What am I supposed to do with current iteration ?

0	Hugh Cnn (19●11) \| asked Jul 25 '17, 8:00 a.m. Hi everybody, I am using RTC5 and I sw that we can put an iteration as current iteration. I am looking for what is that for... Can anyone help me please ? Thanks, H

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Ulf Arne Bister (1.3k●1●13) | answered Jul 25 '17, 9:08 a.m.

Hugh,

permissions in the process configuration can also be set against iterations. You can e.g. have iterations solely for the purpose of generally switching on / off certain process constraints ("delivery only after approval by tech lead") when setting the iteration current. See also
https://jazz.net/help-dev/clm/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.jazz.platform.doc%2Ftopics%2Ft_customizing_permissions_time_period.html

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- Arne

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Hugh Cnn commented Jul 25 '17, 10:20 a.m.

Thanks Arne

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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k●3●30●35) | answered Jul 26 '17, 3:06 a.m.
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edited Jul 26 '17, 3:06 a.m.

Arne's answer is a major reason, but some other reasons include:

- The current iteration can be used when construction queries, and is used in many of the out-of-the-box queries.

- The current iteration can be used in JRS queries.

- There are some dashboard widgets, such as the Timelines widget that are affected by the current iteration ( https://jazz.net/help-dev/clm/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.jazz.dashboard.doc%2Ftopics%2Fc_widget_types.html )

- There are some menus that mark which is the current iteration (such as the menu for selecting a value for the Planned-For property of a work item).

- A pre-condition can reference the current iteration (example: the built-in Descriptive_Change_Sets Deliver pre-condition).

- The "current work" in the Eclipse MyWork view determines current work from the current iteration.