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Select Specification Package

When you start to work with the Specification Manager, you identify the Package in which to build your specification. When you open the facility, the Specification Package defaults to the first top-level Package in your model, as indicated by the 'breadcrumb trail' in the Navigator toolbar. If this is the Package in which you intend to work, you can go on to configure the display and create or review elements.

You might, however, want to use a different Package that:

Already exists in the model and already contains elements of the specified type
Already exists in the model but contains no elements of the specified type
You will create underneath the current Specification Package, OR
You will create underneath a different Package elsewhere in the model

You can perform these tasks using the 'native' facilities of the Navigator Toolbar, or through the Specification Manager options on the Toolbar as described here.

Access Project Browser | Right-click on Package | View as Requirements List: | Specification Package

Tools | Specification Manager: | Specification Package

Locate existing Package containing specification elements

Step	Action	See also
1	Click on the 'Open Specification Package' option. The 'Select a Specification Package' dialog displays. This dialog presents your model hierarchy, filtered to show only those Packages that already contain elements of the type you selected as the Specification element type.	Select Specification Type
2	To expand a Package, click on the expansion box next to the Package name, or click on the Expand All button.
3	Click on the required Package, and click on the OK button. The Package name displays in the 'breadcrumb trail' in the toolbar, and the elements in the Package are shown in the main body of the Specification Manager window, filtered to the specified type if appropriate.	Specification Manager - Overview
4	Customize the columns and/or add elements to the Package.	Customize Columns Adding Elements

Locate existing empty Package

It is possible that you want to create your specification in a Package that has been set up for this purpose but does not yet contain any elements (or any of the specified type). In this case the Package would not be included in the 'Select a Specification Package' dialog. To select this Package for the Specification Manager:

Double click on the Package name in the Project Browser

The Package name displays in the view header and Toolbar.

If this does not work as described, display the 'Options' dialog ('Tools | Options'), select the 'General' page and click on the 'Shows Properties' radio button in the 'Double Click on Browser' panel.

Create new Package

This method creates a new Package underneath the current Specification Package.

Step	Action	See also
1	In the 'Specification Package' menu, select the 'New Package' option. The 'New Package' dialog displays.
2	In the 'Name' field, type the name of the new Package. (Optionally, you can also select a radio button to automatically create a new diagram in the Package.)	Add a Package
3	Click on the OK button. The new Package becomes the current Specification Package in the Navigator toolbar. The Package is also added to the Project Browser, underneath the previous Specification Package.
4	Customize the columns and/or add elements to the Package.	Customize Columns Adding Elements

Create new Package elsewhere in the Model

This method creates a new Package underneath a different Package in the model.

Step	Action	See also
1	In the 'Specification Package' menu, select the 'Add Package To' option. The 'Find Package' dialog displays, exposing all the Packages in the model.	Edit Menu
2	Browse through the model and click on the existing Package under which to create the new Package.
3	Click on the OK button. The 'New Package' dialog displays.
4	In the 'Name' field, type the name of the new Package. Optionally, you can also select a radio button to automatically create a new diagram in the Package.	Add a Package
5	Click on the OK button. The new Package becomes the current Specification Package, named in the window toolbar. The Package is also added to the Project Browser, underneath the selected parent Package.
6	Customize the columns and/or add elements to the Package.	Customize Columns Adding Elements

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