Containers View
Containers are used to group tasks that make up a project, work package, or change request. ISPW has three types of containers:
- Assignment – Assignments are collections of tasks (modules) that belong to a particular project or work request. An assignment has one or more tasks and can be a personal assignment or shared within a project team. A task must belong to an assignment, though tasks can be viewed in different releases or sets.
- Release – Releases are collections of functionally related tasks that could all belong to the same assignment, or could span multiple assignments.
- Set – Sets are temporary collections of tasks that exist only long enough to perform some particular operation, like Generate or Promote. The user interface differentiates the status of the set via the icon; a set without an error is indicated by
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Containers have tasks, which are the components that need to be added, deleted, or changed for a particular piece of work.
By default, the Containers view is populated based on the current user ID. This can be changed using the Containers Filter dialog box.
The ISPW Containers view displays the list of containers.
Columns, actions, and fields
See to column definitions, action definitions, and field definitions for information about the columns, actions, and fields in this view.
To perform a quick search of the ISPW Containers view
In the Find bar, enter the text on which to search. The existing ISPW Containers view contents are dynamically refreshed to show only the containers that have a cell that contains the entered text.
To show assignment, release, or set information about a container
Do one of the following:
- To view information about an assignment, double-click the assignment or click the hyperlink in the Container column. The ISPW Assignment view appears and shows the assignment as the active assignment.
- To view information about a release, double-click the release or click the hyperlink in the Container or Release column. The ISPW Release view appears and shows the release as the active release.
- To view information about a set, double-click the set or click the hyperlink in the Container column. The ISPW Set view appears and shows the set as the active set.