Working on Maintenance Items

Creating, viewing and modifying the Maintenance items - changes, issues, defects, tasks, events and decisions - associated with a particular model element is quick and convenient, using the Maintenance window or Workspace. If the Maintenance window is open, when you select an element in a diagram or in the Project Browser, the Maintenance Items for that element are immediately listed in the window ready for modification or addition. The window provides several facilities for creating and managing the Maintenance items.

You can include the maintenance items in the document and web reports generated on your model. The 'Document Setup' dialog has checkboxes to show or hide element maintenance items.

Access

Ribbon

Construct > Change Management > Changes > Show Changes Window

Construct > Change Management > Defects > Show Defects Window

Construct > Change Management > Issues > Show Issues Window

Construct > Change Management > Tasks > Show Tasks Window

Construct > Change Management > Events > Show Events Window

Construct > Change Management > Decisions > Show Decisions Window

Facilities

Facility	Detail	See also
Window Formats	The Maintenance window has two formats - Item mode and List mode. Item mode provides a list on the left hand side from which you select a maintenance item, the details of which then display in the fields in the rest of the window; you can edit these fields directly List mode consists of a list of maintenance items with summary data distributed across the columns; you cannot directly edit these fields To toggle between the modes, click on (the Show/Hide Properties button) in the window toolbar. When you first open the window, in either mode, the oldest maintenance item of the type is shown at the top of the list and, in Item mode, in the data fields.
Adding New Items	To add new items, click on the 'New' icon in the window toolbar. In: Item mode, this clears the fields for new data List mode, this displays the '<item type> details for <element type> <element name>' dialog, which you complete in the same way as the Maintenance window in Item mode The fields you complete for each type of maintenance item are almost identical.	Create Maintenance Items
Applying Automatic Naming/Numbering	On the Maintenance window in Item mode, or on the 'Item Details' dialog, you can apply an automatic naming/numbering convention that you have previously defined, to each new item record. To do this, simply click on the Auto button next to the 'Name' field. If you already have some text in the 'Name' field, it is over-written by the auto-counter text.	Set Auto Naming and Auto Counters
Maintenance Item Types	The six types of Maintenance Item you can create records for are each managed on a separate instance of the window: Defects - each recording a failure to meet a requirement for the current model element Changes - each recording a change in requirement for the current model element Issues - each recording a risk factor that might affect the project, associated with the current model element Tasks - each recording work in progress and work outstanding for the current model element Events - each recording the action taken on a requirement of the current model element Decisions - each recording the choice made on a requirement of the model element
Element Browser	You can also use the Element Browser window to select and display specific items on the Maintenance window; click on the icon in the Maintenance window toolbar to display the Element Browser, open the Maintenance folder and select the required item. In the folder, the 'page' icon against each item contains a: C for Change items D for Defect items T for Task items I for Issue items, or E for Event items	Element Browser

Notes

Columns in the item list can be reorganized, added, removed, grouped, filtered and sorted using the options provided in the List Header facilities

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