Setting Project Properties for a Change Package

Before beginning to work with the Change Packager, you must identify the project you want to use as a change project. You do this in the Project Properties dialog box.

To create a change project and set project properties:

1. Create a new project.

2. Open the Project Properties dialog box.

3. Enter a Project Description and any pertinent comments for your internal tracking system on the General tab.

   The system populates the information you enter here into the change log and the manifest.

4. Select Change Project on the General tab.

   This enables the Update IDs and the Pre-Requisites tabs. Here you identify the lead incidents from your incident tracking system, if applicable, that identify the updates to the database.

5. Select the Update IDs tab.

6. Enter the primary incident tracking ID associated with the update you want to implement in the Update ID field.

   This field is numeric. The system considers the first value in the list to be the primary ID for the project. When entering your own incidents:

   1. Enter the names of the fixes or the update IDs fixed in this project. The system logs them to the manifest and includes them when Change Packager copies the project.

   2. Click Add to add it to the list.

      Note:

      In order for Change Packager to create the change package successfully, you must enter a value in the Update ID field.

7. Select the Pre-Requisites tab.

   List any prerequisites that this project might have. Change Assistant checks those incidents that you enter here against those listed in the target environment's change log to verify whether the fix has been applied.