The first step in executing a Reconfiguration Plan is to prepare the plan. This is accomplished by selecting the desired Reconfiguration Plan and clicking Prepare. If Prepare is clicked when the Reconfiguration Plan is in the Not Ready Operational Status, a confirmation dialog box appears to explain that it is recommended to resolve resource user and resource provider problems prior to preparing the Reconfiguration Plan. The confirmation dialog box allows the user to cancel or proceed anyway.
When a Reconfiguration Plan is prepared, some validations are performed to ensure that the Reconfiguration Plan is configured correctly and that the initial SBR Database is enabled. If these checks pass, the resource users are instructed to begin communicating with the resource providers of the Target Resource Domain or Target SBR Database. This action allows for resolution of any configuration or communication problems prior to actually starting the Reconfiguration Plan.