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.

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.