Configuring a Workspace Hierarchy

How you configure a project workspace influences the interworkspace file-transfer process and the way you prepare product releases. This section will help you choose the workspace hierarchy best suited for your project. You can change any decisions you make now regarding workspace hierarchies by using the Configuring workspace reparenting feature. See "Reparenting a Workspace" for details.

A workspace hierarchy is a chain of parent and child workspaces that is two or more layers deep. The number of layers in a hierarchy bears no relation to the number of workspaces comprising it. A parent workspace and its child comprise two layers. A parent workspace and three children also comprise two layers. A parent workspace and its child and grandchild comprise three layers. Figure 5-1 depicts a "flat" (three-tiered) hierarchy, and Figure 5-2 shows a "multitiered" (four-tiered) hierarchy.

Figure 5-1 A "Flat" (Three-Tiered) Hierarchy

Figure 5-2 A "Multitiered" (Four-Tiered) Hierarchy