Editing workspace on Product Designer Workspace home page

You can select a workspace and then examine and edit the details of the selected workspace on the workspace home page. The workspace home page has multiple sections.

Basic settings section

Field

Description

Name

Workspace name, as specified in the Add a Workspace dialog box. You can change the name at any time without affecting associated change lists.

Configuration Root Folder

Local or network path name to the root configuration folder, as specified in the Add a Workspace dialog box. Established when you add a new workspace and thereafter cannot be changed.

Created

Date and time the workspace was created. You cannot change this value.

Created By

Full name of the user who created the workspace. You cannot change this value.

Change lists section

Field

Description

Change Lists

Number of change lists associated with this workspace. Click the adjacent Expand icon to expand the Change Lists section.

Name column

Name of the change list associated with this workspace.

Assigned To column

Name of the user to whom the change list is currently assigned.

Changes column

Number of uncommitted changes in the change list.

Changes

Total number of uncommitted changes in all change lists associated with this workspace.

Version control section

Field

Description

Version Control System

Version control system, one of:

None – No version control system is used.

Perforce – Perforce version control is used. Selecting this option expands the Perforce Configuration section.

Product Designer interacts directly with Perforce version management software to check out product configuration files, which you then must check in manually. You can use a different version control system by manually checking out files as needed prior to changing them.

Perforce configuration section

Field

Description

Server Name:Port

Name and port of Perforce server. For example: perforce:1666.

Client

Name of Perforce client specification that maps a to a Perforce workspace that includes a root configuration folder.

User Name

Perforce user name.

Password

Perforce password

Test server section

Field

Description

Test Server URL

URL of the PolicyCenter development instance to which to synchronize files when users select Synchronize Product Model or Synchronize System Tables from the Options menu.

User Name

User name of a user who has admin role in PolicyCenter.

Password

Password for the specified user name.

Important: Providing the user name and password of a PolicyCenter user in this page suppresses the Synchronize Product Model and Synchronize System Tables dialog boxes. Users then do not see the informational message that explains the potential impact of synchronize operations.