Viewing the history of change package processing

To review the history of processing a change package:

  1. On the primary menu, select option 3 Packages.
  2. Enter line action S (Select) next to the change package.
  3. Choose the History processing command.

    A list panel of the change package history appears.

  4. Select a change package event to view its details.

    For commands such as Backout, Import, Install, Migrate, Newcopy,Start of change and Discard,End of change you can get further details of the resource definitions processed:

  5. 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, NewcopyStart of change, and DiscardEnd of change 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:
        1. 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.

        2. Press Enter.

          The side-by-side comparison for the first resource definition appears.

        3. Press the Exit key (F3) to move on to the next resource definition.
      • To view the version history of a resource definition, enter H next to the resource definition.

You can also produce a batch report of this information. For details, see Auditing actions and changes to resource definitions.