Tags provide a visual way to organize, group and search for items in FlexDeploy.
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Tags are freeform colored labels in FlexDeploy that have multiple uses including:
Categorizing
Quick Access/Identification
Organization
A Tag, once created, can be associated to multiple objects including but not limited to:
Projects
Packages
Adding Tags
1️⃣ Tags can be added by navigating to the object where the tag should be added and clicking the Plus Icon or Add Tag button.
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To limit undesired consequences of Tag edits, the Tag key/name cannot be modified. |
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✏️ Who can Edit Tags?✏️ The original owner of the tag or FlexDeploy Administrators have privilege to edit existing Tags. 🗑️ Who can Delete Tags?🗑️ Tags can only be deleted by FlexDeploy Administrators. This means even the Tag’s creator cannot delete the tag. This is the case since Tags can be assigned to multiple objects, objects the tag owner may not even have access to. So deleting a tag can potentially have undesired consequences for other users. As such only Administrators can delete Tags. |
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From this page you can view all tags in your FlexDeploy instance, as well as 1️⃣ create new ones, and 2️⃣ edit/delete existing tags.
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How can Tags be used
Global Search
One of the biggest benefits of tags .
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is further refining global search. In the below XXHR search you can see multiple results coming back:
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In this case lets say we know the XXHR project we are looking for also has an oracle tag. Simply changing our search to xxhr ora gives us exactly what we are looking for
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📖 More ReadingFor more tips on maximizing your productivity with Global Search, take a look at the wiki. |
Dashboards
Tags can also be utilized to show related content on the dashboard. Custom Search is a dashboard panel that allows you to display search results in the form of a dashboard panel.
For example, lets say we had an Alpha release we wanted to track. We can add a custom search to show everything tagged with alpha on the dashboard.
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