Releases application
You use the Releases application to plan, review, and prepare for releases across your environment. You define releases to manage large-scale deployments of authorized versions of software into a production environment; for large or critical hardware rollouts; and for bundling related sets of changes. Releases detail the tasks, scheduling, and people or groups involved in the release. You can customize the flow of activities and ensure that release tasks are completed in the correct order by the appropriate people.
The Releases application contains the following tabs:
- List
- This tab is displayed when you initially go to the application. To obtain a list of
existing records, place the cursor in the Record field, and press Enter. Use the search and query
capabilities to limit your list as needed.
You can select one or more records and use the Map - Side by Side and Map - Below tabs to display maps showing your location and the locations of the existing objects that you have selected. See
Using the mapping features
for details.To view and modify details of an existing record, click the ID of the record in the list. Tabs are displayed that enable you to view and modify the record as appropriate.
- Release
- Use the Release tab to create, plan, review, and approve releases. On this tab, you process releases created with the Releases application as well as those created or generated by other applications.
- Plans
- Use the Plans tab to view, enter, and modify several types of work plan data on a release. A work plan describes the tasks, labor, materials, services, and tools needed to complete the work. You can associate an existing job plan with a release to easily create the work plan.
- Related Records
- Use the Related Records tab to link work orders and tickets to the selected release, and to view work orders and tickets that are already related to the selected release. You also can delete the relationship between a release and a related record.
- Actuals
- Use the Actuals tab to enter, view and modify the actual job tasks, labor, materials, and tools that are used for the release.
- Log
- Use the Log tab to view and create entries about the current release record. Sub-tabs enable you to add and view work log entries, view communications for the current record, and view attachments that are associated with a communication.
- Specifications
- Use this tab to view and add values for Release attributes that you specify. Based on the release classification that you specify when a release is created, different sets of attributes will be displayed in the Specifications tab. These classifications are modifiable.
- Process Details
- Use this tab to view comprehensive, consolidated information about approval, implementation, and software distribution tasks that are part of the current release, and to view the status of major release milestones.
- Service Address
- Use this tab to view or add service address information and to view information about the associated customer, customer agreement, price schedule, and billing status.
- Map
- Use this tab to view a map showing the location of the release. A map is provided
only if your administrator has enabled a map service for your installation. The map shows the
location of the service address. Right-click the pin icon on the map to view details about the
record. If the address is close but not quite accurate, you might be able to correct it by clicking
Find Location. For more information about using maps to view
the geographic location of release records, see
Using maps
inTracking ongoing releases
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