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Terminology

The following terms will help you understand RDSU:

active item

An active item is a CA Harvest SCM item that has a version in a package located in a state that shares the working view with the specified state.

active reference directory

An active reference directory contains the latest version of active items in a particular CA Harvest SCM view.

active view approach

An active view approach manages the synchronization of the source versions based on package promotion and demotion. Your inventory is active items only.

browse mode

Browse mode checks out items to the destination directory but does not reserve the items and does not allow you to check the files back in. The read-only attribute is set on files checked out in browse mode.

full reference directory

A full reference directory contains the latest version of all items in a particular CA Harvest SCM view.

full view approach

A full view approach manages the synchronization of the source versions based on the latest versions of all items in a particular working view, or all versions in a snapshot view.

reference computer

A reference computer is usually a remote computer hosting one or more reference directories.

reference definition

A reference definition is a record (line) in an hrefresh configuration file that establishes a relationship between a CA Harvest SCM context (project and state) and a reference directory (host and client path).

reference directory

A reference directory is a file system directory (UNIX directory, Windows folder, or MVS library). It is populated with files from the CA Harvest SCM configuration management system.