Quickplanner and 5.0.2 ifix
All,
For CLM 5.0.2 there is a ifix002, and ifix002-for Quickplanner, and now an ifix003. Are the quickplanner fixes from the 002 version in ifix003? Support does not think so, and the readme does not state enough about the QP information.
Any ideas if this QP iFeature stuff is in iFix003 or if I have to wait until iFix004 or 6.x?
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Accepted answer
Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k●3●30●35)
| answered Mar 12 '15, 10:00 p.m.
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER edited Mar 13 '15, 5:11 p.m.
There are two iFix streams ... the primary iFix stream, and the QuickPlanner "iFeature" stream.
The QuickPlanner iFeature is the same as the primary iFix, but with a QuickPlanner feature enhancements and fixes added in. So if you are using QuickPlanner, you will want to load the QuickPlanner iFeature. If you are not using QuickPlanner, then you can load either the iFix or the iFeature. So why is there an iFix and an iFeature stream? IBM support has a rule that new features cannot be added to an iFix. But there were some critical QuickPlanner enhancement that was badly needed by a variety of customers, enough to warrant the creation of the parallel iFeature stream. Geoffrey Clemm selected this answer as the correct answer
Comments Thanks, I'll go ahead and jump off the cliff now... :-)
I have one half of a client that want some needed fixes, and the other half hungry to start using Quickplanner after the upgrade. Those features look nice as they would not be able to upgrade again until at minimum fourth quarter.
Geoffrey Clemm
commented Mar 12 '15, 11:40 p.m.
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER
To my knowledge, there is virtually zero risk of any negative consequences by using the QP iFeature instead of the standard iFix, so this particular cliff is only about 6 inches high (:-).
Geoffrey,
Geoffrey Clemm
commented Mar 13 '15, 6:51 p.m.
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER
The iFix/iFeatures are cumulative, so you never have more than one iFix/iFeature installed at a given time. So you never install an iFix/iFeature "on top of" another iFix/iFeature. If you replaced iFix03 with QP-iFeature02, then you have decided to roll back the iFix03 fixes to the iFix02 level (and install the QP iFeature at level 02). So it is never a "feature or fix" choice ... it is always a "fix or fix+feature" choice.
Geoff's answer is correct. Once you install an iFeature you should continue to install the follow on releases of it that will mirror the iFix releases for 5.0.2. It will always contain the latest iFix changes plus any additional changes for Quick Planner. If you were to ever then install a standard iFix instead, it would essentially roll back Quick Planner to the state when 5.0.2 was GA released.
Thanks,
Don
RTC, Tracking and Planning Development Manager
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