Creating Projects and Adding Releases

You can create a project and add multiple releases to the project.

To create projects, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Application Menu > Data Catalog > Release Manager.
  2. Click the Project View tab.
  3. Click Add Project.

    4. The New Project page appears.

  4. Enter appropriate values in the fields. Fields marked with a red asterisk are mandatory. Refer to the following table for field descriptions.

    5. Field Name

    Description

    Project Name

    Specifies the unique name of the project.

    For example, EDW.

    Project Description

    Specifies the description about the project.

    For example: This project contains four releases.

    Resource Name

    Specifies the project owner's name.

    For example, Jane Doe.

    Resource Description

    Specifies the description about the project owner.

    For example: Jane Doe is the release manager of the organization.

    Resource Cell Phone

    Specifies the cell phone number of the project owner.

    For example, +658374414288.

    Resource Work Phone

    Specifies the work phone number of the project owner.

    For example, 1-800-783-7946.

    Resource Email

    Specifies the project owner's email address.

    For example, jane.doe@mauris.edu
  5. Click Save.

    6. The project is created and saved in the Project Listing.

To add releases to the project, follow these steps:

  1. Under the Project View tab, in the Project Listing section, click the required project.

    2. The Release Listing for the project appears.

    If you have not added any release to the project earlier then empty list appears.

  2. Click Add Release.

    3. The New Release page appears.

  3. Enter appropriate values in the fields. Fields marked with a red asterisk are mandatory. Refer to the following table for field descriptions.

    4. Field Name

    Description

    Project Name

    Specifies the project name under which the release is being created.

    For example, EDW.

    Release Name

    Specifies the unique name of the release.

    For example, Pfizer Test.

    Release Description

    Specifies the description about the release.

    For example: The release contains two release objects of the data item type.

    Change Control Number

    Specifies the change control number of the release.

    For example, v1.8.

    Release Date

    Specifies the date of the release.

    For example, 01/22/2020.

    Use to enter the release date.

    Release Owner

    Specifies the release owner's User ID.

    For example, jdoe.

    The option list appears based on the users created in the Resource Manager. For more information on creating users, refer to the Creating Users and Assigning Roles topic.

    User Defined Fields (1-10)

    You can use these additional fields with your own UI labels. You can define the UI labels in the Language Settings.
  4. Click Save.

    5. The release is added to the selected project.

  5. Use the following options:
    View ()
    To view the release details, click .
    Edit ()
    To edit, the release, click .
    You can update the release status only by editing a release.
    Download ()
    To download the release details, click .
    Delete ()
    To delete the release, click .

Once a release is created, you can add release objects to it.