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Promoting and Demoting Configuration Management Projects
Administrators can define promotion states that control how development objects move through a structured development cycle. For example, a project could go through states such as: development, testing, production, and release. You promote a project to move it to the next state in the cycle, or demote it to return it to the previous state.
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Promoting and demoting projects is for historical purposes only. To control project workflow more effectively, use Integrity Lifecycle Manager workflows and documents.
Promoting a Project
CLI EQUIVALENT 
si promoteproject
Typically, you promote a project (or set its state) when you checkpoint it, but you can do so at any time. To promote a member, your administrator must have defined promotion states.
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When you promote a project, only the project (.pj) file is affected. Individual members of the project are not changed.
Interface
Procedure
GUI
Select a checkpoint from the Project History view and select Project > Properties > Promote. In the Promote Project dialog box, select a new state from the Promote to State list.
Web
Select a checkpoint from the Project History view and click History > Promote. In the Promote Project dialog box, select a new state from the Promote to State list.
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In the configuration management Web interface, you can also promote a project from the Project view by selecting Project > Promote.
Demoting a Project
CLI EQUIVALENT 
si demoteproject
Typically, you demote a project (or set its state) when you checkpoint it, but you can do so at any time. To demote a member, your administrator must have defined promotion states.
When you demote a project, only the project file (.pj) is affected. Individual members of the project are not changed.
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Demoting projects is for historical purposes only. To more effectively control project workflow, use Integrity Lifecycle Manager workflows and documents.
Interface
Procedure
To demote a project in the GUI
Select a checkpoint from the Project History view and select Project > Properties > Demote. In the Demote Project dialog box, select a new state from the Demote to State list.
To demote a project in the Web interface
Select a checkpoint from the Project History view and select History > Demote. In the Demote Project dialog box, select a new state from the Demote to State list.
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In the configuration management Web interface, you can also demote a project from the Project view by selecting Project > Demote.