Configuring QuickCharts

You can configure how requirement object information is reported in QuickCharts, a tool that displays information in graphical formats. You can specify which requirements objects are displayed in QuickCharts, which attributes of those requirement objects are displayed, and under which conditions the information is displayed in a bar chart or pie chart.

See Properties for QuickCharts.

  1. Create or open the text file for customized properties. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.
  2. To exclude one or more requirement object types from the QuickCharts, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxRequirements.Dashboard.excludedObjects=Chapter,Comment

    2. Delete any object types that you do not want to appear in the QuickCharts.

      By default, Chapter and Comment are excluded from the QuickCharts.

  3. To specify which attributes are reported in the QuickCharts, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxRequirements.Dashboard.attributeList=Priority,Difficulty,Classification,Sub Requirement,Derived Requirement

      This option specifies which attributes will be shown in the dashboard. Each attribute must have range values for the report to be automatically created.

    2. For each object listed in emxRequirements.Dashboard.attributeList, you must add a string resource in the string resource file, emxRequirementsStringResources. Following are the default values: 

      emxRequirements.Dashboard.Priority = Priority
emxRequirements.Dashboard.Difficulty = Difficulty
emxRequirements.Dashboard.Classification = Classification
emxRequirements.Dashboard.SubRequirement = Sub Requirements
emxRequirements.Dashboard.DerivedRequirement = Derived Requirements

  4. To specify the threshold value that determines whether to display the QuickCharts in a bar chart or pie chart, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      emxRequirements.Dashboard.pieChartLimit=4

    2. Set the value to a whole number.

      Using the default value of 4, if the report has less than 4 ranges, it will be a bar chart report; for 4 or more ranges it will be a pie chart.

  5. When you are finished updating the text file with all properties that you want to modify, use the text file to modify the emxRequirements.properties page object. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.