Editing Multiple Requirements

You can select to edit multiple requirements at one time.

To edit multiple requirements:

In the Navigation pane, click Requirements.

The Requirements window appears.
In the Requirements Summary pane, press the <Ctrl> key while selecting several steps. For a range of consecutive steps, press the <Shift> key when selecting a range.

If you want to edit multiple child requirements, then select a requirement in the Navigation tree and click the Child Requirements tab. In the tab, press the <Ctrl> key while selecting several steps. For a range of consecutive steps, press the <Shift> key when selecting a range.

Right-click on the requirements and select Edit.

The Edit Multiple Requirements dialog appears.

In the Details tab, update the information for this requirement by entering information to the following fields:

Field	Description
Name	Enter a unique name for the requirement. Requirement names can have a maximum of 100 characters. Special characters and numbers are allowed in names.
Description	Enter a description for the requirement. Descriptions can have a maximum of 2048 characters. Special characters and numbers are allowed in descriptions.
Risk	From the Risk drop-down list, select one of the following values: Low Medium High
Priority	From the Priority drop-down list, select one of the values: Low Medium High
Requirement Type	Requirement types allow you to define which attributes are visible for each requirement. From the Requirement Type list, select a value that your administrator has already created.
Estimated Effort	Enter the number of hours that this task will take to be completed.
Actual Effort	After you have completed the work on this requirement, enter the number of hours that it actually took to finish.
Percent Complete	While you are working on this requirement, you can enter the actual percentage of completed work.
Source Document	You can add additional information to this requirement by providing a directory path to a document. Click the Source Document Browse button to browse to the document location. Click the Link button to open the attached document.
Inactive	If you do not want this requirement enforced at this time, select this option.

Note: Besides the Name field, all other fields are not required. You do not have to add values to these fields.

The Status and Status Date fields are read-only. These fields are updated each time a result execution is promoted to or reset from a Result of Record. For more information, see Promoting a Result to a Result of Record.

If needed, click the Attributes tab to edit attributes. If you do not need to edit attributes, go to Step 7.

The Attribute tab displays all attributes that are available to the requirement.

(Optional) Select attributes that you want linked to the requirement. All attribute names followed by an asterisk must have a value.
Click OK.

The new requirement displays in the Requirements Summary pane and Navigation tree.