Adding requirement types
Add a requirement type for each type of requirement your team uses. Requirement types help your team categorize requirements based on their purpose and manage groups of requirements more effectively. Users must select a requirement type when they add a requirement. See Adding requirements.
Tip: You can have different required options and default values for requirement system and custom fields based on requirement types. See Configuring default values and required options for requirement fields based on requirement type.
1. Click Administration.
The Admin Home page opens.
2. Click Requirement Types.
The Requirement Types page opens.
3. Click Add.
The Add Requirement Type
4. Enter a Name. The name is displayed in requirement fields.
5. Enter a Description to explain the purpose of the requirement type.
6. Select an Icon to associate with the requirement type. Click Browse to select the files or drag the files to the icon area. To remove an icon, click Remove. If an icon is already selected, click Use Default to replace it with the default requirement type icon.
Icons are displayed in various areas of Helix ALM when working with requirements.
Note: Icons are available in the workflowicons directory in the Helix ALM application directory (server installations only) . You can also use custom icons, which must be 16x16, 24x24, or 32x32 pixels in BMP, GIF, or PNG format.
7. Optionally enter a Tag prefix and
The prefix is prepended to the requirement number and can help users easily identify requirement types in documents, reports, and other areas. The suffix is appended to the requirement number. For example, if you enter BR- for the prefix and -Web for the suffix, the tag for requirement number 100 is BR-100-Web.
8. Click Save to add the requirement type.
