Creating an ER
This guide covers creating a new ER, using the automated facilities available through the new page creation utilities, the ER template and variables to pre-set titles and categories.
Creating a new ER
Note: you must be logged in.
Go to the main page and click on Help:CreateNewPage
Enter your ER number in the correct area of the screen e.g. ER CTMS 046-001
Click Create New ER
The system will take you to the page with everything you need for creating an ER, editing in source mode.
You can edit in source mode, or you can flip to visual editing. Either:
- Click Create instead of Create Source at the top
- Click the pencil icon and select Visual Editing.
You will then be editing in Visual Editor.
Source Editing
Change the following at the top of the page
- #vardefine:System - the system code e.g. WMS, CTMS, WCS etc.
- #vardefine:SystemVers - the system version e.g. 810, 12, 19, 3.4, etc
- #vardefine:ERPatch - the patch portion of the change e.g. 046
- #vardefine:ERNumber - the number of the ER within the patch e.g. 001
This will set the title, system, version, and ER number automatically from what was entered. It won't change immediately - it will change when you save the page.
You can then continue editing, adding rows to the different sections, adding or removing unwanted sections, etc.
When complete, enter an editing summary at the bottom of the page and click Save Changes.
Visual Editing
At the very top of the page, greyed out, there are 4 variables, used by the page for the titles, version and (importantly) the categorisation of the page.
- #vardefine:System
- #vardefine:SystemVers
- #vardefine:ERPatch
- #vardefine:ERNumber
Click on the variable to change and click the Edit button - an edit popup will show. Enter the value you want here:
- #vardefine:System - the system code e.g. WMS, CTMS, WCS etc.
- #vardefine:SystemVers - the system version e.g. 810, 12, 19, 3.4, etc
- #vardefine:ERPatch - the patch portion of the change e.g. 046
- #vardefine:ERNumber - the number of the ER within the patch e.g. 001
This will set the title, system, version, and ER number automatically from what was entered. It won't change immediately - it will change when you save the page.
You can then continue editing, adding rows to the different sections, adding or removing unwanted sections, etc.
When complete, you can click Save Page. You will be prompted to enter an editing summary - enter one and click Save Page.
Result
Your page will be created. The categories will be set from the variables entered as well. Assuming we entered the following
- #vardefine:System - CTMS
- #vardefine:SystemVers - 12
- #vardefine:ERPatch - 046
- #vardefine:ERNumber - 001
The title will default to:
- EMERGENCY RELEASE - CTMS 12
- RELNOTE ER CTMS 046-001
The categories will default to:
- CTMS ER - the general category of all CTMS ERs
- ER CTMS 046 - the specific category of patch 046
Creating a New Patch Category
At this point, if this is a new patch version, the specific patch category will not exist - on the right of the page, the category will be red (in this example ER CTMS 046).
You should click this link - you will be taken to editing the new category. You need to add this to the "CTMS ER" category:
- Source editing
- Enter [[Category:CTMS ER]] into the source editing box, enter a summary comment and save.
- Visual editing
- Click the 3-line menu, click Categories and start typing WMS ER - the category will be shown. Select it then click Apply Changes. Enter a summary comment and save.
Note that if this category already exists, you don't need to do this.
Now, if you go to category "CTMS ER", you will see a sub category, in this example ER CTMS 046. You can see ERs applied to this patch in one place. Example below:
