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.

Promoting and demoting projects is for historical purposes only. To control project workflow more effectively, use Windchill RV&S workflows and documents.

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.

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.

In the configuration management Web interface, you can also promote a project from the Project view by selecting Project > Promote.

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.

Demoting projects is for historical purposes only. To more effectively control project workflow, use Windchill RV&S 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.

In the configuration management Web interface, you can also demote a project from the Project view by selecting Project > Demote.