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Build filtering

The list of builds shown in a branch page is produced by a build filter. By default, Yontrack displays the last builds of the branch, but a filter can narrow that list down to the builds you actually care about - the ones promoted to a given level, validated by a given stamp, created in a given period, linked to another project, or named in a given way.

Filters are edited from the filter dropdown at the top of the build list. A filter can be used once, or saved under a name so it can be reused later.

The standard filter

The standard filter is the general-purpose filter. Its criteria are grouped into tabs, and all the criteria you fill in are combined: a build is kept only when it satisfies every one of them.

Build

With display name
The build display name must match a regular expression.

Promotion

With promotion level
The build must be promoted to this promotion level.
Since promotion level
Only the builds created since the last build promoted to this level, that build included.

Validation

With validation stamp / ... with status
The build must have a run for this validation stamp, optionally in this status.
Since validation stamp / ... with status
Only the builds created since the last build validated by this stamp, that build included.

Property

With property / ... with value
The build must have this property, optionally with this value. The way the value is matched depends on the property.
Since property / ... with value
Only the builds created since the last build having this property, that build included.
Linked from / ... with promotion
The build must be linked from the builds selected by a PRJ:BLD pattern, where PRJ is a project name and BLD a build name which accepts * as a placeholder. Optionally, the linking build must have a given promotion.
Linked to / ... with promotion
The same, for the builds the build is linked to.

Time

Build after / Build before
The build must have been created on or after, respectively on or before, this date.

Filtering on the build display name

A build has a name, given when the build is created. It can also be given a release label, typically a version number like 1.2.0. The display name of a build is its release label when it has one, and its name otherwise - it is the name Yontrack uses to designate the build, for example in build links and change logs. The build list of a branch shows the build name, with the label displayed next to it when there is one.

The With display name criterion keeps only the builds whose display name matches a regular expression. Because it works on the display name and not on the name alone, a single filter covers both the labelled and the unlabelled builds of a branch:

  • a build labelled 1.2.0 is matched by ^1\.2\. whatever its name is;
  • a build with no label is matched on its own name.

Note

The match is always performed against the release label when the build has one, even for projects where the build link display options are configured with useLabel set to false. In such a project, the build list shows build names while the filter still matches labels, so a build whose displayed name does not look like the pattern can be returned.

Pattern syntax

The pattern is a PostgreSQL POSIX regular expression, which differs in places from the regular expressions of Java, JavaScript or Perl.

Two behaviours are worth remembering:

  • the match is case insensitive - RELEASE and release match the same builds. Start the pattern with (?c) to make it case sensitive;
  • the match is partial - the pattern has to be found somewhere inside the display name, not to cover the whole of it. Use ^ and $ to anchor it.
Pattern Matches
1\.2\. any display name containing 1.2., like 1.2.4 or v1.2.0
^1\.2\. any display name starting with 1.2.
^1\.2\.3$ exactly 1.2.3
(1\.2\|1\.3)\. display names containing either 1.2. or 1.3.
^release-[0-9]+$ release- followed by digits only

If the pattern is not a valid regular expression, the filter returns no build at all rather than an error. A filter which unexpectedly comes back empty is worth checking for a typo in its pattern.