Stat 6.3 - User Guide

Adding Objects

After assigning a developer and selecting the object(s) and lock options you want, you are ready to add the objects to your CSR.

While the Stat Central Agent processes the locks, the Archive Set tab goes into read-only mode and the following occurs:

NOTE: If the message does not go away after certain amount of time this may indicate that the agent encountered a problem or timed out.

For each object, Stat then:

When adding an object, Stat connects to all environments or source file locations on your migration path to check for existence. If it finds an object that exists in another environment, but not in the environment that you are working in, it displays an advisory message.

Clicking Yes adds the object to the Object List table with a modification status of New. For more information on the Object List table and modification statuses, see CSR Object Documentation (PeopleSoft) .

TIP: You can update the lock status of objects displayed in the Object List table by clicking Refresh. This will show if you any of the reserved objects have since received a lock since the last time you saved the CSR.

When Stat adds the object to the CSR, a row for each environment on the migration path is added to the Object List table. Each row displays information concerning the development, archiving, and migration activity that takes place for that object in that environment.

Viewing the Lock Status of an Object

From the Objects tab of the CSR window, you can identify which objects you have locked and which objects you have reserved. Stat denotes lock and reserve status in the Flags column of the CSR object list with a lock icon and a clock icon, respectively.

To view all the locks and reservations placed on an object, right-click the object. Then in the pop-up menu select View Lock Status. Stat opens the lock summary window for the object.

TIP: You can view the status of the Stat Central Agent responsible for processing object locks by opening the Job Monitor window in Stat Web.

This window displays a list of all locks and reservations for the object across all environments. Any reservation or lock for the current CSR is highlighted in yellow. This allows you to see, at a glance, the position of your reservation in the queue.

The window lists locks first, followed by reservations, in chronological order. Each reservation icon is followed by a number indicating its position in the queue. If no locks or reservations exist for the object, Stat opens a window indicating this.

The name listed in the lock summary window is the developer assigned to the object in the CSR, which may not be the person assigned to the CSR. This depends on your business practices.

Unlocking or Unreserving an Object

To unlock or release a reservation for an object, select it in the Object List, click Unlock, and save the CSR. Do not remove an object after you modify it. If you remove it, it is removed from all archive sets in the CSR and Stat cannot accurately report on changes to the object.

NOTE: All objects associated with a CSR are automatically unlocked when the CSR changes to a closed-type status.

You might unlock an object if you want to keep the CSR open but you want to release the lock on a particular object. This may occur when another developer needs that object immediately, or when you have many objects locked and have finished working on some of them.

Until the Stat Central Agent unlocks the object, the CSR still has the object locked. It appears in the window that you no longer have the lock, but if another user attempts to lock the object, that user will receive a reservation. The lock summary window for the object will show that your CSR still has the lock.

If you attempt to save a removal, unlock, or unreserve of an object before the Stat Central Agent has finished processing the initial lock, Stat opens the Object Processing Results window, which displays a list of processing error messages. When this happens, you need to return to the Object tab, reapply your changes, and save the CSR again.

Re-Prioritizing Reservations

Stat normally processes reservations on a first in, first out basis, meaning the first CSR to request a reservation on an object is the first CSR to obtain a lock when the object becomes available.

However, Stat lets you move your reservation to the head of the queue if necessary. This is called re-prioritizing. Access to this feature is usually limited to users responsible for managing development projects.

NOTE: Stat re-prioritizes the reservation for an object only in the environment in which you selected it. If you want to re-prioritize a reservation in multiple environments, make sure you select the object(s) in each of those environments.