Creating a Feature Tree

Updated on 2025-01-17 GMT+08:00

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The system provides multiple methods for creating a feature tree, including inheriting the feature tree from another project, directly creating a feature tree, and importing an Excel file.

You can create a feature tree by inheriting or importing one only when there is no feature tree in the current project.

Prerequisites

An IPD-standalone software project is available, in which you have permission to create feature sets.
An IPD-standalone software project is available, in which you have permission to inherit feature sets.
An IPD-standalone software project is available, in which you have permission to import feature sets.

Creating a Feature Set

Access the CodeArts Req homepage.
On the project homepage, choose Feature Tree.
Click . The Create Feature Set dialog box is displayed.

Figure 1 Creating a feature set
Set Title.
Click OK.

You can view the new feature set in the feature tree list.

Inheriting a Feature Tree

Access the CodeArts Req homepage.
On the project homepage, choose Feature Tree.
Click Inherit Feature Tree. The Inherit Feature Tree dialog box is displayed.

Figure 2 Inheriting a feature tree
Select a project for which a feature tree has been configured. The feature tree and all included system features of the selected project can be inherited to the current project.
Click OK.

In the feature tree list, you can view the feature tree inherited from another project.

Importing a Feature Tree

Access the CodeArts Req homepage.
On the project homepage, choose Feature Tree.
Click Import Feature Tree. The Import dialog box is displayed.

Figure 3 Importing a feature tree
Click Download Template. The import template file is displayed in the upper right corner of the page. Save the file to the local PC and fill in data. The template file should be named in the following format: Project name + "-" + Module name (for example, Feature) + Template.
Set the fields in the SF - List sheet of the template. For details about how to set parameters, see the SF - Import Rules sheet in the template.
Drag or click to select a file to be imported.
Click Import.

You can view the imported feature sets in the feature tree list.

Related Operations

You can perform the following operations on a new feature set.

**Table 1** Basic operations on a feature set
Operation	Description
Create child feature set	Click next to the target feature set. The Create Feature Set dialog box is displayed. Set Title. Click OK. You can view the new second-level feature set in the corresponding feature set. Figure 4 Child feature sets You can create third-level feature sets for a second-level one. A maximum of 10 levels of feature sets are supported. The child feature sets can be edited and deleted.
Edit feature set	Click on the right of the target feature set, and click Edit to edit the title.
Delete feature set	Click on the right of the target feature set, and click Delete. Figure 5 Deleting a feature set Click Delete. The deleted feature set and its child feature sets will not be display on the page. Deleted feature sets can be restored or permanently deleted from the recycle bin.