From the Configure menu, you can
add a module to your workspace.
Procedure
- Click Configure and select Modules. The list of modules is displayed in the workspace area.
- Click Add Module. The
Add Module page is displayed.
- Specify the attribute values for the module.
- Name: Type a name for the attribute.
This name is visible in the attribute list for all elements.
- Add Button Name: Type the name to be
displayed on the Add button, which you can
use to add elements to this module.
- Alias: When you integrate with other
tools by using Web Services 2.0, you can use an alias instead of the IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ IDs.
The default alias is an auto-generated random Universally Unique Identifier
(UUID). You can change the alias, but it must be unique.
- Description: Type a description for
the module.
- Position in Module List: Select where
the module is to be displayed in the Modules menu.
- Prefix Attribute: Specify the text
that is displayed before the title of the element in the tree structure
and in the charts. You can choose one of the following types of attributes:
Text, Unique Id, Integer, Float, or Choice.
- Icon Attribute: Choose the icon that
is displayed to the left of the elements in the tree structure. You
can choose any Choice attribute in the module. If you select None,
the default icon is displayed.
- Sort Attribute: Select the attribute
by which to sort the elements in the module. You can choose from the
following types of attributes: Text, Unique ID, Integer, Float, Choice,
Check Box, and Date, Created Date, and Last Changed Date.
- Display Folder Icons: Select this check
box to display folders as the standard folder icon. If the check box
is cleared, the selected icon attribute or the default icon is displayed
as icon for folders.
- Default Icon: If you do not select
an icon attribute, this icon is displayed to the left of the elements
in the tree structure.
- May Be Configured By: Select the workspace
administrators who can access the module and set up the attributes
for the module. If you do not select any members, all workspace administrators
can modify this module.
- Disable Delete: Select this check box
to disable the Delete buttons in the modules,
tree views, and in windows and menus of the elements. When the Delete buttons
are disabled, the elements in the module cannot be removed from the
database.
- Hide Add Views in Menu: If this check
box is selected, all the Add views that adds elements to this module
are not in the navigation bar. You can add elements from Display views
by using the Add button.
- Hide Module: Select this check box
if you do not want to list this module in the Modules menu. This setting
affects the list of modules that are visible to administrators when
they create views and link elements.
- Baseline Version Control: Select the
baseline version attributes in this module:
- None: Select this option if the version
attribute remains the same even if you create a baseline.
- Next Major Version: Select this option
if the version attribute increases to the next major version number
when you create a baseline.
- Common Major Version: Select this option
if more than one version attribute is in the module and you want to
increase to the next major version number often. For example, if one
version attribute has the number 1.2 and another attribute has the
number 3.2, the new version number for the baseline is 4.0 for both
attributes. This new number increases based on the highest version
number of the two values.
- Origin Link Attribute: Select the link
attribute to use when users copy elements by using the Create
Element From option.
- Add to Other Modules: You can create
elements from one module in another module. For example, you want
to use the Requirements module to create both requirements and bugs,
which are elements of the Bugs module. To create bugs from the Requirements
module, select the Bugs check box. From the Set/Add
Link lists, select the link with which to automatically
connect the modules.
Note: - The Add to Other Modules feature overrides link targets.
- The value in the Set/Add Link field overrides
the constraints that are set by view access, the Lock attribute, and
the Allowed Modules for the attribute.
- When you link modules by using the Add to Other Modules feature,
an Add button for the elements is displayed
in both modules. To place Add buttons in views,
you must have an Add view for each module to add elements to.
- You cannot use this feature for the Views and Criteria pages in
the Criteria menu or for the following modules:
Saved Charts, Saved Plans, Baselines.
- Enable Assign a CR to Change: If you
integrate with IBM Rational Change, select this option to synchronize
the module with data in Rational Change. For more information, see
“Change integration settings.”
- Click OK. The
module is added.
What to do next
Define attributes for the module. For more information, see
“Configuring attributes.”