Console

Manage Load Cycles

A load cycle can be created and linked to a load cycle-specific data quality metric for a Migration milestone of type Execute. The Stewardship Tier is delivered with the following load cycles that cannot be edited:

  • Go-Live—The migration cycle that takes the project live
  • Mock 1—The first migration cycle
  • Mock 2—The second migration cycle
  • Mock 3—The third migration cycle
  • SIT—System Integration Testing cycle
  • UAT—User Acceptance Testing cycle

Users can also add custom load cycles. Refer to Add a Load Cycle for more information.

NOTE: Load cycles set to be Auto Included are automatically added to all Waves. Refer to Add a Load Cycle for more information.

If a load cycle is not Auto Included in a wave, it can be assigned to an existing wave. Refer to Assign a Load Cycle to a Wave for more information.

Once a planning group is added to a wave, it is available to assign to a wave’s load cycles. The scope of Objects in a Wave / Load Cycle is determined based on the Objects assigned to Planning groups included in the Load Cycle. Individual Objects can be excluded from specific load cycles, if needed. Refer to Add a Planning Group to a Load Cycle and Exclude a Planning Group Object from a Load Cycle for more information.

This topic contains the following sections:

Assign a Load Cycle to a Wave

Once load cycles have been created on the Load Cycle page, they can be assigned to waves based on load cycles that are planned to take place. The two ways to assign load cycles to waves are to:

To assign a load cycle to a wave in Console:

  1. Click Waves in the Navigation pane.
  2. Click the Load Cycles icon for a wave.

  3. Click Add.

    View the field descriptions for the Wave Load Cycles page

  4. Enter a name in the LOAD CYCLE text box.

  5. Select the instance for the Load Cycle from the INSTANCE list box.

    NOTE: The instance is used in multi-tier implementations of the Stewardship Tier to display the correct data on Migration-related dashboards in the Knowledge Tier. Options in this list box are set on the Instances page in System Administration.

  6. Click to select a date from the calendar for the PLANNED START DATE.
  7. Click to select a date from the calendar for the PLANNED END DATE.
  8. Click to select a date from the calendar for the ACTUAL START DATE.
  9. Click to select a date from the calendar for the ACTUAL END DATE.
  10. Click Save.

Add a Planning Group to a Load Cycle

Planning groups are used to group Objects together for planning and execution purposes. When assigned to a Wave’s load cycles, the Objects included in the Load Cycle are determined. This scope of Objects is then used in ‘Execute’ milestones to track a Load Cycle's Data Quality metrics. Planning groups can be added to load cycles for a Wave once the planning group has been added to the Wave. Refer to Add Elements Separately for more information.

To add a planning group to a load cycle in Console:

  1. Click Waves in the Navigation pane.
  2. Click the Load Cycles icon for a Wave.

  3. Click the Planning Groups icon for a load cycle.

    View the field descriptions for the Wave Load Cycles page

  4. Select a planning group and click the Include icon.

NOTE: To remove the planning group from the load cycle select a PLANNING GROUP and click the Remove icon to exclude the planning groups from the load cycle.

View the field descriptions for the Wave Load Cycles Planning Groups page

Exclude an Object from a Load Cycle

By default, all of the Objects assigned to planning groups linked to a load cycle are included in the load cycle.To help users refine the Objects in scope for a load cycle, objects can be excluded. For more information on how to assign planning groups to Objects on the Wave Process Area Object Planning Data page, refer to Manage Planning Data.

To exclude objects from a load cycle’s planning groups in Console:

  1. Click Waves in the Navigation pane.
  2. Click the Load Cycles icon for a Wave.

  3. Click the Objects icon for a load cycle.

    View the field descriptions for the Wave Load Cycles page

  4. Select an object and click Exclude; a warning message displays.

    NOTE: To include an excluded object in a load cycle, select the object and click the Remove Exclusion icon.

  5. Click Ok.

  6. Click Edit.

    View the field descriptions for the Wave Load Cycle Excluded Objects page

  7. Enter a Comment explaining why the object has been excluded from the load cycle.
  8. Click Save.