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Work with the objects that belong to or are related to your current project/stream.
Create and run reports on Dimensions CM objects using Report Builder.
Click the tab, and in the navigation pane, expand the tree and click one of the following icons to display its contents or related objects in the content pane:
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Project folder:
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Design part:
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Work area:
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Deployment area:
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Requests:
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Baselines:
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Requirements:
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Releases:
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Sub-projects:
Work with items in your current project/stream, in a view that is organized either by project folders or design parts.
Create and run reports on items using Report Builder.
Click the tab. To change the view of the items, select one of the tabs at the top of the navigation pane. There are two possible views of the current project/stream:
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Select Dirs to display the project folder view
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Select Items to display the design part view, the Inbox and Catalog
To display the relevant items in the content pane, click the appropriate icon:
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Project folder:
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Design Part:
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Catalog:
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Inbox:
Work with all requests in a product or all requests that affect a design part.
Create and run reports on requests using Report Builder.
Create and display Request lists.
Click a request list icon to perform it.
Click the tab, and in the navigation pane, do one of the following:
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To see all requests in the product, click the Catalog icon:
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To see the requests in your inbox, click the inbox icon:
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To see the requests that affect a design part, click the design part folder:
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To view any Request lists you have created, click the Lists tab:
at the top of the navigation pane, and click a Request list icon to perform it:
Work with all projects in a product.
Create and run reports on projects using Report Builder.
Note: This tab will not appear if your process model has been configured so that only streams are active. For details, see “About Database Options” in the Process Configuration Guide.
Click the tab, and in the navigation pane, do one of the following
Work with all streams in a product.
Create and run reports on streams using Report Builder.
Note: This tab will not appear if your process model has been configured so that only projects are active. For details, see “About Database Options” in the Process Configuration Guide.
Click the tab, and in the navigation pane, do one of the following
Work with all baselines in a product or all baselines created from a design part.
Create and run reports on baselines using Report Builder.
Click the tab, and in the navigation pane, do one of the following:
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To see all baselines in the product, click the Catalog icon:
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To see the baselines in your inbox, click the Inbox icon.
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To see the baselines created from a design part, click the design part folder:
Manage and monitor promotion and deployment activities.
Click the tab, and in the content pane, do one of the following:
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Click the Pending tab to view a list of all the objects that have been promoted but not yet deployed.
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Click the Queue tab to view deployment jobs that are waiting to be executed.
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Click the History tab to view the history of Promotions, demotions, deployments, and rollbacks.
In the navigation pane, select the required node for the deployments that you want to view in the content pane. For further details of how to view and select deployment information, see Managing Deployment.
Manage or run Dimensions CM reports.
To create or edit an item report or list ones you or others have already created, select the appropriate object class node (Items, Requests, Projects/Streams, or Baselines).
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To view an existing report, click a reports icon:
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To edit a report, select the report in the content pane and click the Modify Report button
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To create a report, select the required object class node (Items, Requests, Projects/Streams, or Baselines) and click the Modify Report button
in the toolbar.
For further details of how to use the Reports tab, see Running Report Builder.