Setup › Releases › Create Product Releases

Create Product Releases

Note: You can also click New Release on the Product Detail page to create a release. When you create and save a release, a unique ID is automatically generated for it. You can use this ID to link this release to CA Clarity PPM.

Follow these steps:

1. Go to the Administration menu and select Releases from the Application menu.

   The Releases page appears.

2. Click New Release.

   The Edit Release page appears.

3. Complete the following fields.

   Release Name

   Specifies the name of the new release.

   Limits: 80 characters

   Start Date

   Specifies the starting date for the release. To ensure the best burndown data for your release, this date must be at least as early as the start date of the first sprint in the release.

   Required: Yes

   Format: m/d/yy

   Active

   Specifies whether the release is active. Inactive releases do not appear as options in the filters throughout CA Agile Vision.

   Default: Active

   Master Release

   Defines the master release to which this release is associated. If the product has been associated with a master release, you can select a master release for this release.

   When you associate a product release to a master release, all user stories from all products in the product release automatically associates with the master release. If you do not want all user stories in a product release to assign automatically to the master release, associate individual products to the master release. You can then select which user stories from which products you want to assign to the master release.

   Product

   Specifies the unique name of the product.

   Required: Yes

   Release Date

   Specifies the delivery date for the release. The release date and start date can be the same. To ensure the best burndown data for your release, ensure that this date is at least as late as the end date of the last sprint in the release. Teams who do not know the release date when they start a release can update the release date as new sprints are added.

   Format: m/d/yy

   Description

   Defines the purpose of the object and provides additional relevant information.

   Limits: 255 characters

4. Choose one of the following actions:
   • To create the release, click Save.

     The Release Detail page appears. From this page, you can edit release properties and can create a sprint as a sub-item of the release.

   • To create the release and create additional releases, click Save and New.

     The release is created and the fields on the Edit Release page clear.