Description of View/Merge results

The search criteria, search results, and a description of the applicable action for each result are described in the table below.

Patch Release Result fields and applicable actions for each result

Field

Definition

Object Name

Enter the name of the object you want to search for, or leave this field blank to return objects with any name. The object name is typically the unique identifier in the database table specified for the object type.

Object Type

Enter the type of object you want to search for, or leave this field blank to return all object types. Some of the object types you could search for are:

Application Cluster, Object, Process, ScriptLibrary, displayoption, format, formatctrl, help, joindefs, link, scmessage, screlconfig, triggers, and wizard.

Result:
Added

Select this option to search for new objects that were added to the system by the patch. These objects did not exist in your system before this update.

No further action is necessary for objects with this result.

Result: Error

Select this option to search for objects that encountered an error while being updated by the Applications Patch Manager. For more information about the error, review the sm.log file and the except.log file in the patch directory.

Required Action: Fix the cause of the error in a copy of your production system, and then apply the patch again.

Result: Forced

Select this option to search for objects that were tailored on your Service Manager system, where the Applications Patch Manager added the new object and backed up your tailored object as a revision. You will only see this result after applying the production patch.

No further action is necessary for objects with this result.

Result: Previously Reconciled

Select this option to search for objects that were tailored on your Service Manager system, that were marked as reconciled during a previous upgrade or patch release, or where your object was not changed and the Applications Patch Manager added a new object NEW9.61.00xx<object name>.

Required Action: Choose one of the following for each object with this result.

  • Keep the old version: No further action is necessary.
  • Keep the new version: Select the object in the merge view and click Copy all from left to right on the tool bar.
  • Merge new and old versions: Determine which of the new features should be incorporated into your tailored object, and then make the changes in your tailored object. When finished, delete the new object.

Result: Reconciled

Select this option to search for objects that you have already marked as Reconciled.

No further action is necessary for objects with this result.

Result: Renamed

Select this option to search for objects that were tailored on your Service Manager system, and where your object was not changed and the Applications Patch Manager added a new object NEW9.61.00xx<object name>. You will only see this result after applying the out-of-box patch.

Required Action: Choose one of the following for each object with this result.

  • Keep the old version: No further action is necessary.
  • Keep the new version: Select the object in the merge view and click Copy all from left to right on the tool bar.
  • Merge new and old versions: Determine which of the new features should be incorporated into your tailored object, and then make the changes in your tailored object. When finished, delete the new object.

Result: Updated

Select this option to search for objects that were automatically updated by the Applications Patch Manager. These are objects that were not tailored on your Service Manager system.

No further action is necessary for objects with this result.

Result: Already Current

Select this option to search for objects that were already the latest version.

No further action is necessary for objects with this result.