Update Life Cycle or Workflow

Update the Life Cycle (Optional)

To update the life cycle milestones:
  1. In the Loan project, expand 2013then selectLife Cyclethen selectTest.
  2. Select each milestone task for Test. Click the Status box and select Completed.
    Note: Although this task is not part of this exercise, dependencies in the life cycle require you to mark this task complete.
  3. Expand the Production milestone. Select the Declare ready for production task. Click the Status box and select Completed.
  4. Select the Publish model task. Click the Status box and select Completed.
  5. Select the Start production scoring task. Click the Status box and select Completed.
  6. Click the Life Cycle node to examine its properties. The value for Date Modified is today's date. The Test and Production properties display bar charts that show the percentage of completed tasks for these milestones.
    The life cycle status of Test and Production milestones.

Update the Workflow Process (Optional)

To complete the activities in the associated workflow:
  1. Select Toolsthen selectMy Workflow Inbox or click My Workflow Inbox from the SAS Model Manager main window to view the workflow activities in your workflow inbox. Workflow Console is launched in a web browser, and displays the Activities category view.
    Note: The list displays only the activities for which you are the actual owner or are assigned as a potential owner, and that have the state of Started.
  2. From the Activities category view, select an activity name, and click Claim the activity.
    Note: You can select an activity name and click Release the activity to release an activity that you had previously claimed.
  3. (Optional) Enter a property value or change an existing property value in the Properties pane.
  4. (Optional) Double-click an activity to view the activity details. From the activity details view, you can modify activity properties or perform the model management tasks that are associated with the activity.
    Note: If you did not claim the activity from the Activities category view, you can select the Claim check box in the activity status bar.
  5. (Optional) Add a comment to the activity using the Comments pane.
  6. Select a status value to complete the activity. The workflow continues to the next activity.
    Activity Status Menu
  7. Repeat steps 2 through 6 for the activities that you completed during this tutorial.
    Note: A workflow can be configured to display the activities that are associated with a milestone or task on the Workflow Milestones tab and in the Workflow Milestones report for a version in the SAS Model Manager client application. From the Workflow Milestones tab, you can view the status of milestones or tasks that are associated with activities in the workflow.
    Workflow Milestones tab
Note: For more information, see Tutorial 11: Using Workflow Console.