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Rules for Creating Packages

These rules and restrictions apply to the create package function.

  • To create a new change package in an application, you must have update access to the application, which is defined under the ChangeMan ZMF resource class in your security system.

  • A new change package is not created and assigned a package ID until you have entered valid information in all required fields in all required Create Package panels,

Administration Settings for the Create Package Function

Your Global and Application Administrators make settings in ChangeMan ZMF administration that control how the create package function works in your application. Ask your administrator if any of the following apply to your application.

  • Restrict entries in the package Scheduler field on the Create: Installation Instructions panel. (Global Administration Parameters: Install Job Scheduler and Default Job Scheduler)

  • Restrict the number of packages that can be scheduled for installation on a particular Install Date through the use of the Installation Calendar. (Global Administration Parameters: Disable Installation Calendar)

  • Prohibit creation of temporary change packages. (Application Administration Parameters: Allow Temporary Packages)

  • Require data in the Work Request field on the Create: Create a New Package panel. (Application Administration Parameters: Require Work Request Number)

  • Require data in the Department field on the Create: Create a New Package panel. (Application Administration Parameters: Require Department Number)

  • Enable the Package User Information facility to display one or two panels that you use to set package-level variables defined by your administrator. (Global Administration Parameters: Display Package User Option Panel)

  • Set Normal Business Hours in Global Administration that determine whether an unplanned package is assigned the Planned Approval List or the Unplanned Approval list when the package is created. (Application Administration Parameters: Normal Business Hours)

Note

If you create an unplanned change package outside of Normal Business Hours, the Unplanned Approval List is assigned. Normal Business Hours are compared to the time you create your package, not the time that your package is frozen or the time that it is scheduled for install. Your administrator may set Normal Business Hours to times that are not “normal” to force all unplanned packages to use the Unplanned Approval List.

  • Set the difference in system clock time between the development site where your change package is created and a remote site where it is scheduled for install. The time difference can allow you to enter an install time for a remote site that has already passed at your site. (Global Administration Sites: Time Difference)

Exit Programs for the Create Package Function

Your ChangeMan ZMF installer or administrators may implement exit programs to alter the behavior ChangeMan ZMF. Ask your administrator if any of the following apply to your application.

  • Restrict Install date by one of more of the following: Application, Global or Application Administration authority, specified date, specified install time, today’s date, day of week, package type, values in Package User Information variables. (Exit program CMNEX002)

  • Impose a lead time between today’s date and the package install date. Other criteria available includes Application, Global or Application Administrator authority, specified date, day of week, package type, values in Package User Information variables. (Exit program CMNEX003)

  • Restrict creation of specified package types by one or more of the following: Application, Global or Application Administrator authority. (Exit program CMNEX006)

  • Restrict install date by one of more of the following: Application, administrator authority, specified date, day of week, package type, today's date. (Exit program CMNEX007)

  • Restrict install day of week by one of more of the following: Application, global or application administrator authority, day of week, package type. (Exit program CMNEX012)

  • Validate information entered in Work Request Number and/or Department against a specified a list of values. Cross-edit Work Request Number, Department, and Package User Information when package user information is entered. (Exit program CMNEX014)

  • Validate group site names used on the Site Information panel, and specify the sites associated with each group site name. (Exit program CMNEX039)

  • Add custom processes, executed outside of ChangeMan ZMF, at the end of the create package process. (Exit program CMNEX043)