Viewing and managing configurations

A configuration is a unique group of versions of shared resources. There are two types of configurations: snapshots and workspaces. You can search for and switch to a specific configuration, open and edit the current configuration, and compare configurations.

Before you begin

  • You should be familiar with project areas, configuration spaces, snapshots, workspaces, and change sets, which are described in Management of shared resources.
  • In a lifecycle management product, you must be logged in to a project area.
  • This content applies to version 4.0.3 or later.
    • In the lifecycle management product that you use, you must have permission to work with Configuration Management application configurations. Depending on the lifecycle management product that you use, the permission names vary.
    • In the Configuration Management application, you must have permission to work with configurations. For more information about setting permissions in this application, see the link to the related task at the end of this topic.

Procedure

In the lifecycle management product, from the toolbar in the upper right, click the Configuration Management menu, and complete one of the following steps:

What to do next

To return to the project dashboard, in the Configuration Explorer view, click the application name in the breadcrumb trail, which is in the upper-left corner of the page.


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