Associating Change Packages with Deployment Units

After the ChangeMan ZMF Deployment Unit Provider configuration has been added or updated as needed, users, such as Release Managers, can associate ChangeMan ZMF change packages with deployment units.

To add a ChangeMan ZMF deployment unit, you use the ChangeMan ZMF deployment unit provider. Typically, to use the ChangeMan ZMF deployment unit provider, in a Release Package in the Deployment Units tab, do the following:

  1. Click Edit Deployment Units.
  2. Click the + icon to add a task.
  3. Select the ChangeMan ZMF deployment unit provider name as shown in the following figure.

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When you add or edit a deployment unit, you enter search criteria and then click Find Items to find and select the ChangeMan ZMF change packages to associate with the deployment unit.

The fields that are displayed when searching for change packages from the Deployment Unit Widget are described in the following table.

Field Description Example Values
Package Name Filters

Required filter used to limit the scope of the change package search. You can use multiple filters separated by a semicolon.

ARM100000*;ARM10001*
Title A descriptive name of the deployment unit item These change packages are part of this release
Status Filters

Optional filter used to limit the scope of the change package search.

Values are specified in Deployment Unit - Status Filters list of the configuration and appear here for selection.

DEV

FRZ

REJ

Type Filters

Optional change package type and time span filter used to limit the scope of the change package search.

Values are specified in Deployment Unit - Type Filters list of the configuration and appear here for selection.

PLANNED-PERMANENT

PLANNED-TEMPORARY

UNPLANNED-PERMANENT

UNPLANNED-TEMPORARY

Level Filters

Optional package level filter used to limit the scope of the change package search.

Values are specified in Deployment Unit - Level Filters list of the configuration and appear here for selection.

SIMPLE

PARTICIPATING