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Status Types

In an element Properties definition, the status of the element in the development management process is defined in the element Status field. You can select the appropriate value from a drop-down list, which initially contains the system values:

Approved
Implemented
Mandatory
Proposed and
Validated

 

You can add to or replace any of these values with your own custom values. You can also assign a color band to each status type, and define the types of element that can display those colors.

Access     Settings | Project Types | General Types > Status

Customize Element Status Types

Field

Usage

See also

Status

Type the name of the status.

 

 

Description

Type a short description of the status.

 

 

Status Type Color

Using the drop-down arrow, select a color to be applied to the current status type.

 

 

Preview

Displays a visual representation of an element with the selected status type color.

 

 

Restore Default

Restore the status type color to its default setting.

 

 

Applies to...

By default, status colors only apply to Requirement, Issue and Change elements. You might decide to also apply these colors to other UML elements, such as Use Cases or Classes.

To do this, click on the Applies to... button and, in the Applied Status Colors list, select the checkbox against each element type to which to apply the color.

 

Requirement,

Issue

Change

New

Clear the dialog fields to create a new status.

 

 

Save

Save the status, and add it to the Type list.

 

 

Delete

Remove the currently selected status from the Type list.

 

 

Type

Lists the current status types and descriptions for each status.

 

 

Notes

You can transport the status types (and the colors assigned to status types) between models, using the Export Reference Data and Import Reference Data menu options
To display status colors on your diagrams, you select the Show status colors on diagrams checkbox on the Objects page of the Options dialog
Requirement, Feature, Issue and Change elements have a status color compartment, whereas the status color for other elements is applied to the element shadow; to show the colored element shadows, select the Element Shadows on checkbox on the Diagram Appearance page of the Options dialog

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