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CA 2E CM Overview

CM, an automated change management system for the IBM i, includes features that control access and modifications to CA 2E model objects, source code, and executable objects. CM automates and tracks the flow of source and objects between development, test, and production libraries. You define the libraries, including the rules by which you want CM to govern them. CM also implements your IBM i and model object security.

CM's automatic Check Out of model objects that you intend to change protects against conflict with the work of other developers.

The CM Check In feature supports moving objects. This feature includes the following processes:

• Create Request—Determines the source and objects for migration, maintaining integrity between CA 2E design objects and source-based objects.
• Precompile—Promotes the model objects.
• Compile Request—Generates and compiles the requested source-based objects.

  Note: Compile Request is an optional process. You can move objects using CM that were compiled with CA 2E.

• Move Request—Moves successfully compiled objects to the target library, including the related logical files for physical files.
• Distribute Request—Distributes programming changes to a remote or local target library.

For more information on CM, refer to the  Change Management User Guide.