Requirements Document View Tools

PowerDesigner provides tools to help you work with your requirements document views.

Tool

Description

Insert a Row - Creates a new requirement at the same level as a selected requirement

Insert a Sub-Object - Creates a requirement inferior by one level to a selected requirement

Promote - Upgrades a selected requirement by one level

Demote - Downgrades a selected requirement by one level

Show Titles and Texts - Shows the title and description of the requirements.

Also available from Requirements > Show Titles and Texts

Show Titles Only - Shows only the title of the requirements.

Also available from Requirements > Show Titles Only

Show Current Title and Text / Show Current Title Only - When pushed-in, shows the title and description of a selected requirement. When released, shows only the title of the selected requirement.

Also available from Requirements > Show Current Title and Text / Show Current Title Only

Expand all Objects – Expands all levels in the requirements hierarchy

Also available from Requirements > Expand all Objects

Collapse all Objects - Collapse all levels in the requirements hierarchy

Also available from Requirements > Collapse all Objects

Customize Columns and Filter - Opens a dialog to change the columns displayed in the list or define a filter (see Customizing Columns and Filtering Rows).

Enable/Disable Filter - Toggles the filter specified in the Customize Columns and Filter dialog.

Export to Excel - Saves the list to a *.xls, *.xlsx, or *.csv format (specify the format in the Save as type field in the Save as dialog).