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Rules, Restrictions, and Options

The following apply if the staging version facility is installed.

  • The Version Control panel is displayed for any component on the Stage: Package Components panel.

  • The Version Control panel always displays a STG version. The STG version points to the component in the staging library.

  • The Version Control panel displays a BAS version if there is a component of the same name in the baseline library. The BAS version points to the component currently in the baseline library.

  • The BAS version changes as the component in the baseline changes. It might not be the same as the component you checked out.

The following apply to library types for which staging versions are enabled.

  • If your administrator configured the library type to ALWAYS save staging versions, the component in the staging library is saved as a staging version whenever you:

    • Save changes from an edit-in-stage session

    • Overlay the staged version with stage from development.

    • Overlay the staged version by checking out the component.

    • Delete the component.

  • If your Administrator enabled staging versions with the PROMPT parameter for a library type, the Save Previous Version panel asks if you want to save the component in the staging library before it is changed, overlaid, or deleted. You are only allowed to skip creating a staging version if:

    • You are overlaying the component, not deleting it.

    • Your UserID matches the ID on the component in the staging library.

    • The component is not promoted.

  • If you delete a component from your package, and then put the component back into your package with checkout or stage from development, all saved staging versions are available.

  • An unlimited number of versions can be saved in staging versions.

  • Staging versions can be deleted manually only by a ChangeMan ZMF Administrator.

  • STG and BAS staging versions cannot be deleted manually.

  • Staging versions can be browsed, recovered, compared, merged, and deleted throughout the package life cycle until the package stage libraries are deleted by housekeeping.

  • All staging versions for a package are deleted automatically when package stage libraries are deleted for aging by ChangeMan ZMF housekeeping. Ask your administrator how long staging libraries are kept after a change package is installed.

  • Staging versions can be saved only for components that are displayed on the Stage: Package Components panel. Staging versions are never saved for components like load modules that are created by staging build processes.