Managing Revisions and Branches of Portfolio Versions or Sellable Items

You can manage the revisions and branches of portfolio versions and sellable items.

This task shows you how to:


Before you begin: Open the portfolio version or sellable item. For more information, see Opening Portfolio Versions or Opening Sellable Items.

Create a Revision

  1. To create a revision of a portfolio version or sellable item, do one of the following:

    Context Action
    Identity card Click the current revision number.
    Click Menu > Revision Explorer.

    The Revisions dialog box opens.
  2. For more information, see Creating a Revision.

Create a Branch

  1. To create a branch of a portfolio version or sellable item, do one of the following:

    Context Action
    Identity card Click the current revision number.
    Click Menu > Revision Explorer.

    The Revisions dialog box opens.
  2. For more information, see Creating a Branch.

Create a New Revision From an Existing Revision

  1. Do one of the following:

    Context Action
    Identity card Click the current revision number.
    Click Menu > Revision Explorer.

    The Revisions dialog box opens.
  2. For more information, see Creating a Revision from an Existing Object.

The new revision is created from the selected revision or branch.

Insert a New Revision Between Existing Revisions

  1. To insert a new revision between existing revisions, do one of the following:

    Context Action
    Identity card Click the current revision number.
    Click Menu > Revision Explorer.

    The Revisions dialog box opens.
  2. Select the revision that you want to insert the new revision after.
  3. For more information, see Creating a Revision.

    Note: Select the Insert before check box.

The new revision is inserted after the selected revision, but before the subsequent revision.

Specify a Custom Name for a Revision or Branch

  1. To specify a custom name for a revision or branch, do the following, depending on your current context:

    Context Action
    New Portfolio dialog box Enter a custom revision or branch level in the Revision field.
    New Sellable Item dialog box
    New Revision dialog box
    New Branch dialog box
    Information tab

  2. For more information, see one of the following: