About Item Baseline Template Selection Criteria

An Item baseline template enables you to specify selection criteria for the item types to be included in a baseline. It consists of a default criterion for all item types, and selection criteria for specific item types that override the default for those item types for which they have been defined. The baseline template thus consists of a list, or set of these criteria that determine which item revisions to include.

Selection criteria can either be defined as implicit, or can be for a specific normal state or build stage in the lifecycle.

The options for implicit states are:

Description
All revisions
Latest edit revision
Latest edit revision at Final State in Lifecycle
Latest edited revision at the most progressed state
Revision built from selected inputs
Revision that makes selected outputs

NOTE Latest edit revision in this context means the last item revision that was created.

If you choose one of these implicit states as the value for the Lifecycle State field, you do not require any additional rules, since these are sufficient to determine which revisions of an item to include. The State Selector field can therefore be left blank.

If you specify a specific lifecycle state for the Lifecycle State field, an additional status rule need to be provided in the State Selector field. The options for these additional criteria are:

Additional status rule
Latest from state
Most progressed state above specified state OR specified state
Specified state OR most progressed state
Specified state OR next existing state upward
Specified state only

If you specify a specific build stage for the Lifecycle State field, an additional stage-related rule need to be provided in the State Selector field. The options for these additional criteria are:

Additional build stage rule
Specified build stage and all next existing build stages upward
Specified build stage only.

Dimensions CM uses these additional rules together with a selected normal lifecycle state or build stage to determine a grouping and order of preference for the item revisions to be included in baselines using this template.

For details about using rules, see Rule Operation.

Related Topics

What is a Baseline Template?

Item Baseline Templates