Merge projects
Merge projects when you want to merge parallel developments.
For example, you might want to merge the Maintenance and Development, or a previous customization into the latest development release. Rather than merging at the item level, you can merge the projects, either into an existing project or into a new one.
Note: This option is not available for streams. For details of how to merge streams, see Work with streams.
PRIVILEGES: Add Item Revisions to Project, Remove Item Revisions from Project.
To merge projects into an existing project:
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Select Project > New > Merge Project.
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On the General tab of the Merge Projects dialog box, do the following:
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For First Project Selector, select the first project that you want to merge.
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For Second Project Selector, select the second project that you want to merge.
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For Target Project Selector, select the project into which the first and second projects will be merged.
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To accept the default options for the remainder of the New Project wizard, select Finish. Otherwise click Next.
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Select Branch if you want Dimensions to add a period before the new revision number for new item revisions created in this project.
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Select Do not branch if you want Dimensions to increment the previous revision number by one for new item revisions created in this project.
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Select Allow users to override default revision number if you want the user to be able to enter a different revision number from the one generated by Dimensions when creating new item revisions in this project
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For Change Management Rules, select Use item type settings, Always enabled or Always disabled.
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Select Request required to refactor to require the user to provide a request ID when they make refactoring changes to the project.
For details, see Project options.
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Select or clear Use local stages.
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If you select Use local stages, the stage of an item revision in this project/stream is not affected as a result of actioning even when stages in the GSL are associated with states in its lifecycle. The stage in this project/stream can only be changed as a result of promoting and demoting.
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If you do not select this option, then when the state of an item revision is changed as a result of actioning, its stage in this project/stream will also be changed.
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After you have selected this option you cannot clear it.
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If your project is using the Deployment Automation deployment model, this option is always on.
For details, see Project options.
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Select Finish if you want to accept the default options for the remainder of the New Project wizard, otherwise click Next.
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On the Named Branches page:
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In the list of Valid Branches, select any branches that are to be allowed when creating new item revisions in this project.
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Select the default branch that you want Dimensions to use when automatically generating the revision number for item revisions created in this project.
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Click Finish to accept the default options for any attributes for project. Otherwise click Next.
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Enter any required attributes in the Attributes tab.
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Click Finish to complete the wizard.
To view the summary, click Next. Then click Finish to complete the wizard.
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