Configuring Common Work Item Statuses

Prerequisites

A Scrum project is available, and you have permission to customize work items for the project.

Procedure

1. Access the CodeArts Req homepage.
2. Go to a Scrum project and choose Settings > Work.
3. In the navigation pane, choose Common Statuses.
   Click Add Status, and set the status information, including the name (for example, CommonStatus1), category, and description.

   • The added status is displayed in the status list, including the name, description, category, and usage.
   • Common statuses can be deleted.

4. Add an existing common status (for example, CommonStatus1) for a work item.

   The following uses a story status as an example:

   1. In the navigation pane, choose Stories > Statuses and Transitions.

      On the Statuses tab page, click Add Existing Status. In the Status drop-down list, select CommonStatus1 and click OK.

      Figure 1 Adding an existing status
      
   2. Check this CommonStatus1 field when clicking the status of a story on the Work > Req > Work Items page.
   

   • Customized common statuses can be configured and used for all types of work items of the current project.
   • The New and Closed statuses cannot be deleted.
   • A maximum of 50 common statuses can be customized.

5. (Optional) To prevent a closed work item from being edited, toggle on Set work item to read-only for finished work items.
   Figure 2 Common Statuses page