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Changing the Status of a Panel Definition

When you create a panel definition, the definition is in test status. The MARK STATUS command changes the status of a panel definition to production or history status. If you enter an incomplete MARK STATUS command or select option 5 from the Panel Maintenance Menu, a prompter displays. The prompter indicates the options that are required to complete the command, and explains the possible values that you can enter for each option. When you complete the prompter and press the Enter key, the command is passed to CA Ideal for processing.

A definition is marked from test to production status when the decision was made that no further testing is necessary and the definition is ready to use in a production application. Production versions are subject to the following rules:

• There can be only one production version of a panel definition at a time, and that version cannot be edited or deleted.
• A production version of a panel definition that is a resource of a production program cannot be marked to history without first being replaced with a new production version.
• A production version of a panel definition that is not a resource of a production program can be marked directly to history.
• Marking another test version of a panel definition to production automatically causes the existing production version to be retired to history status. Production programs that have been compiled with the old (history) panel version must be duplicated to the next version, and the resource section must be updated with the new production panel version. Lastly, the production program must be recompiled and marked to production status.

Note: When moving a new production version of a panel to a production region, it is necessary to migrate any program that contains the panel in its resource section, since a production program will only transmit the panel with which it was compiled.