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Cimera tracks what is done by keeping an Audit of all changes - who did what to what, when, where and what was affected (see History of an Item)

 

But the Audit does not tell you why, and that's where the Reason comes in.

 

When you perform an Activity on an Item, for example,

 

Then Cimera gives you the ability to record the Reason why that Activity was performed.

 

The Add Reason button:

 

 

is included in the Item Details, Promote and Display windows and displays the Supply Reason Window:

 

 

This allows up to 255 characters of text to be supplied.

 

 

Using an Item as the Reason

 

In addition to a text Reason the Cimera Administrator can further define rules along the lines of...

 

In order to perform Action on items of Item Type at status then the Reason must be an Item of Item Type at Status.

 

 

Example usage

An "Authorise Action Request" can be created.

 

For an item of type Software Product can be promoted to Ready for Production Release then there must be a Reason Item.

This Reason Item is to be an Item of Item type Product Release Request which has a status of Authorised.

 

By setting up security so that only specific people can promote a Product Release Request to status Authorised then

 

 

See Also

Administration Guide