Details and Reports tab

Displays the list of all recorded changes in the selected MAC transaction.  Fields displayed as columns in the grid are:

The Properties Panel is located on the right side of the dialog and displays relevant recorded information from the selected change log entry. The panel displays all fields listed in the MAC Actions document, including the 4 grid column fields. The Properties panel can have one or two special subsections at the bottom, showing the information under subsection titles like "Source Section" and/or "Targets Section".

 

For Update object MAC actions the Properties panel shows the old and new values for one critical field that has changed (which field is shown depends on the Variety Of Change). The same pair of properties also appear in the History tab of the relevant object Properties dialog.

 

 

Note that the "new value" is not being recorded in each Change Log, but rather just using the current value in the dialogs. This means that the value shown in the dialog may be different than the one that was "new" at the time when the Change Log was created, that is, it may have been changed again between the time that the Change Log was created and when the dialog is shown. In the event that that there is no applicable value, the Change Log just displays the null reference value (0 or null) in old Value.

This drop-down menu enables the user to select the Report Output Format for MAC reports, so that the data can be used for import into other tools.

 

Click on it displays the full list of enabled Report Output Formats:

This section of the dialog displays all the available Varieties of Change and are used to generate report output content.  The corresponding change log entry report output is generated for all checked Change Varieties when the Generate Reports button is pressed.

The following is a description of the data recorded by each Change Log Variety and the relevant data that is shown in the corresponding report output:

 

Add Existing Equipment - used when an Equipment is moved from a non-Design World Lifecycle Stage to a Design World stage

Add New Equipment - used when an Equipment is created

Remove Equipment - used when an Equipment is moved from a Design World Lifecycle Stage to a non-Design World stage, a Retirement stage, or deleted

Replace Equipment - used when an Equipment is replaced

Move Equipment - used when an Equipment is moved within or between rack(s), plugged into a Slot, or moved in the Design World

Update Equipment - used for any other type of update to an Equipment object

 

 

Add Cable - used when a Cable is created

Connect Cable - used when a Cable is connected

Disconnect Cable - used when a Cable is disconnected

Remove Cable - used when a Cable is deleted or moved to a Lifecycle Stage with the super Stage set as Retirement

Replace Cable - used when a Cable is replaced

Update Cable - used for any other type of update to a Cable object

 

Add Circuit - used when a Circuit is created

Add To Circuit Route - used when a Path Step is added to a Circuit

Remove From Circuit Route - used when a Path Step is removed from a Circuit

Remove Circuit - used when a Circuit is deleted or moved to a Lifecycle Stage with the super Stage set as Retirement

Update Circuit - used for any other type of update to a Circuit object

 

Add Software - used when a Software is created

Add Software To Equipment - used when a Software is assigned to an Equipment (i.e. Software parent Equipment is set)

Remove Software From Equipment - used when a Software is removed from an Equipment (i.e. Software parent Equipment is cleared or changed)

Update Software - used for any other type of update to a Software object

Remove Software - used when a Software is deleted or moved to a Lifecycle Stage with the super Stage set as Retirement.

 

 

For more details about the types of Varieties Of Change, see the MAC Actions document.

Generates the reports selected via the list of checkboxes described in item 3 above.