Activating tasks

About this task

In your role as Lead Developer, periodically query for newly submitted tasks and then decide whether to activate them.

Procedure

  1. In the HCL VersionVault client Navigator view, navigate to the an appropriate query and double-click the query to run it.
  2. Select a task from the Query Results grid and review the details.
  3. If you decide not to work on the task, click the Utilities icon on the task record form and select Reject Task, which moves the task to the Completed state. Click Apply.
  4. To activate the task, click the Change State icon on the task record form and select Activate Task. The state is changed to Activated. Click Apply.
  5. To create activities for the task, click the Utilities icon and select Create Activity. The HCL VersionVault client creates three activities with the same headline as the task. The three activities are of the following types, which represent the different teams involved in completing the task:
    • Dev
    • Doc Assess
    • Test
  6. If the default Dev activity owner is not correct, double-click the Dev type activity in the Activities table to open that record form. Click the Modify icon and assign the activity to a developer by selecting that developer's name in the Owner field.

    Alternatively, you can create an activity at a later time by clicking File > New > ALMActivity. From within the activity record form you can specify the task associated with the activity.

  7. Click Apply.