Requirements Module Icons

This section describes the icons available in the Requirements module.

To access

On the ALM sidebar, under Requirements, select Requirements.

See also

The icons are described below:

UI Element

Description

<green asterisk>. The applicable tab is populated.

Alerts. Click to view alerts for the requirement.

  • Red alert. The alert is new.

  • Gray alert. The alert has already been read.

For details, see Use alerts.

Attachments. Click to view attachments for the specified requirement.

Open an attachment by selecting it from the list. If there are more than ten attachments, click the more attachments link to view the list in the Attachments Page. For details, see Attachments Page.

Business Model Requirement. A requirement representing a business process model entity.

Note:  

  • Business model requirements are created automatically for each model entity added to the Business Models module.

  • You cannot change the requirement type of business model requirements.

Business Requirement. A business process requirement.

Child. A child requirement affected by a change to a selected requirement. For details, see Impact Analysis Tab.

Folder Requirement. A folder for organizing requirements.

Follow Up Flags. Click to view follow up flags for the requirement.

  • Gray flag. The follow up flag is new.

  • Red flag. The follow up date has arrived.

For details, see Follow up flags.

Functional Requirement. A system behavioral requirement.

Group Requirement. A collection of related requirements.

Linked Defects. Click to view linked defects for the requirement. For details, see Linked Defects/Entities Page.

Parent. A parent requirement that affects a selected requirement. For details, see Impact Analysis Tab.

Recursive Relationship. The same requirement participates more than once in the relationship. For details, see Impact Analysis Tab.

Testing Requirement. A testing type requirement.

Trace From. A requirement that affects a selected requirement. For details, see Impact Analysis Tab.

Trace To. A requirement that is affected by a selected requirement. For details, see Impact Analysis Tab.

Undefined Requirement. A requirement with an undefined type.

Version Control. The requirement is checked out.

  • Green lock. The requirement is checked out by the current user.

  • Red lock. The requirement is checked out by another user.