ISPW Change Cycle Example – The Simplest Case

The following is a simple scenario within ISPW starting with an existing ISPW Assignment with a REXX Exec being checked out, updated, and promoted back to production. In ISPW, the steps to accomplish this are: 

  1. Add the module to an assignment
  2. Check out from PRD to DEV1
  3. Edit in DEV1
  4. Promote from DEV1 to STG1
  5. Promote from STG1 to QA
  6. Promote from QA to PRD

These steps can be achieved using the following ISPW operations:

  • A – Add Task to Assignment
  • C – Checkout
  • S – Select
  • P – Promote (three times).

Important

This section presents a simple case example. See the description of each operation in Main Menu Option P: Container and Task Lists for more complex cases.

The following figure shows the ISPW Task List Help screen, provided here with the four operations listed above highlighted for reference.

Task List Help Screen

 ISPW                    TASK LIST OPERATIONS
Command ===>

Task List operations are entered in the input fields alongside the
respective tasks. The following operations are presented if selected:

                            STANDARD LINE COMMANDS

A    Add duplicate Task to Task List      N    Add Task-specific Notes entry
AX   Display component xref info          OK   Flag module as done, etc.
B    Browse module                        P    Promote module to next level
C    Checkout/copy module                 PR   Printoff a module (hard copy)
CM   Compare modules or libraries         Q    Q/QM/QP/QW - task information
CU   Cleanup 'in process' flags           RE   Rename module to temporary name
D    Delete Task and module from list     S    Select/Edit module
EX   Execute a foreground function        SU   Submit a batch job
FB   Fallback/backout Prod updates        T    Transfer Task to other Assign
G    Generate (compile/link/bind)         V    Component version list
GI   Generate Impacts (not yet avail.)    W    Work list (alternate views)
H    See Task event history               X    Reject/regress module or action
I    Initiate Deploy(Implement) Module/set

                   Press ENTER for Additional Line Commands


 

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