View Blueprint Changes for a Business Object
View Blueprint changes for a Business Object to see which definitions associated with a particular Business Object will be changed by the active Blueprint when it is published. When you view Blueprint changes for a Business Object, you can:
- Select how to display changes (group by Business Object, Definition Type, or View).
- Search for specific Business Object changes.
- Remove Business Object changes from the Blueprint.
- Compare the Business Object changes with the original system
definitions.
Note: The Blueprint Changes window for a particular Business Object is similar to the Blueprint Changes window, except that it only shows changes that were made to a particular Business Object within a Blueprint.
The Blueprint Changes window for a Business Object can be opened from the Object Manager within an existing Blueprint.
To open the Blueprint Changes window for a Business Object:
- In
CSM Administrator,
open
an existing Blueprint.
The Blueprint Editor opens, showing the Object Manager in its Main Pane. The Object Manager lists the existing Business Objects.
- Click a
Business Object in the Object tree, and
then click the
View Blueprint Changes for <Business
Object> task in the Structure area.
Note: The View Blueprint Changes for <Business Object> operation is only available if changes have been made to the selected Business Object within the open Blueprint.
- Display: Groups changes in the tree by Business Object, Definition,
or View.
- By Business Object: Groups changes by the Business Object.
- By Definition Type: Groups changes by the types of definitions associated with the Business Object (ex: Forms).
- By View and then Business Object: Groups changes by View (ex: Default, Portal Default) and then by Business Object.
- By View and then Definition Type: Groups changes by View (ex: Default, Portal Default) and then by the types of definitions associated with the Business Object (ex: Forms).
- Search: Searches for changes by keyword or phrase.
- In the Search Box, provide a word or phrase to search for. The drop-down displays the most recently used (MRU) searches.
- Click Go to run the search. The items containing the specified word or phrase are displayed within their hierarchical structure.
- Business Object Changes Tree: Displays changes in a hierarchical tree
grouped by the selected display option.
- Click the arrow next to a category (Business Object, Definition
Type, or View) to expand it and view its changes. Click the arrow again to
collapse it.
Tip: Right-click a category or change to open a context menu, and then select options to expand/collapse the tree, remove changes, or compare definitions.
- Click the arrow next to a category (Business Object, Definition
Type, or View) to expand it and view its changes. Click the arrow again to
collapse it.
- Remove/Compare:
- Click Remove to remove a selected item from the Blueprint (it is not removed from the system).
- Click
Compare to compare the Business Object
change with the existing system definition.
Note: Remove and Compare are only enabled when an individual change is selected. Changes cannot be removed or compared by selecting display categories (Business Object, Definition Type, or View). A change can only be compared if an existing definition is edited or updated in the Blueprint; newly added definitions cannot be compared (there is nothing to compare them to).