Configuring Maintenance Objects for Revision Control

Most configuration tool maintenance objects are pre-configured for revision control. You can configure other maintenance objects for revision control, as well.

To configure other objects for revision control:
  1. Create a physical business object for the maintenance object. A physical business object is one that has a schema with elements for all of the fields for the tables in the maintenance object. Follow these steps to create a physical business object:
    1. Select Admin Menu > Business Object + and specify the maintenance object.
    2. Use the BO Schema dashboard zone to generate a schema that looks like the physical structure of the maintenance object.
    3. Save the physical business object.
    4. Select Admin Menu > Maintenance Object and search for the maintenance object for which you want to enable revision control.
    5. On the Options tab of the maintenance object add a new option with the type Physical Business Object. The value is the name of the physical business object that you just created.
  2. Add a foreign key reference to the maintenance object. The revision control zones will display the standard information string for the object based on the foreign key reference. Follow these steps to create a foreign key reference:
    1. Select Admin Menu > FK Reference+ and set up a foreign key reference for the primary table of the maintenance object.
    2. Select Admin Menu > Maintenance Object and search for the maintenance object.
    3. On the Options tab of the maintenance object, add a new option with the type Foreign Key Reference. The value is the name of the foreign key reference that you just created.
  3. Add the Revision Control zone to the maintenance object.
    1. Select Admin Menu > Context Sensitive Zone and search for the navigation key for the maintenance object.
    2. Add the Revision Control zone, F1-OBJREVCTL, to that navigation key.
  4. Add the revision control algorithm to the maintenance object.
    1. Select Admin Menu > Maintenance Object and search for the maintenance object that you want to have revision control.
    2. On the Algorithms tab of the maintenance object, add the revision control algorithm F1-REVCTL.