6.10.5.  Generate QA status.. | Publish live stand..

Important notes

Following notes are of vital importance when publishing.

Procedure

  1. Select the desired catalog in the directory structure. The Release Notes tab is now displayed in the Edit project dialog area.

    Now enter the release notes [Release Notes].

    [Note]Note

    Release Notes must be added before first QA publication if the catalog has never been published before or before QA publication if the previous publication was LIVE.

    You can find detailed information on this under Section 5.9.21, “Tabbed page: Release notes ”.

  2. In the catalog directory, click the context menu command under Publishing [Publication] -> Generate QA Stand... [Generate QA catalog...], or Publish Live Stand.... [Publish Live state...]

    [Note]Note

    The commands are only activated if you are logged in as Project Coordinator, QA Group Leader, QA Project Leader or External Editor + Partial Publisher, otherwise they are grayed out.

    Select QA role " dialog box

    Select QA role " dialog box

    If you forget to set the release notes [Release Notes], an error message appears. (Compare Section 6.10.9, “ Release Notes.)

  3. -> The Generate Catalog [Generate catalog] or Publish Live Stand [Publish Live state...]... dialog box now appears. with important information and setting options.

    Generate catalog

    Generate catalog

    Publish Live state...

    Publish Live state...

    User: The user specified in the dialog is the person who carried out the last successful QA generation.

    You may have thought that you had carried out the last QA publication yourself, but in the meantime someone else has carried out a new one. If you click OK now, you will create their QA publication LIVE.

    [Note]Note

    You can monitor the generation progress using the context menu command Get publishing status [Fetch publication status...]... monitor.

    [Note]Note

    As soon as catalog generation [Generate catalog] is complete, the catalog can be opened on the corresponding QA portal.

    Example:

    festo.qa.partcommunity.com

    As soon as Publish Live Stand [Publish Live state...]... has been completed, the catalog can be opened on the corresponding live portal.

    Example:

    festo.partcommunity.com

    • Show notifications for this catalog

      If you activate the Show notifications for this catalog option, a pop-up window will open each time the status of the generation or publication changes and a message will appear in the status bar.

      Message via popup window

      Message via popup window

      Message in the status bar

      Message in the status bar

      Click on the link or icon to open the message dialog window [Messages] (see Section 6.10.7.1, “ Messages...).

    • Additionally notify the following e-mail addresses [Additionally send Email to]:

      Enter one or a number of e-mail addresses separated by comma.

      All stated e-mail addresses receive a notification e-mail at status changes of the generation/publishing; after finished generation/publishing an e-mail with attached log file.

    Start the catalog generation with OK.

  4. -> The dialog box Catalog is generated [Generating catalog] opens.

    You see the protocol of transfer to the server.

    Once the transfer is complete, " Done! " appears

    The data was transferred to the server, that will execute the further publishing process. You can check the progress with “Fetch publication status”

    Information on the context menu command Get publishing status [Fetch publication status...]... can be found at Section 6.10.7.2, “ Publication status.

    Once the transfer is complete, click Close.

    If you discover an error during generation, you do not have to wait until it has been completed. Simply click on Cancel.