Change Default Status

[morjorjacemm]

How would one change the default status that appears in the element dialog box, specifically for Requirements?

When I create a new Requirement, the default status is set as "Approved".  When I create other elements the default status is set as 'Proposed'.  I would like to have all status set as "Proposed" and can not see where I establish this as the default.

I know I can configure the status types, but there is not an option to identify which one is the default in the configuration dialog box.

[sargasso]

 :-/  When I create a new external requirement the status defaults to "Proposed".

:-/ When I create a new use case requirement the status defaults to "Proposed".

:-/ When I create a new constraint on a use case the status defaults to "Approved".

Are you sure that its the requirements that is defaulting?

Constraint statuses (statii?) are configured differently to general statuses - you could try deleteing them all and re-adding them to see if that changes the default.

hth
Bruce

[thomaskilian]

Hi,
once I tried to translate these status (latin plural pronounced with long 'u'  ) into german thereby numbering them accordingly (like '1 - proposed' a.s.o.). The sort order seemed to be arbitrarily - I couldn't get it right. So I stopped working on that and left it as it was. However, if there's a trick to achieve ordering I'd be happy to know that.

[morjorjacemm]

I need to clarify....... from within the Use Case / Activity / etc. dialog box, I can enter Requirements on the Require tab, which I understand to be internal requirements.  The status defaults to 'Proposed' on this dialog page.  If I move them to External from this page, the status remains as 'Proposed'.

If I choose to insert a new element (ctrl + M, or right mouse click on the package) and choose the element type to be Requirement, the status in the dialog box defaults to 'Approved' (if it is available in the status list).  Other elements default to 'Proposed' (if it is available in the list).

I have deleted all of the status, and re-added two status - Proposed and Approved.  With these two status, the above scenario still exists.  I then removed the Approved status and added another status - 'NEW'.  When I choose to insert a new element (ctrl + M, or right mouse click on the package) and choose the element type to be Requirement, the status in the dialog box defaults to 'blank' - I have to choose the status from the drop down list if I want that field populated.

It appears that there is some code to default to 'Approved' status for requirements if it is in the list.

I have changed the sort order of the status by making the 'Proposed' status '_Proposed' to bring it to the top of the list - that did not work.  When I deleted all of the status, I added Proposed first, then Approved, and it still defaulted to Approved, so it does not appear to be related to the order in which the status is entered.

I have not tested all of the elements, but the ones I have played with all default to 'Proposed' (if Proposed is in the status list) with the exception of Requirements.

Therefore, I am lead to believe that either there is (or should be) a place to configure the default value for status, or it is hard coded in the app.

[thomaskilian]

It appears that there is some code to default to 'Approved' status for requirements if it is in the list.

That was my feeling too and I also agree that there should be a way (and be it by manipulating the database directly) to set the sort order and thereby the default values.