By default, the names of previous files are based on the older version number and the version creation date. You can use the File History dialog box to optionally label the current version so it is easier to recognize if you later need to retrieve it. This will likely only be necessary if you anticipate a particular need for your current version of a VI. Also, labeling a file ensures that the SCC system does not automatically remove it as it gets older, since labeled files are not counted as part of the administrator's limit on version backups.
Complete the following steps to label a version of a file.
If you want to take a snapshot of all the files in a project and apply the same label to all the files, use the SCC View System History dialog box to label all files in a project with the same label. You also can use this dialog box to retrieve files with the same label.
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Note Another helpful way of grouping files for easy reference is to create project groups. This is appropriate only if you need to label more than one top-level VI. |