3SL Web-based newsletter for August 2005 [Cradle 5.2]

Auto Numbering

The Cradle-5.2 release includes a new facility to automatically number items in the database. Specifically, this new mechanism allow you to have the Number attribute automatically set for:

Requirements
Any user-defined item type

The form of the auto numbering is specified in the Project Setup tools in Toolset or WorkBench. You can choose whether or not to have auto-numbering enabled for requirements, and individually for each project-specific type of item. For example, you can have ISSUES auto-numbered, but not RISK or WBS items.

If you enable auto-numbering, you can control:

An optional prefix string, which can include trailing spaces
An optional suffix string, which can include leading spaces
An initial value, default 1
An increment, default 1
A number width, which creates optional left padding with zeroes

Using these facilities, you could have Cradle automatically number requirements:

URD 1
URD 2
URD 3

Or you could automatically number your project issues:

ISS 001 A
ISS 002 A
ISS 003 A

Any user with PROJECT privilege can change auto-numbering controls at any time.

Cradle guarantees to never reuse an auto-number, even if items are deleted and immediately re-created.

When auto-numbering is enabled, Cradle will no longer prompt users to enter an item’s identity when items are created or copied. Facilities to renumber items are disabled if auto-numbering is enabled for that item type.

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