The Review process enables you to communicate information about the status of generations of elements. Using Review, you can mark a generation to be examined and commented on by other team members. The generation can then be accepted, rejected, or the review canceled. To display pending reviews, do the following: 1. Pull down the View menu. 2. Choose the Review submenu. You can also then pull down the View menu item again and choose the Restrict... menu item. This allows you to restrict the information displayed by the Review View. You can view remarks made by other users by doing the following: 1. Click on an element generation. 2. Pull down the View menu. 3. Pull down the Expand submenu. 4. Choose the Children menu item. In the Review view, "children" are defined as the review comments associated with the given generation. Typically, a developer will replace a reservation, thus creating a new generation, which is then marked for review. Project members examine the new generation and add review comments. One developer is usually responsible for the generation; that developer assimilates the various comments and accepts or rejects the generation. If the generation is rejected, the developer may reserve the generation to correct the problems, and then accept the generation.
1 – Rw c
Choose the Review Comment... menu item to associate a review comment with a specific element generation. The generation must already be on the review pending list. You can place a generation on the review pending list by doing the following: 1. Pull down the Maintenance menu. 2. Choose the Review submenu. 3. Choose the Mark... menu item. Fill in the dialog box with the desired information.
1.1 – Rw csf
If you click on an object or objects before choosing the Review Comment... menu item, the Selected box contains that object. CMS associates the review comment to this object by default.
1.2 – Rw cef
Fill in the Element field with the name of one or more objects with which the review comment is to be associated. The object can be an element name, a group name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
1.3 – Rw c r f
Fill in the Remark field with the text to be associated with the transaction and logged in the history file with this review transaction.
1.4 – Rw g e f
Fill in the Generation field with the generation number of the element with which to associate the review comment. If you omit the generation number, CMS uses the most recently created generation with a review pending. You need to specify the generation number only if more than one generation is under review.
2 – Rw a
The Accept... menu item changes the review status of each specified element generation from "pending" to "accepted" and removes it from the review pending list.
2.1 – Rw s
If you click on an object or objects before choosing the Accept... menu item, the Selected box contains that object. CMS performs the accept transaction on the selected object.
2.2 – Rw e
Fill in the Element field with the name of one or more objects to be accepted. The object can be an element name, a group name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
2.3 – Rw r
Fill in the Remark field with text to be associated with the transaction and logged in the history file with this review transaction.
2.4 – Rw g
Fill in the Generation field with the generation number of the element generation to be accepted. If you omit the generation number, CMS accepts the most recently created generation with a review pending. You need to specify the generation number only if more than one generation is under review.
3 – Rw j
The Reject... menu item changes the review status of each specified element generation from "pending" to "rejected" and removes it from the review pending list.
3.1 – Rw rsf
If you click on an object or objects before choosing the Reject... menu item, the Selected box contains that object. CMS performs the reject transaction on the selected object.
3.2 – Rw rj
Fill in the Element field with the name of one or more objects to be rejected. The object can be an element name, a group name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
3.3 – Rw rr
Fill in the Remark field with text to be associated with the transaction and logged in the history file with this review transaction.
3.4 – Rw gf
Fill in the Generation field with the generation number of the element to be rejected. If you omit the generation number, CMS rejects the most recently created generation with a review pending. You need to specify the generation number only if more than one generation is under review.
4 – Rw ms
Choose the Mark... menu item to place an element generation under review. CMS then places the generation on a review pending list. Mark changes the review status of the element generation from "none" to "pending" and then places the generation on a review pending list. You can associate a review comment with the generation by using the Review Comment... menu item. You can then view comments made by other users by doing the following: 1. Click on an element generation. 2. Pull down the View menu. 3. Pull down the Expand submenu. 4. Choose the Children menu item. In the Review view, "children" are defined as the review comments associated with the given generation. Typically, a developer will replace a reservation, thus creating a new generation, which is then marked for review. Project members examine the new generation and add their comments to the review. One developer is usually responsible for the generation; that developer assimilates the various comments and accepts or rejects the generation. If the generation is rejected, the developer may reserve the generation to correct the problems, and then accept the generation. You can use one of the following menu items to change the review status of the element generation: Accept..., Reject..., or Cancel.... The Mark... menu item can be used only on element generations that are not already on the review pending list.
4.1 – Rw mf
If you click on an object or objects before choosing the Mark... menu item, the Selected box contains those objects. CMS performs the mark transaction on the selected object.
4.2 – Rw me
Fill in the Element field with the name of one or more objects whose generations are to be marked as pending review. The object can be an element name, a group name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
4.3 – Rw mr
Fill in the Remark field with text to be associated with the transaction and logged in the history file with this mark transaction.
4.4 – Rw mg
Fill in the Generation field with the generation number of the element to be marked as having review pending status. If you omit the generation number, CMS marks the most recent generation on the main line of descent.
5 – Rw csi
The Review Cancel... menu item changes the review status of each specified element generation from "pending" to "none" and removes it from the review pending list. Use the Cancel... menu item only on element generations that already have reviews pending.
5.1 – Rw csf
If you click on an object or objects before choosing the Cancel... menu item, the Selected box contains those objects. CMS performs the cancel transaction on the selected objects.
5.2 – Rw cef
Fill in the Element field with the name of one or more objects whose reviews pending are to be canceled. The object can be an element name, a group name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
5.3 – Rw crf
Fill in the Remark field with text to be associated with the transaction and logged in the history file with this cancel transaction.
5.4 – Rw cgf
Fill in the Generation field with the generation number of the element to have its review pending status canceled. If you omit the generation number, CMS cancels the review of the most recent generation on the main line of descent with a review pending.