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Rules for Update Package Information Functions

These rules and restrictions apply to the update package information function.

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

  • Package Type and Package Time Span can never be changed after a package is created.

  • Package information can be updated when a package is frozen by selectively unfreezing the General package category or the Onsite / Remote Sites category.

  • If you are not allowed to update package information, the fields on package update panels display in browse mode.

Administration Settings for Update Package Information

Your global and application administrators make settings in ChangeMan ZMF administration that control how the update package information 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 Update: Installation Instructions panel. (Global Administration Parameter: Installation 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)

  • Require data in the Work Request field on the Update: Control Information panel. (Application Administration Parameters: Require Work Request Number)

  • Require data in the Department field on the Update: Control Information 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 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 may 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 Update Package Information

With the release of ChangeMan ZMF 8.1, you can code and invoke exit processing routines in REXX and in any Language Environment (LE)-compliant programming language, such as COBOL and PL/1. Please refer to the ChangeMan ZMF 8.1 Readme and ChangeMan ZMF High Level Language Functional Exits Getting Started Guide for details.

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.

  • Determine special criteria for who can update package information by package status, package type, administration authority, and other criteria. (Exit program CMNEX001)

  • Restrict Install date by one of more of the following: Application, Global or Application Administration authority, specified date, 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 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)

  • 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. (Exit program CMNEX014)

  • Override package status validation when adding or removing participating packages in complex or super packages. Allow automatic close of super or complex packages after update if all participating packages have completed the package lifecycle. (Exit program CMNEX033)

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

  • Define rules for package IMS information update. (Exit program CMNEX041) Your administrator may also have applied other exit programs to your application.