Adding User-Defined Fields
You can customize an ALM project by adding up to 99 user-defined fields to each ALM entity.
Cross Project Customization: The template project and linked projects can each contain up to 99 user-defined fields for each ALM entity.
ALM Editions: Cross project customization is not available for Quality Center Enterprise Edition. For more information about ALM editions and their functionality, see the Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management User Guide
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In the Project Customization window, in the left pane, click Project Entities. The Project Entities page opens.
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Under Project Entities, expand an entity.
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Click the User Fields folder.
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To add a user-defined field, you can:
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Click the New Field button to add a number, string, date, or list type field.
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Click the New Field arrow and choose New Memo Field to add a memo field. You can add up to 5 memo fields to each ALM entity.
Note: In Site Administration's Site Configuration tab, you can extend the number of memo fields you can add, by editing the EXTENDED_MEMO_FIELDS parameter. For details, see Setting ALM Configuration Parameters.
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In the Settings tab, set properties for the field. For details, see Customizing Project Entities.
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Click Save to save your changes to the Project Entities page.
Note: If you add a user-defined field in the Requirements entity, you must assign the entity to a specific requirement type. For details, see Customizing Requirement Types.