Managing discussions

You can control whether discussions are allowed in the database, and whether all users can participate in discussions.

Before you begin

Open the database properties. For more information, see Configuring the Rational DOORS database.

To use the discussions function, you must be using a Rational DOORS 9.2 or later database server, and the server must be configured to exclude Rational DOORS 9.0 and 9.1 clients. To exclude these clients, set the minimum client version on the Login Policy tab of database properties to 9.2.

About this task

There are three levels of control:

Procedure

  1. On the Database Properties window, click the Discussions Access tab.
    • To allow all users to participate in all discussions, select Allow Discussions.
    • To control who can participate in discussions by module, select Allow Discussions (access restrictions can be set on modules). Users with admin access to modules can control participation.
    • To disable all discussions for the database, select Do not allow Discussions.
      Note: If you disable discussions, and a module already has an open discussion, the discussion stays open until you stop and restart the Rational DOORS client.
  2. Click OK.

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