Understanding Process Item Restrictions

The restrictions set on process items control what you can select. For example, you may be limited to selecting change requests only. In addition, you may be able to select only change requests with specific statuses. If you do not have the access rights required to review project properties, ask your administrator to inform you about the restrictions placed on process items.

To review restrictions on process items:

From StarTeam, choose Project > Properties.
In the Project Properties dialog, select the Process Rules tab.
Note whether you can select change requests, requirements, or tasks.
Note if a type of process item has been limited to particular statuses. For example, a change request may be limited to:
- Open status
- In Progress status.
- Both the Open and In Progress status.
If no statuses are selected, then the process item can have any status.

When status restrictions have been placed on process items, you cannot use a fixed change request, completed requirement, or finished task as a process item, unless you change that item’s status in StarTeam. For example, if an unexpected change needs to be made to a file and the corresponding change request has already been marked as fixed, you may need to reopen the change request before checking in your file.