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Edit an Object

After you create an object, you can modify its configuration at any time. For example, you can:

CA Process Automation stores multiple versions of an object. By default, when you check out and you edit an object, the application uses the designated current version. After you edit it, check in the object. You can specify whether to apply the changes to the same version or a new version when you check in the object. In either case, the application applies the changes by default.

Each object can have an associated release version. The release version identifies the specific version of an object to deploy to a production environment. CA Process Automation requires that the object is delivered to the production environment in a content package object. You can set a flag that prevents the release version from being modified, and then CA Process Automation baselines the object upon import to the production environment. When you set a release version for an object, the internal object version becomes associated with that release number.

Follow these steps:

  1. Click the Library tab.
  2. In the Library Browser folder pane, click a folder.
  3. Double-click an object.

    The current version of the object opens.

  4. If the object is not already checked out, click Check Out.
  5. Edit the object.
  6. Click Save or click Save and Close.

    The application saves your changes. Because the object remains checked out, you can continue to edit it.

  7. Click Check In.
  8. Complete the following procedure on the Check In dialog:
    1. In the Check In As field, select New Version or Same Version.
    2. (Optional) Enter comments about the changes made in this version.
    3. (Optional) Select the Baseline check box to use this version as a baseline.
    4. (Optional) Clear the Current check box if you want a new version but you do not want to mark it as current. The previously current version remains current.
    5. Click Check In.