To channel project members' work on tracker items, set up rules for how a tracker
item can move forward.
Before creating a tracker workflow, you must do all of the following:
- Create a tracker.
- Define the tracker status values.
- Define/assign the roles for your project members.
You can create a workflow for any combination of tracker status values in the
tracker.
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Click Project Admin in the project navigation bar.
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Click Tracker Settings.
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From the list of existing trackers, select a tracker.
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Click the Workflow tab.
The Workflow page lists all of your status values
and the tracker workflow that you have configured.
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On the Workflow page, click the status value for which you
want to create a workflow.
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On the Edit Field Transition Status page, select a status
value from the Create Transition to Status drop-down
menu.
Note: By default, the Any workflow is shown. This means
that you are defining workflow rules for the transition from the status that
you selected to any other status.
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Click Add.
A new workflow is added. The Any workflow is
changed to Remaining Statuses.
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In the Roles to Make this Transition section, select the
roles users must have in order to make the status transition.
For example, only users with the QA Engineer role are allowed to change
artifacts from Open to Cannot
Reproduce.
By default, all the global, direct and inherited roles applicable for the
project are listed. However, a users' permissions would control his or her
access to the project and its tools.
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In the Required Field(s) for Status Transition section,
select the fields for which the user must provide values.
Note: Fields that are already required do not appear in this list.
For example, the user must assign the tracker item to someone and enter a
comment.
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Click Save.
The workflow is now saved. When a user submits or edits the status of a tracker
artifact, he or she sees only the options that are allowed by the workflow.
Note: If a
user tries to change the status of an artifact without filling in fields that are
required (indicated with a red asterisk), an error message appears.