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Prerequisites

You are in the request overview, or on the Objects tab page in the request editor.

Procedure

To include object lists from multiple requests in a single request, proceed as follows:

  1. Position the cursor on a modifiable request.
  2. Double-click to open the request editor, and choose the Objects tab page.
  3. Choose Display <-> Change.
  4. Choose Include Objects.

    The Include Objects in Request <Request Number> dialog box appears.

  5. In the dialog box, select the Object lists from multiple requests option and continue by choosing Copy.

    The Merge Object Lists in Request <request number> screen appears.

  6. Enter your selection criteria and choose Execute.

    The requests that are found are displayed in a hierarchical request overview.

  7. Edit the list until it contains the requests that you want to merge.

    To do this, use the following functions:

    • Extend the list

      You can extend the list, as in the request search, by making more selections.

    • Reduce the list

      Select the requests whose object lists you do not want to merge and delete them from the display.

      Note

      You can use the sort order function to find certain requests more quickly. To do this, choose in the request overview. You can sort your requests by status, request type, transport target, source system, owner, project, and client.

    • Select the requests that you want to include

      To do this, choose Start of the navigation path Edit Next navigation step Selection Next navigation step ... End of the navigation path

  8. Choose Merge.
Result

The object lists you selected are included in the specified request.

Note

You can also find this function in the Transport Organizer Tools under Start of the navigation path Requests/Tasks Next navigation step Merge Object Lists End of the navigation path.

Also read the warning in the section Including Objects in a Request.