FlexDeploy let’s users create many projects in a single action using a CSV template. This process allows users to create a number of project and associated Git Repositories from an import.
If you prefer to create multiple projects at the same time, click Create From CSV.
Creating a CSV
To get started a CSV file (Comma Separated Values) must exist that contains data for the projects are going to create. You are able to create this CSV yourself on your own manually or a sample can be downloaded from FlexDeploy by pressing the Download Sample CSV button. A build workflow and deploy workflow are required to generate the Sample CSV. Only the columns are generated and so data will need to be populated by the user to meet their own requirements.
Upload the CSV
Once there is data populated in the CSV, we can click on the Upload CSV button in order to select our file. No projects are created at this step, the CSV is only parsed in order to check for validation errors, formatting errors, and missing inputs. Press Upload when you want to proceed.
Edit
After the data was successfully uploaded, a list of the parsed projects will appear on the left side of the screen. A status indicator will appear on the left of each row denoting the status of the project. Hovering over the indicator will give a quick heads up to possible issues that arose during parsing.
The project with issues can then be selected for editing by click on the row. You are able to edit any of the attributes here before the project is created. This is the time to fix any parsing errors. The status indicator will be changed when the input becomes valid.
Create
After errors are resolved for the projects you would like to create, we can select projects for creation. You are able to select projects by either clicking the checkbox on the row or by clicking the Select All check box to select all Valid project inputs.
After your desired projects are selected, click the Create Selected Projects button. You will have to decide if you would like to stop the creation of projects if an error arises during creation, or if you would like to continue even if a project causes an error.