Estimates and External Properties

Overview

• As opposed to inline properties, external properties are not visible in the original page. You can edit them without disturbing the author of the requirements,

• They are displayed in the requirement popup, identified with a little asterisk (*),

• Find all existing External properties of your space, in the "External Properties" tab,

• They can be modified by anyone with edit permissions on the space,

• Click on an external property and you will be sent to the traceability matrix, where you will be able to click on the toggle to edit them.

External properties are simply a way to track data about requirements without disturbing the viewers of the original page: Group your requirements by adding a tag, assign a cost, list the impacted components, or add subjective information about them. Beware though: They are visible by everyone in the space, in the popup of the requirement.

Do you want a quick and easy way to learn about External Properties, check out our video tutorial:

There have been some updates and the tab shown in the video is no longer called Estimates, but External Properties. You can now edit External properties in the Traceability Matrix.

In the tab “External Properties”, here’s what you can do:

1. If you have exported a Traceability Matrix to Excel to: send requirements to your stakeholders for validation, or to add tests results; you can re-import those requirements and their external properties with the “Upload Excel file” button at the top. If you want to know how it works, here is the documentation: