Listing workspaces
Helix IPLM centrally tracks all workspaces built from IPVs. By default only the workspaces created by the user running the list are shown, all workspaces can be listed with the --all option.
Workspace list overview
Up-to-date workspace contents and other information can be tracked centrally, providing a convenient way to check for particular IP versions across workspaces in the system. See 'pi ws list --contains' which is detailed below.
Permissions and workspace listing
To list a workspace a user must have read permission to the top level IP and Line in the workspace. If a user has permission to the top level IPV but is missing permissions to some resource IPVs in the workspace, the resource IPVs will not be displayed in the list output.
Command line
The 'pi workspace list' command is used to list workspaces in Helix IPLM.
> pi ws list -h
Usage: pi workspace list [-h] [--format {csv,json,long,table} | --verbose]
[--model MODEL] [--contains IP [IP ...]]
[--match-substring MATCH_SUBSTRING]
[--creator CREATOR [CREATOR ...]] [--all]
[--limit LIMIT] [--query QUERY] [--squery SQUERY]
Description: List all matching Workspaces. A variety of format and filtering
options are supported.
Optional arguments:
--format {csv,json,long,table}
Return the results using the specified data structure.
Default value is "table".
--limit LIMIT Limit the output to the specified number of records
--match-substring MATCH_SUBSTRING, -m MATCH_SUBSTRING
Filter by matching substring. All fields in the output
are considered
--model MODEL Use the specified report model (table report only).
--query QUERY, -q QUERY
Filter using the Helix IPLM Query Language.
--squery SQUERY, -sq SQUERY
Filter using a Saved Helix IPLM Query.
--verbose, -v Alias for --format long.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit
Filters:
--all, -a Include all Workspaces without filtering by creator
(shows only Workspace created by the current user
otherwise).
--contains IP [IP ...]
Filter by Workspace that contains the IP, Line or IPV.
Matches against list of resources in the workspace as
well as top IPV.
--creator CREATOR [CREATOR ...]
Filter by Workspace creator.
Controlling the number of workspaces displayed
By default only workspaces created by the user running the 'pi ws list' command are displayed.
| Command Option | Description |
|---|---|
|
--all, -a |
Show all workspaces, without filtering to just workspaces created by the current user |
|
--creator CREATOR |
Limit the output to workspace created by the specified user. |
Configuring the output format
Helix IPLM can display the list output in a number of different formats
| Command Option | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
--format |
table |
The default format option, a list of values in table format. |
|
long |
Displays detailed information about the workspace, equivalent to --verbose, v output |
|
|
json |
Display the list of workspaces in json format. Note that the Helix IPLM API should be used for scripting purposes. |
|
|
csv |
Display the list of workspaces in comma separated value format. |
|
|
--verbose, -v |
|
Displays detailed information about the workspace, equivalent to --format long output |
|
--model MODEL |
|
Display a custom table format MODEL defined in piclient.conf. See here for more information on configuring display models. |
Searching workspaces
|
Command Option |
Description |
|---|---|
|
--contains IP |
Filter by Workspace that contains the IP, Line or IPV. Matches against list of resources in the workspace as well as top IPV. |
|
--match-substring |
Filter workspaces by a substring search across their fields. A quick alternative to running a query. |
Running queries
For more details on using queries, refer to the Querying Workspaces section.
|
Command Option |
Description |
|---|---|
|
--query QUERY, -q QUERY |
Search using a Helix IPLM query language expression |
|
--squery SQUERY, -sq SQUERY |
Search using a saved Helix IPLM query language expression |
Limiting the number of results
The maximum number of results returned from pi ws list is controlled by the 'max_list_records_limit' setting in piclient.conf. See the Client Configuration section for more details concerning configuration with piclient.conf.
The following option can be used to override the default 'max_list_records_limit' setting:
| Command Option | Description |
|---|---|
|
--limit LIMIT |
Limit the output to the specified number of records. This setting will override the piclient.conf setting if provided. Using --limit 0 will return all records. |
If all existing records are not returned due to a limit being reached (whether from the piclient.conf setting or from the --limit option) the command output provides a description of how many records were returned out of the total.
