The WIP (Work in Progress) Tab

The WIP ("Work in Progress") tab shows elements that are currently active An element is said to be active in a workspace or stream if a new version of the element has been created there, and that version has not been either (1) promoted to the parent stream or (2) purged from the workspace or stream. See default group, backed, passive. An issue record is said to be active in a workspace or stream if the head version of one or more of its change package entries is in the stream's default group. in the workspaces below a specified set of one or more streams. (A stream's own default group The set of elements that are currently active in a particular workspace or stream. is not included in this listing.)

Opening a WIP Tab

Select a dynamic stream in the Stream Browser, and choose WIP from its context menu.

WIP Tab Layout

Element (or separate "Name" and "In Folder" columns)

The element's pathname within the depot.

WIP in Workspace

The workspace in which the element is active.

Working in a WIP Tab

Use radio buttons to specify which stream -- or set of streams -- whose workspaces are to be searched for active elements:

Current stream

The stream you selected when invoking the WIP command.

All streams

All streams in the depot.

Current stream including all child streams/workspaces

The entire subhierarchy of streams below the one you selected.

Current stream including all parent streams/workspaces

The entire backing chain The 'path' (sequence of streams) through the depot's stream hierarchy, leading from a particular workspace or stream up to the depot's root stream. of the stream you selected.

A workspace is searched for active elements if it is a direct child of one of the streams you've indicated with your radio-button choice. (But pass-through streams When a version is nominally promoted to pass-through stream X, the version automatically 'passes through' X: it is actually promoted to X’s parent stream. are ignored when determining the "direct child" relationship. Workspaces whose parent is a pass-through stream are treated as if they were backed but their "grandparent" stream.)

The WIP tab display is informational only. You cannot change the status of elements from this tab.

See also:

AccuRev's standard table-manipulation operations