PM55556: mirrored attribute values UI inconsistency

Rational Change Fix Pack 3 (5.3.0.3) for 5.3

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Usability problem with mirrored attributes. If a CR has two or
  more related CRs, the mirrored attribute values for each of
  these CRs in a query or report are separated by commas.
  If the attribute has no value on any one related CR, it is
  difficult to identify which attribute value is mapped to which
  related CR by looking at the report.
  
  Tools:
  Tested on Change 5.2.0.6 and Change 5.3.0.2
  OS: Any
  
  
  Description.
  Steps:
  -To reproduce this behavior with mirrored attributes, consider
  the basic example of having duplicate CRs
  -Create a CR(CR1) with a few duplicate CRs(CR 2, CR 3, CR 4 CR
  5)
  -Select a particular attribute that you would like to see values
  for on each of the Duplicate CRs(for example: 'keyword' attr)
  -Set the 'keyword' attribute with any value on CR3 and CR5.
  (example: on CR2 --keyword = ?blank?, CR 3 --keyword =
  'testing', CR 4--keyword = ?blank?, CR 5--keyword = 'rational')
  -Create a query to fetch CR1 and list its duplicate CRs with the
  mirrored attribute 'keyword' for each of the CRs
  
  Result:
  In the result, the mirrored attribute 'keyword' should show each
  of the values separated by commas.
  However, in this case, it is impossible to know which CR had a
  blank value, because the output on the report looks like this
  for attribute 'keyword'
  ---
  testing,rational
  ---
  
  The blank values are ignored and there is no way of knowing
  which of these values are mapped to which CR from the list of
  CR2, CR3, CR4 and CR5.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  mirrored attribute values UI inconsistency
  

Problem conclusion

• Fixed in IBM Rational Change Fix Pack 5.3.0.3
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TLOGIC CHANGE

• Fixed component ID

  5724V87CG

Applicable component levels

• R520 PSN

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