Showing properties in the Work pane

You can view properties and associations for objects that you select. The properties and associations display in a tab in the Work pane.

Procedure

  1. To find an object, see Finding an object.
  2. In any dialog box where you can select a project, task, project grouping, baseline, folder, folder template, process, process rule, or release, right-click over the appropriate object and select Show.

    The object displays in the Work pane with the following defaults:

    • For a project, the information displays in the Members tab.
    • For a project grouping, the projects in the project grouping display in the Properties tab.
    • For a baseline, folder, folder template, process, process rule, release, or task, the information displays in the Properties tab.

      In addition to viewing the default information, you can view other types of information, such as the following:

    • For a project, view its properties, hierarchy, and work area settings.
    • For a project grouping, view baseline projects and tasks associated with the project grouping.
    • For a baseline, view the description, and the projects, tasks, and change requests associated with the baseline.
    • For a folder, view the tasks associated with the folder.
    • For a folder template, view the properties for the folders created by the folder template.
    • For a process, view the process rules that make up the process.
    • For a process rule, view the baseline projects for the project grouping using the specified process rule. View the tasks for the project grouping using the specified process rule.
    • For a release, view the process rules that are used by the release.
    • For a task, view the description, and the objects, fix tasks, and change requests associated with the task.

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