Changes Tab

The Changes tab displays information on all the software changes to be made for a project.

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Features

The Changes tab contains the following columns:

Column	Meaning
Change	The ID of the change involved
Description	The description of the change
Status	One of the following statuses is displayed for each change: Withdrawn Open Finished For urgent changes, the status To be Approved can be displayed.
Type	The type of change involved, for example, a QGM change, a QGM urgent change, or a change request management change
Owner	The owner of the change
No. of Requests	The number of transport requests within a change
Project	The ID of the project involved
Cycle Name	The name of the cycle the changes belongs to
Task List	Task list which the change is assigned to

Number of Lines: You can change the number of lines to be displayed in the lower screen section, to suit the needs of smaller or larger projects.

Activities

In the Changes tab, you can do the following:

Create and maintain details of a change, as well as reassign a change. For more information, see Creating a Change and Maintaining Changes.
Delete empty changes. To delete an empty change, position the cursor on the line of the change you want to delete and click Maintain Delete .
Set the status of a change. For more information, see Setting the Status of a Change.
Create transport requests for changes, release transport requests, import transport requests, and decouple transport requests from changes. For more information, see Creating and Releasing a Transport Request and Decoupling a Transport Request.

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If you release an empty transport request, the request will be deleted automatically.

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Assign transport requests from changes. For more information, see Assigning a Transport Request.
Create transports of copies. For more information, see Creating Transports of Copies.
Import transport of copies. For more information, see Importing Transports of Copies.
See an overview of the project’s maintenance cycles by choosing Show all Maintenance Cycles.
Perform a downgrade check. For more information, see Downgrade Protection and Downgrade Protection Tab.
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