Workspace list example --contains
Workspaces may be listed based either on the Fully Qualified Name (FQN) of the IP of the form <LIB>.<IP>@<VER>.<LINE> or in a filtered version of the name (see here for details). For tracing IP usage in server side releases see the Tracing IP Usage on the Server section.
> pi ws list --all --contains tutorial. ┌───────────────────────────────┬────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬────────────────────┐ │ TOP IPV │ CREATED BY │ CREATED ON │ PATH │ ╞═══════════════════════════════╪════════════╪═══════════════════════════════╪════════════════════╡ │ tutorial.tutorial@5.TRUNK │ admin │ 2018-07-10 06:52:12 -0700 PDT │ /tmp/workpsace/ws2 │ │ tutorial.tutorial@5.TRUNK │ admin │ 2018-07-02 09:01:59 -0700 PDT │ /tmp/workpsace/ws1 │ │ tutorial.verif_config@1.TRUNK │ admin │ 2018-07-13 08:52:54 -0700 PDT │ /tmp/ws1 │ └───────────────────────────────┴────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴────────────────────┘ Found 3 matching object(s). > pi ws list --contains tutorial.padring ┌───────────────────────────┬────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬────────────────────┐ │ TOP IPV │ CREATED BY │ CREATED ON │ PATH │ ╞═══════════════════════════╪════════════╪═══════════════════════════════╪════════════════════╡ │ tutorial.tutorial@5.TRUNK │ admin │ 2018-07-10 06:52:12 -0700 PDT │ /tmp/workpsace/ws2 │ │ tutorial.tutorial@5.TRUNK │ admin │ 2018-07-02 09:01:59 -0700 PDT │ /tmp/workpsace/ws1 │ └───────────────────────────┴────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴────────────────────┘ Found 2 matching object(s). > pi ws list --contains tutorial.padring@1 ┌───────────────────────────┬────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬────────────────────┐ │ TOP IPV │ CREATED BY │ CREATED ON │ PATH │ ╞═══════════════════════════╪════════════╪═══════════════════════════════╪════════════════════╡ │ tutorial.tutorial@5.TRUNK │ admin │ 2018-07-10 06:52:12 -0700 PDT │ /tmp/workpsace/ws2 │ │ tutorial.tutorial@5.TRUNK │ admin │ 2018-07-02 09:01:59 -0700 PDT │ /tmp/workpsace/ws1 │ └───────────────────────────┴────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴────────────────────┘ Found 2 matching object(s). > pi ws list --contains tutorial.padring@2 No matching objects found.
Workspace list example --creator
Workspaces may also be listed based the user that created them.
> pi ws list --all --creator admin ┌───────────────────────────────┬────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬────────────────────┐ │ TOP IPV │ CREATED BY │ CREATED ON │ PATH │ ╞═══════════════════════════════╪════════════╪═══════════════════════════════╪════════════════════╡ │ tutorial.tutorial@5.TRUNK │ admin │ 2018-07-10 06:52:12 -0700 PDT │ /tmp/workpsace/ws2 │ │ tutorial.tutorial@5.TRUNK │ admin │ 2018-07-02 09:01:59 -0700 PDT │ /tmp/workpsace/ws1 │ │ tutorial.verif_config@1.TRUNK │ admin │ 2018-07-13 08:52:54 -0700 PDT │ /tmp/ws1 │ └───────────────────────────────┴────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴────────────────────┘ Found 3 matching object(s).
Workspace list customization options
It is possible to customize the default table output display of 'pi workspace list'. For more details, refer to the Client Configuration section.
The following non-default fields are available.
| Optional Display Field | Description |
|---|---|
| last_update_timestamp | The last time the workspace was updated |
| last_updater | The last user that updated the workspace |
| p4_client | The main Perforce client associated with the workspace (if any) |
| resources | List of IPV resources currently loaded into the workspace |
| uuid | The internal UUID used to track the workspace in Helix IPLM. Useful for 'pi ws delete --id' command |
| view | The workspace view currently in use in the workspace. |
| workspace_manager | The workspace manager (eg PWM) used to create the workspace |
