Creating a Request

Purpose

When you create a request, it is added to the repository and assigned to the initial lifecycle state.

New requests that are submitted as draft are initially added to your draft list and assigned the status To Be Defined. You can leave a request on your draft list if you don't have all the necessary information when you create it. As the originator, only you have access to a request while it is on your draft list. It remains in your draft list until you submit it.

TIP You can also create a request by priming it, which means creating a request based on the details of an existing request.

PRIVILEGES Create Request (REQUEST_CREATE)

To create a request:

NOTE You can save a request as draft without having to complete all the mandatory fields. If you click the Submit as Draft button the request is added to your draft list even if there are mandatory fields that have not been entered.

On the Requests tab, in the navigation pane, click the New button.
Select a request type from the list.
For Title, type a title.
For Description, type an explanation of the problem.
For Affected Design Part, type the design part name, or click Browse and do one of the following:

a On the first page of the Select Design Part wizard, click Next.

b On the second page, for Part Spec, select the design part(s).

c Click the Finish button.

Optionally, for Related Baselines, type the baseline name(s), or click the Browse button to select them.
Optionally, in the Owning project field, enter the specification of a project or use the browse button to select it.

NOTE When a request is created with an owning project, the Stage ID for the request is set to the initial stage in the Global Stage Lifecycle.

Optionally, for Related Requirements, type the requirement name(s) for any requirements you want to relate, or click the Browse button to select them.
Optionally, in the File Attachments field, attach files to the request.
To set attributes, click the Attributes tab, and type or select values.
Do one of the following:

To create the request, click the Submit button.
To create the request as draft, so that it is not yet visible to other users, click the Submit as Draft button.