Publishing projects

When your project is ready, you publish it to make it available as a skill. You publish a specific version of a project.

Publishing projects is a two-step process:

  1. Create a version of your project. A version is a snapshot of a project and is associated with a specific set of shared changes. It represents a point-in-time of the project and, therefore, cannot be changed.
  2. Publish the version of the project that you created.

When a new version of a project is published, this version replaces the previously published version in IBM watsonx Orchestrate. IBM watsonx Orchestrate supports only one version at a time. When you publish or republish an earlier version of a project, it replaces the existing published version of the project in IBM watsonx Orchestrate.

Creating versions

Note: You must have the owner or editor role to create a version of a project.

Each version name must be unique. It is recommended to use the following semantic version format:

[major].[minor].[patch]-[pre-release]+[build metadata]

For example:

  • Version 2.2.1 is more recent than version 2.2.0
  • Version 2.3.0 is more recent than version 2.2.1
  • Version 3.0.0 is more recent than version 2.3.0

To create a version:

  1. Open the History tab.
  2. Click Version + next to the change set you want to create a version of.
    Note: If you want to create a version that contains your latest changes, start by sharing your changes with your collaborators. See Sharing changes.
  3. Enter a name for the version and click Create.

Publishing

Note: To publish a project, at least one skill must be public in the project. Only public skills in your project are published.

To publish a project:

  1. Open the Publish tab.
  2. Expand the version that you want to publish.
  3. Click Publish.

What to do next

When a project is successfully published, you can use it as a skill:

  1. Find the published project in the Skills and apps page.
  2. Enhance and publish the project to the skill catalog.
  3. Add the required project to your skill set to start using it.

You can also reuse the project in workflows.

Parent topic:

→ Building projects