Dependents Page

Defect actions can depend on the resolution of other defect actions. The Dependents page lists the dependent defect actions that are associated with the current defect action.

Required access roles:

  • App-specific: Defect Engineer
  • Baseline: Leader, Author, Reader, or user with the Review and Approve (RWA) license.

To access this page:

  1. Open the defect action. See Opening a Defect Action.
  2. In the navigation pane, select Dependents.

This topic describes:

This page discusses:

Columns

Column NameDescription
Basics:
NameThe name of the defect action (usually an autoname). Click to open the defect action. See Defect Action Properties.
(Dependency Direction)

IconDescription
The listed defect action depends on the context defect action.
This defect action depends on the listed defect action.

RevisionThe revision number of the defect action.
TitleThe short title of the defect action.
State The current lifecycle state of the defect action.
  • Evaluate
  • Open
  • Test
  • Closed
  • Rejected
Originated DateThe date the defect action was created.
OriginatorThe person who created the defect action. Click to open that person's information (see Collaboration and Approvals User's Guide: Person Properties.)
Assigned Engineers:
Action Assignee The development person responsible for fixing the defect action.
Quality Assignee The quality assurance person responsible for testing the fixed defect action.
Status:
Defect Action Type
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Documentation
  • Test
ResolutionHow the defect action is resolved:
  • Code Change
  • Design Change
  • Documentation Change
  • N/A
  • Test Change
  • Workaround
  • Waiver
Click to open the Properties page for the defect action in edit mode. See Editing Defect Action Details.
Opens the defect action in a new window. See Defect Action Properties.

Filter

Click to filter the defect actions listed on the page.

Filter OptionDescription
DependentsShows defect actions that depend on this defect action.
Dependent ofShows defect actions that this defect action depends on.
AllShows all defect actions, both defect actions that dependent on this defect action and defect actions that this defect action depends on.

Actions/Toolbar Commands

Required access roles:

  • App-specific: Defect Engineer
  • Baseline: Author

ActionDescriptionFor More Information
Create New Dependent Creates a new defect action that is dependent on the selected defect action.Creating a Defect Action
Add Existing Dependent Opens a search page where you select an existing defect action to define it as dependent on this defect action.About Searches
Mark as Dependent of Opens a search page where you select an existing defect action to make this defect action dependent on the one you select.About Searches
Remove Removes the selected defect actions from the list. Click OK to confirm.-
Edit Toggles the page to edit mode. You can edit defect action information in the individual marked fields or use the Mass Update menu to update the information for a field in all defect actions at once.3DEXPERIENCE Basics: Structured Content in Edit Mode
View Toggles the page to view mode. All of the information is read-only.-