Adding Attributes to an Item Type

DEPENDENCY TYPE DEFINITION

ITEM TYPE DEFINITION

Add Attribute

Some of the attributes created in this scenario will need to appear on a summary form for project items. These attributes must be added to the project item type so that they are available in the View Designer. Roll-up attributes are available in all item types by default. Use the following procedure to add each attribute in this scenario to the desired items.

To add a dependency type to an item type

  1. From the top-level navigation, open the Admin module.
  2. Select Customization.
  3. Select the Types Setup tab.
  4. Select the Dependency Types tab.
  5. Click New New.
  6. Name the dependency and choose an icon to represent this dependency type.
  7. From the Request View drop-down, select the named summary view in which a new dependency of this type will appear. The default request view is Summary.
  8. From the Source list, select one or more item types that can be used as a source for this dependency type.
  9. From the Target list, select one or more item types that can be used as a target in this dependency type.
  10. In the Attributes tab, move the attributes that you want to associate with this dependency type to the right column. Choose Roll Up to Source to roll-up data from the dependency type to the selected source item types. Choose Roll Up to Target to roll-up data from the dependency type to the selected target item types.
  11. In the Source tab, move the attributes that you want to associate with this dependency type to the right column. Data associated with these attributes will be read-only when viewed.
  12. In the Target tab, move the attributes that you want to associate with this dependency type to the right column. Data associated with these attributes will be read-only when viewed.
  13. Click Save Save.