Navigating the interface

When you log on to BMC Release Process Management, the Dashboard opens. It displays the logged in successfully message at the top of the page for about 10 seconds.

The Dashboard information is grouped into the following tabs:

• My Applications  lists the applications accessible for you based on your user and group settings. Use the Create Application button below the list of applications to create a new application.
• My Environments lists the environments created by you or associated with your applications, with information about applications, the release, and recent activity, which means the steps that you or your team have used recently for each environment.
• My Servers lists the active servers created by a you or associated with your environments and applications, with information about environments, applications, and the recent activity on each server.

• My Requests lists the requests with general information for each request:

  Note

  To see a particular request in the Dashboard, you must be assigned to the specific application and environment and either must be the requester for the request or must be assigned to a step in the request. If you have the User role, you can see only requests with the Planned status.

  • Status displays the current status of the request.
  • Id displays the unique identifier for the request.
  • RP/P displays if the request is assigned to a project, to a release plan, to both project and release plan, or if the request is not assigned.
  • Name displays the name of the request.
  • App displays the name of the application associated with the request.
  • Env displays the name of the the environment that the request is assigned to.
  • Scheduled displays date and time when the request is scheduled to.
  • Duration displays the duration of all steps of the request.
  • Due displays date and time when the request is due to.
  • Steps displays the total number of steps in the request.
  • Created displays the date and time when the request was created.
  • Participants displays a list of users and groups assigned to steps for the request.
  • Project displays the name of the project that the request is assigned to.
  • Package Contents displays the package contents metadata assigned to the request.
  • Team displays the name of the team that is assigned to the application associated with the request.
  • Started displays date and time when the request started.
• Calendar provides a calendar grid view of all the requests which have Scheduled and Due parameters set in a calendar grid.
  
• Promotions lists the promotion requests with general information for each request.
  
• Currently Running Steps lists the steps of your requests which have Ready, In Progress, or Problem status.
  Starting with BMC Release Process Management 4.3.01.08, you can use the following filters for displaying the currently running steps:
  • Status — Displays steps that have the selected status
  • Work task — Displays steps that have the selected work tasks assigned
  • Owner — Displays steps that have the selected users assigned as the step owner
  • Server — Displays steps that are assigned to the selected servers
  • Component — Displays steps that that are associated with the selected components
  • Group — Displays steps that are associated with the selected user group

On the right pane:

• Create Request is a link for creating a new request.
• Recent Page Links lists the recent 10 pages of BMC Release Process Management that you visited since the last logon.
• Users Online lists the users currently logged in to the BMC Release Process Management.

You can configure the Dashboard by using the Profile tab, located at the top right-hand side of your screen.

For more information about changing the appearance of the Dashboard page, see Managing-your-profile.

For more information about the requests and steps, see Managing-requests and Managing-steps.