Selecting and viewing change packages

Using the CM plug-in that you can view and manage your change packages.

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The change packages are shown in the Change Packages view.

Screen capture of the Change Packages view

You can click Show Package Contents in the view menu to show the contents of the packages in a tree form. The Show Package Contents menu item

A screen capture of the Change Packages view, that shows the contents of the change packages.

You can filter the list of change packages by entering the name, or partial name, in the filter field. The list changes as soon as you begin to type in the filter field. The filter matches substrings in any attribute that is accessible. Wildcards are not supported.

You can sort the change packages by clicking any column header. If you click the same column header again, the order of the list is reversed. Sorting is independent of other columns; that is, for each new sort, any previous sorts are ignored.

To work with a change package, double-click the name, or right-click and click Open. The change package editor opens.

A screen image of the Change Package editor with the Resources listed.

To view the resources or commands that are contained in the change package, click the Resources or Commands tab. To view the history of the change package, click the History tab.

You can scope the resources by selecting a migration scheme from the drop-down list. The file definitions and resource descriptions can be seen by expanding the items in the list. Any errors are shown in the view. These errors are written in plain text. The reason code is also given so that you can include it in problem reports or use it to search for known problems in the IBM® Support Portal.