Starting Work Under a Change Action

You can select a specific change action to work under so that all actions are tracked and logged in the Realized Changes tab of that change action.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: The change action to work under must already exist and be in the In Work state.
See Also
Stopping Work Under a Change Action
Suspending Work Under a Change Action
Resuming Work Under a Change Action
Working Under Unified Change Control

Start Working Under a Change Action With the Leader or Equivalent App-Specific Role

You can use the Work Under bubble to start working under a change action.

Required Access Roles: Leader role, or an equivalent app-specific role, and a license for Configuration Engineer or Change Manager

  1. Click .
  2. Click Change Action.
  3. Select a change action to work under.

    Note: Only change actions that are in the In Work state and that you have access to are listed in the Select Change Action dialog box.

  4. Click OK.
    The change action is now listed in the Work Under dialog box.
  5. Click to close the Work Under dialog box

After an object is created under strict change control, all future changes made to it are logged in the Realized Changes tab of the change action being worked under when it is first changed. That change action is listed in the Change Required field in the Change tab of the object's properties.

In the Work Under dialog box, click Applicability Expression to view the applicability expression.

Start Working Under a Change Action With the Collaborative Industry Innovator Role

You can drag and drop a change action from another app to start working under it.

  1. Select a change action that you are the owner or are a contributor to in another app.
  2. Drag the change action into your app.
  3. Drop it in the Add object in context area.
  4. Click Yes.

    Tip: Click Do not show his warning again so that you do not have to click Yes each time that you start working under a change action during this session.

After an object is created under strict change control, all future changes made to it are logged in the Realized Changes tab of the change action being worked under when it is first changed. That change action is listed in the Change Required field in the Change tab of the object's properties.

In the Work Under dialog box, click Applicability Expression to view the applicability expression.