Viewing Change Management Logs

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The change management logs include the following:

• Issue Log

• Change Request Log

• Change Notice Log

• Variance Log

To view a log report for issues, change requests, change notices, or variances, click the view report icon

in the toolbar of the change table.

You can also access the log reports from the Reports menu under Change in the navigation pane.

The View Issue Log window contains input fields for generating a log:

Criteria	Description
Context	Context, such as product or library, for which you want to view. You can type at least three characters in this field to display a list from which you select the context. Optionally, you can click the find icon to open the Find Context window and search for the context.
Change Admin I	Name of the change administrator. You can type at least three characters in this field to display a list from which you select. Optionally, you can click the find icon to open the User window and search for the change administrator.
Number	Number of the problem report for which you generate the log.
Name	Name of the problem report for which you generate the log.
Created On	From and To dates on which to restrict your log.
Last Modified	From and To dates on which to restrict your log.
State	Life cycle state on which you wish to restrict your log.
Priority	Priority on which you wish to restrict your log.

The View Change Request Log window contains input fields for generating a log:

Criteria	Description
Context	Context, such as product or library, for which you want to view. You can type at least three characters in this field to display a list from which you select the context. Optionally, you can click the find icon to open the Find Context window and search for the context.
Change Admin I	Name of the change administrator. You can type at least three characters in this field to display a list from which you select. Optionally, you can click the find icon to open the User window and search for the change administrator.
Number	Number of the change request for which you generate the log.
Name	Name of the change request for which you generate the log.
Created On	From and To dates on which to restrict your log.
Last Modified	From and To dates on which to restrict your log.
State	Life cycle state on which you wish to restrict your log.
Complexity	Complexity (Fast Track or Full Track) on which to restrict your log.
Priority	Priority on which you wish to restrict your log.

The View Change Notice Log window contains input fields for generating a log:

Criteria	Description
Context	Context, such as product or library, for which you want to view. You can type at least three characters in this field to display a list from which you select the context. Optionally, you can click the find icon to open the Find Context window and search for the context.
Change Admin II	Name of the change administrator. You can type at least three characters in this field to display a list from which you select. Optionally, you can click the find icon to open the User window and search for the change administrator.
Number	Number of the change notice for which you generate the log.
Name	Name of the change notice for which you generate the log.
Created On	From and To dates on which to restrict your log.
Last Modified	From and To dates on which to restrict your log.
State	The life cycle state on which you wish to restrict your log.
Complexity	Complexity (Fast Track, Full Track, or Basic) on which to restrict your log.

The View Variance Log window contains input fields for generating a log:

Criteria	Description
Context	Context, such as product or library, for which you want to view. You can type at least three characters in this field to display a list from which you select the context. Optionally, you can click the find icon to open the Find Context window and search for the context.
Change Admin I	Name of the change administrator. You can type at least three characters in this field to display a list from which you select. Optionally, you can click the find icon to open the User window and search for the change administrator.
Number	Number of the variance for which you generate the log.
Name	Name of the variance for which you generate the log.
Created On	From and To dates on which to restrict your log.
Last Modified	From and To dates on which to restrict your log.
State	The life cycle state on which you wish to restrict your log.
Category	The category on which you wish to restrict your log.

If Windchill Business Reporting is installed, use the following procedure:

1. Enter the values in the appropriate fields to limit the scope of the log.

2. Click OK.

3. The log report displays

If Windchill Business Reporting is not installed, use the following procedure:

1. Enter the values in the appropriate fields to limit the scope of the log.

2. Click OK.

3. Select the output format you want.

4. Click Generate.

5. The log report displays.