Choice settings

The choice attribute presents a set of predefined items from which a user can select one item.
Table 1. Choice attributes
Setting Name Description
Value Default Value If this check box is selected, the default value is selected for the choice attribute.
Visual Sort Alphabetically Select this check box to sort items alphabetically; clear the check box to sort according to the item list order.
Allow Group By If this check box is selected, the choice attribute can be used to group elements in a tree structure in a Display view.
Note: If you select the Display Parents check box, that setting affects the sorting of elements.
Mandatory Mandatory To make sure that users enter a value for this attribute, select this check box. Mandatory attributes are displayed with an asterisk.
Note: The mandatory settings do not apply when you add folders.
Feedback Text The text to display when the user does not specify a value for the mandatory attribute.
Disallowed Items Select the items that you do not want the user to be able to select.
Note: The Mandatory setting must be selected in order to use the Disallowed Items option. For example, have an item None and select this as a disallowed item. This must also be the default value. The user cannot disregard or miss to change this attribute from None and must make a distinct selection.
Propagate Propagate These settings are available for the choice attribute only. You can use the propagate settings to organize items so that you can more easily find them. If this check box is selected, the choice attribute values of the elements propagate to their parent folders. If all the elements in a folder have the same choice attribute value, that value is also assigned to the parent folder.

Example:

Many requirements of the same kind are placed in a parent folder. The statuses of all the requirements are set to New. If Propagate is selected, the parent folder has the New status. If the statuses of all the requirements except for one change to Accepted for Prio, the status of the parent folder is still New. The status of the parent folder changes only when all the requirements change to the same status.
Display Parents If this check box is selected, the names of the parents of the choice items are displayed with the choice item name in the list.
Item Separator Specify the character to use to separate names
Confirm Dialog Display Dialog If this check box is selected, a confirmation window opens every time the selected items for the choice attribute change. The confirmation window opens only if text is specified in the Dialog Text field.
  Dialog Text The text to be displayed in the confirmation window that opens when the selected values for the choice attribute change. For example, when the requirement status is set to Verify, Do you really want to verify this? is displayed in a window.
Change Log Log Changes If this check box is selected, history logs are created for each change of the attribute value
Copy Default Value To All Elements Click this button to copy the default values of the attribute to all the elements in the module that contain the attribute. The previous values of this attribute are lost.

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