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CI Versioning and Future State

View change Specifications in the CI Detail form Versioning tab to provide more information and identify Change Order and corresponding change specifications. This tab also shows the future state of the CI as if the changes were applied. View snapshots of the CI, as of the scheduled date of the Change Order, or if the Change Order has not been scheduled yet, it shows as an unscheduled change.

Versioning enables the following functionality:

• Quickly identify overlapping or conflicting change specification.
• Launch directly to change specification and view the corresponding change details by clicking the Change Order link under the MDR column in the detail view.
• Snapshots showing an Unscheduled Change indicated a change that is scheduled for some unspecified time in the future.
• The Change Order number displays with each change specifications shown on the right side of snapshot label.
• Informational text displays in the bottom pane providing the following information about the change specification as hover text:
  • Change Order number
  • Date of the scheduled change, if the Change Order specifies a scheduled date
  • Date need by, only shown if Change Order specifies a need by date