Using Change Folders


Overview

Tasks

Included with

Tivoli Change Management administration and user

Overview

The Change Folders

The Change Folders is a new feature of Tivoli Change Management version 6.0. The Change Folders enables you to quickly view the following:
  • Changes
    You can see changes associated with you, including:
    • Changes that require your approval
    • Changes that you need to submit
    • Changes that you opened regardless of status
    • Changes that you requested
    • Changes that are assigned to you
  • Change Trees
    You can see a change and all associated activities

In addition to these views of changes, you can create your own views using the Change Folders Wizard.

You can also create, copy, find, view, and edit changes directly from the Changes Folder.

For more information, see Working with Changes Folder Views and Working with Changes Using the Change Folders.

The Change Folders dialog box

You use the Change Folders dialog box to view changes that are related to you. You can also create, find, view, and edit your changes from the Change Folders dialog box.

The Change Folders dialog box contains these areas:

  • Views
    This area is a hierarchical view of categories of changes
  • Changes
    This area is a list of root level changes based on the view you selected in the Views area.
  • Change Tree
    This area displays a parent change and associated activities of the selected change in the Changes list.

To access the Change Folders dialog box, do one of the following:

  • If you are using the Tivoli Change Management administrator or user profile, from the Change menu, choose Change Folders.
  • From the Help menu, choose Your System Profile and follow the instructions under Change Folders.

Tasks

Viewing changes

You can quickly view the changes of your organization.

To view changes:

  1. From the Change menu, choose Change Folders.
    Result: The Change Folders dialog box appears.
  2. From the Changes area, select a view that represents the status of the changes you want to see.
  3. Result: The following occur:
    • The changes with the status you chose are displayed in the Changes list.
    • The change tree for the selected change in the Changes list is displayed in the Change Tree area.