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1. Approve the installation of the RFP The status of the RFP will be set to 03 Waiting Approve for Installation If Auto Install is set to true for the level the RFP will be installed immediately Reject the RFP for installation The status of the RFP will be retumed to 01 Reject i Requests assigned Objects List the object requests assigned to the RFP Projects List the projects impacted by the object requests in the RFP Tasks List the tasksimpacted by the object requests in the RFP 4 3 RFP Objects The list of all Objects packaged within the RFP Options See Object List all locations where the object is found Locations Object Groups the object groups impacted by the Installed object along with the version oreach group asa result of the installation RFP Details View details of the RFP that the object is assigned to More information about the object information can be found in the section titled Object Detail Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 17 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS 6 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 4 4 RFPTest Satus If at least 1 Group Type is defined to perform acceptance testing fora Promotion Level then each RFP that is installed must be accepted before that RFP can continue to the next step in the migration process The current Test Status for an RFP is displayed in the RF2. MIDRANGE DYNAMICS D providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 5 Objects 5 1 Object Listing The Object Listing displays MDCMS Object Requests that are either curently active or have already been installed The listing is filtered by various fields The initial values for the filters will vary depending on the source of the navigation to the Object listing RFP Project Object Group etc Options Object List all locations where the object is found Locations Object Groups E the object groups impacted by the Installed object along with the version oreach group asa result of the installation RFP Details View details of the RFP that the object is assigned to 5 2 Object Details An RFP identifiesa collection of objects that are to be installed together into the same application environment If the userhas been granted the necessary authority in MDSEC an RFP may be created oredited within the Workflow Application Header Fields Object The name of the object Description The description if itisan IBMi object Library Path The installation location for the Object For an IBMi object this would be the library and foran IFSorremote object this would be the folder path Source Library The installation library forthe IBMi source member Source File The installation source file forthe IBMi source member Object Type The type of object MDCMS The attribute assigned to the request
3. Test Users have accepted the results of the test but Test Status confirmation has not yet occured Accepted Test acceptance has been confirmed The next step in the Workflow process may occur Rejected Provisional Test Users have rejected the results of the test but confirmation hasnot yet occurred Rejected Test rejection has been confirmed The next step in the Workflow process will not occur Description A description of the RFP Delete Source from Programmer Libra Delete Object from Flag specifying if the source should be deleted from the progra mmer library once it installed into the specified environment level This flag is only applicable forthe development environment Flag specifying if the objects should be deleted from the programmer library once they are installed into the specified environment level This flag is only ioe applicable forthe development environment Delete Job Log Flag specifying if the job log that isgenerating during the installation of an RFP when no should be deleted if no emors or wa mings occured during the installation Wamingsoccur poces Create Flag specifying if the objects for this RFP should be automatically requested for Requests for the next level at the same location once the installation is complete for this next level level ER Flag specifying ifa new RFP should be automatically generated and assigned to next level to the objects for the next level Requ
4. Subtasks are recommended when portions of a task are to be camied out by multiple people or when multiple RFPs should be linked to a task Details of linked RFPscan be viewed by clicking on the RFP number from the Subtask listing Options Active RFPs List and Ma nage all active not yet installed or cancelled RFPs that contain at least 1 object assigned to this Subtask Insta lled RFPs List and Manage all Installed RFPs that contain at least 1 object assigned to this Subta sk Task Objects List all Object Requests assigned to this Subtask Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 12 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS D providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 3 5 Project Task Subtask Detail Fields Project The identifier of the Project that the task belongsto Project Title The title of the Project Task An automatically generated task number Description Task Description Subta sk An automatically generated subtask number The reference number for an extemal Issue Management tool belonging to the Reference customer Task Type ia or category of the task The task types can be defined in the settings The User that created the task Task information can be sent to the user by Requester clicking the envelope Priority The relative priority from 1 critical to 5 optional Created Task Created Modified Task Mo
5. APPLIC The wildcard value of APPLIC can be used to include the MDCMS Application Group when the command is used by an RFP exit point The wildcard value of PROLVL can be used to include the MDCMS User Group of Recipients GRPN The text to display in the subject of the email Level PROLVL Application Promotion Level when the command is used by an PFP exit point RFP Number The wildcard value of RFPNBR can be used to include the RFP RFPNBR number when the command is used by an RFP exit point When the value of RFP is used forthe User Group of Recipients GRPN this value will specify the type of group to send to Possible valuesare a userdefined group type Group Type of AC CGRP default all Acceptance Groups for all Projects for the RFP Recipients G RPT TEC GRP all Technical Groups for all Projects for the RFP TSKASN all assigned groups users for all tasks for the RFP TSKREQ all creators for all tasks for the RFP TSKTST all test groups users for all tasks forthe RFP Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 29 31 A MIDRANGE DYNAMICS providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 9 5 MDMAILF Command This Command which resdes in the MDC MS instance library can be used to send a pre formatted plain text or HTML mail to one or more users HTML body templa
6. are displayed For RFPs that are not yet installed the Installation Date and the Reserved Until Date can be scheduled in advance and then displayed in this view MDCMS uses varying colors for the RFPs to help optically separate the individual RFPs fom one another The RFP may be clicked to view more information about the RFP Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 22 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS gt providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 7 Conflict List The Conflict List isa function that allows for the listing of all objects in an MDXREF level Additionally where found comparisons will be made with the objectsin a second MDXREF level This function wascreated primarily forthe following pumpose Many companies receive updates to their business applications fom a 3 party vendor The updates might typically be sent as a Save File containing a unique library known as a Delivery Library If significant or frequent updates are being made to an application there will often be several delivery libraries present on the development system It can then be difficult to manage the status of the various deliveries and to ensure that the comect version of a duplicated object will be installed The conflict list can be used to significantly help with the management of this situation The optimal way to make use of the conflict list is to create a level on
