Change List Properties

Change list property sheets provide information about the change list and give you tools to review the documents it contains.

The General tab displays information about the change list itself:

Property

Description

Name / Code

Specify the name and code of the change list. The name is editable, and the change list is listed in the repository browser as code - name (for example 1234 - My Changes.

Comment / Comment History

The comment field contains your comments, including any comments entered when checking in models. The read-only comment history lists the comments entered by all users who have worked with the change list.

Location

Displays the full path to the change list in the repository.

Status

Displays the current status of the change list, which may be:
  • Draft - Not yet submitted for review, or returned for revision.
  • Submitted - Awaiting review.
  • Approved - Closed with changes integrated to mainline.
  • Rejected - Closed with changes rejected.

Owner

Displays the user who created the change list.

Documents Tab

The Documents tab lists the documents included in the change list. The following management tools are available:

Tool

Description

Properties - Click the arrow to the right of the tool to open the property sheet of the :
  • Original Mainline Version - the version of the document stored in the mainline at the time of the change list's creation.
  • Change List Version - the version of the document included in the change list.
  • Updated Mainline Version - the version of the document stored in the mainline, which includes the changes merged from the change list version.

Tool - 7 - Check Out

Check Out - Checks out the change list version of the document (see Checking Documents Out of the Repository).

Compare - Opens the Select Models to Compare dialog, initialized to compare the change list version of the selected document with the current mainline version (see Comparing Models in the Repository).

The following tabs are also available:
  • Activities - Lists the actions taken on the change list (submission, approval, etc).

  • Permissions – lists those users and groups with permissions on the change list (see Granting Access Permissions on Repository Items). For draft change lists, the owner has Full permission. For submitted change lists, the owner has Read permission and reviewers have Write permission. For closed change lists, the permissions are restricted to the lowest permission that a user has on all of the included documents.

  • Version Info - Displays the user who created the change list and the last user to modify it, along with the dates of creation and last modification.