Working With Change Folders Views


Overview

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Overview

Working with Change Folders views

In Tivoli Change Management, a Change Folders view is a display of the changes in your organization. The name of the views are listed in a hierarchical order in the Views area of the Change Folders dialog box.

Tivoli Change Management includes the following views:

  • Changes Awaiting My Approval
  • Changes for Me to Submit
  • Changes Opened by Me
  • Changes Requested by Me
  • Changes Assigned by Me

In addition, you can create custom views using the Change Folders Wizard, and delete views you no longer need. For more information, see Working with the Change Folders Wizard and Deleting a view.

Working with the Change Folders Wizard In Tivoli Change Management, the Change Folders Wizard is a utility you use to create custom views of your changes. You access the Change Folders Wizard from within the Change Folders.

The Change Folders Wizard uses a step-by-step approach similar to wizards in other popular applications to help guide you through the view creation process. For more information, see Creating a view.

Tasks

Creating a view You can create custom Change Folders views of your changes.

To create a view:

  1. From the Change menu, choose Change Folders.
    Result: The Change Folders dialog box appears.
  2. From the View menu, choose Add.
    Result: The first window of the Change Folders Wizard appears.
  3. Choose Next.
    Result: The second window of the Change Folders Wizard appears.
  4. In the View Type list, select a view you want to base your custom view on.
  5. In the Name box, type a unique name for your view.
  6. Choose Next.
    Result: The third window of the Change Folders Wizard appears.
  7. From the box on the left side of the Change Folders Wizard, select a column name you want to appear in your view.
  8. Choose Add.
  9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 for other columns you want to include in your view.
  10. Choose Next.
  11. Result: The fourth window of the Change Folders Wizard appears.
  12. Select a statement from the Select Statement list.
    You select a statement to add to the column names (steps 7 and 8) to your view.
  13. Result: The Change Folders closes and the view appears in the Views area of the Change Folders dialog box.

Deleting a view

You can delete custom views you no longer need.

To delete a view:

  1. From the Change menu, choose Change Folders.
    Result: The Changes Folder dialog box appears.
  2. From the Views area, select a view.
  3. From the View menu, choose Delete.
    Result: The view is deleted and the Change Folders dialog box appears.