7. soute Pate The source change date of the object in Production Production Source Time e Production The source change time of the object in Production Source Lib Production The library containing the source at the time the object was compiled or The most recent MDCMS Application Level RFP used to migrate the Appiicaton level RFP object from the delivery library Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 24 31 G MIDRANGE DYNAMICS providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 8 Object Group Versioning 8 1 Object Groups An Object Group isan entity in MDCMS that allows forthe logical grouping of objects within or across applications and librariesforthe purpose of version tracking forthat group of objects Per object group a version numbercan be maintained and or viewed The version number may be set manually or automatically depending on object installation counts Each group can have its own version incrementing scheme The MDCMSsystem locations and levels intended for the versioning of Object Groupsis defined from the settings menu Object Group Levels Typically the level s containing the production environment are used for versioning Fields Location The location of the Object Group Level The MDCMS level of the Object Group Object Group The name of the Object Group Description A bri
8. the development system such as 99 to be used to cross reference the objects that reside in the delivery libraries This way MDXREF is aware of the contents of all of the deliveries and can list them as well as compare the objectsto one another orto the Production level The Conflict List function is not limited to 3 party delivenesand could be used for other purposes 7 1 XREFBLDUB API to Add Delivery Library to MDXREF The XREFBLDUB API can be used to automatically add a new delivery library to the MDXREF database This command can then be built directly into the process used to restore the delivery library onto the system 7 2 XREFRMVLIB API to Remove Delivery Library from MDXREF The XREFRMVLUB API can be used to automatically remove a delivery library from the MDXREF database once the library is no longer required This command can then be built directly into the process used to delete the delivery library from the system 7 3 Conflict List Settings The settings for the Conflict List must be defined before the function can be used The settings are available asa link from the Conflict List view Fields Application The MDXREF application to contain the cross reference information Location of Delivery Libraries The IBMi location containing the Delivery Libraries MDXREF Level for The MDXREF level numberto contain the cross reference information for the Delivery Libraries Delivery libraries Location of Produ
9. the submission job is active The submission job compiles the source code if necessary and places the objects in a temporary library pending installation 02 Waiting for Approval Submission is complete and approval of the RFP is necessary before the RFP can be installed If the user is authonzed the user may press the Approve button within the Workflow application to approve the RFP 03 Waiting for Installation Approval is complete and the RFP is waiting to be requested to be installed IP Installation Pending The RFP has been requested to be installed but has not yet been placed in the job queue 04 Installation in job queue When the job queue is freed the RFP installation process will begin XY Installation in progress the installation process is active 05 Installed Installation Complete 09 RFP Closed without any Installation occuring Status Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 15 31 G MIDRANGE DYNAMICS providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow From RFP The previous RFP that this RFP wascreated from Ongoing Testing in progressand results are not yet complete Accepted Provisional Test Users have accepted the results of the test but confirmation hasnot yet occured Accepted Test acceptance has been confirmed The next step in the Workflow process may occur Accepted Provisional
10. E DYNAMICS 3 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 2 5 ObjectGroup Levels Object Group Levels define the environments where Object Group versioning should be enabled Object Groups are collections of objects that reside within a library or across libraries or within an Application or across Applications Workflow can track and increment the version of those collections as installations occur into the defined Levels Fields Location The IBMi Location of the Promotion Level Level The MDCMS Promotion Level Description A description of the level since the object groups ma an applications Group Required Flag specifying if an object must belong to at least 1 group before it may be insta lled Options Object Groups Lit and Manage all Object Groups defined for this Level Manually Lst and Manage all Manually Attached Objects defined for this Level Attached Objects 2 6 Reports The fieldsto be included in each of the Excel reports can be defined here The list of available Reports are Project Listing Task Listing Subta sk Listing RFP Listing Installed RFP Listing RFP Installation Schedule Object Listing The value for the Fields column will indicate if all fields are included within the Report or if a subset of fields custom are included in the Report Clicking on the Report will bring up the Report Fields view where a checkbox will indicate if the Field value is included in the R
11. MIDRANGE DYNAMICS D providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow User Manual MDWorkflow Web Application from Midrange Dynamics Version 6 9 Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 1 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS 3 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow MDWorkflow Table of Contents Ar INTRODUCTION EE 1 1 Product OvervieW a esscesscesscssecssecsseesssesssessecssesssesscusscsssusscusscssscssecssecsaecsscesssessscssesssensseassesscasecsaecsuecsaeeseseassenes 1 2 Logging into the Workflow Applicotion L NEO EE 2 WORKELOW SETTINGS ee ee Ee Eeer eege ee Ee eer 2 1 Group TYPOS wasecsssceesseessecesssecssscessseessecesssecssssessecessecssseessecessseessecssesesaeceesssessecensssesaeceasssesseseasssessscesesensecenseees 22 AGKOUDS E 2 3 Required Acceptance Group Types per Level ZA TASK TY DOS vecziiccsieccsdsvaceasessociessaveacevvsesnedsdevecedssavess syaadedbeseadssdasdesssaaehedsyasvackavdasazdaaiadaeassiaoeckeheasank stesexdsosesdbetess 2 0 Obj ct Group TE 26 e TEE EE ele E EE E Tee EE D gt PROJECTS exacs2iadssdcavbeashs auecissavelacadavccecbosvssdends seca ANAE AE AE E A A teens 3 1 Project Listing EE ie Project Eege eege dee a 3 2 1 Involved Users fora e E 3 2 2 Project Attachments mn deed Ee Eege dee ees E geed ee 3 2 3 Project COMMENTS essiri esaa E S E A ousaenucadneavaaycevateunedies arteacuas A E ER Sie Projec
