Creating a Project

Scenario

In CodeArts, projects are the basis for using various services. Operations such as requirement planning, code management, build, and deployment must be performed in a CodeArts project.

CodeArts provides multiple preset project templates for different requirement management processes. This section uses the Scrum process as an example to describe how to create a CodeArts project. For more information about preset templates, see Using a Project Template.

Prerequisites

To create CodeArts projects, you must have either of the following permissions:

Tenant Administrator. For details about how to grant the Tenant Administrator role to a user, see Creating a User Group and Assigning Permissions.
CodeArts project creator. For details about how to set a user as a project creator, see Setting Project Creators.

Setting Project Creators

To set CodeArts project creators, you must have the Tenant Administrator role.

Go to the CodeArts homepage.
1. Log in to the CodeArts console, click , and select a region.
2. Click Access Service.
On the navigation bar, click the username and choose All Account Settings.
Choose General > Project Creators.
Select Only some members can create projects. The member list is displayed.
Enable or disable the authorization by clicking . Unauthorized members cannot create projects.

Creating a CodeArts Project

Go to the CodeArts homepage.
1. Log in to the CodeArts console, click , and select a region.
2. Click Access Service.
On the CodeArts homepage, click Create Project and select Scrum.

If there is no project on the homepage, click Select on the Scrum card.

Set the project information and click OK.

**Table 1** Creating a project
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
Work Template	Yes	Select a built-in or custom template. For details about how to configure a work template, see Configuring Common Settings.
Name	Yes	Enter a maximum of 128 characters.
Project Code	No	Enter a maximum of 200 characters, including digits, letters, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
Description	No	Enter a maximum of 1,024 characters.

Check the project information.

Follow-up Operations

After you create a CodeArts project, members with the edit permission on the project can choose Settings > General in the navigation pane and perform the following operations.

**Table 2** Managing a CodeArts project
Operation	Procedure	Remarks
Modifying basic information	Choose Basic Information. Modify the project name, code, description, and enterprise project as required, and click Save. The modified information is displayed.	-
Transferring the project creator	Choose Basic Information. Select the member to transfer the project to from the Creator drop-down list, and click Save. The new creator is displayed.	If the project creator is deleted from IAM, the project ownership is automatically transferred to the project manager. If the project creator is also the project manager, the project ownership is transferred to the administrator account.
Archiving the project	Choose Basic Information. Click Archive. Then the button changes to Unarchive.	Archived projects are read-only to all members. The members cannot add, delete, or modify work items. Members of archived projects are still counted.
Deleting the project	Choose Basic Information. Click Delete Project, enter the project name, and click Delete. The deleted project is no longer displayed on the homepage.	Deleting a project will also delete its code repositories, check tasks, build tasks, and test cases. Deleted data cannot be recovered. Exercise caution when performing this operation.
Managing service menus	Choose Services. Select the menus to display. Refresh the page. The updated menus are displayed in the navigation pane.	-