VFS Product Directory Term Glossary

Field

Data Type

Definition

product_name

String

Name given to the product by the product team. (Required)

parent_product

String

When a product is a child of a larger encompassing parent directory, the parent name is supplied here.

product_root_url

String

The live VA.gov link where the product is accessible in production.

frontend_code_repository

String

Name of the front-end repository where the product code is based.

backend_code_repository

String

Name of the back-end repository where the product code is based.

other_code_repositories

Array

Names of the other repositories where product code is based. This could be utilities maintained for the product or other ancillary code that supports the product.

github_product_label

String

The associated GitHub label to identify GitHub issues for this product. This label should be unique to this product.

github_team_label

String

The associated GitHub label to identify the team with primary control over the product.

contract_name

String

The contract that this product’s development is fulfilling.

contract_end_date

String

The end date for the contract.

va_gov_hub

String

The hub on VA.gov that the product is grouped under with other related products.

owned

Boolean

A true or false declaring if the product currently has a team designated to maintain it.

octo_crew

String

Name of the OCTO crew that the product team belongs to.

octo_product_owner

String

Name of the OCTO product owner for this product.

vfs_pm

String

Name of the PM for the team responsible for the product.

business_owner

String

The organizational unit within the VA enterprise that is the primary stakeholder for a product.

deployment_status

Boolean

Product’s current status, either In Development or Live.

launch_date

String

Date that this product launched into a production environment.

product_outline

String

The full URL where the product outline can be found.

documentation

String

The full URL where the principal product documentation is located.

testrail_project_id

Integer

The TestRail project ID of the product. The user inputs the Testrail project URL and the script processing will extract the ID from the URL. This can only be populated if the TestRail project was set up in terms of the product and not the team.

loa

Integer

The level of authorization required for a user to access this product.

endpoints_provided

Array

A list of API endpoints that this product provides for other products to consume for data.

endpoints_consumed

Array

A list of API endpoints that this product consumes for data, provided by other products or services.

salesforce_categories

String

The category group in salesforce that corresponds to this product.

analytics_category

String

The category group that labels this product for analytics to group like-products together.

platform_console_category

String

Categorizes the product as either Apps, Forms, APIs & Systems, Profile, Content. These groupings are planned to be used in the platform console.

product_id

String

A unique identifier in the form of a UUID v4 that gives a constant value that will never change allowing reference to this product. (Required)

path_to_code

String

The file path of where the product code is located in the Github repository.

last_updated

DateTime

A timestamp from when the product was last modified. This is based on the last time new code was committed to GitHub for this product. This field is populated automatically.

has_unit_tests

Boolean

True or false depending on if there are corresponding unit tests for the product.

has_e2e_tests

Boolean

True or false depending on if there are corresponding end-to-end tests for the product.

has_contract_tests

Boolean

True or false depending on if there are corresponding contract tests for the product.

package_dependencies

Array

Comma-separated list of required package dependencies for the product.

cross_product_dependencies

Array

A list of products that shows if the product depends on any other products to be able to run.

features

Array

An array containing information about the feature. The information included is the name of the feature, the URL where it’s located, the date it launched, and what its current deployment status is (see launch date and deployment status definitions above).