Container List

Code Pipeline Option P displays the Code Pipeline Container List. The following figure shows the partial Container List associated with the user 'USER001'.

Container List for USER001

Container definition

A Container is a collections of components/modules that belong to an Application change request. Your organization may call these projects, work packages, or change requests. Code Pipeline has three types of Containers: 

• Assignment – the most basic Container, used to help Applications staff structure and organize their project work.
• Release – a grouping of Assignment Containers (or Assignments) into a larger package, or a collection of modules from various Assignments.
• Set – a temporary Container used to bundle modules for mass operations such as authorizations, generations, or promotions from level to level.

Containers have Task Lists, where Tasks are the modules that need to be added, deleted, or changed for some particular piece of work.

Container type designations

In the example shown in the following figure, there are twelve work Containers associated with user USER002. By default, Code Pipeline users see only the Containers with which they are associated. Different Code Pipeline users will see different Container Lists, depending on their work. Notice the Container types designation in column T: 

• The first nine rows are Assignments (A in the second column).
• The tenth row is a Release (R in the second column).
• The last two rows are Sets (S in the second column).

All of these containers belong to an Application called PLAY, which is listed in the Appl column.

The following figure shows a customized view of the Container List for user 'USER002'.

Container List for USER002

 The following table describes the Container List Columns:

Input fields color

In Code Pipeline, input fields, masks, and filters are displayed in a contrasting color. The default color is pink. 

Filtering the Container List

A column filter can further narrow the Container List to specific Containers. The following figure shows Containers for user 'USER001' with Descriptions beginning with the word IVP. The filter IVP* (* = wildcard character) looks for descriptions beginning with the word IVP followed by any characters.

By using different filters you can further change the displayed results. Clearing all fields and filters will cause all of the Containers to be displayed. Try filters under various column headers, such as filtering on the Path column or the Description column.

Filtered Container List

Arranging columns

Users can customize displays under Code Pipeline Main Menu Option U to show the information most important to them (see Option U – User Preferences). For example, QA staff may want to see different columns on their display than programmers. However these are just different logical views of the same data.