Assignments

Assignment Groups are used to group Policies and Packages together as needed. They can be grouped i.e. by operating systems, test and productive systems and so on. The Assignment tree holds all user specified Assignment Groups. An Assignment Group can contain subfolders, links to Monitor/Indication Policies or links to Packages.

Add Policy link: Links can be added to an Assignment Group by drag & drop a Policy from the Policy List to an Assignment Group. You can select one or one or more Policies or even a complete Policy Group and drag & drop them to the Assignment Group.

Add Package link: Package links can also be added to the Assignments by drag & drop one or more Packages from the Package List to an Assignment Group.

Please note: Adding a Policy/Binary link to an Assignment Group will automatically enqueue the deployment on all boom Agents where the Assignment Group is currently deployed. For more details about the Deployment Queue see the Chapter Assignment Summary.

Right-click on an Assignment List element opens appropriate context menu:

Context menu on top folder level

Add Assignment Group: Assignment Groups can only be added to the top level folder. It is not possible to create an Assignment Group inside existing Assignment Group.

Context menu on Assignment level

Deploy on: Deploys the selected Assignment Group and all child elements to one ore more boom Agents. It also starts necessary monitor tasks. During the deployment process you have to select the boom Agents where the selected assignments should be deployed. For more information see the paragraph Deploy on/Undeploy from below. Re-Deploy to all: This will trigger the re-deployment of the selected Assignment Group and all it's child elements. The Assignment Group will be re-deployed to all boom Agents where the group was previously deployed on. Please see Assignments Summary for more information. UnDeploy from: This removes the Assignment Group and all it's child elements from the selected boom Agent. The Monitor tasks will be stopped. During the undeployment process you have to select the boom Agents from where the selected assignments should be undeployed. For more information see the paragraph Deploy on/Undeploy from below. UnDeploy from all: This removes the Assignment Group and all it's child elements from all boom Agents where the group was previously deployed on. Mark as Deployed on ...: Enqueue Deployment/UnDeployment/ReDeployment: All "Enqueue Deployment" actions will be added to the Deployment Queue and must be triggered manually! These actions will NOT be started automatically! For more details about the Deployment Queue see the Chapter Assignment Summary. Add Group: A new Assignment Group can only be added to the top level folder, it is not possible to create an Assignment Group inside an existing Assignment Group. Rename Group: All boom Agents were the Assignment Group is deployed on will automatically recognize the renaming of the Assignment Group. Delete Group Recursive: The selected Assignment Group and all its child elements (Policy links and subfolders) will be completely removed from the Assignment tree. You can select multiple Assignment Groups to delete them. The deletion of an Assignment Group is automatically put in deployment queue for all boom Agents where the Group is deployed on. Real deployment will start after Trigger Deployment action in Assignment Summary view

Context menu on Policy/Package link level

Open Policy: This will open the appropriate Policy Details in the Policy Details View. Select Policy in Tree: Points you to the specified policy in the policy view. Delete Link: Select one or more links to remove them from the Assignment Group. Note: This will automatically enqueue undeployment of the selected element from all boom Agents were the Assignment Group is currently deployed on. Do not forget that the enqueued actions must be triggered manually! For more details about the Deployment Queue see the Chapter Assignment Summary. Cut/Copy/Paste: Copy/Paste gives you the possibility to copy a single assignment within the same assignment group or to another assignment group. Cut/Paste allows you to move a single or multiple assignments to another assignment group.

During the deployment/undeployment process you need to select the boom Agents where you want to deploy/undeploy the assignments. A filter function inside the Deployment Dialog helps to find the appropriate boom Agents. Just enter some letters that matches with the boom Agents you need for the deployment process and press the Apply button. To remove an existing filter from the tree you have to clean the filter input field and press the Apply button.

See also Chapter Assignments Concept for further information about Assignments.