A change set is a collection of changed resources in a single component, which can be either checked-in and delivered or suspended till a later time. Change sets flow between a repository workspace and its flow targets. Workspaces usually have at least one flow target and many have more than one.

Change sets are classified as outgoing when they are present in a local workspace but not in its flow target. In a similar way, change sets are classified as incoming when they are present in a flow target but not in the local workspace itself. Flow targets specify the sources and destinations of incoming and outgoing change sets. Streams have flow targets only if they are part of a stream hierarchy.

Once team members change project artifacts, the changes need to be applied to the streams so that the entire team can see the changes. Of course, in this case, the other team members need to accept the incoming change sets. In general, we refer to "change flow" to define the flow of the changes from the repository workspace to the flow targets. These flow targets can be one or more streams.

Let's see a simple scenario of making a change in the BookManager Doc component, then contribute it to the associated flow target:

These steps complete the roundtrip between changing a resource and finally making it available to the team through flow targets.