PulseUno basics

This topic introduces the PulseUno (formerly Pulse) basics.

In this topic:

Use PulseUno with AccuRev

Open Text PulseUno enables development teams using AccuRev as their source control management (SCM) tool to continuously examine the health and quality of their changes and decide if the changes are ready to be merged or released:

• Collaborate with team members to conduct peer reviews of code changes.
• View recent activity in products, streams, and projects.
• Run reports to display statistics and trends.

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Glossary

Here is a list of comparable terms between AccuRev and PulseUno.

Throughout this document:

We refer to the terms SCM, SCM tool, and SCM products interchangeably. Substitute your product, AccuRev, wherever these terms are used.

We refer to PulseUno terminology. Substitute the term appropriate for your SCM tool, according to the following table:

PulseUno Term	AccuRev Term
Product	Depot
Stream	Stream
Changeset	Transaction
Request	Issue (or Change Package)

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Navigate

PulseUno includes the following area for quick navigation:

Area	Details
Top Navigation	The top navigation contains: Links to Home, Spaces, and Administration. A search field. A drop-down menu with links to the community, Open Text News, and help.
Sidebar	The sidebar contains links that are relevant to your current location in PulseUno.
Breadcrumbs	Breadcrumbs display your current location in PulseUno.

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Home page

The Home page displays useful information for the user who is currently logged into PulseUno, including:

• Recent activity by the user such, as the deliveries they have made, and reviews they have commented on.
• The number of reviews that require the user's attention.
• Streams that the user has recently delivered to.

The Home page sidebar has links to information related to the current user, such as a list of reviews, changeset history, email notifications, and user preferences.

To open the Home page for the current user, on the top navigation click Home.

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Keyboard shortcuts

On Review and Changeset pages you can use these keyboard shortcuts:

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Search

This section describes how to search in PulseUno.

About search

You can search in:

• Activity feeds
• History tabs when you are browsing the contents of streams

Example:

• A review label: Q234

Search for reviews

You can search for reviews wherever you are located in PulseUno.

1. (Optional) To restrict the scope of the search, select a Space, product, or a stream.
2. Click Search on the top navigation.
3. If necessary, from the list, select Reviews.

4. Enter a search filter (you can enter part of a name, label, or title). You can search for:

   • Labels
   • Authors
   • Individual words in titles
   • Phrases (in double quotes, for example: "Fix API error")
5. Click Search or press Return. The results are displayed below. Click a result to view more details.

6. To refine your search, do one of the following:

   • Select a filter from one of the results lists. The filter appears in the Refined by box:

     

   • Control-click to select multiple filters from the lists. In the Refined by box click Apply. The box is updated:

     

     The Search Results window is updated. You can further refine your search by removing filters from the Refined by box.

     Click Clear to remove all filters.

Keyword search

You can also use keywords in a search.

Activity Feed Keywords

Keyword	Searches for	Examples
Event	Events and activities for Spaces, products, and streams: Deliveries Reviews and pull requests Votes Comments Yesterday	Event:Deliveries,Reviews
Review	Review labels	Review:Q1,Q3
Changeset	Changeset labels	Changeset:123,124,125
Date	A specific date. Use the format yyyy-mm-dd	Date:2017-12-04
Date Range	In a date range. Use the format yyyy-mm-dd,yyyy-mm- dd	Date:2017-10-01,2017-10- 31
Comment	Comments added by users (you can enter part of a comment), a phrase must be double-quoted.	Comment:"Remove inclusion of libC.a"
User	User IDs (you can enter part of a name)	User:andys,david

Review keywords

Keyword	Searches for	Examples
Label	Review labels. You can enter part of a label.	Label:Q234,IT536,ECR_ 47
Title	Review titles. You can enter part of a title, a phrase must be double-quoted.	Title:install,refactor
Author	Reviews associated with specific users (you can enter part of a name)	Author:andys,david
Request	Reviews associated with specific requests	Request:Q1,Q2
Reviewer	Reviews associated with specific reviewers (you can enter part of a name)	Reviewer:andys,david
Comment	Comments added by users (you can enter part of a comment). A phrase must be double-quoted.	Comment:"Remove inclusion of libC.a"
State	Review states, a state name with multiple words must be double-quoted.	State:Assigned,"Peer Review"
Message	Commit delivery messages (you can enter part of a message). A phrase must be double-quoted.	Message:"Delivered SQL server fix"

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Set user preferences

This section describes how to set your personal preferences when working with PulseUno.

Subscribe to review notifications

You can select the review email notifications to which you are subscribed. Notifications are sent when an event takes place on a review, for example:

• A review that you own changes state.
• You become the author of a review or are added as a reviewer.
• A review that you own is voted on.
• A review that you own is commented on.

To subscribe to review notifications:

1. On the top navigation click Home.
2. On the sidebar select Email Subscriptions.
3. Select, or unselect, review notifications.
4. Click Save.

Set view defaults

You can set defaults for how Views are displayed. Views include Reports, Changeset History, Contributors, and Punch Card.

1. On the top navigation click Home.
2. On the sidebar click Preferences.
3. In the Default Time Period for Views section select the default Start Date and End Date range for the data that is displayed.
4. Click Save.

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