Helix Swarm Guide (2019.3)

Main toolbar and project tab quick reference

The main toolbar and project tab bar are used to quickly navigate around Swarm.

Main toolbar

Image of the Swarm main menu bar

  • Home Image of the Swarm Home icon: click to display the Dashboard, and Activity tabs.
  • Reviews: click to display a list of open and closed reviews. For more information about the reviews list page, see Reviews list.
  • Projects: click to display a list of Swarm projects. For more information about the projects page, see Projects.
  • Files: click to display a list of files in the Helix Core server, starting at the top level. For more information about the files page, see Files.
  • Commits: click to display a list of commits made in the Helix Core server. For more information about the commits page, see Commits.
  • Jobs (only displayed if Perforce jobs are configured): click to display a list of Perforce jobs in the Helix Core server. For more information about the jobs page, see Jobs.
  • Groups (displayed by default but can be hidden by administrator, see Groups configuration.): click to display the Helix Core server groups in Swarm, see Groups.
  • Workflows (not displayed if the Workflow feature is disabled): click to display a list of Swarm workflows. For more information about the workflows page, see Workflows.
  • Search: search for projects, groups, users, and files that match your search string.
  • LOG IN (only displayed if you are not logged in to Swarm): click to log in to Swarm, see Log in to Swarm.
  • Userid dropdown menu (only displayed if you are logged in to Swarm):
    • Profile: click for your activity, shelves, profile settings, and notification settings. For more information about your profile, see Viewing your user profile.
    • About: Swarm: click to view Swarm version information.
    • If you are a user with super privileges, Swarm also displays the trigger token required when you configure Helix Core server for Swarm.

    • Log out: log out of Swarm, see Log out of Swarm.
  • Help Image of the Help link: click to view the Swarm help.

Project tab bar

  1. Click the Projects link in the Swarm main menu bar.
  2. Select a project from the Projects page.
  3. The project overview page is displayed below the Project menu bar:

Image of the Project menu bar

  • Overview (only displayed if there is a README markdown file in the project's mainline, see Markdown in projects): click to display an overview of the project. For more information about the project overview tab, see Overview tab.
  • Activity: click to display the activity stream for the project. For more information about the project activity tab, see Activity tab.
  • Reviews: click to display a list of open and closed code reviews for the project. For more information about the project reviews tab, see Reviews tab.
  • Files: click to display a list of files for the project. The project Files tab shows a list of files for the project, starting with a folder view representing each branch. Branches are designated with the branch icon Branch icon image. For more information about the files tab, see Files tab.
  • Commits: click to display a list of changes made to the project. For more information about the commits tab, see Commits tab.
  • Jobs (only displayed if Perforce jobs are configured): click to display a list of jobs associated with the project. For more information about the jobs tab, see Jobs tab.
  • Settings (only displayed if you have permission to view or edit the project): click to display the project settings. For instructions on how to change the project settings, see Add a project.