Decisions Page

This page lists all Decisions in the system or only Decisions owned by you. For any Decision in the list you can choose to view its properties and details about its related requirements.

You can also list the Decisions associated with a specific object. The list of Decisions is slightly different for the complete list of Decisions or for the Decision page for an object.

Required access roles: All users can access the Decisions page for Collaboration and Approvals. For a Decision related to an item, if you have access to that item you have access to its Decisions.

To access this page:

  1. In the navigation pane, click Decisions.

Or:

  1. Open the required parent item.
  2. In the navigation pane, click Decisions.

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See Also
In Other Guides
Revisions Page for a Decision
Page Toolbar Icons

Columns

Column Name Description
Name The name of the Decision; you can click the Decision name to go to its Properties page. The name could be an automatic name, or a more descriptive name. See Decision Properties Page.
Revision The revision of the Decision.
Type The object type (Decision).
If the paper clip shows, a reference document is available. You can click the paper clip icon to view or download the file to your desktop.
Title On a Decision page for a specific object, the Title of the Decision.
Description The description of the Decision.
Owner The owner of the Decision.
State The current lifecycle state of the Decision.
Applicability Shows Yes if applicability has been defined for the Decision, otherwise shows No. If Yes and a Change Order or Change Action is listed on the Applies To page, when the Decision is released, the applicability defined for the Decision will be propagated to the Change Order or Change Action, overwriting any Applicability defined there.
Originated Date On a Decision page for a specific object, the date the Decision was created.
Originator On a Decision page for a specific object, the person who created the Decision.
Related Objects On the complete list of Decisions page, names of the objects associated with the Decision. You can click the name of an object to view its properties.
Modified Date On the complete list of Decisions page, click the Modified Date arrow to see the date the Decision was created or most recently modified.
Opens the properties page in a new window. See Decision Properties Page.

Actions/Toolbar Commands

Action Description For More Information
Create Creates a Decision.

You must have the Contributor access role.

 Creating Decisions
Add Existing For the Decisions page for a specific object for a meeting or other object, adds an existing Decision to the meeting or object (the object becomes the Decision's Applies to). The Decision must be in the Active state to be added. Predefined Queries
Subscribe Subscribes to or unsubscribes from the selected Decisions. --
Remove For the Decisions page for a meeting, removes the Decision from the meeting; click OK to confirm. You must be the meeting owner. --
Delete Deletes the selected Decisions; click OK to confirm. You must be the Decision owner, or the owner of the item the Decision relates to. --

Context Menu

On the Decisions page opened from the Collaboration and Approvals app menu (not from a Decisions category for a specific item): right-click a Decision to use the context menu.

Action Description For More Information
Properties Opens the Properties page. Decision Properties Page
Where Used Displays where this Decision is used. Where Used Page for a Decision
Reference Documents Lists the reference documents associated with the Decision. Documents and Content
Lifecycle Shows the Lifecycle page for the Decision. Lifecycle Page
Add to Collection Allows you to add the Decision to a collection. Adding Items to a Collection from a List Page