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.

1. Click Administration.

The Admin Home page opens.

2. Click Requirement Types.

The Requirement Types page opens.

3. Click Add.

The Add Requirement Type page opens.

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. 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 Tag suffix. You can enter up to 5 characters in each field.

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. Select Exclude from requirement document test coverage to exclude the requirement from the document test coverage. The requirement type will not appear in the document test coverage bar.

9. Click Save to add the requirement type.