Setting Stream Options and Defaults

Set stream options when you want to:

NOTE  A user with the Workset Manager role can deliver items to a stream even when this option is set.

 

 

Selecting Stream Options

  1. Open the stream.

  2. Select Stream | Stream Flags.

  3. Select the Options tab.

  4. Select Lock Stream to prevent users from delivering new item revisions to the stream

  5. Select Valid request must be specified when delivering changes to force users to specify a change request when making changes to this stream.

  6. Click OK.

Related Topics

About Project Options

Set Project/Stream Flags Dialog Box

Setting the Current Stream as the Default

  1. From the Stream menu select Open Stream. The Stream field displays the name of the current stream.

  2. Select the option to make the stream the default.

  3. Click Open.

Selecting a Stream Default Request

  1. Do one of the following:

  2. Use the Find Request to Work on dialog box to find the request. See Finding Objects for further details.

If you have configured Dimensions CM to accept requests from an external IDM (Issue Defect Management) tool, you will be presented with a dialog box enabling you to view and select these requests. (You will not, however, be able to view them in the desktop client content windows or be able to run any reports involving these requests.

Selecting a Stream Default Branch

  1. Do one of the following:

Selecting a Stream Default Design Part

  1. Select Stream | Preferences.

  2. In the Design Part field enter the name of a design part or click Find to search for one.

  3. Click OK.

Selecting a Stream Library Cache Area

NOTE  You can only select a library cache area if at least one has been set up for your current stream in the Administration Console.

  1. Select Stream | Preferences.

  2. From the Library Cache Area list select an area.

  3. Click OK.

Related Topics

About Streams

Setting the User Interface Options