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Change Request Properties
The Change Request Properties dialog box contains tabbed pages of properties.
The following tables present the change request properties and their descriptions as displayed in the Change Request Properties dialog box.
Synopsis
The following properties are on the Synopsis page.
| Status | Displays the status of the change request. |
| Priority | Displays the priority level of the change request. Many people use repository customization to extend this field to include other values because Boolean values in the application are treated as enumerated types. For example, No is 0 and Yes is 1. An administrator might change
No to
Not A Priority,
Yes to
Priority 1, and add
Priorities 2 through
10.
|
| Type | Displays the type of change request, a Defect or a Suggestion. |
| Severity | Indicates the severity of the change request: Low, Medium, or High. |
| Platform | Indicates which operating system platform the to which the change request applies. |
| Last Build Tested | Displays the build label selected by a user to represent the last build in which a change request was tested. |
| External Reference | Indicates the customer or other outside source who provided the data for this change request. |
| Addressed In Build | Indicates the next build label created and applied to the view after the resolution to a change request occurs. |
| Component | Displays the component in which the defect occurs. It is often used with the Category property to narrow that identification to a sub-component. |
| Category | Displays the name of the sub-component in which the defect occurs. It is usually used in combination with the Component property. |
| Synopsis | Displays a brief description of the change request. |
| Responsibility | Displays the name of the person currently responsible for the change request. |
| Entered By | Displays the name of the person who entered the change request. |
Description
The following properties are on the Description page. This page also contains a Browse button for locating the command to test and a Run button for running the test.
| Description And Steps To Reproduce | Displays a detailed description of the change request. |
| Test Command | Displays the command to use to test the solution for the change request. |
Solution
The following properties are on the Solution page.
| Work Around | Explains the solution to the change request other than the fix. |
| Fix | Displays the solution to the problem addressed by the change request. |
Custom
You can create custom properties for an item which will display in the item Properties dialog box.
The following properties are on the Custom page.
| Property | Displays each custom property name. |
| Value | Displays the values for each custom property. Double-click the property name to edit the value. |
Attachments
The Attachments page contains a list of all the files attached to the current change request.
Comment
The following properties are on the Comment page.
| Comment For This Revision | Displays the reason for the changes to the current revision. |
| Comment For New Revision | Displays the reason for the changes to the new revision. |
