Release Management approval mappings

Before you begin

Make sure you have completed the configuration described under Configuring-approval-mappings.

Additional mappings for Release Management

1. Open the Approval Mappings form.
   
   

2. The CI tab is used to map approvers to the release's CIs. 

   
   
   Here you can map approvers to the CIs associated with the release. When you map approvers to CIs, you must specify how the CI is selected.
   

   Select on	Action
   CI Type	If you select on CI Type, you must select a specific CI type from the menu, for example, CI Type > System > Computer System.
   CI Name	If you select on CI Name, you must enter a specific CI Name. To retrieve a list of CIs, place your cursor in the CI Name field and then press Enter. The CI Relationship Search window appears. Perform a search for a CI and then click Select. The CI Name+ and CI ID fields are then populated.

   The Company, Region, Site Group, and Site fields in the CI tab apply also to basic approval processes. These fields correspond to the Release Location fields in the General tab in a release request.
   
   

3. The Categorization tab is used to map approvers to services specified in the operational and product categorizations of the release. You can specify a company and a business justification (for example, Upgrade). 

   

4. The Role tab is used to map approvers based on the support groups defined within the release. The fields in the Role tab apply to basic approval processes. 

   

5. The Advanced Criteria tab is used to map approvers based on specific criteria. The fields in the Advanced Criteria tab apply to basic approval processes. 

   

   Important

   Risk Level 1 is the lowest and Risk Level 5 is the highest risk.

   The Approve if Risk and Notify if Risk fields work in conjunction with each other. You can use the Notify if Risk field to set up notification-only approvals based on risk level. Notification-only approvals are used to only notify a recipient and the recipient doesn't need to approve them or perform any action. You can also use the Approve if Risk <= field to set up approvals based on risk level. If no values are specified, the approval is generated for any risk level.

6. Click Save.

   Important

   Approval mapping records are specifically for the Release Level processes.

You use the Approver Mappings form to set up individuals and groups as approvers for each approval phase of release requests, based on the approval process defined in the Approval Process Configuration form (such as configuration item).