Pre-selecting Active Process Items

If you switch back and forth between your development application and StarTeam during the work day, remember that you can select an item as the active process item while in StarTeam.

Selecting an active process item convenient, as it can save you time when adding files or checking them in. For example, after reviewing a task, you usually know whether you are going to work on it soon. If you already have the task selected in StarTeam, making it the active process item is a simple operation.

Only one item at a time can be specified as an active process item.

To pre-select an active process item:

From the client, select an appropriate item from the upper pane. When process rules are enforced, you must select a permitted type of item with a permitted status.
Do one of the following:
1. Choose Change Request > Set Active Process Item.
2. Choose Requirement > Set Active Process Item.
3. Choose Task > Set Active Process Item.
4. Click the Set Active Process Item icon on the toolbar.

The status bar displays the Active Process Item icon (the grinding gears), followed by the term Change Request, Requirement, or Task, and the number.

Note:

Although a Clear Active Process Item command also appears on the Change Request, Requirement, and Task menus, you may never use it because selecting a second active process item clears the first.

Pre-selecting an active process item makes it the default process item in the Add Files and Check In dialogs. However, you can select a different item at any time.