Viewing the changes associated with a change note
You can view a Change Note's changes in two ways:
• You can view them in the Changes tab of the Change Note's property pages, which allows you to sort the changes and navigate to affected items.
• You can generate a textual report of the changes.
If you want to view only which items are affected by the Change Note, see Viewing the items affected by a change note.
To view a change note's changes in the changes tab:
1. Open the Change Note's property pages.
2. Click the Changes tab.
The changes are listed by Date/Time. You can click the column headings to sort the changes by user, description or items.
3. Ensure that you are not viewing a summary of the changes – if the Description column is blank, click the 
View Change Summary button, so that the button is not depressed.
View Change Summary button, so that the button is not depressed.4. If you want to view fully the description of a change (ellipses indicate that the full description is not shown):
◦ Select the required change in the list, and then click the 
View Change Report button.
View Change Report button.The description is displayed in a text window.
5. If you want to view the items affected by a change:
a. Select the required change.
b. Click the 
List Affected Items button.
List Affected Items button.The affected items are listed in the Results pane.
 | You can view all items affected by a Change Note's changes in the Relationships pane. |
To generate a textual report of the changes:
• Right-click the Change Note, point to Report, and then click Details.
The report is generated in the Output pane.