the top of the page, informing you that the attachment is being updated by modification <modification number>. Unless the update is completed by the first modification, you cannot use the attachment.

  • Delete an attachment that belongs to the base document or the modification by clicking the Delete icon either in the Copy for Update subblock (for base document) or the New/Updated subblock (for modification). If you delete the attachment for the base document in the Copy for Update subblock, the attachment details are no longer visible in the Copy for Update subblock. The attachment name appears as a link next to the Marked for Deletion label. However, if another modification (concurrent modification) is updating or deleting the attachment, you are not permitted to delete the attachment. An error message displays at the top of the page, informing you that the attachment is being updated by modification <modification number>. Unless the update is completed by the first modification, you cannot use the attachment.

    If you have copied an attachment from the Copy for Update subblock to the New/Updated subblock, and then you wish to undo the action, all you need to do is click the Delete icon for that attachment from the New/Updated subblock.