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About DevOps Plan
HCL DevOps Plan is a low-code change management software application for comprehensive change tracking and issue management with custom workflow automation.
Using change requests in a development environment
DevOps Plan is a comprehensive change tracking system for software development environments.
Assuming roles in a change request environment
Setting up, managing, and working in a change-request environment involves three roles: users, administrators, and schema developers.
Understanding the components in a change request environment
Users can manage the change request environment from the application. Administrators configure and manage that environment by using various administration tools.
Understanding the views
You can explore different ways to visualize and manage your tasks and events with DevOps Plan.
Understanding the charts
Charts are essential tools for visualizing data and managing projects. You can use Gantt and timeline charts for project management based on availability in different schemas.
Understanding process metrics
Process Metrics is the analytical tool used to measure and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of various processes within an organization. They provide insights into process performance and help identify areas for improvement, ensuring that tasks are completed in a timely and efficient manner.
Understanding the reports
You can generate AI-powered summaries and detailed reports of work items using ChatGPT integration. Learn how to access these features to produce insightful documentation tailored to your workflow.
Enhancing the Export to JSON feature
You can use the Export to JSON feature to export detailed information related to a record into a JSON format.
Enhanced Subscribe feature
You can now use the Subscribe toggle-button in a work item to subscribe yourself in one-click.
Security considerations for DevOps Plan
You can take actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls. You can also ensure that you know about any security limitations that you might encounter with this application.
Find information about installing and deploying DevOps Plan.
Vendor database configuration
DevOps Plan requires a PostGreSQL database to create TeamSpace and Applications.
Getting started with DevOps Plan Helm Chart
This quick start guide shows you how to deploy DevOps Plan Helm Chart.
Getting started with DevOps Plan Design Tools
This quick start guide shows you how to install and configure DevOps Plan Design Tools.
Find information about how to use DevOps Plan.
Working with charts
Charts are essential tools for visualizing data and managing projects. You can use Gantt and timeline charts for project management based on availability in different schemas.
Working with approvals
Users can use Approvals to view and manage approval requests that are either pending or completed using the Pending Requests and Completed Requests tabs.
Working with AI integration
Enable the Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration and configure the member access to use the AI integration and work with any of the prompts in DevOps Plan.
Importing data into DevOps Plan using Import feature
The Configuration > Import feature allows teamspace admins or userdb super-users to add data to the DevOps Plan application. There are two primary methods for bulk data import: using sample data and uploading a zip file.
Creating a capacity plan
You can create a capacity plan by using the Capacity Planning feature to allocate resources efficiently and manage their capacity.
Cloning existing records
By cloning existing records you can create an exact copy of an existing record. This ability is useful when you have to create similar records frequently, ensuring consistency and saving time.
You can develop or modify schemas with the DevOps Plan Designer.
Understanding the functions of the DevOps Plan schema developer
This topic provides an overview of the tasks typically performed by a schema developer.
Overview of the DevOps Plan Designer interface
The DevOps Plan Designer includes several different windows, or views, that you will use to perform your schema development tasks.
DevOps Plan schemas
This topic explains the concept of a DevOps Plan schema.
Customizing a schema
To modify how change requests are handled, you need to use the Designer to customize the records and fields of a schema.
Schemas and packages
This topic explains the concept of using schemas and packages in DevOps Plan.
Packages and integrations
This topic explains the concepts of DevOps Plan packages and integrations.
Test Management and Requests
You can use the DevOps Plan TestManagement and Requests feature to create and track test plans and add approval processes to the record.
User privileges
This topic describes the privileges that are available for DevOps Plan users and user groups.
Working with Forms
You must create a record form for each record type in your schema. You can also define a submit form for each record type.
Creating a security model
This topic provides an overview of the process to create a security model.
Using hooks to customize your workflow
This topic provides guidelines for using hooks to implement your workflow.
Record locking
When multiple users attempt to simultaneously update a record, the database locking model ensures that the update from each user succeeds as a unit, but each update overwrites the previous update.
Customizing the Web
The Designer provides many ways to customize the underlying schema and functionality that the DevOps Plan accesses.
DevOps Plan email
This topic provides a description of the supported DevOps Plan email features.
The Integrations feature allows application administrator to create and map integrations to the DevOps Plan application.
Aha! integration with DevOps Plan (bidirectional)
Aha! is a comprehensive product management software that empowers teams to build and market products customers want, by providing robust tools for strategic planning, roadmapping, and collaboration. The integration between Aha! and DevOps Plan is designed to streamline the management of the records. The bidirectional synchronization ensures that the items (defined in the mapping configuration) created in Aha! are automatically reflected in DevOps Plan and vice versa, enhancing visibility and coordination across platforms.
Artificial Intelligence integration
DevOps Plan includes AI integration to help you automate various tasks.
DevOps Plan MCP server integration
The DevOps Plan Model Context Protocol (MCP) server connects your DevOps Plan with AI-powered development environments and agents.
SCM integration package
As an administrator, you can add a software configuration management (SCM) application that provides tracking and controlling changes in the software.
Webhooks integration package
Webhooks serve as a communication mechanism between systems. A webhook subscribes to DevOps Plan and waits. When events are triggered, DevOps Plan sends information out to the subscriber.
About integration packages, configuration, and testing
New teamspaces created within DevOps Plan uses Unicode as the database codepage. However, imported connections adheres to the database codepage configuration of its original setup. If you add additional record types after adding a package, you can enable the package functionality for those record types using the Designer.
Authenticating with the Personal Access Token for the DevOps Plan REST API
The Personal Access Token is required to authenticate to the DevOps Plan REST API. You can use Personal Access Tokens to connect the DevOps Plan REST API to its various REST endpoints.
Base URL and teamspace ID
The base URL to access the REST APIs with the DevOps Plan application is https://<plan-server-url>/ccmweb/rest and with the DevOps Loop application is https://<plan-server-url>/plan/ccmweb/rest.
Records and record types
A Record Type describes the structure (metadata) of a Record and is designed by the DevOps Plan Designer.
Creating, Deleting, and Retrieving Records
You can use the DevOps Plan REST API to Create, Delete, and Retrieve records.
DevOps Plan REST API queries and result sets
You can use the DevOps Plan REST API to manage queries and result sets.
DevOps Plan REST API troubleshooting
Troubleshooting for various restrictions and known issues when using the DevOps Plan REST API.