Viewing the history of change package processing
To review the history of processing a change package:
- On the primary menu, select option 3 Packages.
- Enter line action S (Select) next to the change package.
- Choose the History processing command.
A list panel of the change package history appears.
- Select a change package event to view its details.
For commands such as Backout, Import, Install, Migrate, Newcopy,
and Discard,
you can get further details of the resource definitions processed:
- Select the "Display resource updated by…" option, and then press Enter.
A list panel of the resource definitions updated by the command appears.
You can use line actions to examine individual resource definitions:
- For Install, Newcopy
, and Discard
commands: select resource definitions to view their version history.
- For Migrate, Import, and Backout commands:
- To view a side-by-side comparison of the attribute values
of a resource definition before and after the command, enter S next to the resource definition. "After" values appear on the
left side.
Tip: To quickly review the changes to all resource definitions updated by the change package:
- On the command line, enter S * (S, a space, and
then an asterisk).
This inserts line action S next to every resource definition on the list panel, including those currently scrolled out of view.
- Press Enter.
The side-by-side comparison for the first resource definition appears.
- Press the Exit key (F3) to move on to the next resource definition.
- On the command line, enter S * (S, a space, and
then an asterisk).
- To view the version history of a resource definition, enter H next to the resource definition.
- To view a side-by-side comparison of the attribute values
of a resource definition before and after the command, enter S next to the resource definition. "After" values appear on the
left side.
- For Install, Newcopy
You can also produce a batch report of this information. For details, see Auditing actions and changes to resource definitions.