12. P listing and in the RFP detail The user may click on this status to view or enter the results of the testing performed for the RFP If the Test Status is blank then either the RFP is not yet installed orthe RFP isfora level that does not require testing The Test Status view lists each Project that isimpacted by the RFP and the status of the testing by the Acceptance Groups assigned to the Project forthe RFP s Level Header Fields Application The MDCMS Application code Location The IBMi MDCMS Repository Location Luc The MDCMS Application Level at the given location corelating to a specific environment forthe application such as Development Test or Production Ongoing Testing in progressand results are not yet complete Accepted Provisional Test Users have accepted the results of the test but confirmation hasnot yet occurred Accepted Test acceptance has been confirmed The next step in the Workflow process may occur Accepted Provisional Test Users have accepted the results of the test but Test Sta tus confirmation hasnot yet occured Accepted Test acceptance has been confirmed The next step in the Workflow process may occur Rejected Provisional Test Users have rejected the results of the test but confirmation hasnot yet occurred Rejected Test rejection has been confirmed The next step in the Workflow process will not occur The automatically generated RFP number The RFP is used for precisely 1 RFP mig
13. TST all test groups users for all tasks forthe RFP RFP Description RFPDSC The description of the RFP represented by the wildcard value of RFPDSC RFP Programmer RFPPRG RFP Approver RFPAPR The programmer assigned to the RFP represented by the wildcard value of RFPPRG The party responsible forthe approval of the RFP represented by the wildcard value of RFPAPR RFP Installer RFPINS The person who installed the RFP represented by the wildcard value of RFPINS Project Title PR TIT Project PROJ ID The Project ID represented by the wildcard value of PROJ ID The Project ID description represented by the wildcard value of PR TTH Project Requester PRJ REQ The Project Requester represented by the wildcard value of PRJ REQ Project Programmer PRJ PRG The Project Programmer represented by the wildcard value of PR PRG Project Authorizer The person who Authorized the Project represented by the wildcard value PRJ AUT of PR AUT Project Approver The person who Approved the Project represented by the wildcard value PRJ APR of PR APR ale The Object Library represented by the wildcard value of 0 BJ UB Object Name The name of the object represented by the wildcard value of OB NAM 0B NAM Ar N The IBMi object type represented by the wildcard value of 0 BJ TYP A ana The sou
14. YNAMICS D providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow H Email APIs 9 1 Starting SMIP client The SMTP client must be started on each IBMi system that is to issue emails The command is MDSIRMAIL in library MDCMS MDSTRMAIL Parameters a Gi The MDCMS instance to use DFT uses the default instance MDC MS YES submit a new job to batch Thisjob willbe named MDMAIL instance Sup ME OR NO run client using this job SBMJ OB Additionally the java bci job MDMAIL instance will be started The job queue to submit the new job to A OBD value will submit to the job Joep Queve er queue and subsystem as defined in the user profile submitting the job Job Queue Library J OBQL The library of the job queue to submit the new job to 9 2 Ending SMTP client The SMTP client can be cleanly ended on each IBMi system that is to issue emails by using command MDENDMAIL in library MDC MS MDENDMAIL Parameters ae P The MDCMS instance to use DFT uses the default instance MDC MS 9 3 Mailing Project or Task Information When the user clickson the envelope to the right of a user or group in the Project or Task detail screen MDWorkflow invokes the MDMAILF command on the IBMi system that contains the connection repository for MDWorkflow The template that isused for generating the HTML body isnamed WorkflowProject htm or WorkflowTask htm The location for these templatesis by default IFS
15. ancelled nothing will be installed Project Description Involved Users See detailed description in section 3 2 1 below Attachments See detailed description in section 3 2 2 below Comments See detailed description in section 3 2 3 below Status History Date Time Status User ID and UserName for all Project related events A detailed description of the Project Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 10 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS D providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 3 2 1 Involved Users fora Project For each Project the users that are to be involved with the Project can be defined There is no limit to the number of User Groups assigned to a Project Ata minimum there must be at least 1 User Group defined for each Group Type that is responsible for testing the results of an installation into the MDCMS levels that require testing acceptance The user managing the Involved Groups fora Project may click the Save as Default button This will indicate to MDCMS that the curent Group configuration should be automatically used when future Projects are created by the same user Fields Technical the group is responsible for ca nying out the Project tasks Role Acceptance Test the group is responsible fortesting and accepting the results of installations The type of group to be involved The group typesare defined f
16. ary The library containing the source at the time the object was compiled Installation Date Insta lla tion Time The date of the most recent installation of the object This date may be clicked to see the full details of the installation The time of the most recent installation of the object Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 21 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS 6 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 6 Installation Calendar The Installation Calendarallows you to view all past and future RFP installations across all systems The view is filtered by the following fields whose values are remembered from the previous session RFP Status The status of the RFP Location The MDCMSrepository location Application he MDCMSApplication code Level The MDCMSApplication Level code Object Name The name of the Object Project The Project value Task The Project Task Subtask The Project Task s Subtask Month Year The primary view showsthe days of the current month A list view titled RFP Installation Schedule can be viewed for RFP installations for a specific date and time by clicking on the link for Month Month yyyy Week Week nn or Day Day mm dd yyyy For each day all RFPs that match the filter values and are part of the span of time between installation and the end of the Reserved Until value for the RFP
17. be specifically referenced in the command string forthe RFP exit point this value must be set to YES IMPORTANT Any of the following wildcard values that will be used within the email body must be visible on the command line Thiscan be done from the command prompt by typing overa character of the parameter with the same character Since the length of a command string is limited only include wildcardsthat will actually be used by the email body Application APPLIC Level PROLVL The MDCMS Application Group represented by the wildcard value of APPLC The MDCMS Application Promotion Level represented by the wildcard value of PROLVL RFP Number RFPNBR The RFP number for this promotion represented by the wildcard value of RFPNBR Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 30 31 A Group Type of Recipients G RPT MIDRANGE DYNAMICS providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow When the value of RFP is used forthe User Group of Recipients GRPN this value will specify the type of group to send to Possible valuesare a userdefined group type AC CGRP default all Acceptance Groups for all Projects forthe RFP TEC GRP all Technical Groups for all Projects for the RFP TSKASN all assigned groups users for all tasks for the RFP TSKREQ all creators for all tasks forthe RFP TSK
