Define a global artifact type

When you define a global artifact type, all tracker administrators on the site can make that artifact type available for their project members to work with.

1. Go to the Project Tracker administration page.
   1. Click Admin in the CollabNet TeamForge navigation bar.
   2. On the site administration navigation bar, click Integrated App.
   3. Select Project Tracker and click Configure.
2. Click Artifact Types > Add new.
3. Provide a name and description for your artifact type.
   Tip: Descriptions help users learn how best to provide the information you want from them. To maximize your chances of getting useful data, make your description as informative as you can.
4. Select a value from the namespace drop-down list. You can associate an artifact type to one of the two default namespace values (Default and IT to PT conversion), or to a namespace created during an import of a project template archive.
5. If required, select one or more of the following values:
   
   • Active - Activates the artifact type to be used at the project level.
   • Locked - Prevents the artifact type from being modified at the project level. By default, this option is enabled. To avoid the artifact type being set to Locked state, uncheck the checkbox.
   • Default - Adds the artifact type to each new project.
   • Deleted - Prevents the artifact type from being used at the project level.
6. Click Save.
7. Add groups of What is a global attribute? as needed. Note: If you add a new Attribute group in an artifact type, the namespace associated with the artifact type will automatically be assigned to the Attribute group.
8. Add namespaces as needed.
   Note:
   

   • If you add a new User attribute in an artifact type, you can sort the list of attributes associated with different namespace by using the Filter This List drop-down box in the Select User Attribute page.
   • If you associate an artifact type belonging to a namespace with an existing or deleted project, you cannot reassign that artifact type to another namespace.