Approving ChangeMan ZMF Change Packages

After the ChangeMan ZMF Execution Provider configuration has been added or updated as needed, users, such as Release Managers, can approve ChangeMan ZMF change packages through deployment tasks.

A list of approvers can approve a change package to go to a promotion site. Approval may be required in your ChangeMan ZMF implementation. If so, you'll need to set up an Approve deployment task.

Tip: Notification can be set up in SBM so that approvals can be done in Release Control. This way ChangeMan ZMF approvers do not have to logon to ChangeMan ZMF directly to give their approval.

The fields that are displayed when configuring the deployment tasks to approve change packages are described in the following table.

Field	Description	Example Values
Title	A descriptive name of the deployment task	Approve to pre-Prod
Description	A longer description that explains what the task does	This task initiates approvals for pre-Prod.
Action	Select Approve.
Application Filter	Enter text to filter by application name.
Application	Select the application. Note: This field requires an application filter to be entered in the preceding field to limit the selection to a reasonable list.	<select application>
Environments	Select from environments configured in the deployment path. For example, Dev, Test, and Prod.	<select Test>
Approver	For each selected environment, select from the approvers. These are the approvers set up in ChangeMan ZMF.	<select approver>

After you create the deployment task, the task appears in the list in red, and you must then associate the related change package with the deployment task. See Linking Deployment Units to Deployment Tasks.