This page last changed on Apr 09, 2008 by smaddox.

The Atlassian IDE Plugin gives you Bamboo build information right there in your integrated development environment.

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Bamboo Icon

After you have defined the Bamboo servers and plans to monitor, the icon in the status bar shows the summary status of builds. If at least one build is currently failing, the icon is red, otherwise it is green.

In addition, when the summary status changes (e.g. when a build fails), a popup window appears to warn you of the problem.

Screenshot: Bamboo status icon in the IDEA status bar



Click the status icon to open a Bamboo tab in the plugin window, where detailed information is shown.

Contents of the Bamboo Tab in the Plugin Window

The Bamboo tab of the plugin window shows information about all plans of all servers defined in the plugin configuration panel.

The set of information is different for Bamboo 1.x and Bamboo 2.x servers. Bamboo 2.x servers can to return more detailed information than Bamboo 1.x.

Screenshot: Bamboo tab in the plugin window



You can perform the following functions for each line in the list:

  • Double-click a line to open the selected plan in a new browser window.
  • Right-click a line to show a popup context menu (pictured below) with actions that can be performed for a Bamboo plan.
    • For Bamboo 1.x, the only available action is 'Run build', which re-runs the last build of the selected plan.
    • For Bamboo 2.x, the list of available actions includes:
      • View — Open the selected plan in a new browser window.
      • Add label — Label a build. (See below.)
      • Add comment — Add a comment to a build. (See below.)
      • Run build — Re-run the last build of the selected plan.

        Screenshot: Bamboo context menu




The tool bar above the list of plans provides more functionality:

  • — Open the plugin configuration panel.
  • — Get help on the usage of the Bamboo tab (i.e. open this page in your browser).
  • — Refresh the contents of the list by polling the configured Bamboo servers.
  • — Re-run the last build of the selected plan.
  • — Label a build. See below.)
  • — Add a comment to a build. (See below.)

Commenting on a Build

You can add a comment to the latest build in the plan:

  1. Right-click on the plan and select 'Add comment' from the popup context menu, or select the comment icon from the tool bar.
  2. A dialog box opens, as shown below. Enter your comment text.


Screenshot: Adding a build comment


Labelling a Build

You can add a label to the latest build in the plan:

  1. Right-click on the plan and select 'Add label' from the popup context menu, or select the label icon from the tool bar.
  2. A dialog box opens, as shown below. Enter your label text.


Screenshot: Adding a build label


RELATED TOPICS

Configuring the Plugin
IDE Plugin User Guide


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