2 SCM Toolbars, Menus, and Tabs

This chapter describe the SCM toolbars, menus, and tabs.

2.1 SCM Toolbar

The SCM Tool includes a toolbar which provides access to the most important objects/features.

Figure 2-1 SCM Toolbar

After you select a bundle from the drop-down list, or you click the Set Active button on the bundles form, the SCM toolbar drop-down list displays the selected bundle, as shown below:

Figure 2-2 SCM Toolbar, bundle selected

Table 2-1 SCM Toolbar functions

SCM toolbar function	Description
Patches	Opens the Patches/Modules form
Patch L	Opens the Patches/Modules list
Bundles	Opens the Bundle form
Bundle L	Opens the Bundles list
(pencil icon)	Opens the modification list of the current bundle
(toolbar drop-down list)	Shows the currently selected bundle and allows to switch to another bundle
(loader icon)	Opens the Import dialog

2.2 SCM from the Manager Menu

You can access SCM functionality in the Manager Menu.

Manager > Tools > SCM - System Customization Management >...

Table 2-2 Manager Menu SCM functions

Function	Description
Bundle	Opens the Bundles form.
Patches	Opens the Patches/Modules form.
Check Tables	Used to detect and correct deviations between the table definition in the repository and the table definition in the database.
Get Objects	Used to search for object and then add them to the current bundle.
Import	Opens a dialog to specify the loader file name and the path to import the loader file.
All Modifications	Opens a list of all modifications.
Loader Imports	Opens the list of Loader Imports and shows which packages have been imported in the current environment.
Configuration	Opens the SCM configuration list.

2.3 Standard Menus

The following topics describe the menu functions in SCM.

2.3.1 Non-select and Select Standard Menus

Standard menu functions are available in icon menus in SCM.

Non-select menu functions are available when there is no object selected.

Select menu functions are available when a table row is selected.

2.3.2 SCM Context Menus

Beside the standard menu functions e.g. Refresh, Search etc. the context menu includes the following SCM-specific functions:

Table 2-3 Context menu functions

Context menu function	Description
List	Opens the bundle List view.
Change Status	Changes the status of the current bundle.
All Modifications	Opens the list to search for bundles which include a specified object.
Create Parent Entries	Create parent entries (object type FAT) in the modification list for the modification records in the bundle.
Check Import	Verifies that the import was completed successfully.
C_ID Check	After importing a bundle into current environment, this function updates the C_IDs in the SCM change log with current C_IDs.
Set Active	Defines the selected bundle as the current package. SCM modifications are then added into this bundle.
Import	Opens file selection dialog to select a SCM control file for import.
Export	Initiates the export of the current bundle.