Approval process for an item from canceled NIR

Summary

How to approve an item that remains in draft status after canceling the NIR it was associated to

Content

Hello, 

I do not know how to approve an item that is in Draft Status, if that item belongs to an item class with NIR enabled. 

Scenario is this:

Create item in PD -> Submit Item to NIR flow in PIM. Perform a portion of the sequence steps in NIR. We come into a scenario where want to approve the item without completing the NIR steps, so we cancel the NIR flow. 

After cancellation the item remains in 'Draft' status. Draft status does not allow other modules to see the item, and we are not able to transact on the item. We cannot promote the NIR to approval status either (system gives an error)