Ranking items in folders

You can rank items to indicate the priority or order of the items in a folder. For example, Agile teams may rank items in a backlog folder to indicate the priority of items to complete in a sprint.

Item ranking is displayed in the Rank column in the Folders list window and on the Folders tab in the View and Edit item dialog boxes.

Instead of ranking items in test case and manual test run suites, you order them. See Ordering items in manual test suites.

You cannot rank items in public folders you do not have permission to modify or any locked folders, which are indicated by a lock icon. See Managing access to folders.

1. Select the folder in the Folders list window and click Rank.

The Rank Items dialog box opens.

If items in the folder have not been ranked, you are prompted to set the initial rank using the current sort order in the Folders list window. Click Rank Items to continue.

2. Select an item and click Move to Top, Move Up, Move Down, or Move to Bottom to change the rank. You can also drag and drop items to change the rank or double-click the current Rank value and edit it.

Select an item and click View to view it.

3. Click OK to save the ranking.

The updated item rankings are displayed in the folder.

If items are added while you are ranking, they are appended to the end of the list. If you move ranked items to a different folder, the ranking is maintained in the destination folder. If the destination folder already contains ranked items, the items are appended to the end of the list.