Setting the life cycle status of products and versions in bulk

You can set the life cycle status of products and versions in the Product Catalog, based on which you can define actions for a product. For example, you can specify an action in BMC Remedy ITSM that enables a finance application to be installed in the production environment only if it is marked as 'Released'.

To set the life cycle status of products in bulk

1. Search for the products by specifying search criteria according to Searching for product entries in the Manage Products Console.
2. From the Products tab of the Search Results table, select the products for which you want to set a particular life cycle status.
3. From the Select Actions list, select Set > Product Life Cycle.
4. Select one of the following life cycle options:
   • Development — The product is being created or assembled and is not yet tested.
   • Test — The product development is complete, but the product is being validated.
     A test product can be approved for a select group of people for testing purposes.
   • Released — The product development and testing are complete, and it is ready for use in the production environment.

5. Click Perform.

   Note

   The life cycle status that you set for a product applies to all the versions associated with that product.

To set the life cycle status of versions in bulk

1. Search for the products by specifying search criteria according to Searching for product entries in the Manage Products Console.
2. From the Products tab of the Search Results table, select one or more products.
   The versions associated with the selected product are displayed in the Model/Version tab.
3. From the Model/Version tab of the Search Results table, select the versions for which you want to set a particular life cycle status.
4. Select Set > Version Life Cycle from the Select Actions list.
5. Select one of the following life cycle options:
   • Development — The version is being created or assembled and is not yet tested.
   • Test — The version development is complete but the version is being validated.
     A test version could be approved for a select group of people for testing purposes.
   • Released — The version development and testing are complete, and it is ready for use in the production environment.

6. Click Perform.

   Note

   The life cycle status that you set for a version is also applicable for all the patches associated with that version.