[Cdash] [EXTERNAL] Re: length of time item remains on dashboard

[Foucar, James G]

Yeah, I figured that was the problem. What¹s the time frame for getting
this feature on my.cdash.org?

-Jim

On 6/5/15, 11:20 AM, "David Cole" <DLRdave at aol.com> wrote:

>From what I read from Zack, this is a brand new feature in the git
>'master' branch, not something that's publicly available in a stable
>release yet. The my.cdash.org is running CDashPro 2.3.0 right now (see
>the banner along the bottom of the main page...)
>
>You'll have to put your project on a test server with an up-to-date
>checkout of the CDash source from git 'master' to get this new feature
>this week.
>
>
>HTH,
>David C.
>
>
>On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Foucar, James G <jgfouca at sandia.gov>
>wrote:
>> Hi Zack,
>>
>> So I upgraded our project to silver and created a new build group. I
>>did not
>> see the ³Build Type² field that you mentioned. Am I missing something?
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>> From: <Foucar>, "Foucar, James G" <jgfouca at sandia.gov>
>> Date: Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 1:45 PM
>> To: Zack Galbreath <zack.galbreath at kitware.com>, "Wolfenbarger, Paul R"
>> <prwolfe at sandia.gov>
>> Cc: "cdash at public.kitware.com" <cdash at public.kitware.com>
>> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Cdash] length of time item remains on
>>dashboard
>>
>> Hi Zack,
>>
>> This sounds like exactly what I need but I¹m unable to test it out. My
>> project is currently on the free edition of CDash and so I cannot
>>create a
>> new BuildGroup. It would be really great if I could edit the type of
>>one of
>> the three basic groups (nightly, experimental, continuous). Setting up a
>> silver account would require me to jump through several hoops.
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>> From: Zack Galbreath <zack.galbreath at kitware.com>
>> Date: Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 1:23 PM
>> To: "Wolfenbarger, Paul R" <prwolfe at sandia.gov>
>> Cc: "Foucar, James G" <jgfouca at sandia.gov>, "cdash at public.kitware.com"
>> <cdash at public.kitware.com>
>> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Cdash] length of time item remains on
>>dashboard
>>
>> I just merged a branch into master that should help you keep results on
>>the
>> dashboard longer.  If you create a new BuildGroup (on
>>manageBuildGroup.php)
>> you'll see a new field: "Build Type".  If you mark this new group as
>> "Latest" then it will display its most recent results, no matter when
>>they
>> occurred.  To define what should appear in this group, navigate over to
>>the
>> "Dynamic BuildGroups" pane and add some rows.
>>
>> I plan on writing up a blog post with more thorough instructions on how
>>to
>> use this new feature, but I figured you all might appreciate a sneak
>>peak.
>> Please let me know how this new feature suits your needs if you get a
>>chance
>> to test it out.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Wolfenbarger, Paul R
>><prwolfe at sandia.gov>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> In fact we do have a version of cdash that allows us to do daily or
>>>weekly
>>> reports.  We would like it to be more general than it currently is.
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>----------------
>>> "The one important thing I have learned over the years is the
>>>difference
>>> between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously.
>>> The first is imperative and the second is disastrous."
>>>                                      - Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina
>>>
>>> Paul R. Wolfenbarger, P.E., M.S.
>>> Computational Simulation Infrastructure
>>> DevOps Product Owner
>>> Sandia National Laboratories
>>> P.O. Box 5800 MS 0845
>>> Albuquerque, NM  87185-0845
>>> 505-844-5458 phone
>>> prwolfe at sandia.gov
>>>
>>> 
>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>----------------
>>>
>>> From: Zack Galbreath <zack.galbreath at kitware.com>
>>> Date: Friday, May 15, 2015 at 2:21 PM
>>> To: "Foucar, James G" <jgfouca at sandia.gov>
>>> Cc: "cdash at public.kitware.com" <cdash at public.kitware.com>
>>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Cdash] length of time item remains on
>>>dashboard
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Foucar, James G <jgfouca at sandia.gov>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> My current project has a number of ³Nightly² tests that run for
>>>>several
>>>> days. The issue I¹m having is that these builds are posted to CDash
>>>>and only
>>>> remain on the Nightly dashboard for about 24 hours. I really love for
>>>>the
>>>> dashboard to display a build until a newer build with the same name is
>>>> submitted. Is this possible?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not that I know of.  As you noticed, CDash currently only supports
>>> reporting build results on a day to day basis.  It would be nice if
>>>this
>>> behavior could be configured differently per build group: daily,
>>>weekly,
>>> last N builds, etc.  As things are now, the only workaround I can
>>>think of
>>> would be to resubmit the same .xml files day after day.
>>
>>
>>
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