Snapshot of the configuration of a product at a specific point in time.

A specific configuration is frozen in a baseline. This means that the current processing status of all objects that are relevant for the description of the configuration are fixed at a specific point in time. A configuration that has been frozen in a baseline can be reproduced at any time.

A baseline is uniquely identified by the following data:

• Configuration definition

• Life-cycle phase

• Number of the configuration folder from which the baseline has been generated

• Number of the baseline

A baseline contains the same controlled object as in the configuration folder from which it was generated.

Furthermore, the structure of a baseline can contain other objects that are not contained in the configuration folder but that are relevant for a unique description of a configuration. The system determines these objects automatically when you generate a baseline.

In contrast to a configuration folder, the processing status of a specific object is fixed to the baseline date and can be reproduced from there.

A baseline contains the same detail and management data as in the configuration folder.

A baseline

• Is assigned to a configuration definition
• Was generated from a specific configuration folder
• Is found in the same life cycle phase as the configuration folder from which it was generated