A collection is a set of artifacts level that you create
for a specific purpose. The artifacts in the collection can be the
latest version in your project or you can set them to versions captured
in a project snapshot.
About this task
To watch a movie that shows how to create a collection,
click here.
Procedure
To create a collection:
- Do either of the following actions:
- From the Projects page, click the Artifacts tab or the Requirements
tab and select the artifacts you want to add to the collection. Then
right-click and select Add to New Collection from the popup
menu.
- From the Projects page, click the Collections tab and
then click Create Collection.
The Create Collection window is displayed.
- Type a name for the collection plus any project, folder,
or tag information. To specify a specific set of artifact versions,
optionally select a snapshot from
the Version of Artifacts section of the wizard.
- If you select a snapshot, the artifacts that will be added
to the collection are the versions from the snapshot.
- If you do not select a snapshot, the artifacts that will be
added are the latest or "live" version of your artifacts (and will
remain so even if the artifacts are edited outside the collection).
- Click Finish. The Collection Editor is displayed.
- If you did not already populate the collection with artifacts,
then click Add Artifact and select the artifacts you want to
add. Then click OK.
- Optionally, select choices from the other buttons in the
editor. Select to set
the artifact versions in the collection to those contained in a particular
snapshot.
Note: If there are artifacts in the collection
editor that are not in the snapshot that you select, then the artifacts
appear greyed out.
- Select Create Review to start creating a review of the collection.
Tip: - If you select a project snapshot after the live artifacts
appear in the Collection Editor, the artifacts will be dynamically
replaced with those from the selected snapshot. If you specify a snapshot,
but then decide that you want to revert to the latest version of the
artifacts, select Live Artifacts from the Set Artifacts Version
window.
- To compare two different versions of a collection, select . Note that you can only compare
the versions of collections that exist in project snapshots.
Results
After you save your collection, it is displayed in the
Project Page Collections tab.
Exporting Collections
You
can export a collection to Microsoft Word format from within the collection
editor by selecting this export choice from the header drop-down menu
. If you have upgraded to V2.0.0.2, you
can also export a collection to CSV format.