Impacts View

The ISPW Impacts view is an option from the context menu when a task is selected in a supported view. The view lists components that are related to a target component (whatever task has been selected in the supported view). That target component is assigned level of indirection 0. The generated list includes all components that call a target component (above that component in the display) together with all components called by the target component (below that component in the display). This list can be used for impact analysis and to help build a comprehensive assignment of tasks to represent the impacted components.

How the Relationships are Built

Component impacts are loaded into the ISPW repository when components are promoted to the first controlled level above the update level. In other words, the component is parsed on the first P (Promote). In the promote process, the source code is parsed using language-specific parsers to determine the various impacts and relationships. ISPW provides parsers for various languages and these are automatically invoked if the component reference capability has been enabled for the designated ISPW applications and member types. ISPW administrators can also run batch jobs to populate the Repository for designated applications and levels.

Columns, actions, and fields

See to column definitions, action definitions, and field definitions for information about the columns, actions, and fields in this view.

To open the ISPW Impacts view

Do any of the following:

• In a view that support tasks, right-click the task and select View>Impacts.
• In the Repository Explorer view, right-click the task and select View>Impacts.
• From the Window menu, select Show View>Other>ISPW Impacts.

To export the Impacts view

1. Select one or more rows in the Impacts view.
2. Right-click and select Export. The Export dialog box appears.
3. From the Format list, select the desired export file format.
4. In the File name field, enter or browse to the location in which to save the spreadsheet file.
5. From the Field delimiter list, select the type of delimiter to be used for the spreadsheet.
6. From the Text qualifier list, select one of the following:
   • Select None to not include double quotes
   • Select Double quote to enclose each cell's data in double quotes so it is treated as a single unit
7. Click Finish. The selected rows are saved as a spreadsheet file in the specified location.