Managing discussions

You can control whether discussions are allowed in the database, and whether all users can participate in discussions.

Before you begin

Open the database properties. For more information, see Configuring the DOORS database.

To use the discussions function, you must be using a IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS (DOORS) 9.2 or later database server, and the server must be configured to exclude DOORS 9.0 and 9.1 clients. To exclude these clients, set the minimum client version on the General tab of Database Properties window to 9.2.

About this task

There are three levels of control:
  • Allow all users to participate in all discussions
  • Allow a user with admin access to a module to control who can participate in discussions on a module by module basis
  • Disable all discussions for the database

Procedure

  1. On the Database Properties window, click the Discussions Access tab.
    • To allow all users to participate in all discussions, select Allow Discussions.
    • To control who can participate in discussions by module, select Allow Discussions (access restrictions can be set on modules). Users with admin access to modules can control participation.
    • To disable all discussions for the database, select Do not allow Discussions.
      Note: If you disable discussions, and a module already has an open discussion, the discussion stays open until you stop and restart the DOORS client.
  2. Click OK.

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