Status Types

In an element 'Properties' definition, the status of the element in the development management process is defined in the element 'Status' field. You can select the appropriate value from a drop-down list, which initially contains the system values:

Approved
Implemented
Mandatory
Proposed and
Validated

You can add to or replace any of these values with your own custom values. You can also assign a color band to each status type, and define the types of element that can display those colors.

Access

Ribbon

Layout > Diagram > Appearance > Configure Status Colors, or

Configure > Reference Data > Project Types > General Types > Status

Customize Element Status Types

Field	Action	See also
Status	Type the name of the status.
Description	Type a short description of the status.
Status Type Color	Using the drop-down arrow, select a color to be applied to the current status type.
Preview	Displays a visual representation of an element with the selected status type color.
Restore Default	Restore the status type color to its default setting.
Applies to...	By default, status colors only apply to Requirement, Issue and Change elements. You might decide to also apply these colors to other UML elements, such as Use Cases or Classes. To do this, click on the Applies to ... button and, in the 'Applied Status Colors' list, select the checkbox against each element type to which to apply the status colors.	Requirement Change Issues (Defects)
New	Clear the dialog fields to create a new status.
Save	Save the status, and add it to the Type list.
Delete	Remove the currently selected status from the Type list.
Type	Lists the current status types and descriptions for each status.

Notes

To display status colors on your diagrams, you must select the 'Show status colors on diagrams' checkbox on the 'Objects' page of the 'Preferences' dialog
You can transport the status types (and the colors assigned to status types) between models, using the 'Configure > Model > Transfer > Export Reference Data' and 'Import Reference Data' ribbon options
Requirement, Feature, Issue and Change elements have a status color compartment, whereas the status color for other elements is applied to the element shadow; to show the element shadows (and hence the status colors), select the 'Element Shadows on' checkbox on the 'Diagram Appearance' page of the 'Preferences' dialog

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