Default Group Subwindows in the Stream Browser
Each workspace and dynamic stream has a default group, consisting of the elements that are currently active in that context. [note ] In graphical mode, the Stream Browser can display the default group for one workspace or stream at a time.
The Stream Browser displays a Default Group icon for each workspace and dynamic stream with a non-empty default group. Click this icon to open a subwindow displaying the default group.
You can display default groups just one-at-a-time -- the subwindow closes automatically if you click the icon of another workspace or stream.
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I don't see any icons, but I know some elements are active
A user preference (Display Default Group in Stream Browser) controls whether the Stream Browser spends the time to determine the contents of the default group of each stream and workspace in its display.
The default group subwindow has essentially the same layout as the File Browser's Details pane:
A table, showing the members in the default group.
A toolbar, for performing operations on the members.
The results of a Default Group search in the File Browser are not always the same as the contents of the Stream Browser's Default Group subwindow:
The File Browser's search displays all the members of the default group.
The Stream Browser's subwindow displays only those members with Pending status. This does not include elements that are active by virtue of a Send to Workspace or Anchor command. If the default group is non-empty, but contains only non-Pending elements, the icon will appear, but clicking it brings up an error box.
The toolbar in the Default Group subwindow contains many of the same buttons as the toolbar of the File Browser's Details pane. In particular, you can select one or more elements, then promote The operation (Promote command) that transitions a version from being active in one workspace or stream to being active in the parent stream (or some other stream). This operation creates a new virtual version in the parent stream; the virtual version provides an alias for the real version, which was originally created in some user's workspace. See version. them to the backing stream (parent stream, basis stream) The stream that is just above a given workspace or stream in a depot's stream hierarchy. The given workspace/stream inherits versions from the backing stream..
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Another way to promote elements
If you want to promote all the elements in the default group subwindow to the backing stream, you don't need to open the subwindow at all. Just drag-and-drop the icon below the workspace or stream to the backing stream. (The backing stream is the only stream you can target with this drag-and-drop operation.)