Release Calendar report

The Release Calendar report provides a calendar view of all the release plans active in the database and the environments assigned for those release plans. This report essentially shows you data about environments per release. You can also determine the applications for which these environments are assigned under a release plan, the associated release date for the plan, and the period for which the environment is assigned for that release.

You can view the data by month (default), week, or day. You can apply filters to see data related to particular applications, environments, plans, and plan status.

This report helps you answer questions such as:

• Which environments are being used for which release plans?
• Which environments are assigned for which applications under that release plan?
• What are the release dates?
• What are the end dates for the particular environments assigned for the particular release plans?
• Which release plans use the same environment and what are the release dates?

The following figure shows a sample Release Calendar report that provides a monthly view of the environments per release (plan), the release dates, and the applications to which these environments are assigned.

Sample Release Calendar report

(Click the image to expand it)

You can print the calendar chart and save it in various formats, such as a .png, .jpg, and .pdf, by right-clicking on the chart and selecting the appropriate option:

• Print Chart: Prints the chart
• Save as JPEG Image: Converts the image and displays the Save button. Click to save the .jpg file
• Save as PNG Image: Converts the image and displays the Save button. Click to save the .png file
• Save as PDF: Converts the image and displays the Save button. Click to save the .pdf file

To generate a Release Calendar report

1. Go to Reports > Calendars.
   By default, the Release Calendar report is displayed. Alternatively, you can click Release Calendar on the right to display a monthly calendar view of the release plans and the environments in use at various stages of those release plans.
   • The colored horizontal bars denote the duration for which the environments are used. The release date (of the release plan) is marked in a different color at the end of the horizontal bar. A release date marked outside the horizontal bar indicates that the environment is assigned for a time period that ends before the actual release date.
   • The red dashed line spanning across the chart marks the current date.
   • Rest the mouse pointer across the horizontal colored bars in the chart to see the period for which the environment is assigned and the application for which the environment is assigned under that release plan.

   • Click <previous or next>to scroll across the months and see data about the environments being used for particular release plans.

     Warning

     Notes

     • You can view data for only those plans to which you have access permissions. Administrators can see data related to all the plans present in the database.
     • You can see the environments assigned for each of the release plans in this report only after you have set the start and end dates for the environments assigned at every stage of the selected plan. To add start and end dates for the environments, you must edit the plan and then click the Edit Plan Details link at the bottom of the Applications table. If you do not set the end date for a particular environment, by default the release date of the plan is used as the end date for the environment.

2. Click Open Filters to specify a reporting time period and apply filters.

   Click Clear Filter to clear all the filters that you set.

   The following table lists all the filter options that you can use to customize your report:

   Filter	Description
   Filter by Date	Set the date range by specifying From and To dates and then clicking Set. You can view data only up to the number of days in the past that is set in the Allowed Range field on the General page. By default, the To field is populated with the current date and the From field is populated with the current date minus the value you enter in the Allowed Range field. If this field is set to 0, there is no restriction on the number of days for which you can view data.
   Application	Under Application, click the add link to choose from a list of applications, and then click done. To modify your applications selection, click the edit link under Application, and then click done.
   Environment	Under Environment, click the add link to choose from a list of environments assigned to the various applications, and then click the done link. To modify your environments selection, click the edit link under Environment, and then click the done link.
   Plan	Under Plan, click the add link to choose from a list of release plans, and then click the done link. To modify your plan selection, click the edit link under Plan, and then click the done link.
   Plan Status	Under Plan Status, click the add link to choose from a list of list of options that denote the various states of a plan (Created, Planned, Started, Locked, Complete, Archived, and Hold), and then click the done link. To modify your plan status selection, click the edit link under Plan Status, and then click the done link.
   Scale	Set the calendar view to show data on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis by choosing the appropriate option under Scale and then clicking Filter.

3. Click Close Filter to collapse the filter panel.