Working with Violet Requirements

This page describes the basics of creating, viewing, editing, and exporting requirements. For additional guidance on setting up programs, systems, and general organization best practices before you begin creating requirements, see Getting Started with Violet Requirements

Creating Requirements

Import existing requirements in batch via the Import from CSV process.

To create new requirements natively in Violet, navigate to the requirements module and select the program of interest. Click the +Requirement button to add your first requirement and fill in appropriate attributes. Use the pulldown menu on the +Requirement button to add folders, too.

Click the Purple + Button in the lower right to enable quick-addition of requirements in the table view. This also Enables Cell Editing, permitting you to populate attributes from this tabular view.

To add a nested requirement, right click on the parent and select "Add Nested Requirement."

Viewing Requirement Attributes in Tabular Form

Click the Columns side bar to open a panel and choose which columns you wish to view in the table. Drag and drop the attributes in the list to change the column order. Once you have a table view you like (e.g., one emphasizing verification), click the Save button to quickly return to that table in the future or make that view available for others on your team. Open a previously saved view by clicking the Open folder button.

Use System, Owner, or Status filter options in the main toolbar to filter the table accordingly.

Editing Requirements

• Edit in Requirements Details Pane: Double click on a requirement in the table view to open the Edit Requirement pane.

• Edit in Tabular View: Click the pencil icon in the main toolbar to Enable Cell Editing, then double click in a table cell to open a text editor or pulldown menu to populate attributes.

Bulk Assigning Owners, Approvers and Verifiers

Select one or more requirements checkboxes, then click the Add Assignee or Owners button in the main toolbar. Enter the appropriate owner, approver and verifier(s), applicable to all selected requirements, then click save.

Changing Requirement Organization

Click the Enable Organize button in the main toolbar to allow you to drag and drop requirements and folders into the appropriate sorting order and nesting hierarchy. See Getting Started with Violet Requirements for additional guidance on organizing requirements.

Commenting on Requirements

• Right click on a requirement in the table view and select "Add Comment"

• Double click on a requirement to open the side panel, then find the Comments tab.

Export Requirements

• Click the Download button in the main toolbar to export the current tabular view to csv

• Use the checkboxes to select multiple requirements, then right click and choose "Export" or "Export Selected Rows" to export to csv or Excel.