18. ction The IBMi location containing the Production Libraries Libraries MDXREF Level for Production The MDXREF level numberto contain the cross reference information for the m EE Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 23 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS D providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 7 4 Conflict List Listing This view lists all objects located in the designated MDXREF Application and Level for deliveries see Conflict List Settings The list can be filtered by a Library Object RFP or differencesin respect to Production If a value is entered for library filter or if a library in the listing itself is clicked the listing will be changed to show only objects in that library Additional all matching objects in other delivery libraries will be shown as well This allows for the user to very easily see the duplicate objects among the various delivery libraries The same is true forthe Object or RFP filter Fields Object The name of the object Attribute The IBMi attribute forthe object Library The name of the delivery library containing the object Source Date Delivery _ The source change date of the object in the delivery library Source Time Delivery The source change time of the object in the delivery library Source Lib Delivery The library containing the source at the time the object was compiled
19. cts List all Objects assigned to the RFP f List the object groups impacted by the Installed RFP along with the version for EE HE each group asa result of the installation Test Status View and update the Test Status forthe RFP 4 2 RFP Detail An RFP identifiesa collection of objects that are to be installed together into the same application environment level If the user has been granted the necessary authority in MDSEC an RFP may be created edited approved or rejected within the Workflow Application Fields Application The MDCMS Application code Location The IBMi MDCMS Repository Location Level The MDCMS Promotion Level at the given location comelating to a specific environment forthe application such as Development Test or Production The automatically generated RFP number The RFP is used only once for the RFP 8 migration of objects into the specified environment User The user assigned to the RFP RP Request Pending The RFP is waiting to be activated The installation into the prior level has not yet been accepted 00 No Requests Assigned no objects have been assigned to the RFP 01 Requests Assigned 1 or more objects are assigned to be migrated when the RFP is installed SP Submission Pending The RFP has been requested to be submitted but has not yet been placed in the job queue YY Submission in job queue once the queue is freed the RFP submission process will begin XX Submission in progress
20. dified Sent An email has been sent using the MDMAILAPI on the IBMi system Work In Progress Work on behalf of the task isin progress Status Ready to Test Programming forthe task iscomplete and ready for testing Testing in Progress Testing of changesis in progress Testing Complete Testing of changesis complete Closed The task iscomplete finished ordone Cancelled The tax will not be performed Due Date The intended date by which the task should be complete Due Time The intended time by which the task should be complete D ad A detailed description of the task This can include programmer and testing escniption notes Application The MDC MS Application impacted by the task Location The IBMi system impacted by the task Level The MDC MS Application Promotion level impacted by the task Assign to Group The group responsible for canying out the task Send task information to all users in the group by clicking the envelope A specific user in the group responsible for camying out the task If blank then Assign to User any user in the group may be involved Send task information to the user by clicking the envelope The group responsible for testing the results of the task Send task information to all users in the group by clicking the envelope A specific user in the group responsible for testing the results of the task If blank Test User then any user in the group may be involved Send task information to the
21. e IBM i solutions MDWorkflow Object List elds Pro The list of Projects that this object request is assigned to The Project ID may be roject e i clicked to view more information about the Project Task The Project Task that was used forthe Object Request The Task may be clicked to view more information about the Task Subtask The Project Task s Subtask that was used for the Object Request The Subtask maybe be clicked to view more information about the Subtaxk Description The Description of either the Project Task or Subtask 5 3 Object Locations This list allows you to view all libraries across all systems where an object of the same name and type are located NOTE This list is only complete and accurate if the libraries are cross referenced within MDXREF This list is only applicable for OS 400 objects This lit gives a good overview of where a particular object is located and how far it has migrated along the Workflow path Fields Location The IBMi MDCMS Repository Location Library The library where the object resides Attribute The MDCMSAttribute assigned to the object Create Date The actual creation date according to the object description Create Time The actual creation time according to the object description Source Date The actual source change date according to the object description Source Time The actual source change time according to the object description Source Libr
22. e Project Listing link appears on every page except the Project Listing page itself allowing you to retum to the initial screen at any time Options Entries within the Options section at the middle left of the screen list each option available for a row within a list based on your personal authorization rights Each row contains a radio button First click the radio button for the row you wish to process and then click the option to be performed Help The User Guide link may be accessed to launch this User Manual if you need to obtain help abouta particularscreen Change If the login occurs using a password the password can be changed by clicking on Password this link Close Cleanly end the active thread on the IBMi for this browse window If other threads are still active the IBMi job MDRPxxxx remains active and a new thread can be started without the need to provide credentials If this was the final thread the IBMi job MDRPxxxe will cleanly end and login credentials willneed to be provided the next time MDWorkflow is accessed Screen Body Buttons Blue rectangles provided to cany out an action when left clicked FiterFields At the top of most listing screens values may be entered into filter fields to limit the listing to rows matching those values The Reset button will clearthe values from the filter fields The Search button will refresh the listing using the filter values The Report button will create an Excel file containing the r
23. ef description Curent Verson The current version of the group This may range from VOROMO to V999R999M 999 Automatic If checked the version will increment automatically based on the increment Versioning counters Otherwise the version will only change manually Version Number The Version primary portion of the version This is only editable if automatic versioning istumed off Release Number The Release Secondary portion of the verson This is only editable if automatic versioning istumed off Modification The Modification tertiary portion of the version This is only editable if Number automatic versioning istumed off Increment V every The numberof objectsthat must be installed forthe group before the n Object Version number will be incremented by 1 Only applicable when automatic Insta lla tions versioning isenabled Increment Revery The numberof objectsthat must be installed forthe group before the n Object Release number will be incremented by 1 Only applicable when automatic Insta lla tions versioning isenabled Increment M every The numberof objects that must be installed forthe group before the n Object Modification number will be incremented by 1 Only applicable when Insta lla tions automatic versioning isenabled Object Installations The number of objectsinstalled since the last time the version number was since last V automatically incremented The Reset button may be used t
