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 profile

• 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