Project Artifacts page

Use the project Artifacts page to create and view artifacts. Filter artifacts by tag, attribute, or folder. Use various parameters to sort and group the artifacts. Display artifacts in a table or a list. View project details, recent comments, artifacts, and requirements. Highlight artifacts that have recent changes and comments. To open the artifact, click it in the display.

To open the Artifacts project page, in the editor toolbar, click the Open button open button image and select a project.

The list of artifacts in the Artifacts page displays a maximum of 900 artifacts. If more than 900 artifacts match the display criteria, add filter criteria to reduce the displayed list. The Recent Artifacts and Recent Requirements sections in the sidebar contain a maximum of 50 recent records. Use the search feature to find and open other artifacts and requirements.

Creating artifacts

To create an artifact, click Create Artifact.

Filtering options

Use the options in the Table 1 to filter the list of artifacts on this page. The following actions apply to all filters:

Table 1. Artifacts page filtering options
Saved Filters When you filter artifacts, you can name and save the filter by clicking the Selected Filters icon (selected filters icon ). The filter appears in the Saved Filters section, and is accessible to all users who have access to the project.

Saved filters contain information about the filtering criteria that is applied to the page as well as information used to display the results.

Filter Display By Tag This section lists all of the tags in the project. Select one or more tags to display only the artifacts 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 file name, date, user, requirement types, and attribute values in the project. Select one or more attribute values to display only the artifacts that contain those values.
Filter Display By Folder This section lists all of the folders in the project. Select one or more folders to display only the artifacts in those folders.

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.

Use the following grouping options with the Sorting and Grouping Options button.

Display options

Use the following controls to modify the display of artifacts.

Tip: You can view any attribute from an attribute group or requirement type in the project as an additional column in the table view or listed in the list with details view. You can also right-click on the table header in the table view to show or to hide columns from a context menu.

Attribute Editing

If at least one artifact in your artifact list has an attribute group assigned to it, you can edit the attributes of multiple artifacts in one step. To do this:
  1. Select several artifacts, right-click, and select Edit Attributes. The Edit Attributes Values dialog is displayed.
  2. 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.

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