24. eport or exc luded unchecked Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 8 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS 3 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 2 7 Email Addresses The email address table for users involved with the workflow process that may need to be able to receive an email from the tool The MDMAIL and MDMAILF APIs also use this table for any in house use of the API such as within an MDCMS Exit Point Fields User The user profile of a userthat is registered in MDSEC on the Repository partition Name Name of userdefined in MDSEC Email Address The address to be used to send emails to this user 2 8 Email Settings The connection settings necessary to connect the java SMTP client on each IBMi system to the SMTP server Fields Location The IBMi location SMTP Host The TCP IP address hostname of the SMTP server SMTP Port The port number to connect to for SMTP requests SMTP User The userid forauthentication on the SMTP server SMTP Password The password for authentication on the SMTP server SMTP Auth Flag specifying if the SMTP server requires authentication Required SS Email Address The address to use asthe sender Flag specifying if logging should be performed If performed the log will be SEA written to QPRINTfor the MDMAILjob on the IBMi system Use SMTPS Flag specifying if SMTP Secure SSL sho
25. es Blank exclusion values will be ignored Fields Rule An automatically generated number to identify the rule Application The MDCMS Application Library Folder The library or folder name where the object will be installed generic Object Name The name of the object generic Object Type The type of object MDCMSAttrib ute The MDC MS attribute used to install the object generic 8 3 Manually Attached Objects For each level where Object Groups are defined the objects to be installed will be checked against the inclusion rules to see which Groups that the Object belongs to If the object does not match any of the rules for any of the groups and the installation level requires that each object must belong to a group a pre submission checking screen will notify the installer and the installation will not continue untileach object belongsto atleast 1 group Either the rules are updated so that the object will belong to a group or the object can be manually attached to a group directly from the checking screen The specific object will then automatically be attached to that same group for future installations In order to list the objects that are manually attached to an Object Group a link is provided from the Object Group Levels settings view If an object should no longer be manually attached in future installations the Reuse Group flag can be disabled Click the Save button once the flags have been s
26. ests Place RFP in Flag specifying if the RFP should be placed in the send list when distribution Send List queuesare defined forthe specified level Date Created Time Created The date that the RFP wascreated The time that the RFP wascreated on the date Sub mission Date For Open RFPs The date the RFP should be submitted For Submitted RFPs The date the RFP was submitted Sub mission Time For Open RFPs The time the RFP should be submitted For Submitted RFPs The time the RFP was submitted Installation Date Installa tion Time For Open RFPs The date the RFP should be installed For Submitted RFPs The date the RFP was installed For Open RFPs The time the RFP should be installed For Submitted RFPs The time the RFP was installed Reserved until Date The date until which the environment should be reserved for testing of the RFP The block of time between the Installation Date and the Reserved until Date is displayed on the Installation Calendar as time reserved for testing This field is merely informational and does not block further work from being performed Reserved until Time The time until which the environment should be reserved for testing of the RFP Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 16 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS 6 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow RFP Detail Buttons
27. et asneeded Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 26 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS D providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 8 4 Object Group Installation History A listing of each RFP that has been installed which contains at least 1 object belonging to the Object Group Fields Install Date Date of Installation Insta ll Time Time of Installation Application MDCMS Application code RFP The RFP number may be clicked to view more information about the RFP Description The RFP description The version number of the Object Group afterall objects in the RFP had Version i been installed The number of objects in the RFP belonging to the Object Group Object Count Recompiled objectsare not counted The number may be clicked to see the list of objects 8 5 Objects in Object Group All objects that have been installed which belonged to the Object Group at the time of the Installation More information about the object information can be found in the section Object Detail 8 6 Object Groups for Object When viewing the object detail for an installed object the Object Groups link can be clicked to list all Object Groupsthat that Object wasattached to for that installation Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 27 31 MIDRANGE D
28. folder MDCMS MAIL The location and orfile name can be modified by changing the value stored in data areas MAILPROJ and MAILTASK in library MDC MS instance Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 28 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS C providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 9 4 MDMAILCommand This Command which resides in the MDC MS instanc e library can be used to send a plain text mail to one ormore recipients MDMAIL Parameters Email Address of Recipient ADDR A specific email address A Workflow Group to send the email to Possible valuesare NONE RFP ora userdefined Group Name The value RFP is used in conjunction with parameter Group Type GRPT to send the email to allinvolved groupsof given group type forthe projects included in the RFP UserID of Recipient The userid to send the email to This email address is maintained within USER MDWorkflow settings Message Subject SUB A free format string to be used asthe mail body MDCMS Wildcards may be Body TERE BODY used if using the Soe nd from an RFP exit an Attachment 1 ATT1 Attachment 1 Attachment 2 ATT2 Attachment 2 Delete Attachments Should Attachments for this email be deleted after sending YES to delete after Send DELA the Attachment and NO to retain the Attachment ee ance The MDCMS Instance to be used for this email INST Application
