Deleting a Release

Description

In Zephyr Enterprise, projects consists of releases that assist in organizing your testing. By default, when a project is initially created, there will always be a default release. This default release is labeled as "Release 1.0". Users can delete releases within a project which completely removes the deleted release from the project. Any data such as requirements, test cases, test executions, and defects in the release will be deleted from the project. To learn how to delete releases, please view the steps below.

Terminology

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TermDescription
ReleaseA release is an iteration or version of testing within a project. Releases can house requirements, test cases, and defects for a project.
DeleteTo remove a release from the project in it's entirety. All data involved with the release will be deleted.

Table of Contents

The steps below describe in detail the general process of adding, editing, deleting, and cloning a release within a project for Zephyr Enterprise. To view further instructions for each individual function, please click the links provided below. By clicking on a link, you will be redirected to the page with the steps corresponding to the function selected. 

Deleting Releases

Prior to Deleting a Release

Prior to deleting a release, there must be an existing project that has been created in Zephyr Enterprise. The project must be selected and the user must have selected the manage release button explained in the Release Setup section.

Scenario: You are a testing manager that just created a project called "Mercury" and you are managing your releases within project Mercury. You currently have 2 releases in the system. As a testing manager, you want to delete an existing release in project Mercury. You will be deleting "Release 3.0" and remove it from the project.

If this is your first time deleting a release, you might want to create and work in a test project that doesn't affect another project, and work out any issues you might have with deleting a release before you work in a live project. This is important is make sure you are not deleting any important releases from live projects.



1. In 'Manage Release', simply click on the  icon at the right side of the table for the release that you want to delete from the project. (In our scenario, we'll be deleting "Release 3.0")

2. A warning module will pop up asking, "Are you sure you want to delete this?" and then you click the "OK" button.

3. A second module will pop up asking, "This change cannot be rolled back, continue with delete?" and then you click the "Delete" button.

  • You can immediately see that the deleted release is no longer within the project.


Disclaimer

Once you delete the release, there is no way of getting the release back. You should be careful with what releases you delete. If you aren't sure that you need the release still, you can go and edit the release to be able to hide it rather than completely removing it from the project.

  • Please refer to Editing a Release for further instructions on how to edit and hide a release.

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