Why can't I edit my requirement? (DOORS NG)

If your requirement shows "Not Editable" in the QVscribe pane, here's what you can do

In order for QVscribe to manipulate the information in your Requirement Management Environment, the text needs to come from an editable field itself. 

The reasoning for this is due to making sure we don't interfere with permissions set within your environment, such as if your user doesn't have the rights to change the information we're reading, and to make sure that every edit to your important requirements is deliberate and not mistaken.



In this image, we have a simple requirement, and there are a couple key icons to notice.

Firstly - the lock icon after the Requirement ID indicates that, currently, QVscribe cannot allow you to make changes to that requirement.

The second icon, after the Not Editable text, will actually open a new tab in your browser directly to the requirement. Let's do that to continue.

QVscribe will highlight the individual requirement in DOORS. As you can see, there is still a locked icon for QVscribe, as it is still in a field that is not able to be edited. Let's jump into the individual requirement by selecting the ID from the list.

Now that we're in the requirement directly, we can see still the locked icon in the lower right corner. Selecting "Edit" will change this to an editable text field.

Now that it is in an editable text field, the lock icon is gone. You can make your edits here and you will get real-time score feedback through the icon, or clicking on the QVscribe icon will open the QVscribe window, and here you can make the edits and get the full feedback from QVscribe all in one place.



Take note that we no longer have that locked icon, and this field is fully editable and will push the changes directly into DOORS Next. Make sure to save when you're done!