29. hat object package will be allowed to move on to the next step in the Workflow process Example MDCMS Promotion Level 50 is defined as the User Acceptance Environment level When objects are installed into this level business users and IT management must test the environment before those objects are allowed to be installed into the Production Environment level To ensure that this occurs group types BUS USER and IT MGMTare specified as Required Acceptance Group Types for level 50 Then whenever an RFP is installed into level 50 a user within a group of type BUS USER and a user within a group of type T MGMT must accept the RFP before it can be sent to Production Fields Application MDCMS Application Location The IBMi Location of the Promotion Level Level The MDC MS Application Promotion Level Group Type een of group that must accept the results of an installation into the given Description Description of the Group Type 2 4 Task Types Task types categorize each kind of task that could be opened fora project This allows for the simple filtering of tasks based on the type of task Fields Task Type A 10 character code used to uniquely identify the type oe A description of the Task Type For example Issue Migration Request Rollback Description etc Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 7 31 MIDRANG
30. imed Date The date that the current status was set by the user Time The time that the current status was set by the user c A comment that will be applied to every checked row when a button is omment i clicked A comment is mandatory for rejected rows Buttons i Set every checked Project to status In Progress signifying that you are in the n Progress process of testing for those Projects Accent Set every checked Project to status Accepted signifying that you have H accepted the testing results for those Projects i Set every checked Project to status Rejected signifying that you have rejected Reject the testing results for those Projects Undo Undo the current status forthe checked Projects Gonna Once all project rows have been accepted the Confirm Acceptance button Acceptance can be clicked by an authorized user to permanently set the RFP to accepted and to allow the next step in the Workflow processto occur forthe RFP Once lormore project rows have been rejected the Confirm Rejection button SE can be clicked by an authonzed user to permanently set the RFP to rejected J and to remove any pending next steps from the Workflow process forthe RFP Create Task Once confirmed the Task view can be requested for a Project with the RFP information automatic ally filled in Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 19 31
31. ing on the Next Comment and Prior Comment buttons Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 11 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS D providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 3 3 Project Task Listing The Task Listing displays the individual tasks and subtasks that have been defined fora Project The listing is filtered by various fields whose values are remembered from the previous session The Task Listing can also display tasks across projects by clicking the Task Listing link from the Project Listing If a reference to an extemal Issue Management tool has been configured in the Web Application the comesponding reference number may be clicked from the list which will result in a new browser window opening to the URL of the reference number for that tool Options Subta sks List and Manage all Subtasks defined for this Task Active RFPs List and Manage all active not yet installed or cancelled RFPs that contain at least 1 object assigned to this Task Installed RFPs EH Manage all Installed RFPs that contain at least 1 object assigned to this Task Objects List all Object Requests assigned to this Task 3 4 Project Subtask Listing The Subtask Listing displays the individual subtasks that have been defined fora Task The listing is available from the Task Listing or from Task Detail The functionality for Subtasks is the same as for tasks
32. nstall Within the list the RFP number or Created date can be clicked for more information about the RFP The Test Status value if available can be clicked for information and management of the workflow forthe testing of the RFP More information about the RFP can be found in section 4 2 titled RFP Detail 3 7 Objects fora Project or Task The list of all Objects assigned to the Project Task or Subtask that have been installed orare waiting to be installed The list can be filtered to display Object Requests for any of the following status codes A Any Active Status RP Request pending 00 Object requested 01 Assigned to RFP 02 Waiting forapproval 03 Ready to be installed 04 Installation in progress 05 Installation complete Within the list the Object name can be clicked for more information about the Object and the RFP numbercan be clicked for more information about the RFP More information about the Object information can be found in section 5 2 titled Object Detail Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 14 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS 3 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 4 RFPs 4 1 RFP Listing The RFP Listing displays MDCMS installation packages across IBMi systems The listing is filtered by vanous fields whose valuesare remembered from the previous session Options RFP Obje
33. o retum this Increment value to 0 Object Installations The number of objects installed since the last time the release number was since latR automatically incremented The Reset button may be used to retum this Increment value to 0 Object Installations The number of objects installed since the last time the modification number since last M was automatically incremented The Reset button may be used to retum this Increment value to 0 Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 25 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS D providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 8 2 Object Group Inclusion Rules A set of rules can be defined to determine which group or groups each object belongs to as it is installed The rules for each group would be searched to match against the object definition Multiple rulesmay be defined pergroup Each rule consists of a number of inclusion filter fields If a value is entered for an inclusion filter then only objects matching that value will be marked as belonging to the Object Group The object must match all entered inclusion values Blank inclusion values will be ignored Each rule also consists of the same number of exclusion filter fields If a value is entered for an exclusion filter then only objects NOT matching that value will be marked as belonging to the Object Group The object may NOTmatch any entered exclusion valu
34. ows matching the filter values Position Directly above one or more columns of most lists there isa right amow and an entry Field field allowing you to reposition the list based on the value for that column Entera value into the field and then click the right a row to reposition the list Column The column headings of the lists may be clicked to sort the lists by that column Sorting Clicking the column again will toggle the sort sequence between ascending and descending values Only the currently loaded rows max 200 will be resorted Clickable fields displayed in blue may be clicked in order to navigate to a screen relevant to Fields the value of that field For the primary column in a list clicking on a field will cause the first available option forthat row to be processed Magnifying when available a magnifying glass icon will be displayed to the right of a field By Glass clicking on the icon you can select a value forthe field from a list of valid values Envelope when available an envelope icon will be displayed to the right of a user or group field By clicking on the icon an email will be sent to that user or group of users Paginator If a list contains more than 20 entres a paginator will be displayed below the list between pages of entres Click a number to go to a specific page index Click a narrow anow to go to the next or prior page Click a wide anow to go to the first or last page Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zuge
