Working on Maintenance Items

Window Formats

The Maintenance window has two formats - Item mode and List mode.

• Item mode provides a list on the left hand side from which you select a maintenance item, the details of which then display in the fields in the rest of the window; you can edit these fields directly
• List mode consists of a list of maintenance items with summary data distributed across the columns; you cannot directly edit these fields

To toggle between the modes, click on (the Show/Hide Properties button) in the window toolbar.

When you first open the window, in either mode, the oldest maintenance item of the type is shown at the top of the list and, in Item mode, in the data fields.

Adding New Items

To add new items, click on the 'New' icon in the window toolbar. In:

• Item mode, this clears the fields for new data
• List mode, this displays the '<item type> details for <element type> <element name>' dialog, which you complete in the same way as the Maintenance window in Item mode

The fields you complete for each type of maintenance item are almost identical.

Applying Automatic Naming/Numbering

On the Maintenance window in Item mode, or on the 'Item Details' dialog, you can apply an automatic naming/numbering convention that you have previously defined, to each new item record. To do this, simply click on the Auto button next to the 'Name' field.

If you already have some text in the 'Name' field, it is over-written by the auto-counter text.

Maintenance Item Types

The six types of Maintenance Item you can create records for are each managed on a separate instance of the window:

• Defects - each recording a failure to meet a requirement for the current model element
• Changes - each recording a change in requirement for the current model element
• Issues - each recording a risk factor that might affect the project, associated  with the current model element
• Tasks - each recording work in progress and work outstanding for the current model element
• Events - each recording the action taken on a requirement of the current model element
• Decisions - each recording the choice made on a requirement of the model element
  

Element Browser

You can also use the Element Browser window to select and display specific items on the Maintenance window; click on the icon in  the Maintenance window toolbar to display the Element Browser, open the Maintenance folder and select the required item.

In the folder, the 'page' icon against each item contains a:

• C for Change items
• D for Defect items
• T for Task items
• I for Issue items, or
• E for Event items