Committing Artifacts for Approval

After you complete the additions, changes, or deletions to a project you checked out of RMS, commit the artifacts for approval. You can make a commit request for a selection of artifacts, or all.

Copies of submitted artifacts are saved in cache, with the names of the users who submitted them, version numbers, and the status Commited. A task is created for the Approver role to review the check-in requests. (see Working with the Worklist Items).

A Revision ID is assigned to each commit request. This ID is used in other dialogs to allow you to view the details on the request.

If the project is checked out from the SCS repository, then, similar to the file mode, the commited artifacts are saved in the local cache, till the approval. After the approval, the commited artifacts from the cache are saved to the local repository, identified by the value of the ws.scs.repo.dir property in RMS.cdd (see Configuring RMS Server Properties), and checked in to the SVN repository as well. The comments entered for commit are used as checkin comments for the SVN repository, after approval.

Procedure

In the Group Contents section, select the artifact you need to commit.

Note: Commit command does not support multiple artifact selection using the Shift or Ctrl key. Alternatively, select a folder/project to select all the artifacts under that folder/project, when the project files are displayed in a tree structure.
Open the commit window using any of the following methods:
- Click WebStudio, with the down pointing triangle in front of it, and select RMS > Commit.
- Right-click on the selected artifact and select RMS > Commit.
- Click the commit icon in the RMS toolbar.
In the Commit window enter the revision description in the Comments text box.

Comments field is not a mandatory field but it is recommended to comments before committing. This helps the approver to understand the nature of changes.
Click the checkboxes for the files you want to commit to the RMS project and click OK. Alternatively, click the header checkbox to select all the listed project files.
Click Finish after the system displays the checkin successful message with the revision ID.