An attribute group is a collection of attributes
that can be added to artifacts. Attributes are displayed in Overview
section of the sidebar. Select one or more attribute groups when creating
an artifact, or add and remove attribute groups using the Add
more attributes button in the sidebar of an existing attribute.
The following attribute groups are available for documents and
artifacts by default:
Each group provides predefined attributes. Some attributes include
predefined values. For example, the Market attribute group contains
the following attributes and values:
Table 1. Market attribute
group attributes and valuesAttribute |
Attribute values |
User |
- Executive
- Power
- Normal
- Novice
|
Benefit |
|
Segment |
- US
- Canada
- Central America
- South America
|
Cost |
User defined |
You can add custom attribute groups and make them available to
specific artifact types. See Creating and modifying attribute groups.
In requirement artifacts, attribute groups provide attributes that
correspond to the attributes in
Rational® RequisitePro® requirement
types. The following attribute groups are available for requirements
by default in projects created from the provided templates:
- FEAT (Feature)
- SUPP (Supplementary)
- UC (Use Case)
Other available attribute groups are added as you import requirements
of other types from Rational RequisitePro.