Manage baseline repository

Manage a list of baseline entities created on your space or workspace. A baseline is a snapshot of the space or workspace at a particular time.

Available in versions: 24.3 and later for ALM Octane Enterprise edition only.

Baseline repository overview

You can keep a list of the baselines that you created on your space or workspace. Baselines ensure that the design parts of the space or workspace can be reliably recreated in the future. A baseline contains all the data on you space or workspace at the given date.

Only a workspace admin can create, modify, and delete workspace‑level baselines in the workspace Baselines tab.

Only a shared space admin can create, modify, and delete shared‑space‑level baselines in the shared space Baselines tab.

Create a baseline snapshot

As a shared space admin, or a workspace admin in an isolated space, you can create a snapshot of the space or workspace at a given point in time.

To create a baseline:

Click the Settings button and select Spaces.
On the Settings page, select a space or workspace.
Select More Settings > Baselines.
Click the Baseline button.

In the Add Baseline dialog box, specify the following details:

Field	Description
Name	Enter a unique name or label for the baseline, up to 255 characters long.
Baseline URL	Enter the URL of the baseline. Example: backups/octane/repo/conf
Baseline date	Select the date on which the baseline was created.
Description	(Optional) Enter a description of the baseline.

Click Add.

Export baseline entities

You can export baseline entities to an Excel or CSV file.

To export baseline entities:

Open the Baselines grid.
Optionally, set up a filter for the entities in the grid to show the items you want to export. For details, see Filters.
Optionally, group the grid’s entities. The exported report will reflect these groupings. For details, see Grids and views.
Select the baseline entities to export.
- To export the entire grid, in the toolbar, click the Export to Excel or Export to CSV button.
- To export specific baseline entities only, select the checkbox for each of the entities that you want to export and select More > Export to Excel / Export to CSV.

Delete a baseline instance

Delete a baseline instance when the baseline is no longer required.

To delete a baseline instance:

Select the baseline.
Select More > Delete.
In the Delete baseline dialog box, click Delete.

Note: Only the details of the selected baseline instance are deleted. No deletion or change is made to the actual baseline instance.

Notes and limitations

You cannot duplicate a space. Instead, you can export a space and then re-import it. For details, see Export and import spaces.

After a space has been duplicated, you can register its name and URL in the baseline repository.