Set Default Status

[michael_rainwater]

Whenever I create a new element in EA the status defaults to the value "Proposed".  Is there a way I can control this?

I would like to change the default to "Draft" and then change them to proposed when I am really proposing the changes.

Thank You.

[Bruno.Cossi]

I would much like the same. Some of our clients for example translated the statuses to other languages, not only the default status does not work then, the colour-coded requirements seem not to work either.

Thanks,
Bruno

Whenever I create a new element in EA the status defaults to the value "Proposed".  Is there a way I can control this?

I would like to change the default to "Draft" and then change them to proposed when I am really proposing the changes.

Thank You.

[thomaskilian]

I had the problem that the status was Approved and I sent a bug report since it should be "Proposed" in the beginning. Nevertheless I also had the translation problem and would like to have a general solution.

[glen_kidd]

I'm probably reaching out on a limb here, due to the age of this thread, but I'll re-raise the issue Is it possible to set the default status to be anything other than Proposed?.

At my company, we have decided we don't like the terminology 'Proposed' and would like to rename it to something more suitable for our purposes. The Settings > General Types > Status dialog allows us to add/remove the default status types at will, which is all well and good...

However, when the list is replaced with our preferred types (which doesn't include one named 'Proposed') any new element is created without any value of Status set (it is blank). Of course, this is more than mildly irritating. So, is there a way of changing the default Status value?

...Glen

[thomaskilian]

And it would make sense to have the list in a more chronological order too!

[«Midnight»]

Yes, and yes!

David

[Martin Terreni]

Yep, it would be helpfull

[cRossi]

Has anybody found a solution to this, I currently also have this problem. We redefined the values and "Proposed" still appears as initial value.

[Helmut Ortmann]

Hello,

EA supports the Post-New Event (http://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/14.0/automation/post-new_events.html). You can write an Add-In to handle this.

You may also use EA-Matic from Geert (https://bellekens.com/ea-matic/). There is a good description and it's free.

Best Regards,

Helmut

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Hello,

EA supports the Post-New Event (http://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/14.0/automation/post-new_events.html). You can write an Add-In to handle this.

You may also use EA-Matic from Geert (https://bellekens.com/ea-matic/). There is a good description and it's free.

Best Regards,

Helmut

Or, write a background action query to reset the status from Proposed to whatever you want.

Paolo

[Takeshi K]

Hello,

You can specify default values by using the Template Package. For detail, see:

Set Element Templates Package
https://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/14.0/modeling_tools/using_element_templates.html

HTH,

[Geert Bellekens]

Hello,

You can specify default values by using the Template Package. For detail, see:

Set Element Templates Package
https://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/14.0/modeling_tools/using_element_templates.html

HTH,

Of course! Thank you for reminding us the obvious simple way of achieving this.

Geert