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Function documentationIT Calendar Integration

 

To optimize your IT planning activities, you can display the following Change Request Management and Quality Gate Management objects in the IT calendar:

  • Change cycle phases

  • Change transactions

  • QGM phases

  • QGM Q-Gates and milestones

Prerequisites

You have made the required settings in SAP Solution Manager configuration. This comprises the following:

  • You define the display colors for your objects in the IT calendar.

  • For change cycle phases and QGM phases, you specify for which system roles the entries will be created in the IT calendar.

  • You specify a threshold for the grouping of similar objects. For example, you can specify that all requests for change on a particular date are displayed as a group in the IT calendar, if their number exceeds 5.

Note Note

Existing objects cannot be migrated to the IT calendar. Only after you have performed the Customizing for the required objects, entries will be created in the IT calendar, every time you save an object.

You can initially load calendar entries into the IT calendar, and delete entries, if required. To do so, in Customizing choose Start of the navigation path SAP Solution Manager Next navigation step Capabilities Next navigation step Change Request Management Next navigation step Change Request Management Framework Next navigation step IT Calendar Integration End of the navigation path.

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Features

  • The IT calendar is a tool in SAP Solution Manager which is used in various scenarios. You can display specific events, according to event categories. For Change Request Management and Quality Gate Management, the following event categories are displayed:

    Object

    Event categories

    Navigation to IT Calendar

    Displayed contents

    Change transaction

    Request for change, urgent change, normal change, administrative change, general change, defect correction

    • Via Start of the navigation path More Next navigation step Open IT Calendar End of the navigation path.

    • Change documents: From the Landscape assignment block. Only the selected system is displayed.

    Note Note

    From urgent changes, you can display the IT calendar only from the Landscape assignment block.

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    Transactions are displayed with their due dates. The system displays bars for the specific date (one day), and only for the productive system.

    Change cycle phases

    Phases assigned to the change cycle, for example, Created, Scope, Build, Test, Go Live, Being Completed, Completed

    • Via Start of the navigation path More Next navigation step Open IT Calendar End of the navigation path. All systems are displayed, regardless of the client.

    • From the Landscape assignment block. Only the selected system is displayed.

    Phases are displayed with their start and end timestamp, for the system roles maintained in Customizing.

    QGM phases

    Scope, Build, Test, Deploy

    From the Calendar View tab page

    Phases are displayed with their start and end dates, for the system roles maintained in Customizing.

    QGM Q-Gates and milestones

    For example, Start of project, Scope to Build, Build to Test, Test to Deploy, or Milestones

    From the Calendar View tab page

    Displayed for a specific (due) date.

    Note Note

    Events are the actual displayed events in the IT calendar, for example, a QGM milestone on a specific date.

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  • You can display the IT calendar on the Technical Administration work center. There, you have the following options:

    • From the displayed contents, you can navigate directly to the change transactions in the WebClient UI or to the QGM objects.

    • Under Categories, you can select which event categories are displayed. For example, you can only display certain phases or change documents.

    • The system displays details for each object and date. You can switch between a monthly, weekly, and daily display mode.

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