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
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
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
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
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