Use the Collections project page to create and view collections.
Filter collections by tag or attribute. Use various parameters to
sort and group the collections. Display collections in a table or
a list. Highlight collections that have recent changes and comments.
To open a collection, click it.
To open the Collections project page,
in the editor toolbar, click the Open button
and select a project. In the project pages, click
the Collections tab.
The list of collections
on the Collections page displays a maximum of 900 collections. If
more than 900 collections match the display criteria, add filter criteria
to reduce the displayed list.
Creating collections
To create a collection,
click Create Collection. For more information,
see Creating collections.
Filtering options
Use the options in the Table 1 to filter the
list of Collections on this page. The following actions apply to all
filters:
- Press the Shift or Ctrl key and click to select multiple filter
criteria in any section.
- If you make selections in more than one section, only the Collections
that match criteria in all of the sections are displayed.
- Click clear filters in any section to remove
the filter criteria from that section.
Table 1. Collections page filtering
optionsSaved Filters |
When you filter artifacts, you can name and
save the filter by clicking the Selected Filters icon ( ). The filter appears in the Saved Filters section,
and is accessible to all users who have access to the project. |
Filter Display By Tag |
This section lists all of the tags in the project.
Select one or more tags to display only the requirements with those
tags. Shared tags are shown on top of this section in blue; personal
tags at the bottom in green. |
Filter Display By Attribute |
This section lists the name, date, user, requirement
types, and attribute group values in the project. Select one or more
attribute values to display only the artifacts that contain those
values. |
Sorting and grouping options
Click the
column headings or select the following sorting options with the Sorting
and Grouping Options button
. When you use grouping options, the sorting criteria are
applied within the groups.
- Sort Alphabetically; sort by the artifact
name
- Sort by Type, sort based on the artifact
type
- Sort by Last Modified By; sort by the user
who saved the last changes
- Sort by Last Modified Date; sort by the
date and time of the last changes
Use the following grouping options with the Sorting
and Grouping Options button.
- No Grouping
- Group by Type, group by the artifact type
- Group by Last Modified By; group by the
user who saved the last changes
- Group by Last Modified Date; group by the
date and time of the last changes
Attribute Editing
If at least one artifact
in your list has an attribute group assigned to it, you can edit the
attributes of multiple artifacts in one step. To do this:
- Select several artifacts, right-click, and select Edit Attributes.
The Edit Attributes Values dialog is displayed.
- In the Edit Attributes Values dialog, specify new values for the
attributes. Note that the modified attribute values are used to update
the selected artifacts where applicable. If a selected artifact does
not have the corresponding attribute group assigned, it is skipped.
Note: If
an artifact cannot be updated because of a server conflict, an error
message is displayed.