Viewing the change that supersedes a change

If the status of a change switches from ANALYZED to DEFINED, displaying the superseding change might help you determine the cause of the switch in status.

About this task

When a new change is created or imported to supersede an existing change, that existing change is set to DEFINED status and needs to be analyzed again before it can be run. In this case, you might want to see which change caused the status switch by viewing the superseding change.

Procedure

To view the change that supersedes a change:

  1. On the DB2 Administration Menu (ADB2) panel, specify option CM, and press Enter.
  2. On the Change Management (CM) (ADB2C) panel, specify option 1, and press Enter.
  3. Optional: At the bottom of the Manage Changes (ADB2C1) panel, specify any search criteria to filter or limit the changes that are displayed.
  4. On the Manage Changes (ADB2C1) panel, specify option 1, and press Enter.
  5. On the CM - Changes (ADB2C11) panel, in the list of changes, enter the SBY line command next to the change for which you want to view the superseding change:
    ADB2C11 n ------------------ CM - Changes -------------------- Row 1 to 4 of 4 
    Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  
                                                                                   
    Commands: COMMENT  EXPORT  REFRESH                                                      
    Line commands:                                                                 
     U - Update  AN - Analyze  RN - Run  VE - Versions  ST - Statements            
     PQ - Prerequisites  IG - Ignores  MA - Masks  S - Show WSL  B - Checkpoint 
     ? - Show all line commands           
                                                                                   
    Sel       ID Owner    Name                        Type     Status   I Comment  
               * *        *                           *        *        * *        
    --- -------- -------- --------------------------- -------- -------- - ---------
               1 TS5777   CHG001                      CHANGE   DEFINED    TEST1    
    SBY        2 TS5777   CHG002                      CHANGE   DEFINED    TEST2    
               3 TS5777   CHG003                      CHANGE   DEFINED    TEST3    
               4 TS5777   CHG004                      CHANGE   DEFINED    TEST4    
    ******************************* END OF DB2 DATA *******************************
    Tip: The SBY line command displays the change that immediately supersedes the selected change. If you want to view more prerequisite changes, use the PR line command.
    The change that supersedes the selected change is displayed:
    ADB2C11 n ------------------ CM - Changes -------------------- Row 1 to 1 of 1 
    Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  
                                                                                   
    Commands: COMMENT  EXPORT  REFRESH                                                      
    Line commands:                                                                 
     U - Update  AN - Analyze  RN - Run  VE - Versions  ST - Statements            
     PQ - Prerequisites  IG - Ignores  MA - Masks  S - Show WSL  B - Checkpoint
     ? - Show all line commands           
                                                                                   
    Sel       ID Owner    Name                        Type     Status   I Comment  
               * *        *                           *        *        * *        
    --- -------- -------- --------------------------- -------- -------- - ---------
               4 TS5777   CHG004                      CHANGE   DEFINED    TEST4    
    ******************************* END OF DB2 DATA *******************************

    In this example CHG004 supersedes CHG002.