Managing an Assembly

Managing an Assembly and all its sub-Assemblies/Items is a crucial task. As an Assembly is checked in and checked out of the vault, it is essential to protect the integrity of the Assembly together with all its children. This section describes the SmarTeam - Web Editor Lifecycle functions which enable you to properly manage an Assembly.

Furthermore, SmarTeam - Editor enhances these Lifecycle management capabilities by enabling you to view associated objects of an Assembly and perform Lifecycle operations on them. This section describes associated objects and also describes the new Lifecycle functions that can assist you in managing your revisions.

The following icons represent lifecycle operations:

Feature /Icon
Description
Example
Check Out
Check In
Checks the object out of the vault (and creates a new revision of it) or checks the object into the vault.

This option changes to reflect the selected revision operation and revision window.

Copy File
Copies the file of an object to your working directory without checking out the object from the vault. You can view the object at your working directory, but you cannot modify it.

If you make a change to a Item and then want to see how it fits in the Assembly, you can copy the Assembly to your working directory. The status of the Assembly remains Checked In while you view it in your working directory.

This feature is especially helpful when another user has checked out the object and its status is Being Modified. You cannot check it out, but can copy it to your working directory to view it.

No Operation
No operation is performed on the selected object. It remains in its current Lifecycle status.
If you check out an Assembly, you can select to perform No Operation on its children. The children remain in the vault and cannot be viewed in the working directory.