Welcome
Releasing software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
Running deployments
Complete deployments by resolving the tasks in a deployment plan.
Running scheduled deployments
A scheduled deployment starts automatically at its scheduled time if any of its auto tasks are eligible to start.

Welcome
Welcome to the HCL™ Accelerate version 2.0.x documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use HCL Accelerate.
Release information
This document contains information about what's new, bug fixes, known issues, and upgrade notes.
Getting started
This document provides an overview of HCL™ Accelerate.
High-level overview
Use HCL™ Accelerate to automate your release lifecycle and manage your DevOps value stream.
Learning
Learn how to complete tasks in HCL™ Accelerate.
Installing and upgrading
Migrating
Administering
A default HCL™ Accelerate administrator ID is included as part of HCL Accelerate. It is used to install and complete initial configuration tasks.
Managing value streams
A value stream represents the objects and activities that you employ to deliver customer value, from initial concept to final delivered project.
Developing data insights
The Insights feature provides DevOps metrics for your project data.
Releasing software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
- Managing a release
  Use the release details page to view details about a specific release.
- Managing releases
  Release management is the process of planning, scheduling, and controlling software deliveries.
- Creating releases
- Archiving releases
  You can archive a release to remove it from the list of releases.
- Events and tags
  An event represents a release-related activity that you manage with the calendar. A tag is a label that you can add to a release or an event. You can use tags to filter the Activities list on the Releases page. Tags do not appear on the calendar.
- Restoring archived releases, plans, and templates
  You can restore archived releases, deployment plans, and templates.
- Deployment plans
  A deployment plan is a container for tasks. Tasks define the activities that your team runs to complete a software deployment.
- Running deployments
  Complete deployments by resolving the tasks in a deployment plan.
  - Starting deployments manually
    Starting deployments manually
  - Resolving tasks
    Complete a deployment by resolving the tasks in the deployment plan.
  - Importing tasks into deployment plans
    You can import tasks that are defined in comma-separated values (CSV) files into a deployment plan.
  - Running scheduled deployments
    A scheduled deployment starts automatically at its scheduled time if any of its auto tasks are eligible to start.
- Tasks
  A task represents a business-meaningful activity that is associated with a software deployment. Each task is defined on a separate row in a deployment plan. During a deployment, you run tasks defined in the deployment plan to complete the deployment.
- Properties
  A deployment plan can contain user-defined properties. Properties values can be defined at design- or run-time.
Extending product functions
Learn how to extend the function of HCL™ Accelerate
How to
The topics in this section describe how to work with HCL™ Accelerate features. Tutorials and workbooks are available for users of all experience levels.
Troubleshooting
Before you contacting support, gather background information and perform tasks that will assist in solving the problem. It helps to be as specific as possible and include all relevant information.
Glossary

Running scheduled deployments

A scheduled deployment starts automatically at its scheduled time if any of its auto tasks are eligible to start.

About this task

If a deployment plan does not contain any eligible auto tasks, start the deployment by manually starting one of the eligible tasks. If the deployment plan belongs to a pipeline-generated release, you can start the deployment directly from the pipeline.

You can manually start a scheduled deployment at any time even if the plan has eligible auto tasks.