Welcome
Releasing Software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
Archiving releases
You can archive a release to remove it from the list of releases.

Release Notes
This document includes information about the new features introduced, defects fixed, and known issues identified in this version of HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity). You can also find the installation and upgrade instructions along with the contact information of HCL Customer Support.
System Requirements
This document contains information about hardware and software requirements for HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity).
Getting Started
This document provides an overview of HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity).
High-Level Overview
Use HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity) to automate your release lifecycle and manage your DevOps value streams.
Tutorials
Learn how to complete frequently-used tasks such as creating value streams.
Managing licenses
Configure your license or apply a trial key.
Administering
This guide describes how to install HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity). After you install Velocity, you can perform administrative tasks such as license configuration, upgrading, migrating, managing access permissions and security. This guide is intended for system administrators.
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.
Data Insights
The Insights feature provides DevOps metrics for your project data.
Analytics Dashboards
Analytics creates team-specific dashboards that generate charts for each activity of the product development. HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity) creates dashboards automatically while you create a team.
Releasing Software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
- Release management
  You can view the details about a specific release on the release details page.
- Managing releases
  Release management is the process of planning, scheduling, and controlling software deliveries.
- Creating releases
  You can create a release and view on rhe Releases page.
- 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.
- 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 VelocityVelocity Measure
How to
The topics in this section describe how to work with Velocity Measure 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.
Notices for DevOps Velocity
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.
DevOps Velocity GDPR statement
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been adopted by the European Union (EU) and applies from May 25, 2018.
Glossary

Archiving releases

You can archive a release to remove it from the list of releases.

About this task

Although you cannot delete a release, you can store it in the archives. Archived releases are not displayed on the Releases page.

Procedure

For a release you want to archive, click the overflow () icon and then select Archive.
Archive release event window is displayed.
Choose Archive all deployment plans or Archive completed deployment plans only to select the deployment plan scope.
Click Archive.

Results

The selected release is archived successfully. To view the archived releases, click Archived on the Releases page.