Setting or modify a component's status

You may want to approve versions or restrict usage in your BOM to approved Black Duck KB or custom components and/or component versions.

Users with the Component Manager role can set a review/approval status on the component or component version at the global level and then use that status in policy rules.

For example, to ensure that only approved components are included in your BOM:

Determine the components (from Black Duck KB and custom components) that are approved for your BOMs.
Set the status for each of these components and/or component versions to "Approved".
Create policy rules such that any component or component version that does not have an "Approved" status triggers a policy violation.

Policy violations appear in your BOM for all components that do not have an approved status.

Changing the status of components and/or versions

For KB components, you set the initial status of a KB component and/or component version when you added it to Component Management.

The unreviewed status is not available for KB components.
By default, a custom component/custom component version has a status of "Unreviewed".

Note that the status of a component is independent of the status of its versions.

To modify the status for a component:

Log in to Black Duck with the Component Manager role.
Click > Components.

The Components tab appears.
Do one of the following:
- Click in the row of the component that you want to change the status and select a status from the list.
- Modify the status using the Settings tab in the Component Name page:
  1. Select the component you wish to modify from the Components tab.
    The Overview tab of the Component Name page appears.
  2. Select the Settings tab.
  3. Select a status from the Approval Status list and click Save.

To modify the status for a component version:

Log in to Black Duck with the Component Manager role.
Click > Components.

The Components tab appears.
Select the Component Versions tab.
Do one of the following:
- Click in the row of the component version that you want to change the status and select a status from the list.
- Modify the status using the Settings tab in the Component Name > Version page:
  1. Select the component version you wish to modify from the Component Versions tab.
    The Overview tab of the Component Name > Version page appears.
  2. Select the Settings tab.
  3. Select a status from the Approval Status list and click Save.