Creating Work Items

Prerequisites

There is a Scrum project, in which you have permission to create and duplicate work items.

Creating a Work Item in a Scrum Project

1. Access the CodeArts Req homepage.
2. Go to the project homepage and choose Work > Work Items.
3. Click Create Work Item and select a work item type. For example, Story.
   Figure 1 Creating a Story
   

4. Set fields for the work item.

   For details, see Configuring Work Item Fields and Templates. Table 1 describes some default basic fields.

   Table 1 Creating a work item

   Parameter	Description
   Title	Work item name. The value can contain a maximum of 512 characters, including letters, digits, periods (.), and underscores (_).
   Tag	Tag of a work item, for example, document update. Tags can be used only in a project that the work item belongs to.
   Description	Enter a description based on the template.
   Status	Status of a work item. Status options can be customized. The default statuses are as follows: New Developing Resolved Testing Rejected Closed When you create a work item, its status is New by default and cannot be changed.
   Assigned To	Handler of a work item. The value range is all members of the project. If a handler has a nickname, their nickname is displayed by default.
   Module	Module that a work item belongs to. Only project administrators can configure modules. For details, see Adding Work Item Modules.
   Sprint	Sprint of a work item. Set this parameter to an existing sprint. You can choose whether to use the start and end dates of the selected sprint for this work item.
   Planned Start Date	Planned start time of a work item. Select a date from the time control.
   Planned Delivery Date	Planned end time of a work item. Select a date from the time control.
   Order	Order of a work item. Value range: 1–100
   Priority	Priority of a work item. The options are as follows: Low Middle High
   Severity	Severity of a work item. The options are as follows: Critical Major Minor Trivial
   Notify	People who will receive messages about this work item.
   Parentld	Parent work item to which a work item belongs. Only one parent work item can be selected. The parent work item of a bug or task is a story. The parent work item of a story is a feature. The parent work item of a feature is an epic. No parent work item can be set for an epic.
   Domain	Domain that a work item belongs to. Only project administrators can configure domains. For details, see Adding Work Item Domains.
   Release Version	Version of a release.
   Developer	Person responsible for developing the work item. Each work item should be assigned to a fixed developer. The handler of a work item changes as the work item develops. These two fields can be used together.
   Expected	Estimated person-hours or person-days required to complete a work item.
   Actual	Actual person-hours or person-days required to complete a work item.
   Find Release Version	Product version where a bug is found. This parameter is available only for work items of the bug type.
   Done Ratio	Progress of the work item. The value ranges from 0% to 100%. Done Ratio of a parent work item is updated automatically based on the completion rate of its child work items.
   Story Point	Estimated workload of the story.
   Attachment	Upload required files for the work item. The maximum size of attachments for a single work item is 50 MB. Click to associate files from Documentation of the project cloud, or upload local files.

5. After setting the fields, click Save.

   The created work item is displayed in the work item list.

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