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Overview
This topic describes the WhiteSource data model of Products, Projects, and Organizations. This works the following way:
In WhiteSource, the basic building block is annotated as a
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Project
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Multiple projects make up a single
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Product
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Several products may belong to the same
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Organization
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Project
A project Project in WhiteSource is mapped to a build or module in your development environment, the inventory (BOM) is made up of open source components found within that project.
Details of a specific project Project can be found in the projectProject's page.
In order to view a specific projectProject, click the Products tab, hover over a product and select a project from the list:
In order to search for a projectProject, start typing in the text box withing the Products tab, for example, typing "cliq" shows all projects starting with word "cliq".
Product
Multiple projects Projects make up a product Product (application), the inventory is made up of all open source components found within its projects and shows aggregated information regarding licenses, security risks, alerts and more.
Details of a specific product can be found in on the productProduct's page.
In order to view a specific productProduct, click the Products tab and select a product Product from the list:
Organization
Multiple products Products make up an organization Organization (business unit), the inventory is made up of all open source components found across all products Products (applications) and shows aggregated information regarding licenses, security risks, alerts, and more.
Details of an organization Organization can be found in on the home page , a.k.a. (the Organizational dashboard).
In order to view a different organizationOrganization, click the Organizations tab and select an organization Organization from the list: