Supporting Configured Change Management

The Model uses as configuration context that creates from a web server.

Once created, then the Model can be attached to a root system by right-clicking the system and select Properties.

In the Configuration tab, click Attach Model as a Configuration Context and search for the Model.

Define the criteria of effectivity, which applies to the children. The Criteria verifies that all are activated are based on the selected configuration context.

Define at least one criteria for specifying the effectivity on children of Items.

Activates the session effectivity on the authoring window.

Authoring Context panel appears when you right-mouse click main viewer and click Authoring Context.

There are 2 modes for applying effectivity:

• Define Effectivity: As soon as a child System/Operation is created, Define Effectivity appears to select the effectivity for the child instance newly created.

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Criteria section is automatically filled based on the configuration context of the parent Item. The effectivity is applied to the child System/Operation after selecting effectivity and OK.

  
  
  

• Session Effectivity: Select Session Effectivity, then Define Session Effectivity appears and specifies the effectivity for the current session.

  
  
  

  After a model is selected, select effectivity values is applied to newly created System/Operation instances in the Criteria section.

  
  
  

  Note: The models, which are specify by the Define Session Effectivity panel and define by the Properties panel must be the same to use configuration/effectivity services properly.