IBM SC34-4499-03 manual TeamConnection superuser. See superuser

TeamConnection part. A part that is stored by the TeamConnection server and retrieved by a path name, release, type, and work area. See also part, common part, and type.

TeamConnection superuser. See superuser.

tester. A user responsible for testing the resolution of a defect or the implementation of a feature for a speci®c driver of a release and recording the results on a test record.

test record. A status record used to record the outcome of an environment test performed for a resolved defect or an implemented feature in a speci®c driver of a release.

track subprocess. An attribute of a TeamConnection release process that speci®es that the change control process for that release will be integrated with the problem tracking process.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet

Protocol (TCP/IP). A set of communications protocols that support peer-to-peer connectivity functions for both local and wide area networks.

type. All parts that are created through the TeamConnection GUI or on the command line will show up in reports with the type of TCPart as the part type. The TeamConnection GUI and command line can only check in, check out, and extract parts of the type TCPart.

U

user exit. A user exit allows TeamConnection to call a user-de®ned program during the processing of TeamConnection transactions. User exits provide a means by which users can specify additional actions that should be performed before completing or proceeding with a TeamConnection action.

user ID. The identi®er assigned by the system administrator to each TeamConnection user.

V

veri®cation record. A status record that the originator of a defect or a feature must mark before the defect or feature can move to the closed state. Originators use veri®cation records to verify the resolution or implementation of the defect or feature they opened.

version. (1) A speci®c view of a driver, release, or work area. (2) A revision of a part.

version control. The storage of multiple versions of a single part along with information about each version.

view. An alternative and temporary representation of data from one or more tables.

W

work area. An object in TeamConnection that you create and associate with a release. When the work area is created, you see the most current view of the release and all the parts that it contains. You can check out the parts in the work area, make modi®cations, and check them back into the work area. You can also test the modi®cations without integrating them. Other users are not aware of the changes that you make in the work area until you integrate the work area to the release. While you work on ®les in a work area, you do not see subsequent part changes in the release until you integrate or refresh your work area.

working part. The checked-out version of a TeamConnection part.

Y

year 2000 ready. IBM VisualAge TeamConnection Enterprise Server is Year 2000 ready. When used in accordance with its associated documentation, TeamConnection is capable of correctly processing, providing and/or receiving date data within and between the twentieth and twenty-®rst centuries, provided that all products (for example, hardware, software and

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