Configuring Impact Codes


Overview

Tasks

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Tivoli Change Management administration

Overview

What are impact codes?

In Tivoli Change Management, impact codes enable you to categorize the different types of impacts. When you add an impact to a change or model, users can select the appropriate impact code from the list you maintain. A change or model can have multiple impacts.

You can add to, modify, delete from, or print the list of impact codes.


Tasks

Adding an impact code

You can add an impact code to those shipped with Tivoli Change Management.

To add an impact code:

  1. From the Configuration menu, choose Configure Change Management.
    Result: The List Maintenance dialog box appears.
  2. From the List Maintenance dialog box, choose the Impact tab.
    Result: The Impact tab appears.
  3. In the box below the Code column, type a unique impact code.
  4. In the box below the Description column, type a description of the code.
  5. Choose Add.
    Result: The impact code is added to the Impact Codes table.
  6. Repeat the previous steps to add any other impact codes.
  7. Do one of the following:
    • Choose Close.
    • Choose another tab of the List Maintenance dialog box to continue configuring Tivoli Change Management.

Modifying an impact code

You can modify an impact code description, but not the actual name of the code.
Note: If you want to change the name of an impact code, you can delete the impact code and add it with the new name.

To modify an impact code description:

  1. From the Configuration menu, choose Configure Change Management.
    Result: The List Maintenance dialog box appears.
  2. From the List Maintenance dialog box, choose the Impact tab.
    Result: The Impact tab appears.
  3. Under Impact Codes, select the impact code to modify.
    Result: The impact code and its description appear in the boxes below the table.
  4. In the box below the Description column, type the new description.
  5. Choose Replace.
    Result: The selected impact code description is replaced with the new description.
  6. Do one of the following:
    • Choose Close.
    • Choose another tab of the List Maintenance dialog box to continue configuring Change Management.

Deleting an impact code

You can delete an impact code only if it has never been assigned to a change or model.

To delete an impact code:

  1. From the Configuration menu, choose Configure Change Management.
    Result: The List Maintenance dialog box appears.
  2. From the List Maintenance dialog box, choose the Impact tab.
    Result: The Impact tab appears.
  3. Under Impact Codes, select the impact code to delete.
  4. Choose Delete to delete the selected code.
    Note: Tivoli Change Management does not ask you to confirm the deletion.
  5. Do one of the following:
    • Choose Close.
    • Choose another tab of the List Maintenance dialog box to continue configuring Tivoli Change Management.
Printing impact codes You can print a list of Tivoli Change Management impact codes in use at your organization.

To print a list of impact codes:

  1. From the Configuration menu, choose Configure Change Management.
    Result: The List Maintenance dialog box appears.
  2. From the List Maintenance dialog box, choose the Impact tab.
    The Impact tab appears.
  3. Choose Print.
    Result: The current list of impact codes prints.