Approving Area Check-off

Check-off approval is an administrative function that grants permission to check-in the contents of area libraries to the next area.

The requirement for check-off approval is determined by the area approval rule. Check-off approvals cannot be entered until the check-off approval notification function is executed, even if there are no notifications defined for any of the approvers.

If a check-off approver rejects the area, you must unblock the area. All check-off approvals entered up to that point are cleared. When the approver’s issue is resolved, you must block the area, initiate the check-off approver notification process, and then enter all check-off approvals again.

Follow these steps to approve an area for check-off.

Follow these steps to access the release area that you want to approve for check-off.

Type =7 on the Command or Option line of any panel in ChangeMan ZMF, then press Enter.

Type release selection criteria in fields on the Release List Specifications Parameters panel, or leave the fields blank, and press Enter.

The Release List panel is displayed.

CMNRMRLF            Release List            Row 1 to 2 of 2
Command ===>                                Scroll ===> CSR

    Release Sta Install  Work request   Dept Aud    Creator Pkgs
    FIN6410 DEV 20160328 WR 9010        FINANCE     USER015 00001
    FIN6430 DEV 20160328 WR 9030        FINANCE     USER015 00003
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The Release List panel shows releases that satisfy the selection criteria you typed on the Release List Parameters panel.

On the Release List panel, type line command AR on a release row to select the release that contains the area you want to approve for check-off. The release Release Area List panel is displayed.

CMNRMALF            FIN6410 Release Area List       Row 1 to 3 of 3
Command ===>                                        Scroll ===> CSR

        Area                Status          Area Prior    Next
    Name     Type   Aud BLK CIA COA CIR COR step area     area
    ACCTPAY  SUBSYS 00   N   N   N   N   N  0001          FINANCE
    GENLEDGR SUBSYS      N   N   N   N   N  0002          FINANCE
    FINANCE  SYSTEM      N   N   N   N   N  0003 GENLEDGR
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The release Release Area List panel shows all areas that are defined in the release that you selected.

The fields on release Release Area List panel are described in Notifying Area Check-in Approvers.

On the release Release Area List panel, type AO in the line command for the area you want to approve for check-off. Press Enter, and the Area - area - Approval List panel is displayed.

CMNRMALA        AREA - ACCTPAY - Approval List      Row 1 to 2 of 2
Command ===>                                        Scroll ===> CSR

    Release: FIN6430    Status: DEV     Install date: 20161218

    Approver Description                User    Status
    Entity Name                         Date    Time    Order #
    ACTP Application Lead Programmer
    ACTPLEAD                                            0010
    Data Center Operations
    OPS                                                 0025
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This panel shows all approvers who must approve the area before it may be checked in to the next area. The list includes check-off approvers added to the area when the area was created, and it includes associated check-off approvers that are dynamically added to the area because their associated conditions are satisfied by the contents of the area.

This table describes the fields on the Area - area - Approval List panel.

Field	Description
Command	Type a command, or leave Command blank to type a Line Command on an approver. CANCEL Cancel panel without update. (Abbreviation: C) LOCATE approver Locate an approver. (Abbreviation: L) REFRESH Refresh the panel display from the VSAM files. (Abbreviation: R)
Line Command	Type a line command to act on an approver. A Approve the area for check-off L Display approver notifications R Reject the area for check-off X Approver association
Release	Displays the release.
Status	Displays the release status.
Install date	Displays the release install From date specified in the release definition.
Approver Description	Displays the check-off approver description defined in the release area definition.
Entity Name	Displays the security entity for this approver defined in the global approver list.
User	Displays the userid of the approver after the approval or rejection is entered.
Status	Displays the status of the approval: Blank (not entered), APPROVED or REJECTED.
Date	Displays the date that the approval or rejection was entered.
Time	Displays the system time that the approval or rejection was entered.
Order #	Displays the approver order number. This number determines the notification sequence and the required approval sequence.

On the Area - area - Approval List panel, type A in the line command for an approver and press Enter.

Note

The same person can enter multiple approvals on the Area - area - Approval List panel. However, if the approver order number is different for the approvers, you must leave the panel between approvals. Press PF3 on the Area - area - Approval List panel, type AO in the line command for the area on the release Release Area List panel, and then press Enter to return to the Area - area - Approval List panel to enter more check-off approvals.

The Area - area - Approval List panel is updated with approval information, and notification is sent to approvers with the next higher check-off approver order number.
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CMNRMALA        AREA - ACCTPAY - Approval List      Area Approved
Command ===>                                        Scroll ===> CSR

        Release: FIN6430    Status: DEV      Install date: 20161218

    Approver Description                User    Status
    Entity Name                         Date    Time    Order #
    ACTP Application Lead Programmer
    ACTPLEAD                                            0010
    Data Center Operations
    OPS                                                 0025
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Press PF3 to return to the release Release Area List panel. Area check-off approval is complete when all approvers have entered their approval or when one approver enters a rejection. If all approvers have approved an area for check-off, the release Release Area List panel displays Y in the COA (Check-off Approval) column.

CMNRMALF        FIN6410 Release Area List       Area Approved
Command ===>                                    Scroll ===> CSR

        Area                Status          Area Prior    Next
    Name     Type   Aud BLK CIA COA CIR COR step area     area
    ACCTPAY  SUBSYS 00   N   N   N   N   N  0001          FINANCE
    GENLEDGR SUBSYS      N   N   N   N   N  0002          FINANCE
    FINANCE  SYSTEM      N   N   N   N   N  0003 GENLEDGR
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Press PF3 to return to the Release List panel.