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Edit Requirement Details

You can edit the properties for a requirement.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open the requirements list page and click Edit in the Actions column of the requirement you want to edit.
  2. On the Requirement Edit page, complete or edit the appropriate fields. The following fields require explanation:
    Planned Cost

    Specifies the planned cost for the requirement. When CA Product Vision is integrated with CA Clarity PPM, this data comes from CA Clarity PPM and is read-only. If you are integrated with CA Clarity PPM, manual edits will be overwritten.

    Planned Effort

    Specifies the planned effort for the requirement in labor hours. When CA Product Vision is integrated with CA Clarity PPM, this data comes from CA Clarity PPM and is read-only. If you are integrated with CA Clarity PPM, manual edits will be overwritten.

    Actual Cost

    Displays the actual cost of the requirement. When CA Product Vision is integrated with CA Clarity PPM, this data comes from CA Clarity PPM and is read-only. If you are integrated with CA Clarity PPM, manual edits will be overwritten.

    Actual Effort

    Displays the actual effort in labor hours charged to the requirement. When CA Product Vision is integrated with CA Clarity PPM, this data comes from CA Clarity PPM and is read-only. If you are integrated with CA Clarity PPM, manual edits will be overwritten.

    Remaining Cost

    Displays the amount of planned cost that remains. When CA Product Vision is integrated with CA Clarity PPM, this data comes from CA Clarity PPM and is read-only.

    Remaining Effort

    Displays the amount of planned effort hours that are left. When CA Product Vision is integrated with CA Clarity PPM, this data comes from CA Clarity PPM and is read-only.

    Planned vs Actual Cost

    Displays the difference between the planned cost and the actual cost. This field is read-only.

    State

    This field is defined by your company. Typically, this field is used to label different workflow stages for a requirement.

    Is Active

    Specifies that the requirement is active and can be assigned to releases and features. Inactive requirements do not appear in the list views or hierarchy views.

    Default: Selected

  3. Click Save.
  4. Click Back to List.

More information:

Requirement Hierarchies

Associate a Requirement with a Product Release

Create a Requirement for a Product, Release, or Feature

Create a Requirement for a Source

Merge Requirements