Change Management Reports

ALM provides several reports that can be run to provide summary data and scheduling information about RFCs in the system, as well as to process participant data for SOX auditing. To run an ALM report:

  1. Log on to PPM.

  2. From the menu bar, select Open > Reports > Create Report.

  3. On the Submit New Report page, in the Report Category field, select Demand Management.

  4. Click the link for the desired report, and complete all required and any optional filter fields.

  5. Click Submit.

For more information about reports, see the Reports Guide and Reference.

ALM - Change Summary Report

The ALM - Change Summary Report provides a list of RFCs that have been implemented, grouped by change category.

Table 3-12 describes the filter fields for the report.

Table 3-12. ALM - Change Summary Report filter fields

Field Name

Description

Request Type

Request type to filter on

Change Status

Status of the change request

Change Priority

Priority of the change request

Time Period From

Earliest date the RFCs were created

Time Period To

Latest date the RFCs were created

Figure 3-19 shows sample output for the ALM - Change Summary Report.

Figure 3-19. ALM - Change Summary Report output

ALM - Forward Schedule of Changes for RFC Report

The ALM - Forward Schedule of Changes for RFC report is a key report used in the change management process. The output of this report is a list of all the RFCs that are scheduled to be implemented.

Table 3-13 describes the filter fields for the report.

Table 3-13. ALM - Forward Schedule of Changes for RFC report filter fields

Field Name

Description

Report Title

Title of the report. Type any alphanumeric string (up to 200 characters in length)

Start FSC Period

Earliest start date of the scheduled RFCs

End FSC Period

Latest start date of the scheduled RFCs

Request Type

Request type to filter on

Figure 3-20 shows sample output for the ALM - Forward Schedule of Changes for RFC report.

Figure 3-20. ALM - Forward Schedule of Changes for RFC report output