Change Schedule application
Use the Change Schedule application to view a list of all change and release work orders that are scheduled in your environment, along with a timeline that shows the scheduled start and finish times for each work order.
- List of scheduled work orders
- Gantt chart
List of scheduled work orders
The initial view of scheduled work orders shows the high-level work order numbers and descriptions. The application displays active changes and releases (status is not canceled, completed, or closed) that have a date that is specified in both their Scheduled Start and Scheduled Finish fields.
You can expand a work order to view the activities and tasks in that work order. Activities and tasks of a work order are displayed if a date is specified in both the Scheduled Start and Scheduled Finish fields.
Hover over any item in the Work column to display a window that shows the start and end dates, status, and owner or owner group for the item. In addition, you can click Launch button to launch directly to the change, release, activity, or task record in the associated application.
| Icon | Description |
|---|---|
| Change Work Order | Indicates a change work order. |
| Release Work Order | Indicates a release work order. |
| Activity | Indicates an activity that is nested beneath a work order. |
| Task | Indicates an implementation task that is nested beneath a work order or an activity. If a task is not an implementation task, the icon is not displayed; only work order numbers are listed for non-implementation tasks. |
Gantt chart
The Gantt chart provides a linear calendar that shows the start and finish times for each of the change and release work orders in the list.Initially, the timeline is zoomed to fit the current day, and a vertical yellow line shows the current time. Scheduled tasks are displayed as vertical bars at their scheduled times.
You can zoom in and out to shorten or expand the timeline, zoom to fit all of the scheduled times, and perform other operations to control the Gantt chart contents.
User interface elements
You can perform various operations to control the specific information that is displayed in the application. The Select Action menu contains no actions and is not used.- Fields in the application toolbar
- In the fields in the application toolbar, you can refine your search for work orders to display.
You can also create, save, and select queries.
- Find work order
- Use this field to load one record. You can type the work order number of the record that you want to see and press Enter. The specified record is displayed in the view.
- Quick search menu
- Use the quick search menu to enter criteria to determine the work orders, activities, and tasks
that are shown in the view. For example, you can use the Change/Release tab to specify that you want
to view only change work orders. You can specify criteria in a window or create a query to display
the information that you want to see. In addition, you can specify information about a particular
task to retrieve the parent change or release. You can select from the following menu items:
- More Search Fields. Use the Change/Release tab to specify record attributes that you want to use to find specific records. You can specify a classification, a site, an owner, start and end dates, or a target CI number. You can also enter attributes for changes or releases only. Use the Related Tasks tab to specify attributes for tasks; the resulting display shows parent changes and releases that contain tasks that match your criteria.
- Where Clause. Select this option to type a where clause, such as (siteid='AUSTIN'), and search for records that match the specified clause.
- View Search Tips. Select this option to view a set of tips for searching for the records that you want to see.
- Save Current Query. Select this option to save a query that you created to display a specific set of records in the view. You can specify whether you want the query to provide the default view when you open the application. You can also specify whether you want the query to be available publicly. After you save a query, it is available in the drop-down menu.
- View/Manage Queries. Select this option to view to view and manage queries that you saved.
- Drop-down menu
- Use this menu to display saved queries that you can load. By default, the menu includes the All records item, which displays all of the scheduled changes and releases. If you create a new query and save it using the Save Query option, the query is displayed in the menu and you can choose it any time that you use the application.
- Application icons
- The application provides the following icons, which enable you to refresh, print the current view, zoom to change the timeline that is shown, and identify work order elements.
| Icon | Description |
|---|---|
| Refresh | Use the refresh icon to reload scheduled work order data into the Change Schedule view. Refreshing the view retrieves any new or modified data that was entered in your environment after you opened the application. |
| Print, Setup page, and Preview Output | Use these icons when you want to print. Click the first icon (Print) to print the view; click the second icon (Set Up Page) to set up the page before printing; click the third icon (Preview Output) to preview the print output. |
| Zoom in, Zoom out, and Zoom to fit | Use the zoom icons to zoom within the Gantt chart display to shorten or expand the timeline that is shown. Click Zoom In icon to zoom in to a shorter time period; click Zoom Out icon to zoom out and view a longer time period; click Zoom to Fit icon to display a timeline that shows all of the start and end dates for all of the work orders in the current list. |