This document summarizes special control types that can be used in Rational Change management. It describes various web types like extended text, annotated text, visual status, progress bar, and e-signature that provide rich formatting and functionality. It also covers dynamic listboxes that retrieve values from files or databases, subscription controls for notifications, and various dialog controls. The document provides details on how to configure and implement these special control types for different change request workflows.

1. Rational Change
Special Control Types
Yaron Zelichover
January 2011
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2. Standard types
 Text  List Box
 String  Toggle
 Date  Log
 User  Read Only
 Number

3. Special Web Types
 Web Types:
 EXTENDED TEXT  Dialog controls:
 ANNOTATED TEXT  Section
 VISUAL STATUS  HTML TEXT
 PAGE NAVIGATE  Baseline Report
 PROGRESS BAR  HIDDEN attribute
 SUBSCRIPTION  Default values in
 E-SIGNATURE submit forms
 Dynamic List box
 VALUELISTBOX

4. CCM_EXTENDED_TEXT
 Rich text format

5. CCM_ANNOTATED_TEXT
 Annotated text showing details of the user and time

6. CCM_VISUAL_STATUS
 Visual display of CR‟s current state
 Displays only states from „Primary Transitions‟

7. CCM_PAGE_NAVIGATE
 Quick navigation to different sections of the CR dialog
 Requires the following types:
 CCM_PAGE_NAVIGATE
 CCM_START_SEC
 CCM_END_SEC

8. CCM_PROGRESS_BAR
 Shows visual effort progress: Plan vs. Total
 Green/Red colors

9. CCM_PROGRESS_BAR (2)
 Use the following Types:
 CCM_PROGRESS_BAR
 2 attributes of type CCM_STRING
 In the dialog properties, define the related attributes

10. CCM_SUBSCRIPTION
 Allows users to subscribe to a specific CR
 Mail notification for each modification/transition to subscribers
 List of subscribers editable by admin
 List of subscribers editable via API

11. CCM_E_SIGNATURE
 Electronic Signature on CR

12. CCM_E_SIGNATURE (2)
 Configure Purpose List from „Listbox Manager‟

13. Dynamic Listbox
 Get values from text file
 Location: <Change_home>/WEB-INF/wsconfig/templates/pt/etc

14. Dynamic Listbox (2)
 Database Listbox
 all_releases
 active_releases
 all_databases
 …

15. Dynamic Listbox (3)
 Dynamic Listbox using a script
 Values are updated upon mouse „hover‟
 Scripts location:
<Change home>/WEB-INF/wsconfig/scripts/listbox
 Example: „browser‟, using “browserInfo.js”

16. CCM_VALUELISTBOX
 A Listbox that displays a set of labels, mapped to other values
 By selecting a label, the corresponding value is submitted
 Tech note on how to activate it:
 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21324005

17. Dialog controls
 Section: BEGIN_SECTION, END_SECTION
 HTML_TEXT
 Baseline Report
 CCM_HIDDEN type
 Default values in submit forms

18. Listbox manager - Other
 External Resolvers

19. Add control to lifecycle
 Create an attribute using requested webtype
 Add attribute to relevant show/transition dialogs
 Define permissions for the attribute in states

20. Thank You