Example 1: Set technical outlier state with reason
If your organization requires standardized reasons for setting the technical
outlier state, you can set up the required reasons. When setting the state, users can
select one of the provided reasons.
Note: Users can still add extra information to the reason.
About this task
The technical outlier state is seen as protected value. By default, PLA 3.0
allows changes to protected values without entering a reason.
Procedure
To change the default behavior:
On the System menu, select Database policies.
In the Database policies dialog, on the
Traceability tab, under Changes to
protected values, complete the following steps:
Next to Templates for reasons for change, select
Edit…
Enter the templates you require and select
OK.
From the Change technical outlier state list box, select
Permitted with reason.
Confirm your settings with OK.
Result
The templates you set up are available in the Template list
box of the Set technical outlier state dialog. In the following
example, three templates have been added.Figure 1. Templates for changing the technical outlier state