| # Statuses A status can be linked to a model item; it identifies a stage in the development of that model item and is used to do the following: Monitor the development progress of a model item Authorize users for the combination of a model item and a status Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000) To link self-defined statuses to the following model items, use the Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000) session: Business Function Business Process Business Control Model Data Model Enterprise Structure Model Wizard A status displays the current phase of a model item. To update the status of a range of model items, use the Update Status of Model Items (tgbrg5207m000) session. Note A model item can only be given a status if the sequence number directly precedes, or succeeds, the sequence number of the status currently linked to the model item. To define a status, complete the following steps: Click New Click New Group In the Model Item field, select the model item for which you want to define or change a status. Specify a name or number to give to the status in the Workflow Status field. In the Sequence field, specify a sequence number to identify the status. Click Save Update Status of Model Items (tgbrg5207m000) To change the status of a range of model items in your current modeling version, use the Update Status of Model Items (tgbrg5207m000) session. This session lets you assign any status listed in the Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000) session. You can also change the authorization for the model items. Note Before you start the session, you must supply, in capital letters, the default password: `BAAN` To change the statuses of a different range of model items, complete the following steps: On the Selections 1 and Selections 2 tab, select the range of model items and their new status. In the Update specific authorization to group box, select the new authorization for the selected ranges of model items on the appropriate tab. Click Update Statuses If you select the Include Previous Versions check box, the statuses of model items that occur in versions from which the current modeling version is derived, are updated. Users by Status by Model Item (tgbrg5108m000) To start the Users by Status by Model Item (tgbrg5108m000) session: On the appropriate menu of the Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000) session, click Users by Status by EM Component, or Users by Status by Model Item (tgbrg5108m000). Use this session to assign ERP Enterprise users or tools roles to a combination of a model item and a status. Authorization by status is given to ERP Enterprise users to prevent unauthorized users from changing model items being developed. To assign an ERP Enterprise user, or tools role, to a combination of a status and a model item, complete the following steps: In the Statuses by Model Item (tgbrg5107m000) session, select the combination of a model item and a status. Start the current session: Click New In the User field you want to link to the combination of the selected status and model item, select an ERP Enterprise user or a tools role. Click Save If you do not specify ERP Enterprise users for the previously mentioned combination, every ERP Enterprise user is authorized for that model item/status-combination, provided that this ERP Enterprise user has the correct version authorization. Parameters (tgbrg9100m000) To store the parameters that can be used in business models, use the Parameters (tgbrg9100m000) session; this determines the working of the ERP Enterprise sessions used in activities of type application in the business processes. The values of the parameters are set or changed in the Values by Parameter, Company, and Model (tgbrg9110m000) session. This session can only be started in a project model or reference model. To access the Help information of a specific parameter, on the appropriate menu, select Parameter Help. To find out where certain parameters are used, use the Print Where-Used Parameters session. Import Parameter Table (tgbrg9200m000) To automatically import parameters from the ERP Enterprise application database into the Parameters (tgbrg9100m000) session, use the Import Parameter Table (tgbrg9200m000) session. To start this session, on the appropriate menu of the Parameters (tgbrg9100m000) session, click Import Parameter Table (tgbrg9200m000). The Parameters (tgbrg9100m000) session functions as a temporary buffer after you have imported the parameters from the Tools parameter table. By using this session, you do not need to insert each parameter separately. You can specify a range of packages and modules and which parameters you want to import. To import a range of parameters, complete the following steps: In the Package field and Module field, select the range of packages and modules for which parameters you want to import. In the Sequence Settings group box, define the sequence numbers for the imported parameters. Click Import If you select the Overwrite Current Sequence check box, the parameters already present in the Parameters (tgbrg9100m000) session are replaced by the newly imported parameters. AO Documents (tgbrg8100m000) To define references to existing AO documents that contain formal administrative organization rules about the execution of processes, use the AO Documents (tgbrg8100m000) session. Because you can activate the text editor to create or modify a Help text for each AO document, you can view the Help text related to a document when you carry out a business process to which the AO document is linked. The AO Documents (tgbrg8100m000) session is used to store help texts related to the use of the AO documents; it is not used to store the actual AO documents. |