Workarea Administration
The Settings page lets workarea administrators configure how items, documents, workflows, and traceability work within a workarea. Only users with the Admin role can access settings.
Settings Sidebar
Settings are organized into groups in the sidebar:
| Group | Tabs |
|---|---|
| General | Project, Members |
| Types & Schema | Work Item Types, Document Types, Link Types, Enumerations, Icon Library |
| Workflow | Workflow Definitions, Workflow Assignments |
| Verification | Iteration Types, Verification Configuration |
| Variants | Variant designations |
| Quality | Suspect Links, Integrity |
| Operations | Logs |
Site administrators additionally see the Site group, which links to Site Administration.
Project Settings
The Project tab shows basic workarea information:
- Workarea ID — Read-only identifier set at creation
- Workarea Name — Editable display name
- Group — The group this workarea belongs to (read-only)
- Description — Optional description of the workarea
Configuration Inheritance
ROPARC uses a three-level configuration hierarchy:
- Global configuration — System-wide defaults (managed by super-admins)
- Group configuration — Defaults for all workareas in a group
- Workarea configuration — Specific settings that can inherit or override parent levels
This means your workarea may have item types, link types, and enumerations inherited from its group or global configuration — they appear with an Inherited badge in the settings tabs. See Configuration Inheritance for the full model with examples, and the individual topics below for each configuration area.
Related Topics
- Work Item Types — Configure item types and custom fields
- Link Types — Configure relationship types between items
- Enumerations — Define dropdown option lists
- Icon Library — Upload custom icons for types and options
- Workflows — Design status lifecycles with guards and effects
- Suspect Links — Configure automatic suspect link detection
- Verification Configuration — Configure iteration types and verdicts
- Variant Designations — Wire up variant management for the workarea
- Data Integrity — Verify the database index matches git
- Audit Log — Inspect the write audit log
- Members — Manage workarea membership and roles