Having not used this particular version of Gentran, I'm not certain that this will work, but if you can export the map to a file that can be re-imported later, you could use my favorite VCS: FreeVCS (http://www.freevcs.de/). You can comment your changes as well as restore older versions and store your documentation there as well. Harold DeWayne
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 9, 2007 9:21 am Subject: [EDI-L] Change Request documentation/control for Gentran NT To: [email protected] > Hello group, > > I am trying to get a handle on tracking production change > requests. Our > company has a one person EDI department, I am sure many others out > there > can relate. Being a one person shop, I have had the liberty of > changing > things any way I want and tracking (or not tracking) the changes > any way I > want. We were a privately held company up until February 1st and > as such, > no audits were required. Now that we are public, I am expecting > that we > will have an audit and my current way of tracking will never fly. > We have > Gentran on an NT server. We do not have a test system. For 10 > years now, > we haven't had too many problems with "production control", but, I > would > like to organize this a little more and document changes within > some type > of structure. Gentran on the NT server does not enforce any > production > change control or version control. You have to create your own. > My goals > are to create a change request system for documentation purposes > and to > find a way to limit the risk of production maps and other scripts > from > being overwritten by development efforts. I am splitting my > personality > and pretending that I now have a multi-person EDI support team. > One > person is the Manager and the other person is the developer. My > other > reason for doing this is in the hope that I may actually get > another > person to back up the EDI efforts, and need to have procedures in > place > for that person to follow. > > The first thing I want to tackle is Map control. One thing I have > done > over the years is to put a version number in my map name. When I > do > update a map, I rename it to a higher version. I have my Maps > directory > subdivided into four categories, Dev, Prior Versions, Production, > and > Test. I am thinking that I could put a "read-only" protection on > the > Production folder and "read-only" on the TransObj for all users > other than > my server main, overall user. Then, the only way you could move a > map > into the Production folder or register it in production would be > if you > have access and can sign on to the server. Would that work? > Each > developer will have their own TEST trading partner. Any testing > is to be > done only with this partner. They would change the Map Summary > Description to be Test_whatever for the TEST tp to find it when it > is > compiled and registered, and so the real trading partner doesn't > find it. > Developers, when finished testing, would put their map in the Test > folder > and submit a request to the manager to do a quality check and > place the > map into production. Developers would keep their development > version on > the server as opposed to the client in order for the whole EDI > team to be > able to see which maps are being worked on. Can't see this if the > maps > are on the client. > > Ok, all that being said, any one out there already do this? Do > you have > some suggestions for me? > > Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks, > Cindy > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
