Welcome
Developing
Learn how to develop schemas by using the DevOps Plan Designer.
Developing Schemas
You can develop or modify schemas with the DevOps Plan Designer.
Working with Forms
You must create a record form for each record type in your schema. You can also define a submit form for each record type.
Form controls
You use controls to display fields on a DevOps Plan form.
Adding a rich text control to a schema
You can add rich text controls to a form by using the designer.

Overview
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Developing
Learn how to develop schemas by using the DevOps Plan Designer.
- Developing Schemas
  You can develop or modify schemas with the DevOps Plan Designer.
  - Understanding the functions of the DevOps Plan schema developer
    This topic provides an overview of the tasks typically performed by a schema developer.
  - Overview of the DevOps Plan Designer interface
    The DevOps Plan Designer includes several different windows, or views, that you will use to perform your schema development tasks.
  - DevOps Plan schemas
    This topic explains the concept of a DevOps Plan schema.
  - Customizing a schema
    To modify how change requests are handled, you need to use the Designer to customize the records and fields of a schema.
  - Schemas and packages
    This topic explains the concept of using schemas and packages in DevOps Plan.
  - Packages and integrations
    This topic explains the concepts of DevOps Plan packages and integrations.
  - Test Management and Requests
    You can use the DevOps Plan TestManagement and Requests feature to create and track test plans and add approval processes to the record.
  - Working with Forms
    You must create a record form for each record type in your schema. You can also define a submit form for each record type.
    - Creating forms
      You must create a record form for each record type in your schema. You can also define a submit form for each record type.
    - Working with pages on forms
      Pages allow you to organize the controls on a form.
    - Reusing record forms
      This topic explains the options for reusing common forms in your schema repository.
    - Form controls
      You use controls to display fields on a DevOps Plan form.
      - Adding a rich text control to a schema
        You can add rich text controls to a form by using the designer.
      - Adding form controls using the control palette
        You can add controls to a form by using the control palette. The control palette provides a visual cue as to the type of control you are adding.
      - Adding controls using the Field List
        You can add controls to a form by using the Field List.
      - Selecting controls in forms
        Use the Selection tool to select one or more controls and to move or change the size of controls.
      - Editing the properties of field controls in forms
        After adding a control to a form, you can edit the properties of the control, including selecting the field to associate with the control and specifying display attributes for the control.
      - Deleting form controls
        If you no longer need a form control, you can delete it.
      - Changing the tab order of form controls
        You can change the tab order to reflect the order in which you expect your users to use the controls.
      - Form controls
        Form controls are available for inclusion on DevOps Plan forms.
  - Working with charts
    Charts are essential tools for visualizing data and managing projects. You can use Gantt and timeline charts for project management based on availability in different schemas.
  - Working with approvals
    Users can use Approvals to view and manage approval requests that are either pending or completed using the Pending Requests and Completed Requests tabs.
  - Creating a security model
    This topic provides an overview of the process to create a security model.
  - Using hooks to customize your workflow
    This topic provides guidelines for using hooks to implement your workflow.
  - Record locking
    When multiple users attempt to simultaneously update a record, the database locking model ensures that the update from each user succeeds as a unit, but each update overwrites the previous update.
  - Customizing the Web
    The Designer provides many ways to customize the underlying schema and functionality that the DevOps Plan Web client accesses.
  - DevOps Plan email
    This topic provides a description of the supported DevOps Plan Web client email features.
  - Importing and exporting data
    This topic describes how to import and export data between DevOps Plan databases, and how to import data into a DevOps Plan database from another defect tracking system.
  - Importing data into DevOps Plan using Import feature
    The Configuration > Import feature allows teamspace admins or userdb super-users to add data to the DevOps Plan application. There are two primary methods for bulk data import: using sample data and uploading a zip file.
  - Enhancing the Export to JSON feature
    You can use the Export to JSON feature to export detailed information related to a record into a JSON format.
  - Cloning existing records
    By cloning existing records you can create an exact copy of an existing record. This ability is useful when you have to create similar records frequently, ensuring consistency and saving time.
Integrating
You can integrate DevOps Plan with other software by adding packages to existing schema.
Extending product function
Learn how to extend the product.

Adding a rich text control to a schema

You can add rich text controls to a form by using the designer.

Procedure

To add a rich text control to a form with the designer:

In the Designer, click Form Controls and then select Custom Web.
In the Main tab of the form, the Description field should have the following information:
- Name: compass.richtextquill
- Configuration: should include two variables: field and plaintext.
An example Description field:
```
Custom Web Control
Name: compass.richtextquill
Version: LATEST
Configuration:
{
   "field": "Description".
   "plaintext": "DescriptionPT"
```
Click Apply