Release control is basic to the entire environment. Each release
under the specified environment contains its own unique Business Rules tables.
The state diagram in Figure 1 shows how
the release can be managed by its own series of state transitions
and shows the initial state of each release once it is created. In
edit mode, the user can import and export the business rules.
The user can change the state of the releases to locked and activating
by using the lock and activate processes. When a release is activated,
the system closes any existing active releases before it can be turned
into an active state. Any closed release can also be reactivated.
The system keeps the history of its releases once it is activated
or reactivated by preserving the previous release states separately.
Figure 1. Various States for Each Release
