Change Lists 

Use

You can organize changes made to objects in change lists.

See also:

For information about the modification of objects, see Modifying an Object.

Integration

Change lists are displayed in the navigation area of the Integration Builder, on the tab page Change Lists. The Integration Repository groups change lists by software component version.

When you expand a change list, all the objects it contains are displayed. You can open objects in a change list (context menu function Open ).

Integration Repository: Object documentation is displayed as a separate object in the change list (Documentation ). To open the object for which the documentation was created, choose Related Object () from the context menu.

Features

Change List Branches

There are different change list branches, depending on the status of the objects the change lists contain.

Change List Branches

Branch	Description
Open change lists	Open change lists contain objects in status In Process. As soon as a user saves an object for the first time, it is entered in an open change list (see Object Editors). You can activate all objects from open change lists or just specific objects (see below).
Transportable change list	Transportable change lists contain active objects that can be released for transport. Transportable change lists are only displayed if transport using the Change Management Service (CMS) is configured.
Closed change lists	Closed change lists contain objects that have been released for transport. If transport using the Change Management Service (CMS) has not been configured, then closed change lists contain all active objects.

You can restrict the display to just particular branches by selecting the relevant checkboxes in the header of the Change Lists tab page.

Change Management Functions

Activating Objects

When a user edits an object, it is initially not visible to him (status In Process). In the Integration Builder navigation area, the icon  is displayed next to the object. Only once the object is activated does it become visible for other Integration Builder users.

If the user edits an active object for a second time, the object is re-entered in the open change list when he or she saves the object. A new object version is then created. You can undo all changes to an object as long as you have not activated it. This also applies to deleting an object.

To activate all objects in an open change list, position the cursor on the change list and choose Activate () from the context menu. If you only want to activate a specific object, position the cursor on the object and choose Activate () from the context menu.

As soon as you activate a design object, it can be addressed by input helps in the Integration Directory (if an input help is available for the design object).

As soon as you activate a configuration object, it is available at runtime.

If transport using the Change Management Service (CMS) is configured, active objects are placed in a transportable change list. If this is not the case, active objects are placed in a closed change list.

Undoing Changes

To undo changes made for all objects in an open change list, position the cursor on the change list and choose Delete () from the context menu. If you only want to undo the changes made to a specific object, position the cursor on the object and choose Reject Change () from the context menu.

The objects then disappear from the open change list.

Releasing for Transport

To release all objects in a transportable change list for transport, position the cursor on the change list and choose Release for Transport () from the context menu.

If you choose the context menu option Close Without Transport, the objects are not released for transport and are put in a closed change list.

The Transportable Change Lists branch displays both transportable change lists and Transport Lists (see Transport Lists and Change Lists in CMS Mode).

Additional Display Options

In the header of the Change Lists tab page you can show/hide a filter function (icon  Open/Close Filter).

The filter function enables you to do the following:

·        Display change lists of different users

You select a user from the dropdown list box. To display the change lists of this user, choose Display.

·        Define which change lists (statuses) are to be displayed

Select the corresponding check boxes.

If you choose Display Standard, the system only displays the open change lists of the logged-on user.

Functions for Managing and Editing Change Lists

You can

·        Create multiple change lists for the user who is logged on

To create a new change list, in the context menu choose New ().

¡        In the Integration Repository, position the cursor on the software component version.

¡        In the Integration Directory, position the cursor on <User Change Lists>

In the Integration Repository, a change list is automatically created for each software component version in which a user edits objects. A user can create any number of additional change lists for each software component version.

·        Specify a default change list

The default change list is automatically used if you do not make any additional specifications. You can use the change list editor to define whether you want to use a change list as the default change list.  To open the change list editor, position the cursor on the change list and choose Open () from the context menu.

In the Integration Repository, a user can specify one default change list for each software component version.

·        Display the change lists of other users and copy objects from change lists of other users.

To transfer a change list from another user to your user, position the cursor on the change list and choose Transfer () from the context menu.

You can only copy an object from another user's change list if that user is not editing the object at the same time.

·        Move objects between change lists (of the same user) by using Drag & Drop

You use this function to group objects with dependent objects. This ensures that an object can always be transported with all the objects that it uses.

Integration Repository: You can only move objects between change lists of the same software component version.

Change the attributes of change lists (see Change List Editor)