On the edit panel for the change package:
Notice that the ready panel for the change package reports the "scheme status" as "…, no approvals applied". The "scheme status" is the status of the change package for this migration scheme.
Before applying approvals, let us attempt to migrate the change package without approval.
The approve processing panel appears.
The panel shows the message "Command successful", and the scheme status shows "Ready, partly approved":
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Approve Change Package TOURPKG Command successful
Command ===>
Name . . . . . : TOURPKG
Description . . : Guided Tour Change Package
Scheme name . . : TOURDT
Scheme status . : Ready, partly approved
Choose a processing option and press Enter
1 1. Approve Approve the change package for role . . . . APPDEV +
2. Disapprove Disapprove the change package for role . . . +
3. List List the approve-candidate CICS resources
Execution mode Enter "/" to select option
1 1. Foreground Edit JCL before user submit
2. Batch
Summary of approvers
Approver role: PROJMAN QATEAM APPDEV
Approved by: <required> <required> CICSUSER
Notice that the summary at the bottom of the panel shows your user ID under APPDEV.
What happens if a candidate is edited?
Suppose that someone now edited one of the candidate resource definitions in the change package. Subsequent attempts to approve this change package would fail, because CICS® Configuration Manager detects that the candidate has changed. You need to either:
or
After approval by all three approver roles, the scheme status shows "Ready, fully approved".
You can now migrate the change package.