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Validating Component Versions

The "prior release version compatibility confirmation" facility helps you resolve prior release version regression without having to check out the component again from the prior release and reapply your changes in the current release.

Using this facility, you can:

  • Find the prior release component that makes the current release version a potential regression.

  • Compare the prior release component to the version in your current release to see code that might require forward-fitting into the current release version.

  • Reset the meta data for the component to eliminate an ERR0417! in ERO audit.

Important

The services that power this facility are resource intensive. The most efficient way to discover multiple prior release regressions is to run ERO audit. If components that were checked out from a prior release have been checked in to higher release areas, run an area audit with Ignore Higher Areas set to Yes.

Validate Component for Prior Release Regression

Right-click on a package component and choose Validate versions. If there is a prior release regression, the Prior Release Version Regression dialog box displays.

This dialog box displays detailed information for the prior and current releases.

Resolve the Prior Release Regression

Process and resolve the prior release regression using the View, Compare, and Confirm functions.

View

Click the View down arrow and select which component version you would like to view: Prior Release, Current Release, or Current Package. ChangeMan Edit is started unless you have previously specified a different default editor.

For more information about ChangeMan Edit, see the ChangeMan ZDD Tools Guide.

Compare

Click Compare to start ChangeMan Diff. A side-by-side comparison report is displayed. Compare the component in the prior release to the component in the current release and ensure that differences between the two versions are intentional.

For more information about comparing files, see the ChangeMan ZDD Tools Guide.

Confirm

If you are certain that the component versions in the current and prior releases are what you want, click Confirm to reset the meta data to eliminate an ERO audit error ERR0417! The component will no longer display as a regression.

Caution

When you click Confirm, you are taking responsibility for any code differences between the prior version and the current version. If you are unsure about those differences, rerun the comparison report using the Compare button.

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