Software Item Page

This topic describes the functionality of the Software Item Page. Using this view of the software item, you can view the content, search, and download items from your connected data repository.

This page discusses:

See Also
Viewing the Contents of a Software Item
In Other Guides
Revision Explorer
Changing Maturity

Software Item Information

The Software Item page displays properties and information about the Software Item.

Note: For more information about working under a change action, see Work Under a Change Action.

Software Item Information

Name Description
Title Name of the software item
Revision Revision number of the software item. Click the revision number to start the Revision Explorer.
Maturity Maturity state of the software item. Click the state to view the Maturity lifecycle.
Owner Owner of the software item.
Type Type of software item.
  • Software Logical Item
  • Physical Product
Created Creation date.
Modified Last modification date.


Opening the information sidebar while the Software Item is selected shows the Software Item information and Connector information associated with the software item.
/ Expand/Collapse Expands/Collapses the identity card. When contracted, the identity card shows only the title and revision. When expanded, it shows the title and the item information.
Note: On the top of the information section is a breadcrumb explaining your current view relative to the Connected Software application. Select the word Home to close the software item page.

Software Item Actions

Name Description


Revisions		 Starts the Revision Explorer.


Maturity 		View and advance the selected software item object through the lifecycle.
Note: When defining the maturity of a Software Item to Frozen or Released, Connected Software automatically captures the static version ID of the data content in the connected repository at the time of the operation. This ensures that the version in that state is always the expected version and it does not change.

Tree List View

Displays the file and directory structure from the repository. You can navigate through the directory structure, expand the directories and view, search and download files.

Tree List View Actions

Name Description


Expand All 		Expands all directories.
/ Expand/Collapse Expands/Collapses the folder view.


View 		Open the file in the File Viewer panel. If multiple objects were selected, each object opens a separate tab for viewing.
Tip: Double-clicking in a file name also opens the file in the File Viewer.


Download 		Download the selected file or folder.


Maximize/Minimize Window 		Maximizes the panel, covering the File Viewer panel or minimizes the panel. Maximizing the panel allows you more space for viewing long files names or deep file structures.


Opening the information sidebar while a file or folder is selected shows information about the selected object.

File Viewer

When you are viewing the file, the file displays in this panel.

File Viewer Actions.

Name Description


Search		 Open the search by clicking on the magnifying glass. Enter the search text in the dialog box.


Previous 		Display previous match in file.


Next 		Display next match in file.
Search Non-case-sensitive/Search Case-sensitive Select the appropriate case sensitivity to restrict the Search results as appropriate. If a search is in process when you change case sensitivity setting, the results change to match the required case sensitive/insensitve match.


Maximize/Minimize Window 		Maximizes the panel, covering the Tree List View panel or minimizes the panel. Maximizing the panel allows you more space for viewing the content of the file.


Opening the information sidebar while a file object is being viewed shows information about the file object.