Enabling and Disabling Version Control for a Project

You can enable version control for a project or template project. For details on version control, refer to the Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management User Guide: Version Control.

You can also disable version control for a project. When you disable version control for a project, ALM no longer stores previous versions, and deletes all version history for the project. If you enable version control for the project again, previous history is not available.

Note: After enabling version control for a project, you should review all its workflow scripts and make adjustments for each checked in entity. This includes the following entities: Req, Test, Resource, and Component. For each checked in entity that includes a Post function in its script, you must modify the script. To modify, add a Checkout function before every Post function. Making this modification prevents the Check Out dialog box from opening each time a call to a Post function is made. For details, see Workflow Event Reference.

  1. In Site Administration, click the Site Projects tab.

  2. In the Projects list, select a project.

  3. Click the Enable Versioning button .

  4. If the project is active, click Yes to deactivate it. Click OK to confirm.

  5. When the process completes, click OK. Version control is enabled. ALM displays a lock icon next to the project name in the Projects list.

  1. In Site Administration, click the Site Projects tab.

  2. In the Projects list, select a project.

  3. Click the Disable Versioning button .

  4. If the project is active, click Yes to deactivate it. Click OK to confirm.

  5. A message displays, indicating that when you disable version control, ALM deletes all version history. Click OK to confirm.

  6. Click Yes to disable version control. Version control is disabled. ALM removes the lock icon next to the project name in the Projects list.