Assignment View

The Assignment view displays the most recently used or created assignment container that the user intends to view its tasks, manage or perform work.

The Assignment field is a drop-down list of the 15 most recently used assignment containers. An assignment container is added to this list when a new assignment container is created in Code Pipeline for Eclipse or is set as the active assignment by the user. This provides the user the ability to easily retrieve the 15 most recently used assignment containers from a historical perspective.

The table shows the list of tasks in the selected active assignment, which is shown in the Assignment field.

Columns, actions, and fields

See column definitions, action definitions, and field definitions for information about the columns, actions, and fields in this view.

To open the Assignment view

Do one of the following:

• From the Window menu, select Show View>Assignment.
• From the Window menu, select Show View>Other>Code Pipeline>Assignment.
• From the Container view, click the assignment ID link in the Container column. The selected assignment container is added to the Assignment list, the drop-down for which shows the 15 most recently used assignments in the format Assignment ID: Assignment description. The tasks in the selected container are added to the Tasks table.
• From the Impacts view, click the assignment ID link in the Assignment column. The selected assignment container is added to the Assignment list, the drop-down for which shows the 15 most recently used assignments in the format Assignment ID: Assignment description. The tasks in the selected container are added to the Tasks table.
• From the Component Versions view, Release view, Set view, Work List view, or Tasks view, click the assignment ID link in the Assignment column. The selected assignment container is added to the Assignment list, the drop-down for which shows the 15 most recently used assignments in the format Assignment ID: Assignment description. The tasks in the selected container are added to the Tasks table.

To perform a quick search of the Assignment view

In the Find bar, enter the text on which to search. The existing Assignment view contents are dynamically refreshed to show only the assignments that have a cell that contains the entered text.

To group the view's tasks

From the Grouping list, do one of the following:

• To prevent grouping of the tasks, select None.
• To group the tasks by the life cycle level of each task, select Level. The Level column becomes the table's first column and tasks at the same level are grouped together in an expandable/collapsible tree structure.
• To group the tasks by Code Pipeline type, select Type. The Type column becomes the table's first column and tasks of the same type are grouped together in an expandable/collapsible tree structure.

To display the active assignment and its tasks

To populate the Assignment list, do one of the following:

• Create a new assignment container.
• From the Assignment view, use the Find Assignment dialog box to search for the desired container.

The selected assignment container is added to the Assignment list, the drop-down for which shows the 15 most recently used assignments in the format Assignment ID: Assignment description. The tasks in the selected container are added to the Tasks table.

To generate eligible tasks

After selecting the active assignment as described above, perform any of the following actions:

• To generate tasks, do one of the following:
  • Select the tasks in the table and, click .
  • Select the tasks in the table and, from the context menu, select Generate.
• To generate with options, select the tasks in the table and, from the context menu, select Generate with Options.
• To generate with parms, select the tasks in the table and, from the context menu, select Generate with Parms.

See the Generate topic for more information.

To promote eligible tasks

After selecting the active assignment as described above, take either of the following actions:

• To promote tasks, do one of the following:
• Select the tasks in the table and, click .
• Select the tasks in the table and, from the context menu, select Promote.
• To promote with options, select the tasks in the table and, from the context menu, select Promote with Options.

See the Promote topic for more information.

To use the Find Assignment dialog box

1. In the Assignment view, click . The Find Assignment dialog box appears showing, under Matching Assignments, the assignments that match the current user ID.

2. If needed, modify the assignments that are displayed by entering search criteria in the fields in the Criteria box, then click Find. The Matching Assignments box populates with assignments that match the new filter criteria. See field definitions for information about the fields in the Criteria box.

   Warning

   Important

   • The User ID filter requires an exact match to show any results.
   • The remaining filters can use a string ending in a wildcard character (asterisk ‘*’) except the Stream, Application, and Default path, which contains a selection list.
   • Some field names are configurable (For example, ISSUE # may be WORKREF in your installation).
3. Select the assignment to be set as the active assignment and click OK. The assignment is added to the Assignment list in the Assignment view.

To view an assignment's properties

In the Assignment view, right-click the task and select Properties. The Task Properties dialog box appears:

1. Optionally, in the Component description field, enter text describing the purpose of the module, which will appear in the Component description column of the Assignment view.
2. Optionally, in the Task description field, enter a description of the changes made in this version of the module, which will appear in the Task description column of the Assignment view.
3. Click OK.

To select columns to be shown in the Assignment view

In the Assignment view, right-click the table header row and select the column to be added to or removed from the view. A check mark indicates a column that already appears in the view. Columns are added to the right side of the table.

To show release information about a task

1. If the Release column is not shown in the view, select it as a column to be shown.
2. Click the hyperlink in the Release column for the task for which you want to view release information. The Release view appears and shows release information for the selected task.