Assigning Areas to Project/Streams

Purpose

Follow this procedure when you want to assign an area to a project/stream in order to assign that area to item files for that project/stream.

PRIVILEGES  
Assign Deployment Areas to Project for deployment areas

To assign an area to a project/stream:

  1. On the Area Definitions tab, in the navigation pane, select a deployment area.

  2. In the navigation pane, in the Projects section, click the Add button: add_button00016.gif. The Assign Area to Project dialog box appears.

  3. Select a project/stream from the Projects list.

  4. If you want to use a folder that is offset, or located in another folder relative to the Area's directory, enter the relative path to be used in File path relative to Area Directory.

  5. Select Deploy by default if you want files to automatically be deployed to this area when the item revisions are promoted or demoted to this stage.

  6. Select an Audit filter from the list, or leave this as Default to use the default filter for the area.

  7. CAUTION!  Audit and area filters can easily be confused. For information see Correct Use of Area and Audit Filters.

  8. Enter a Sequence order if you want deployments to this area to occur in a particular order relative to other deployment areas when there is more that one deployment area for this project/stream. See the Deployment Guide for the rules for deployment sequences.

  9. If you want the area to be populated with item files as soon as you relate the project/stream, select Populate Area with Project contents.

  10. Click OK to commit the changes.

To edit an area assignment:

  1. On the Area Definitions tab, in the navigation pane, select a deployment area: deployment_area_icon00017.gif 

  2. In the navigation pane, in the Projects section, select a project and click the editbutton00018.gif button. The Edit Assignment dialog box appears.

  3. If you want to use a folder that is offset, or located in another folder relative to the Area's directory, enter the relative path to be used in File path relative to Area Directory.

  4. If you want the area to be populated with item files as soon as you relate the project/stream, select Populate Area with Project contents.

  5. If you want the item files to remain where they are if the relative path changes, select Do not delete files from old relative path if relative path changes.

To unassign an area from a project/stream:

  1. On the Area Definitions tab, in the navigation pane, select a deployment area: deployment_area_icon00019.gif

  2. In the navigation pane, in the Projects section, select a project/stream and click the Delete_button00020.gif button. The Unassign Project from Area dialog box appears.

  3. Click Yes to unassign the area.