Process Rules (Project Properties Dialog Box)

StarTeam > Project > Properties > Process Rules

Describes the options on the Process Rules page of the Properties dialog box.

Require Selection Of Process Items When Files Are Added Or Checked In

Enforces selection of process items when files are added or checked in.

Permit Selection Of Change Requests As Process Items

Permits the selection of change requests as process items, and restricts them based on which status fields are checked in the Restrict Status To check boxes:

  • If Open is checked, only change requests with a status of Open can be used as process items.
  • If In Progress is checked, only change requests with a status of In Progress can be used as process items.
  • If both Open and In Progress are checked, only change requests with a status or Open or In Progress can be used as process items.
  • If neitherOpen and In Progress are checked, all change requests can be used as process items, regardless of their status.
Permit Selection Of Requirements As Process Items

Permits the selection of requirements as process items, and restricts them based on which status fields are checked in the Restrict Status To check boxes:

  • If Approved is checked, only requirements with a status of Open can be used as process items.
  • If Approved is unchecked, all requirements can be used as process items, regardless of their status.
Permit Selection Of Tasks As Process Items

Permits the selection of tasks as process items, and restricts them based on which status fields are checked in the Restrict Status To check boxes:

  • If Ready To Start is checked, only tasks with a status of Ready To Start can be used as process items.
  • If In Progress is checked, only tasks with a status of In Progress can be used as process items.
  • If both Ready To Start and In Progress are checked, only tasks with a status or Ready To Start or In Progress can be used as process items.
  • If neitherReady To Start and In Progress are checked, all tasks can be used as process items, regardless of their status.
Enable Enhanced Process Links

Enables the client to use enhanced process links.

If checked, the process item (that is, the item specified as the reason for making a given set of changes) is distinguished from the task that represents the act of making the associated changes in a particular view. Changes are linked to the process item indirectly, through a workspace (check-in) change package which is automatically created by the client.

If unchecked, standard links are used where the source of a process link is itself a process item. That is, if a given item is specified as the reason for a change, then process links are created directly from that process item to each changed file or folder.