To channel project members' work on tracker items, set up rules for how a tracker
item can move forward.
Before creating a tracker work flow, see that these criteria are met:
- You have a tracker to work with.
- The tracker has a set of statuses defined, such as "In progress" and "Ready for
QA."
- Roles exist, and you can assign project members to them.
A work flow is a sequence of changes from one status to another. You can define
status transitions for any combination of tracker statuses in the tracker.
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Click PROJECT ADMIN in the project navigation bar.
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Click Tracker Settings.
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From the list of existing trackers, select a tracker.
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Click the
WORKFLOW
tab.
The Workflow page lists all of your status values
and the tracker workflow that you have configured.
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On the Workflow page, click the status value for which you
want to create a workflow.
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On the Edit Field
Transition
page, select a status value from the
Create
Transition to Status drop-down menu.
Note: By default, the Any workflow is shown. This means
that you are defining workflow rules for the transition from the status that
you selected to any other status.
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Click Add.
A new work flow is added. The Any work flow is
changed to Remaining Statuses.
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In the
ROLES
TO MAKE THIS
TRANSITION
section, specify which users can make this change.
For example, only users with the QA Engineer role are allowed to change
artifacts from Open to Cannot
Reproduce.
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In the
REQUIREDFIELD(S)
FOR
STATUSTRANSITION
section, select the fields for which the user must provide values.
For example, the user must assign the tracker item to someone and enter a
comment.
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Click Save.
The work flow is now saved. When a user submits or edits the status of a tracker
artifact, he or she sees only the options that are allowed by the work flow.