Release management portlets to display KPIs

ALM provides several portlets that can be added to your PPM Dashboard to provide real-time views into several key performance indicators (KPIs).

• ALM - Deployed Releases Portlet

  The ALM - Deployed Releases portlet is provided to users with the role of Release Manager. The portlet displays a list of recently deployed releases.

  Table 3-16 describes the filter fields for the portlet.

  Table 3-16. ALM - Deployed Releases portlet filter fields

  Field Name	Description
  Child RFC Request Type	Request types, at least one of which must be in the releases that are to be listed
  Status	Status of the release
  Category	Category of the release (Emergency, Major, or Minor)
  Type	Type of release (Full, Delta, or Package Release)
  Request Type	Request types to filter on

  Note: In order for the portlet to display data, RFCs need to be added as child or related references to the release request.

  Figure 3-24 shows an example ALM - Deployed Releases portlet.

  Figure 3-24. ALM - Deployed Releases portlet

  

  Note: This portlet is only available when you integrate PPM Center with Quality Center 10.00.

• ALM - My Releases Portlet

  The ALM - My Releases portlet is provided to users with the role of Release Manager and other roles involved in the release management process. The portlet lists release requests that have been created by or assigned to the logged-on user.

  Table 3-17 describes the filter fields for the portlet.

  Table 3-17. ALM - My Releases portlet filter fields

  Field Name	Description
  Request Type	Request type to filter on
  Category	Category of the release (Emergency, Major, or Minor)

  Figure 3-25 shows an example ALM - My Releases portlet.

  Figure 3-25. ALM - My Releases portlet

  

• ALM - Open Releases Portlet

  The ALM - Open Releases portlet is provided to users with the role of Release Manager. The portlet lists releases that do not have the status of Closed.

  Table 3-18 describes the filter fields for the portlet.

  Table 3-18. ALM - Open Releases portlet filter fields

  Field Name	Description
  Request Type	Request type to filter on
  Assigned to	User assigned to the release
  Category	Category of the release (Emergency, Major, or Minor)

  Figure 3-26 shows an example ALM - Open Releases portlet.

  Figure 3-26. ALM - Open Releases portlet

  

• ALM - Releases Portlet

  The ALM - Releases portlet displays a list of release requests. If PPM is integrated with Release Control, the portlet provides a Click to View link in the View Impact column for each request to log in to Release Control, where various tabs provide information about the request.

  Table 3-19 describes the filter fields for the portlet.

  Table 3-19. ALM - Releases portlet filter fields

  Field Name	Description
  Request Type	Request type to filter on
  Status	Status of the releases

  Figure 3-27 shows an example ALM - Releases portlet.

  Figure 3-27. ALM - Releases portlet

  

  For more information about tabs in Release Control, see Using the Integration of PPM with Release Control .

• ALM - Releases By Category Portlet

  The ALM - Releases By Category portlet is provided to users with the role of Release Manager. The portlet displays a pie chart showing the percentage of releases in each category.

  The only filter field for the portlet, Request Type, is the request type to filter on.

  Figure 3-28 shows an example ALM - Releases By Category portlet.

  Figure 3-28. ALM - Releases By Category portlet

  

  Clicking the pie chart drills down to the ALM - Releases By List portlet.

• ALM - Releases By Type Portlet

  The ALM - Releases By Type portlet is provided to users with the role of Release Manager. The portlet displays a pie chart showing the percentage of releases of each type.

  The only filter field for the portlet, Request Type, is the request type to filter on.

  Figure 3-29 shows an example ALM - Releases By Type portlet.

  Figure 3-29. ALM - Releases By Type portlet

  

  Clicking the pie chart drills down to the ALM - Releases By List portlet.

• ALM - RFCs per Release Portlet

  The ALM - RFCs per Release portlet is provided to users with the role of Release Manager. The portlet displays a list of RFCs that constitute a release.

  Table 3-20 describes the filter fields for the portlet.

  Table 3-20. ALM - RFCs per Release portlet filter fields

  Field Name	Description
  Release Request	Number of the release request
  Request Type	Request types to filter on
  Status	Status of the release
  Priority	Priority of the release

  Figure 3-30 shows an example ALM - RFCs per Release portlet.

  Figure 3-30. ALM - RFCs per Release portlet

  

For information about adding portlets to your PPM Dashboard, see Add portlets to a dashboard page.