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Tivoli Change Management administration |
What are status codes? |
In Tivoli Change Management, status codes are
assigned to a change as it progresses through its life cycle.
Status codes are also assigned to models, from which changes
are created. Tivoli Change Management requires that you have at least one status code for
each of the following change status types:
A status code for each of these status types is added to your database during installation. In addition to these required status types, Tivoli Change Management provides a status type called None. Tivoli Change Management does not require you to have a status code associated with None, but you can use the type to add a status code that is not similar to any of the required status types. You cannot add additional status types, but you can assign alternate names and definitions to the status codes. For example, you can create status codes of Approved with Hesitation, and Approved with Confidence, for the Approved status type. It is important to remember that the fundamental meaning of the status type does not change. The Approved status type is always going to mean "approve" to Tivoli Change Management no matter what variation the status code represents. Creating new codes for the status types allows your organization to make status types more descriptive and meaningful to the people working with the changes. You can create new status codes and definitions from the Status tab of the List Maintenance dialog box. You can add, modify, delete, or print the list of status codes. You must, however, always have at least one status code assigned to each of the seven required status types. |
Adding a status code |
You can add a status code to those Tivoli Change
Management provides. To add a status code:
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Modifying a status code |
You can modify a status code description, the
corresponding status type, and the After Approval flag, but not the name of the status
code itself. To modify a status code:
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Deleting a status code |
You can delete a status code only if it has not
been used by a change or model. If you delete a status code for a required status type,
you must add another code with that status type before you can save and close the List
Maintenance dialog box. To delete a status code:
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Printing status codes | You can print a list of Tivoli Change Management
status codes in use at your organization. To print a list of status codes:
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