View release page

This page is shown in Figure 1 and shows all the information relating to the selected Release iconrelease. release view page

Figure 1 – Release view page

The  top header area allows you to Edit icon edit or Delete icon delete the release; or to add a new Features iconfeature, Release note icon release note, Change requests iconchange request, issues iconissue, Defect maps icondefect, Attachments iconattachment or Comment iconcomment for this release. Some details of the release are displayed in subsections just below the top header area, for example the release’s location within Psoda, it’s description, planned release date and any estimate information, as well as any workflow details if a workflow has been assigned. The rest of the page is made up of a number of tabs or sections (depending on your selected view):

Attachments icon Attachments

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the attachments that have been added to this release, as shown in Figure 2.  By default, this table will present you with a number of details about the attachments such as the file’s name, attachment type, view the version and access a download link. From the Actions column of this attachments table, you can act on individual attachments by Edit iconediting, Delete icondeleting, Move iconmoving or lock iconlocking/unlock iconunlocking the selected attachment. view page attachments tab

Figure 2 – Release attachments tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the attachment table or navigate to this same spot to Add iconadd more attachments to this release. Here, you can also export this list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files. At the very bottom of this tabbed view, you have the option to add more attachments by utilising the drag and drop functionality to drag the files you wish to upload into the drop box (note that this function works in HTML5 compliant browsers only).  

Change requests icon Change requests

This tabbed view provides the change requests table, as shown in Figure 3, listing any change requests that have been added to this release. By default you will be presented with the link to view the change request itself, title, category, description, scheduling information, the user who initiated this request, the owner of the request, it’s current state and any actions or workflow transitions that are available. From this change request listing, you can utilise any of the functions in the Actions column to act on a specific request. These functions may include Edit iconediting, Delete icondeleting, Move iconmoving or adding Comment iconcomments or Attachments iconattachments, or running a Report template iconreport on the chosen change request.product change requests tab

Figure 3 – Release change requests table

Note that at the bottom of the table you can Add iconadd more change requests, Edit iconedit the table columns to show or hide request information, or export this list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.

Comment icon Comments

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the comments that icon_userusers have made on this release, as shown in Figure 4.  By default, this table will present you with a number of details about the comments such as, the date that this comment was last updated, who created the comment, the comment itself and any associated tags to name a few. From the Actions column of this comments table, you can act on individual comments by Edit iconediting or Delete icondeleting  the selected comment. view page comment tab

Figure 4 – Release comments tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the comment table or navigate to this same spot to Add iconadd more comments to this release. Here, you can also export this list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.

Defect maps icon Defects

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the defects that have been logged for this release, as shown in Figure 5.  By default, this table will present you with a number of details about the defects such as the defect’s number, type, title, severity, priority, current state, date raised, resolve by date and which user this defect is allocated to, to name a few details. From the Actions column of this defects table, you can act on individual defects by Edit iconediting, Delete icondeleting or  Move iconmoving the selected defect. defects tab

Figure 5 – Release defects tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the defect table. Here, you can also export this list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.

Delete icon Deleted assets

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the assets that icon_userusers have deleted or moved from this release, as shown in Figure 6.  By default, this table will present you with a number of details about the assets such as, the time it was deleted or moved, it’s parent asset (if applicable), what type of asset it was, it’s name and which user acted on it.

deleted assets tab

Figure 6 – Release deleted assets tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the tables. Here, you can also export the list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.

Features icon Features

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the features allocated to this release, as shown in Figure 7.  By default, this table will present you with a number of details about the features such as the it’s context, reference, description, estimate information, priority and it’s current state. If you have set up release pools for this release then the feature table will show additional columns for those resource pools. The headings will show the pool name as well as the size of the pool in mandays. The columns will show the resource estimates set for each feature. If the feature will fit into all the resource pools then it is coloured green and the pools are reduced by the corresponding estimates. If a feature does not fit then the pools where it does not fit are highlighted in red and that feature is skipped. If you click on the link beneath the reference column, you will navigate to the selected feature’s view page. features tab

Figure 7 – Release features tab

Note: if you resort the feature table then the algorithm will be applied against the new sorting order, indicating which features will fit based on that order. Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the features table. Here, you can also export this list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.  

History icon History

This tab shows shows some basic history of the release, as shown in Figure 8.  By default, this tab will present you with a number of details about the release’s history such as the creation date, creation user, last update date and last update user. If the release has been changed then this section will also show a table of all the changes that has been made, including the date of each change, the field changed, the value before the change and the user who made the change.view page history tab  

Figure 8 – Release history tab

Note that you can customise your change table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the change table. Here, you can also export this list of changes to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.

 

issues icon Issues

This tabbed view shows the issues table as seen in Figure 9, listing any issues that have been logged for this release. By default, this table provides impact and priority information, plan progress and resolution dates for the issues listed, as well as any actions that can be taken. The workflow column also provides information as to the next workflow transitions available. The Actions column of the issues table provides accessible functions to act on a chosen issue. These functions include Edit iconediting, escalate iconescalating, Delete icondeleting, Move iconmoving or adding a Comment iconcomment or Attachments iconattachment to that indicator.product issues tab

Figure 9 – Release issues tab

Note that at the bottom of the table you can Add iconadd more issues, Edit iconedit the table columns to show or hide issue information, or export this issue list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.

Release note icon Release notes

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the release notes that have been registered for this release, as shown in Figure 10.  By default, this table will present you with a number of details about the release notes such as the note’s last update date and description. From the Actions column of this release notes table, you can act on individual notes by Edit iconediting or Delete icondeleting the selected note. release note tab  

Figure 10 – Release release notes tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the release note table, from this same location you can also Add iconadd another release note to this release. Here, you can also export this list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.  

Group icon Resource pools

Fig 11 This section shows the resource pools for this release. Empty (zero) pools are not included in this list.