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How CA Endevor SCM Classifies Elements

CA Endevor Integration for the Natural Environment allows application developers working in the Natural environment to perform CA Endevor SCM actions on Natural and Predict objects (known as elements).

CA Endevor SCM identifies elements according to the logical structure implemented at your site. All elements are identified by a fully-qualified name consisting of environment, stage, system, subsystem, type, and element name. Each element is defined by the following:

• Location in the software lifecycle. This is determined by the environment and stage where the element resides. As an application is modified, elements are moved through the software development lifecycle, with those elements residing in different functional locations at different times. Those functional areas, for example, Test, QA, Production, Backup, and so on, are defined as an environment and stage combination. The location of an element is part of the identification of that element.
• Inventory classification. This is determined by the system, subsystem, and type with which the element is associated. Systems are functional groupings of the Natural code applications, such as Finance applications, Tax applications, and so on. A subsystem is a specific application or release. The type classification identifies the element type such as a Natural or Predict object.

Your Natural administrator and CA Endevor SCM administrator have also implemented a physical data set structure to support your site's logical structure.