The Active Transactions Tab
(Show Active command)
When the Stream Browser is displaying element activity by transaction (not by element or by issue record), the Show Active command opens an Active Transactions tab, containing the transactions that created the versions 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. in a particular stream or workspace. It may be the case that some, but not all, of the transaction's versions are currently active; the other versions may have already been promoted to the parent stream.
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Multiple transactions for the same element
If several Promote transactions created successive versions of the same element in a stream, and that element has not been promoted to its parent (or purged with Revert to Backed), then all of those Promote transactions will appear in the Active Transactions listing.
That is, a transaction is listed if the changes that it sent to the stream have not yet been promoted (or purged) out of the stream.
"Checkout" and "Revert to Backed" transactions not included
Transactions whose value in the Action column is co ("checkout") or purge are not included in the Active Transactions tab. Such transactions are created by the Send to Workspace, Anchor, and Revert to Backed commands.
Comparison with Show History command
The set of transactions displayed by Show Active Transactions is a subset of the transactions displayed by Show History. You can think of Show Active Transactions as displaying a stream's "current history", rather than its "ancient history".
In the Stream Browser, make sure development activity is being displayed by transaction ( button at right side of Stream Browser toolbar). Choose Show Active from the context menu of a stream or workspace. [note ]
The layout of the Active Transactions tab is virtually identical to that of the History Browser. Exception:
The Versions pane includes an extra column, "Status". The (member) flag indicates that the element is currently active in the workspace or stream. The lack of this flag indicates that the element is no longer active (because it has been processed with the Promote command or the Revert to Backed command). This column also includes the (overlap) flag, if appropriate.
The sets of commands available in the Summary pane (upper) and Versions pane (lower) of the Active Transactions tab are virtually identical to those available in the History Browser. The differences are:
Promote
This command is enabled only in the Active Transactions tab, not in other History Browser contexts. In the Summary pane, it promotes the transaction's versions to the parent stream. [note ] In the Versions pane, it promotes the selected version (or set of versions) to the parent stream.
Revert
The Revert Transaction command is enabled in other History Browser contexts, but not in the Active Transactions tab.