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When you first create a Partial Deployment project, the Project Files tab will be empty. Before adding Project Files, make sure you have updated the Project Properties. There are 2 ways to add files to the Project Files tab:
- Use the Populate from SCM button<SCM> button, SCM can be Subversion, Git, TFVC, CVS etc. This will add all files from defined source configurations, so if you are only interested in adding specific files, then use Create button.
- Manually add files using the Create button.
Using the Populate from
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<SCM> button
When you click the Populate from SCM<SCM> button, the following screen will pop up. Depending on how many files you have, this operation can take several minutes.
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The Populate from SCM operation will iterate through each of the SCM Projects Sources you have configured, and will import the configure files. Based on your properties, the populate operation will complete the configuration required for each file based on its object type.
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The Project Files contents are organized based on the Object Type Drop down (circled in image below).
When selecting the drop down, you see the list of Object Types supported for the Project Type you selected when you created the project. In the figure below, the information displayed for each object type is
- The Object Type Name
- N of M where N is the number of files which are of the type that match the filter, and M is the total number of files of that type. If the number of files for that type which also match the filter is greater than 0, then the line in the drop down will be bold.
- Number of files that are selected
- The currently selected object type will be in gray, so it can not be clicked again.
Updating the List of Files
As you create new files which should be deployed as a part of this project, you can update project files list by:
- Use the Populate from SCM<SCM> button
- Manually add files using the Create button
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The filtering is done across all Object Types. Filtering is based on the Filter text. If the Filter text is found in the File Name (with Path) column, then the file matches the filter and will be displayed in the table. Optionally, you can select to Show Inactive files or Show Only New files. To use the filter, set the criteria and click the Filter button. You can also hit Enter key after entering Filter text.
Editing a File Row
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