Aha! Roadmaps | Complete a release

A release is a container for work, so when you complete a release, it affects all the work items — the features and epics — that are part of the release.

Note: If you work in a product workspace, this is called Shipping the release. If you work in any other type of workspace, this is called Work complete.

Any time you ship a release, a few things happen:

• Any feature or epic that has been completed will ship along with the release. Completed records have a status in the status categories Done or Shipped.

• Any feature or epic that has been marked Will not do will ship along with the release. Records you do not plan to work on will have a status in the status category Will not do.

• Any feature or epic with any other status will move to the next available release. The assumption is that these items are incomplete and that they still need to be completed.

• When you ship a release, you will see a list of items that will move to the next release before you confirm that you want to ship the current release. If everything looks accurate, ship your release and the records will move to the next release. If you want to select the release the records should move to, choose one from the Release dropdown. If you have forgotten to update a record's status, click on it to change it.

• If you choose to, Aha! Roadmaps will send notifications to all watchers on your release once the release ships.

Note: If you do not have a status category of Shipped in your release workflow, shipping the release will revert the release to the first status in the category Not started.

Once a release is shipped, you can't modify it. However, you can unship a release by clicking the More options button on the release's details page if you need to edit the release again. Shipped releases are hidden in a number of views, but in most places, you can still access a shipped release if needed. Shipped releases (and sometimes their features and epics) can be seen or made visible on:

• Releases Gantt: Add them via Filter

• Release Details: Scroll left through previously shipped releases using the arrow at the top of your screen

• Features List: View shipped features

• Roadmaps Features: Add them via Choose releases

• Roadmaps Pivot: Choose past dates

• Roadmaps Portfolio: Visible by default

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