35. ration of objects into the given environment Note The RFP Description will appear to the right of the RFP number Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 18 31 G MIDRANGE DYNAMICS providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow Project List Fields The check box will be displayed fora row if a the RFP Test Status hasnot yet been confirmed and Check Box b the current userisa member of the defined Group and c eitherthe defined user is blank so that anyone in the Group can edit the Status forthe Project or the defined useris the current user The Project ID that is impacted by the RFP The ID may be clicked to view more Project details about the Project Group Type The Group Type that is responsible for the acceptance of an installed RFP into the specified level The Group that is assigned to the Group Type for this Project in order to test the Group results of the RFP The Group may be clicked to view more information about the Group Ifa value exists then only this user may edit the status If blank then any user in User the group can edit the status The status for that Project The status for all projects must be Accepted before Status the RFP Test Status of Accepted can be confimed Only the status for 1 project must be Rejected before the RFP Test Status of Rejected can be conf
36. rbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 4 31 G MIDRANGE DYNAMICS providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow Common Buttons Add Add a new entyy to the list Refresh Refresh the list information based on the cunent filter values Report Create an Excel report containing all rows matching filters for the list The columns in the report can be customized using the Report Settings link Reset Remove all values from the Filter Fields and refresh the listing Search Refresh the list information based on the cunent filter values Common Options Add Add a new entry to the list Edit Edit the information forthe entry Copy Copy entry to a new entry Delete Delete the entry View View the entry Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 5 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS Q providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 2 Workflow Settings The following settings are maintained by clicking on the Settings link from the initial Project Listing screen These settings are used to configure the Workflow processes and involved entities to match the requirements of your organizational needs 2 1 Group Types Group typescategorize each kind of user group that will be involved with the Workflow processes Fields Group Type A 10 charactercode u
37. rce library name represented by the wildcard value of SRC UB Source File SRC FIL The source file name represented by the wildcard value of SRCFIL Attribute ATTRIB The MDCMS Attribute represented by the wildcard value of ATTIRIB Object Requester OBJ REQ The person who requested the object represented by the wildcard value of O BJ REQ Request Reason The reason forthe object request represented by the wildcard value of REQRSN Mail Body Wildcard Parameters that are not part of MDMAILF Command HHSYSTITHH The System Title that displays at the top of each MDCMS screen This title is set per system in the System Settings WFLURL The URL to the MDWorkflow web application This is set in the email settings H WELLOC The M DWorkflow System Location ID This is set automatically in the Synchronization Settings Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 31 31
38. rom the settings Group Type menu By default all group types required for installation acceptance are displayed Additional group types may be added to the list fora Project Required If the Project requires that a Group of the given Group Type be assigned to the Project in orderto accept the results of installations The Group of the given Group Type involved with the Project The group id may Group be clicked to view maintain the members of the group The Group is not required for Technical roles If only a specific member of the Group should be involved then the ID of the ee user is defined Otherwise any member of the Group may be involved Change Click to change the Group or User forthe Group Type Delete Click to delete the Group Type entry 3 2 2 Project Attachments Files may be attached to the project An attached file is centrally stored in IFS in folder MDCMSProjectDocsfor shared use by members of the project First click the Choose File button to select a file and then click the Add Attachment button to upload the file to the server Attached filescan be removed from the Project by clicking the red X 3 2 3 Project Comments Comments may be added to the Project by clicking the Add New Comment button Existing comments can be viewed in full by clicking the Date of the Comment If the comment was created by the curent user the comment can also be edited ordeleted Comments can be navigated by click
39. s Project Objects List all Object Requests assigned to this Project 3 2 Project Detail A project describesa body of work to be performed by one or more users in order to fulfill an IT requirement The project can contain a number of tasks and subtasks to further describe the work to be performed If the userhas been granted the necessary authority in MDSEC a Project may be created oredited within the Workflow Application Fields Project A 12 character identifier for the Project Application The primary MDCMS Application impacted by the Project MDCMS allows objects belonging to various applicationsto be assigned to the same Project Project Title A brief description of the Project The creator of the Project Send project information to the creator by clicking the envelope Creation Date The date time that the Project was created Requester SES The expected completion date and time of the Project Priority The priority that the Project hasin relation to other Projects 1 Project Opened work has not yet begun on behalf of the Project 2 Project Authorized the Project has been authorized to be perfomed 3 Work in Process the Project is actively being worked upon Status 4 Ready for Testing the coding iscomplete and testing may commence 5 Testing Complete Results of Project testing are positive 6 Project Complete the Project iscomplete 9 Project Cancelled the Project has been c
40. sed to uniquely identify the type ae A description of the Group Type Forexample Developer Business User Release Description Manager Project Manager etc Options Groups List and Manage all groups defined for this Group Type 2 2 Groups The list of each distinct user group involved with the Workflow processes Fields Group A 10 charactercode used to uniquely identify the group Group Type A 10 character code used to uniquely identify the e of grou Description A desc nption of the Group Forexample Developer Team 1 Developer Team 2 Accounting Users Release Manager Back Office etc The number of users in the Group This number may be clicked in order to Users view modify the users in the Group Options Users Listand Manage all users defined for this Group Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 6 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS 3 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 2 3 Required Acceptance Group Types per Level For each MDCMS Promotion Level between 0 and n types of groups can be designated to be responsible for the acceptance of an installed RFP into that level This means that each time an RFP which isa package of objects is installed into a specific level 1 person from a group foreach required group type must accept the results of the installation before t
