Assignments

You use the My Assignments page to keep track of all the work you need to do in IXIA CCMS Web. The work is tracked as a series of assignments on a users' My Assignments page.

Whenever you assign an object to other users, the object automatically becomes an assignment for specified users.

Note: When you assign a map to a user, all children topics are included in the assignment. Users assigned to the map can edit any object in the map, even if they are not directly assigned the map objects. However, assigning a map to a user does not automatically assign to the user all children objects.

Modify an assignment

To modify an assignment, you need the correct access rights. If you do not have them, then you cannot modify an existing assignment or view assignees.

Note: Once you assign users to an Approval, no user can change assignees. However, users with the correct access rights can cancel the Approval.

Active assignments

You can define the entire workflow for the assignment and select all the users in their different roles while creating an assignment. The object does not need to be in a specific status to assign it to specific roles and users. The assignment becomes active only when it is in the correct status for users with the specific role for that status.

For example, you can assign a map to both contributors and reviewers, but the assignment is only active for contributors when it is in the Contribute status.

Assignment rules

Each assignment has rules that specify how it behaves. You can set one of these rules while creating or modifying an assignment:

Assignment rule	Description
Allow users to change status	Users can manually change the status of the assignment. Note: You cannot select this assignment rule if the role does not already allow users to change the status. The rule cannot override role configurations.
Mark as finished if everyone is finished	The assignment changes to finished for all users only if all assigned users mark the assignment as finished. You cannot select this assignment rule if the role only allows one assignee.
Mark as finished if at least one person is finished	The assignment changes to finished for all users if any assigned user marks the assignment as finished.

Mark an assignment as finished

You can mark an assignment as finished without changing the status of an assignment. For most objects, the result is a on the object icon for that assignment to denote it is in a Finished state and appears wherever the object icon is visible, including places like your My Assignments page or the Dependencies view. If you need to edit a finished assignment, you still can.

Note: For Approvals, you cannot mark yourself as finished. The Approval is marked as finished for you once you approve or reject it.

Assignment rules determine when an assignment is considered finished. You are considered finished with the assignment independently of whether the assignment is considered finished. Once the assignment is finished, it is marked as finished for that status, and all assignees see the on the object icon.

Move a finished assignment back to a work status

If the finished assignment changes to a different status in the workflow, the assignment resets for the new status and is no longer considered finished. The

also disappears.

Note: This does not apply to Collaborative Reviews. If a reviewer changes the Review status to In Discussion status, the

remains so that the remaining reviewers know they finished the assignment.

Assignments from earlier versions of CCMS Web

Since assignment rules did not exist prior to CCMS Web 6.2, assignments from earlier versions of CCMS Web do not have them. Assignments made in older versions of CCMS Web might need to be modified by someone with the required access rights so that other users can change the assignment's status or mark the assignment as finished.