Preface This book documents the AccuRev Graphical User Interface (GUI). It provides the content for the AccuRev context-sensitive help. Audience This document is intended for end users and administrators who use the AccuRev GUI in the performance of their jobs. It is not meant to be a tutorial—we assume that you have had some form of AccuRev training. See the AccuRev™ Installation and Release Notes for installation procedures and any late-breaking information about the current release. Using This Book The contents of this book are intended to be used as on-line help within the GUI. This book format is provided only as a convenience for users who wish to browse through the help outside of the AccuRev client. Because the content was developed as on-line help, the book is not designed to be read in a linear fashion. You will find that discussions tend to jump from topic to topic with little transition material easing the way between them. The chapters in this book are divided by functional areas: Chapter Description Overview of the On-Line Help Describes the AccuRev on-line help mechanism and its organization and features. Using the AccuRev GUI Provides a high-level view of the AccuRev GUI. The File Browser Describes in detail how to use AccuRev’s features to work with your files. The StreamBrowser Describes in detail AccuRev’s unique stream architecture for organizing your work. The History Browser Describes how to use AccuRev to view the past operations that have been performed on your files. The Version Browser Describes AccuRev’s graphical browser for viewing versions, the streams and workspaces where they reside, and the relations between them. Diff, Merge, Patch, and the Change Palette Explains how to view the differences between versions of your files, how to merge those differences, and how to use the AccuRev’s unique Change Palette to cross-promote elements to specific streams. Security Describes features such as file locking, stream locking, access control lists (ACLs), and other ways of controlling accessing to your data. AccuWork Describes AccuRev’s tightly integrated issue tracking feature. The Schema Editor (Administrators Only) Explains the GUI utility that administrators use to design and customize AccuWork forms. Support and Troubleshooting Explains how to contact AccuRev Customer Support, provides discussions of some commonly-encountered issues, and also describes how to configure various web browsers to work with AccuRev on-line help. Typographical Conventions This book uses the following typographical conventions: Convention Description blue sanserif Used for sample code or output. red monospace Used for examples. bold Used for command names, and button names in the AccuRev GUI light italic Used for emphasis, book titles, and for first use of important terms blue italic Identifies a hyperlink (to a page or Web URL, for example) Contacting Technical Support AccuRev offers a variety of options to meet your technical support needs as summarized in the following table. For Visit Information about technical support services http://supportline.microfocus.com/ Information about platforms support http://supportline.microfocus.com/prodavail.aspx Product downloads and installations http://supportline.microfocus.com/websync/productupdatessearch.aspx Product documentation http://supportline.microfocus.com/productdoc.aspx SupportLine phone numbers, listed by country https://www.microfocus.com/about/contact/support/assistance.aspx When you contact AccuRev technical support, please include the following information: • The version of AccuRev and any other AccuRev products you are using (AccuSync or GitCentric, for example). • Your operating system. • The version of relevant third-party software (if you are using AccuSync, for example, the version of your ITS). • A brief description of the problem you are experiencing. Be sure to include which AccuRev interface you were using (Web user interface, Java GUI, or CLI), any error messages you received, what you were doing when the error occurred, whether the problem is reproducible, and so on. • A description of any attempts you have made to resolve the issue. • A simple assessment of how the issue affects your organization.