You can use the Job DSL Plugin to generate jobs and views very easily. Highly recommended method of creating jobs and/or views required for dynamic projects.
The View DSL reference is here: https://github.com/jenkinsci/job-dsl-plugin/wiki/View-Reference If the views you'd like to create are not supported directly you can still do what you need using 'configure' blocks. - David On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 11:50:42 PM UTC+2, Rob Mandeville wrote: > > I have a matrix of n projects building on m branches, and I am putting > together pipelines for each one. That is, there are a set of jobs of the > form “regression tests for branch FOO of project BAR”. I have a JSON file > showing the list of branches, projects, and their configurations. With > that, I’ve developed an intricate system to regenerate all the jobs with no > problem. Now, I just need to generate several dozen views. > > > > The hierarchy which I have been building by hand is: > > > > · (Nested View) Branch Builds > > o (Monitor View) All Builds for Branch FOO > > o (Monitor View) All Regression Tests for Branch FOO > > o (Nested View) Regression Pipelines for Branch FOO > > § (Build Pipeline View) Regression Pipeline for Branch FOO Project BAR > > § (Build Pipeline View) Regression Pipeline for Branch FOO Project QUX > > § … > > o (Build Pipeline View) Builds for Branch FOO Project BAR > > o (Build Pipeline View) Builds for Branch FOO Project QUX > > o … > > > > This is no longer scalable, and I’m wearing out my mouse button. > > > > I have been trying to use the Job DSL Plugin to handle this, to no avail. > It has no support for monitor views, and when I try to nest nested views > inside each other, the views all end up at the top level, making the tab > bar ridiculously long. > > > > Is there a plugin I can use, a technique you know of, or even a way to > insert views via XML without rebooting the Jenkins server? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > --Rob > > > > ------------------------------ > This e-mail and the information, including any attachments it contains, > are intended to be a confidential communication only to the person or > entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is > privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of > this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and destroy > the original message. > > Thank you. > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/48404a8e-8ecd-4e26-95b3-032732413cde%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
