Transferring mastership of a record
You can transfer the mastership of database records when users from other sites need write access to them.
About this task
Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite includes a system field called ratl_mastership. The value of this field is the replica that masters the respective record. To allow users to change the mastership of a record, you must add this field to the form of the record type. You can add the ratl_mastership field to the form of a record type at any time.
Note: Only users at the master replica of a record can
change its mastership.
For each record type for which you want to
allow users to change record mastership, use the Rational®
ClearQuest® Designer
at the working schema repository to modify the schema of the replica family.
To add the ratl_mastership field to a record form:
- In the Workspace, expand Record Types, and then expand the desired record type.
- Double-click the form.
- Click the tab to which you want to add the field, or click Edit > Add Tab to add a new tab to contain the field.
- Using the Field List, drag the ratl_mastership field to the tab.
- Check in the modified schema.
- Upgrade the appropriate user databases to use the new schema.
- Generate and send an update packet. Update packets automatically contain schema updates. Administrators at other sites must upgrade their user database replicas to use the new schema revision.