Creating a patch from a baseline

Create a patch configuration from a baseline to use the same versions of products as the baseline and to make incremental changes based on those versions. This is useful if your team does not want to include versions of products that were created after the baseline.

About this task

Creating a patch creates a modifiable product configuration that is a copy of the baseline. The hierarchy of the new configuration is an exact match of the baseline. The patched product configuration is insulated from future changes that are not made explicitly within it.

Procedure

  1. Right-click the baseline configuration that you want to replace and select Create a Patch.

    If you do not see the baseline configuration version that you need, use Quick Search to search for it. After you find the right version, you can perform a find use or start an analysis, if you need this information before you replace the version. Click the correct version of the configuration to show it in Browse Products.

  2. Optionally, change the default name of the patch baseline.
  3. Add, modify, or remove dimensions and values for the patch baseline.

    Detailed information about Dimensions and Scopes is available in the Patch Baseline dialog box hover help. For information about how values are ranked, see Dimension values precedence.

  4. You now have a modifiable version of the product configuration. You can selectively change the product tree in one or more of the following ways:
    • Create a product.
    • Check out the product version that was used in the baseline. (You do not need to check out the parent products, only the product that must change.)
    • Use Replace Version to select a different version of a product or child configuration in the patch configuration.
    • Use Replace Branch to select a different product branch.
    • Create patch of a child baseline to change that child patch configuration.

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