Creating Child Artifacts

To create better structured specifications and to enrich them further, you can create multiple child artifacts under an artifact.

To create child artifacts, follow these steps:

  1. In the Requirements Workspace pane, right-click an artifact.
  2. Click New <Artifact_Name>.

    3. The New Specification Artifact page appears.

  3. Enter appropriate values in the fields. Fields marked with a red asterisk are mandatory. Refer to the following table for field descriptions.

    4. Field Name

    Description

    Name

    Specifies the name of the child artifact.

    For example, Enrollments from Healthcare.

    Description

    Specifies the description of the child artifact.

    For example: The child artifact captures functional requirements of the healthcare department.

    This field can be disabled while adding the artifact to the template.

    Mail Comments

    Specifies the mail comments that are sent to the project users.

    For example: This child artifact is under the Enrollments artifact.

    For more information on sending mail comments to project users, refer to the Configuring Email Settings topic.
  4. Click .

    5. A child artifact is saved and added to the artifact tree. You can view the child artifact on the Specification Overview tab.