Checking in units

The Check In operation copies a unit from your working project into the configuration management archive.

Procedure

  1. On the IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® browser, right-click the units you want to check in and select Configuration Management > Check In.
    The Check In window displays with information displayed for the selected items. If a selected item is locked by another user, the Locked check box is selected and the check in operation cannot be executed.
  2. Select the Include descendents check box if you want to check in nested units.
  3. Select the Include corresponding source artifacts check box, if available, if you want to check in corresponding source artifacts. (Code preserving information, such as mapping, ordering, and code snippets, of an element is defined in a SourceArtifact element, which is typically created by reverse engineering or roundtripping.)
  4. Type a Revision Description explaining the changes in this revision.
    Most configuration management tools ignore the description the first time you check in a unit.
  5. If your configuration management tool has advanced options, you can click the Advanced button to open its Advanced Options window; otherwise the button is disabled. The Advanced Options window that opens is provided by your configuration management tool.
  6. If you opened an Advanced Options window, click OK to close it after you make your selections.
  7. Click OK on the Check In Options window to confirm and check in the units. Rational Rhapsody saves the project (including concatenating configuration management headers and footers) before the configuration management tool checks the unit into the archive.
  8. Click OK to dismiss the confirmation message.

Results

Note: In Microsoft Common Source Code Control (SCC) mode, the Check In operation can be successfully completed only if a unit is already checked out. If a unit that you are trying to check in is not already checked out, by default, the Check In operation is ignored. A message to this effect is displayed on the Configuration Management tab of the Output window.

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