Frequently asked questions
Use this background knowledge to help you exchange information, track work and
collaborate with your team.
- What is a tracker?
A tracker is a collection of records that follow the development of a unit of work from conception through to completion. You can create a tracker to manage almost any kind of work that your project calls for.
- What is tracker workflow?
To help users handle their tracker items effectively, you can set up some workflow rules. Workflow rules require a user to do something to a tracker before they can reassign it or update its status.
- What kinds of tracker searches are available?
If you want to retain your searches for tracker artifacts, you can save them and share them with other project collaborators.
- What software configuration management tools are available in CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.1?
From within CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.1, users can browse the contents of a project's SCM repositories, and view detailed information about code commits, changed files, and associations with other CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.1 items.
- Does CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.1 support merge tracking?
The Subversion repositories that are installed with CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.1 run on Subversion 1.5, which supports merge tracking.
- How can I stay informed about events on my SourceForge site?
To keep up with changes, you can be notified by an automatic email when an item you are interested in is updated.
- What filters can I apply to monitoring emails?
You can use X-headers to sort and filter emails sent by SourceForge. Depending on the context of the message, custom email headers (X-headers) are added to the email. The custom headers can be used by email agents and clients to filter and sort email.
- What is a document in CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.1?
For CollabNet SourceForge purposes, a document is any file that you track with a document artifact.
- Who can work with documents?
Any project member with the Document Edit permission can edit a document.
- What is a task dependency?
Task dependencies show what must be done before a given task and what will be done after the task is complete. Project managers can create dependencies between any two or more tasks in a project.
- What is a release?
A release is a group of one or more files that are published as a unit.
- What's the best way to search the CollabNet User Information Center?
Searching this site with the Eclipse search tool is a little different from searching the Web with a service such as Google. Here are some guidelines for getting the most out of a search on this site.