Archiving or unarchiving server projects

You can archive a project when that project is no longer needed but you want to retain it for future reference. If you do want to use an archived project, you can unarchive it.

About this task

As a project owner,you can archive projects that are inactive. Archived projects are not visible to users or project members, but owners can show or hide their archived projects. Archived projects can be unarchived.
Note:

When you migrate projects from the previous version of HCL OneTest Server to V10.1.0, the project Owner must log in to HCL OneTest Server to initiate the migration of all the repositories in that project, as a result, other members can access the test assets in that project.

On migration of an archived project, the project Owner must log in to HCL OneTest Server and then navigate to the Configure > Project > Repositories tab to migrate the configured repositories in the archived project.

Procedure

  • Archive a project by following these steps:
    1. Open the project that you want to archive.
    2. From the project details, archive the project.
    3. Confirm that you want to archive the project when prompted. If you proceed, the project is archived and is hidden in your project list. To show or hide the archive projects, select the appropriate option by using the Menu icon Menu icon from the menu bar.

      When visible, the archived project shows as archived in the list of My Projects.

      Archived project

      Note: The option to configure a project continues to display after you archive a project.
  • Unarchive a project by following these steps:
    1. Open an archived project and unarchive it.
    2. Confirm that you want to unarchive the project when prompted. If you proceed, the project is unarchived and is shown in your project list.