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42. tallation History 8 5 Objects in Object Group cecesccesscesscesscesessesssesssecssscsssessesssessssscesscesscssecssecssesssecsesesssesscesseesseasseassasensscaaecaaees 8 6 Object Groups for Oblect sean seenenn ee 9 o E 9 1 Starting RRE LEE D3 Cnding SMTP I 9 3 Mailing Project or Task Information 94 MDMAIE Command WEE D MDMAILF Commande Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 2 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS 6 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 1 Introduction 1 1 Product Overview The Workflow Application is a web application that runs on an application server The web application connects with a MDCMS database repository on an IBMi system where the data and business logic forthe application resides The key features of the Workflow Application e Project Management e Task Management Role Management Management of Testing Requirements at each step of the Workflow Process Detailed History of Installed Objectsand Object Packages Object Migration tracking across all systems Object Version and Conflict Reporting acrossall systems Application Version tracking and Management Graphical Calendar Scheduler for past and future Installations and Tests 1 2 Logging into the Workflow Application A web browser is used as the client for the Workflow Application The URL for the Web App is provided by yourapplication s administrator You m
43. tes for each of the primary RFP exit points are available in IFS folder MDCMS MAIL If the template isto be used the link context http yourserver 8080 md Workflow needsto be replaced with the actual addressand context name of the MDWorkflow web application MDMAILF Parameters Email Address of User Group of Recipients GRPN Recipient ADDR A specific email address A Workflow Group to send the email to Possible valuesare NONE RFP ora userdefined Group Name The value RFP is used in conjunction with parameter Group Type GRPT to send the email to all involved groups of given group type forthe projects included in the RFP User ID of Recipient Message Subject SUB USER MDWorkflow settings The userid to send the email to This email address is maintained within The text to display in the subject of the email Body File including Path BODY The IFS path including file name that containsthe body to use in the email Body File Type BTYP Spec ify if the email should be in HTML or TEXT format Attachment 1 ATT1 Attachment 1 Attachment 2 ATT2 Attachment 2 Delete Attachments after Send DELA Should Attachments for this email be deleted after sending YES to delete the Attachment and NO to retain the Attachment MDCMS Instance INST The MDCMS Instance to be used for this email Use Wildcards WCRD If any MDCMSwildcards that will need to
44. to dictate its handling location authority Attribute exit points etc Application The MDCMS Application code Location The IBMi MDCMS Repository Location aval The MDCMS Promotion Level at the given location comrelating to a specific environment forthe application such as Development Test or Production From Level The MDCMS Promotion Level that the object is migrated from This will be blank if forthe initial level or if received from another system The automatically generated RFP number used to install this object The number RFP may be clicked to view further information about the RFP A description of the RFP appearsto the right Request Date The date that the object waschecked out Status The status of the object see RFP Status forall possible values Installation Date The date that the object was installed Installation Time The time that the object was installed Modify the object is new orwill be changed Delete the object will be deleted Action Recompile the object will be recompiled due to file or copybook changes Update the existing object such as an ILE program or Physical File will be updated in place The user who checked out the object The full User description appears to the right User Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 20 31 G MIDRANGE DYNAMICS providing innovativ
45. uld be used for the connection to the SMTP server Minimum Limit in ALWAYS always AP an attachment before sending regardless of size KB to AP NEVER never AP an attachment regardless of size Attachments 1 9999999 AP all attachments larger than the entered size in kilobytes The context path for links to the MDWorkflow application This must include http or https the server address port number if not 80 and the name of the web application Example http server com 8080 md Workflow This URL is used within MDMAILF email bodies to allow the user to navigate directly to a specific RFP and is used when generating Project Task or Subtask mails out of MDWorkflow MDWorkflow URL Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 9 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS 6 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 3 Projects 3 1 Project Listing The Project Listing is the initial screen shown once the user has logged into the Workflow Application The listing is filtered by various fields whose values are remembered from the previous session Options Project Tasks List and Manage all Tasks defined for this Project Active RFPs List and Manage all active not yet installed or cancelled RFPs that contain at least 1 object assigned to this Project Installed RFPs ace Manage all Installed RFPs that contain at least 1 object assigned to thi
46. user by clicking the envelope Hours expected The numberof hours expected to be required to complete the task Test Group Hours used The number of hours actually used to complete the task Subta sks The number of subtasks existing for the task Subta sk Hours A sum of the hours expected across all subta sks forthe task Expected Subta sk Ho urs A sum of the hours used across all subta sks forthe task Used Attachments See detailed description in section 3 2 2 Comments See detailed description in section 3 2 3 Sta tus History Date Time Status User ID and User Name forall Task Subtask related event Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 13 31 MIDRANGE DYNAMICS 6 providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 3 6 RFPs fora Project or Task The lis of all RFPs Installation Packages that contain at least one object assigned to the Project Task or Subtask The list may be filtered to display RFPs for any of the following status codes blank All RFP s A Any active status RP Request Pending 00 No Requests assigned 01 Requests assigned SP Submission Pending YY Submission in J OBQ XX Submission in Progress 02 Waiting for Approval 03 Waiting for Installation IP Installation Pending 04 Installation in J OBQ XY Installation in Progress 05 Installed 09 RFP Closed without I
47. ust have a user profile on the IBMi system that the MDCMS Workflow repository resides on A profile is not necessary on any other partitions or physical IBMi systems in order to use the Workflow Application If the Workflow Application is configured to prompt forthe user id password then a login screen will be displayed Enter your IBMi userid and password at the prompt If the Workflow Application is configured to use your network profile then your network profile will be mapped to the IBMi userid and you will be automatically logged in Up to 5 concurrent windows may be active for the same browser session allowing for multiple windowsto be open while only logging in once It is strongly commended to use the Close link to cleanly end the processes when you are finished using an MDWorkflow session If there is no activity for the session for 2 hours the session will automatically end Midrange Dynamics GmbH Zugerbergstasse 4 CH 6301 Zug Tel 41 41 710 27 77 Fax 41 41 710 95 87 www midrangedynamics com 3 31 p MIDRANGE DYNAMICS providing innovative IBM i solutions MDWorkflow 1 3 Navigation The web pagesuse a consistent look and feel acrossthe entire application The following concepts are utilized to navigate through the pages Navigation Panel Links Entries within the Links section at the top left of the screen allow you to navigate to that process described by the link Th
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