Release Management Dashboard Tool

The Release Management Dashboard tool helps you promote releases across Unqork environments. You can move your application between environments, like staging to QA or pre-production to production. Before you begin, let's take a closer look at the tool's features:

  • The tool lets you create releases with one or more applications, including their modules and Data Collections. That way, you can group releases and save time.

  • Detailed release information makes it easier to search for releases. With the Release Management Dashboard tool, you can keep your promotions organized.

  • If your application breaks, the tool lets you roll back to a previous release. That way, you can troubleshoot an issue without removing a working application from production.

The UDLC Toolkit provides a powerful set of application life cycle tools. By default, these tools are available automatically in Staging, QA (quality assurance), and UAT (user acceptance testing) environment levels. Customers may optionally promote UDLC tools to their Pre-Production and Production environment levels. If promoted, clients are responsible for repromoting new versions of the UDLC Toolkit when released to lower environment levels. Before doing so, we strongly recommend obtaining approval from your information security team. A tool, like the Flexible Data Manager, enables end-users to access and modify submission data, which might include sensitive data or PII (personally identifiable information). Unqork recommends following the principle of least privilege for all roles, especially Designer and Express administration, and monitoring admin account activity.×

You cannot promote an empty application. The application must include modules and/or workflows with entry points to promote.×

This tool requires Creators to have specific role access in Environment Role RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) or WSRBAC (Workspaces Role-Based Access Control).

When using Environment Roles (not using WSRBAC):

  • Creator roles can view all data in this tool.

When using WSRBAC:

  • At a minimum, Creators must have Can View permissions to access this tool.

  • Creators must have Can Manage permissions for the appropriate workspaces.

Understanding the Release Management Dashboard Tool

Click on the tabs below to learn more about the Release Management Dashboard tool:

About

After accessing the tool, you can view release details on the Release Dashboard. This table displays a maximum of ten entries at a time. Click the pagination buttons below the table to see more entries.

The table is organized by the date the release was created, with the most-recent release displayed at the top of the table. It also includes helpful information, like the environment where the promoted release exists, the version number, and the application that was promoted.

A static image displaying the Release Dashboard, with filter tools and a table of releases.

The dashboard has various filters to help you find a release. You can use any or all these filters, depending on how specific you want to be. As you enter text into the fields, the results display automatically. The filters section includes the following features:

Filter Description

Apps

Use this drop-down to select an application(s) to filter by.

Environment

Use this drop-down to select an environment(s) to filter by.

Version

Enter a release version number to filter by.

Start Date

Enter a start date to filter a range of dates.

End Date

Enter an end date to filter a range of dates. If left empty, the field defaults to the current date.

Apply Filter

Click this button to apply your filters.

Clear Filter

Click this button to clear all filters.